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Promt :: Promt (superl.) Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; -- said of persons..

Wassail :: Wassail (n.) An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one..

Hydronephrosis :: Hydronephrosis (n.) An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages..

Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained..

Deadly :: Deadly (adv.) In a manner to occasion death; mortally.

Conine :: Conine (n.) A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2..

Disposable :: Disposable (a.) Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use.

Always :: Always (adv.) Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally..

Special :: Special (a.) Appropriate; designed for a particular purpose, occasion, or person; as, a special act of Parliament or of Congress; a special sermon..

Morality :: Morality (n.) A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII..

Spiration :: Spiranthy (n.) The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower.

Occasioner :: Occasioner (n.) One who, or that which, occasions, causes, or produces..

Aid :: Aid (v. t.) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions.

Gladiator :: Gladiator (n.) Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement..

Set :: Set (v. t.) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud..

Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.

Hurtful :: Hurtful (a.) Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct..

For :: For (prep.) Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done.

Cause :: Cause (n.) To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb..

Watchword :: Watchword (n.) A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password..

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