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Neck :: Neck (n.) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft..

Interlunary :: Interlunary (a.) Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible..

Nautilus :: Nautilus (n.) The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata..

Towards :: Towards (prep.) Near; about; approaching to.

Pennant :: Pennant (n.) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel..

Distant :: Distant (a.) Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives..

Anthracite :: Anthracite (n.) A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal..

Fluocerite :: Fluocerite (n.) A fluoride of cerium, occuring near Fahlun in Sweden. Tynosite, from Colorado, is probably the same mineral..

Hydrus :: Hydrus (n.) A constellation of the southern hemisphere, near the south pole..

Elul :: Elul (n.) The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to the month of September..

Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light..

Scarp :: Scarp (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.

Muzzle :: Muzzle (v. i.) To bring the mouth or muzzle near.

Feuillants :: Feuillants (n. pl.) A reformed branch of the Bernardines, founded in 1577 at Feuillans, near Toulouse, in France..

Neer :: Neer (adv. & a.) Nearer.

Adit :: Adit (n.) An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel..

Sea Lion :: Sea lion () Any one of several large species of seals of the family Otariidae native of the Pacific Ocean, especially the southern sea lion (Otaria jubata) of the South American coast; the northern sea lion (Eumetopias Stelleri) found from California to Japan; and the black, or California, sea lion (Zalophus Californianus), which is common on the rocks near San Francisco..

Approximate :: Approximate (a.) Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

Subchanter :: Subcentral (a.) Nearly central; not quite central.

Intimate :: Intimate (a.) Near; close; direct; thorough; complete.

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