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balsamine |
[.] BAL'SAMINE, n. touch-me-not, or Impatiens, a genus of plants. |
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braminee |
[.] BRAMINEE' n. The wife of a Bramin. |
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braminess |
[.] BRAM'INESS |
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calamine |
[.] CALAMINE, or CALAMIN, n. Lapis calaminaris, or cadmia fossilis; an ore of zink, much used in the composition of brass. This term is applied both to the siliceous oxyd and the native carbonate of zink. They an scarcely be distinguished by their external characters. ... |
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cardamine |
[.] CARDAMINE, n. The plant, meadow cresses, or cuckow flower. |
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carmine |
[.] CARMINE, n. A powder or pigment, of a beautiful red or crimson color, bordering on purple, and used by painters in miniature, though rarely, on account of its great price. It is prepared by dissolving cochineal in an alkaline lye, and precipitating it by alum. |
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clamminess |
[.] CLAMMINESS, n. [See Clammy.] The state of being viscous; viscosity; stickiness; tenacity of a soft substance. |
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coal-mine |
[.] COAL-MINE, n. A mine or pit in which coal is dug. |
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coal-miner |
[.] COAL-MINER, n. One who works in a coal-mine. |
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countermine |
[.] COUNTERMINE, n. [counter and mine.] [.] 1. In military affairs, a well and gallery sunk in the earth and running under ground, in search of the enemys mine, or till it meets it, to defeat its effect. [.] 2. Means of opposition or counteraction. [.] 3. A stratagem ... |
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cross-examine |
[.] CROSS-EXAMINE, v.t. To examine a witness by the opposite party or his counsel, as the witness for the plaintiff by the defendant, and vice versa. [.] [.] The opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses has been expressly waived. |
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cross-examined |
[.] CROSS-EXAMINED, pp. Examined or interrogated by the opposite party. |
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desmine |
[.] DESMINE, n. A mineral that crystalizes in little silken tufts, which accompany spinellane in the lava of extinct volcanoes on the banks of the Rhine. |
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determine |
[.] DETERMINE, v.t. [L., to bound; a boundary or limit. Gr. See Term.] [.] 1. To end; particularly, to end by the decision or conclusion of a cause, or of a doubtful or controverted point; applicable to the decisions of the mind, or to judicial decisions. We say, I had ... |
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determined |
[.] DETERMINED, pp. [.] 1. Ended; concluded; decided; limited; fixed; settled; resolved; directed. [.] 2. a. Having a firm or fixed purpose, as a determined man; or manifesting a firm resolution, as a determined countenance. |
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diamond-mine |
[.] DIAMOND-MINE, n. A mine in which diamonds are found. |
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domineer |
[.] DOMINEER, v.i. [L. See Dominant.] [.] 1. To rule over with insolence or arbitrary sway. [.] [.] To domineer over subjects or servants is evidence of a low mind. [.] 2. To bluster; to hector; to swell with conscious superiority, or haughtiness. [.] [.] Go to ... |
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domineering |
[.] DOMINEERING, ppr. [.] 1. Ruling over with insolence; blustering; manifesting haughty superiority. [.] 2. a. Overbearing. |
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eminence |
[.] EM'INENCE |
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eminency |
[.] EM'INENCY, n. [L. eminentia, from eminens, emineo, to stand or show itself above; e and minor, to threaten, that is, to stand or push forward.] [.] 1. Elevation, highth, in a literal sense; but usually, a rising ground; a hill of moderate elevation above the adjacent ... |
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eminent |
[.] EM'INENT, a. [L. eminens, from emineo.] [.] 1. High; lofty; as an eminent place. Ezek.16. [.] 2. Exalted in rank; high in office; dignified; distinguished. Princes hold eminent stations in society, as do ministers, judges and legislators. [.] 3. High in public ... |
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eminently |
[.] EM'INENTLY, adv. In a high degree; in a degree to attract observation; in a degree to be conspicuous and distinguished from others; as, to be eminently learned or useful. |
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enlumine |
[.] ENLU'MINE, v.t. To illumine; to enlighten. [See the latter words.] |
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ermine |
[.] ER'MINE, n. [.] 1. An animal of the genus Mustela, an inhabitant of northern climates, in Europe and America. It nearly resembles the martin in shape, but the weasel, in food and manners. In winter, the fur is entirely white; in summer, the upper part of the body ... |
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ermined |
[.] ER'MINED, a. Clothed with ermin; adorned with the fur of the ermin; as ermined pride; ermined pomp. |
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examine |
[.] EXAM'INE, v.t. egzam'in. [L. examino, from examen.] [.] 1. To inspect carefully, with a view to discover truth or the real state of a thing; as, to examine a ship to know whether she is sea-worthy, or a house to know whether repairs are wanted. [.] [.] 2. ... |
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examined |
[.] EXAM'INED, pp. Inquired into; searched; inspected; interrogated; tried by experiment. |
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examiner |
[.] EXAM'INER, n. One who examines, tries or inspects; one who interrogates a witness or an offender. [.] 1. In chancery, in Great Britain, the Examiners are two officers of that court, who examine, on oath, the witnesses for the parties. |
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extermine |
[.] EXTERM'INE, v.t. To exterminate. [Not used.] |
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famine |
[.] FAM'INE, n. [L. fames.] [.] 1. Scarcity of food; dearth; a general want of provisions sufficient for the inhabitants of a country or besieged place. [.] There was a famine in the land. Gen. 26. [.] 2. Want; destitution; as a famine of the word of life. |
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foredetermine |
[.] FORE'DETERM'INE, v.t. To decree beforehand. |
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fulmine |
[.] FUL'MINE, v.t. To thunder. [Not in use.] |
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gloominess |
[.] GLOOM'INESS, n. Want of light; obscurity; darkness; dismalness. [.] 1. Want of cheerfulness; cloudiness of look; heaviness of mind; melancholy; as, to involve the mind in gloominess. |
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gramineal |
[.] GRAMIN'EAL |
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gramineous |
[.] GRAMIN'EOUS, a. [L. gramineus, from gramen, grass.] [.] Grassy; like or pertaining to grass. Gramineous plants are those which have simple leaves, a jointed stem, a husky calyx, termed glume, and a single seed. This description however includes several sorts of corn, ... |
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gumminess |
[.] GUM'MINESS, n. The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness. [.] 1. Accumulation of gum. |
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illumine |
[.] ILLU'MINE, v.t. [L. illumino; in and lumino, to enlighten, from lumen, light. See Luminous.] [.] 1. To illuminate; to enlighten; to throw or spread light on; to make light or bright. [.] [.] [These words are used chiefly in poetry.] [.] 2. To enlighten, as ... |
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illuminee |
[.] ILLUMINEE' |
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imminence |
[.] IM'MINENCE, n. [L. imminentia, immineo, to hang over.] [.] Properly, a hanging over, but used by Shakespeare for impending evil or danger. [Little used.] |
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imminent |
[.] IM'MINENT, a. [L. imminens, from immineo, to hang over; in and minor, to threaten. See Menace.] [.] Literally, shooting over; hence, hanging over; impending; threatening; near; appearing as if about to fall on; used of evils; as imminent danger; imminent judgments, evils ... |
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indetermined |
[.] INDETERM'INED, a. [in and determined.] [.] Undetermined; unsettled; unfixed. |
31299
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jasmine |
[.] JAS'MINE, n. [It is sometimes written in English jessamine.] [.] A plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing beautiful flowers. There are several species. The common white jasmin is a climbing shrub, rising on supports 15 or 20 feet high. The name is also given to several ... |
31699
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kermes-mineral |
[.] KERM'ES-MINERAL, n. A mineral substance, so called from its color. It is a precipitate of antimony, obtained by fusion with a fixed alkali and subsequent solution in boiling water, or by simple ebullition. |
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lumine |
[.] LU'MINE, v.t. To enlighten. [Not used. See Illumine.] |
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mine |
[.] MINE, a. called sometimes a pronominal adj. [L. meus.] [.] My; belonging to me. It was formerly used before nouns beginning with vowels. "I kept myself from mine iniquity." Ps.18. But this use is no longer retained. We now use my before a vowel as well as before an ... |
35191
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mine-digger |
[.] MI'NE-DIGGER, n. One that digs mines. |
35192
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miner |
[.] MI'NER, n. One that digs for metals and other fossils. [.] 1. One who digs canals or passages under the walls of a fort, &c. Armies have sappers and miners. |
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mineral |
[.] MIN'ERAL, n. [Low L. minera, a matrix or vein of metals, whence mineralia; all from mine.] [.] A body destitute of organization, and which naturally exists within the earth or at its surface. [.] Minerals were formerly divided into salts, earths, inflammables and ores; ... |
35194
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mineralist |
[.] MIN'ERALIST, n. One versed or employed in minerals. |
35195
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mineralization |
[.] MINERALIZA'TION, n. [See Mineralize.] [.] 1. The process of forming an ore by combination with another substance; the natural operation of uniting a metallic substance with another. [.] 2. The process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant. [.] 3. ... |
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mineralize |
[.] MIN'ERALIZE, v.t. [from mineral] In mineralogy, to combine with a metal in forming an ore or mineral. Sulphur mineralizes many of the metals. [.] 1. To convert into a mineral. [.] [.] In these caverns, the bones are not mineralized. [.] 2. To impregnate with ... |
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mineralized |
[.] MIN'ERALIZED, pp. Deprived of its usual properties by being combined with another substance or formed into an ore; as, metallic substances are mineralized. [.] 1. Converted into a mineral. [.] 2. Impregnated with a mineral. |
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mineralizer |
[.] MIN'ERALIZER, n. A substance which mineralizes another or combines with it in an ore, and thus deprives it of its usual and peculiar properties. Sulphur is one of the most common mineralizers. |
35199
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mineralogical |
[.] MINERALOG'ICAL, a. [See Mineralogy.] Pertaining to the science of minerals; as a mineralogical table. |
35200
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mineralogically |
[.] MINERALOG'ICALLY, adv. In mineralogy. |
35201
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mineralogist |
[.] MINERAL'OGIST, n. One who is versed in the science of minerals, or one who treats or discourses of the properties of mineral bodies. |
35202
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mineralogy |
[.] MINERAL'OGY, n. [mineral and Gr. discourse.] The science which treats of the properties of mineral substances, and teaches us to characterize, distinguish and class them according to their properties. It comprehends the study or science of all inorganic substances ... |
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nominee |
... [.] NOMINEE, ... |
42224
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pre-eminence |
[.] PRE-EM'INENCE, n. [.] 1. Superiority in excellence; distinction in something commendable; as pre-eminence in honor or virtue; pre-eminence in eloquence, in legal attainments or in medical skill. [.] [.] The preeminence of christianity to any other religious scheme-- [.] 2. ... |
42225
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pre-eminent |
[.] PRE-EM'INENT, a. [L. proe, before, and eminens, emineo. See Menace.] [.] 1. Superior in excellence; distinguished for something commendable or honorable. [.] [.] In goodness and in power preeminent. [.] 2. Surpassing others in evil or bad qualities; as pre-eminent ... |
42226
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pre-eminently |
[.] PRE-EM'INENTLY, adv. In a preeminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others; as pre-eminently wise or good. [.] 1. In a bad sense; as pr-eminently guilty. |
42237
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pre-examine |
[.] PRE-EXAM'INE, v.t. To examine beforehand. |
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predetermine |
[.] PREDETERM'INE, v.t. [pre and determine.] [.] 1. To determine beforehand; to settle in purpose or counsel. [.] [.] If God foresees events,he must have predetermined them. [.] 2. To doom by previous decree. |
43176
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prominence |
[.] PROM'INENCE |
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prominency |
[.] PROM'INENCY, n. [L.prominentia, from promineo; pro and minor, to menace,that is, to shoot forward.] A standing out from the surface of something, or that which juts out; protuberance; as the prominence of a joint; the prominence of a rock or cliff; the prominence of ... |
43178
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prominent |
[.] PROM'INENT, a. [L. prominens.] Standing out beyond the line or surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as a prominent figure on a vase. [.] 1. Full; large; as a prominent eye. [.] 2. Eminent; distinguished above others; as a prominent character. [.] 3. ... |
43179
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prominently |
[.] PROM'INENTLY, adv. In a prominent manner; so as to stand out beyond the other parts; eminently; in a striking manner; conspicuously. |
44767
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re-examine |
[.] RE-EXAM'INE, v.t. [re and examine.] To examine anew. |
44768
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re-examined |
[.] RE-EXAM'INED, ppr. Examined again. |
45854
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relumine |
[.] RELU'MINE, v.t. [re and lumino; re and lumen, light, from lucco, to shine.] [.] 1. To light anew; to rekindle. [.] 2. To illuminate again. |
45855
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relumined |
[.] RELU'MINED, pp. Rekindled; illuminated anew. |
47233
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roominess |
[.] ROOM'INESS, n. Space; spaciousness; large extent of space. [.] Roomth, space, and roomthy, spacious, are ill formed words and not used in the United States. |
48366
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scitamineous |
[.] SCITAMIN'EOUS, a. Belonging to the Scitamineae, one of Linne's natural orders of plants. |
49196
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semined |
[.] SEM'INED, a. Thick covered, as with seeds. |
50517
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sliminess |
[.] SLI'MINESS, n. The quality of slime; consisting of slime. |
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soberminedness |
[.] SO'BERMINEDNESS, n, Calmness; freedon from inordinate passions; habitual sobriety. |
51955
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stamineous |
[.] STAMINEOUS, a. [L.] [.] 1. Consisting of stamens or filaments. Stamineous flowers have no corol; they want the colored leaves called petals, and consist only of the style and stamina. Linne calls them apetalous; others imperfect or incomplete. [.] 2. Pertaining ... |
52526
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storminess |
[.] STORMINESS, n. Tempestuousness; the state of being agitated by violent winds. |
52578
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stramineous |
[.] STRAMINEOUS, a. [L., straw.] [.] 1. Strawy; consisting of straw. [.] 2. Chaffy; like straw; light. |
53426
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supereminence |
[.] SUPEREM'INENCE |
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supereminency |
[.] SUPEREM'INENCY, n. [L. super and emineo.] Eminence superior to what is common; distinguished eminence; as the supereminence of Cicero as an orator; the supereminence of Dr. Johnson as a writer, or of lord Chatham as a statesman. |
53428
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supereminent |
[.] SUPEREM'INENT, a. Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ. |
53429
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supereminently |
[.] SUPEREM'INENTLY, adv. In a superior degree of excellence; with unusual distinction. |
54056
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sycamine |
[.] SYCAMINE. [See Sycamore.] |
54826
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terminer |
[.] TERM'INER, n. A determining; as in oyer and terminer. |
57957
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undermine |
[.] UNDERMI'NE, v.t. [.] 1. To sap; to excavate the earth beneath, for the purpose of suffering to fall, or of blowing up; as, to undermine a wall. [.] 2. To excavate the earth beneath. Rapid streams often undermine their banks and the trees growing upon them. [.] 3. ... |
57958
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undermined |
[.] UNDERMI'NED, pp. Sapped; having the foundation removed. |
57959
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underminer |
[.] UNDERMI'NER, n. [.] 1. One that saps, or excavates the earth beneath any thing. [.] 2. One that clandestinely removes the foundation or support; one that secretly overthrows; as an underminer of the church. |
58052
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undetermined |
[.] UNDETERM'INED, a. [.] 1. Not determined; not settled; not decided. [.] 2. Not limited; not defined; indeterminate. |
58256
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unexamined |
[.] UNEXAM'INED, a. [.] 1. Not examined; not interrogated strictly; as a witness. [.] 2. Not inquired into; not investigated; as a question. [.] 3. Not discussed; not debated. |
60872
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vimineous |
[.] VIMIN'EOUS, a. [L. vimineus, from vimen, a twig. Made of twigs or shoots. [.] In the hive's vimineous dome. |
