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Mirage
An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but more frequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at the surface common to two strata of air differently heated. The reflected imag..
Reciprocation
The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindnesses.
Patronage
Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author.
Fucus
A paint; a dye; also, false show.
Sponsorship
State of being a sponsor.
Democracy
Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.
Interplay
Mutual action or influence; interaction; as, the interplay of affection.
Duodecimo
Having twelve leaves to a sheet; as, a duodecimo from, book, leaf, size, etc.
Revive
To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
Cable
A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.
Malapert
Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert.
Magnanimously
In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.
Misrepresent
To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly.
A fortiori
With stronger reason.
Backbiting
Secret slander; detraction.
Temulentive
Somewhat temulent; addicted to drink.
Erst
First.
Again
In return, back; as, bring us word again.
Denunciation
Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.
Triangle
A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles.
Sanative
Having the power to cure or heal; healing; tending to heal; sanatory.
Righteously
In a righteous manner; as, to judge righteously.
Crotchet
A forked support; a crotch.
Imposingly
In an imposing manner.
Accession
A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
Elegantly
In a manner to please nice taste; with elegance; with due symmetry; richly.
Corrective
Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.
Torrefy
To dry by a fire.
Thereafter
After that; afterward.
Next
Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.
Stenographer
One who is skilled in stenography; a writer of shorthand.
Therefore
For that or this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that.
Thus
The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.
Previous
Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness.
Quondam
Having been formerly; former; sometime.
Also
In like manner; likewise.
Sea
One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger..
Cablegram
A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable.
Runt
Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particularly to domestic animals.
Damper
That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pian..
Partner
One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. "Partner of his fortune." Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b) Either one of a couple who dance together. (..
Andiron
A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.
Hexad
An atom whose valence is six, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, six monad atoms or radicals; as, sulphur is a hexad in sulphuric acid. Also used as a..
Compatriot
One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling.
Confederate
United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.
Pelt
The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.
Captiousness
Captious disposition or manner.
Harmless
Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless.
Drubbing
of Drub
Storming
of Storm
