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ALLEGEDLY |
So it is asserted |
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YES |
It is so |
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AMEN |
It is so |
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VAIN |
It is no use being so conceited |
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FLUOROID |
A tetrahexahedron; -- so called because it is a common
form of fluorite. |
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DETECTIVE |
One who business it is so detect criminals or discover
matters of secrecy. |
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SHIRAZ |
A kind of Persian wine; -- so called from the place whence
it is brought. |
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ABORTION |
Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an
imperfect formation or is absorbed. |
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SEPTUAGESIMA |
The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it
is about seventy days before Easter. |
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BOOMER |
A North American rodent, so named because it is said to
make a booming noise. See Sewellel. |
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FREESTONE |
A stone composed of sand or grit; -- so called because
it is easily cut or wrought. |
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DOMITE |
A grayish variety of trachyte; -- so called from the
Puy-de-Dome in Auvergne, France, where it is found. |
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GLUTAZINE |
A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder,
white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine. |
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RECIPROCALLY |
In a reciprocal manner; so that each affects the
other, and is equally affected by it; interchangeably; mutually. |
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SO |
Well; the fact being as stated; -- used as an expletive; as,
so the work is done, is it? |
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AMIDIN |
Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass,
like horn. It is soluble in cold water. |
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STAFF |
A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded,
the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave. |
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RINGTOSS |
A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it
will catch upon an upright stick. |
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TRYPTONE |
The peptone formed by pancreatic digestion; -- so called
because it is formed through the agency of the ferment trypsin. |
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SIGNATURE |
The printed sheet so marked, or the form from which
it is printed; as, to reprint one or more signatures. |
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SNUFFLE |
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose
when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound. |
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DYSLYSIN |
A resinous substance formed in the decomposition of
cholic acid of bile; -- so called because it is difficult to solve. |
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BOAT SHELL |
A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species
are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck. |
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PRICKSONG |
Music written, or noted, with dots or points; -- so
called from the points or dots with which it is noted down. |
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SINISTRIN |
A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin,
extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called
because it is levorotatory. |