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Anelectric :: Anelectric (a.) Not becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to idioelectric.

Jehovist :: "Jehovist (n.) One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; -- opposed to adonist..

Close :: Close (v. t.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open..

Decreation :: Decreation (n.) Destruction; -- opposed to creation.

Solid :: Solid (a.) Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; -- opposed to fluid and liquid or to plastic, like clay, or to incompact, like sand..

Supinator :: Supination (n.) The act or state of lying with the face upward. Opposed to pronation.

Biogeny :: Biogeny (n.) A doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; -- opposed to abiogenesis.

Come :: Come (n.) To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go..

Polysyndeton :: Polysyndeton (n.) A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, We have ships and men and money and stores. Opposed to asyndeton..

Catastrophism :: Catastrophism (n.) The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical causes; -- opposed to the doctrine of uniformism.

Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration..

Petalous :: Petalous (a.) Having petals; petaled; -- opposed to apetalous.

Inversely :: Inversely (adv.) In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; -- opposed to directly.

Aweather :: Aweather (adv.) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!.

Extensor :: Extensor (n.) A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor..

Oppose :: Oppose (v. i.) To be set opposite.

Gonochorism :: Gonochorism (n.) Separation of the sexes in different individuals; -- opposed to hermaphroditism.

Confront :: Confront (v. t.) To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.

Incito-motor :: Incito-motor (a.) Inciting to motion; -- applied to that action which, in the case of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and excites the muscles to contraction. Opposed to excito-motor..

Heterogamy :: Heterogamy (n.) The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy.

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