See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. Close harmony, Dispersedharmony, etc. See under Close, Dispersed, etc.-- Harmony of the spheres. See Music of the spheres, under Music.
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Harmony
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Schizophyte
One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the classification ofCohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that multiply byfission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not.
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Laudatory
Of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as,laudatory verses; the laudatory powers of Dryden. Sir J. Stephen.
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Date line
The hypothetical line on the surface of the earth fixed byinternational or general agreement as a boundary on one side of whichthe same day shall have a different name and date in the calendarfrom its name and date on the other side.
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Wigan
A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protectthe lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses,etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire,England.
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Leucophane
A mineral of a greenish yellow color; it is a silicate ofglucina, lime, and soda with fluorine. Called also leucophanite.
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Advancing edge
The front edge (in direction of motion) of a supportingsurface; -- contr. with following edge, which is the rear edge.
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Chromatoscope
A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotateeccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, insteadof a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of the stars.
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Carbostyril
A white crystalline substance, C9H6N.OH, of acid propertiesderived from one of the amido cinnamic acids.
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Diskless
Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into adisk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope.
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Kathetal
Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two sidesof a triangle, which include a right angle.
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Dividuous
Divided; dividual. [R.]He so often substantiates distinctions into dividuous,selfsubsistent. Coleridge.
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Appurtenant
Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory;incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings.Blackstone. Common appurtenatn. (Law) See under Common, n.
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Muriatic
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sea salt, or fromchlorine, one of the constituents of sea salt; hydrochloric. Muriaticacid, hydrochloric acid, HCl; -- formerly called also marine acid,and spirit of salt. See hydrochloric, and the Note under Muriate.
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Fossores
A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. Theyexcavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with thebodies of other insects for the food of the young when hatched.[Written also Fossoria.]
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Pinweed
Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North American herbs withbranching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers.
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Sadh
A member of a monotheistic sect of Hindoos. Sadhs resemble theQuakers in many respects. Balfour (cyc. of India).
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Divaricator
One of the muscles which open the shell of brachiopods; acardinal muscle. See Illust. of Brachiopoda.
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Rubato
Robbed; borrowed. Temple rubato. Etym: [It.] (Mus.) Borrowedtime; -- a term applied to a style of performance in which some tonesare held longer than their legitimate time, while others areproportionally curtailed.
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Syle
A young herring (Clupea harengus). [Also written sile.]But our folk call them syle, and nought but syle, And when they'regrown, why then we call them herring. J. Ingelow.