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Meridian :: Meridian (a.) A great circle on the surface of the earth, passing through the poles and any given place; also, the half of such a circle included between the poles..

Brush :: Brush (n.) To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush..

Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc..

Transmigratory :: Transmigratory (a.) Passing from one body or state to another.

Transmigration :: Transmigration (n.) The passing of the soul at death into another mortal body; metempsychosis.

Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception..

Longitude :: Longitude (n.) The distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic passing through the heavenly body whose longitude is designated; as, the longitude of Capella is 79¡..

Toll :: Toll (n.) A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like..

Seminymph :: Seminymph (n.) The pupa of insects which undergo only a slight change in passing to the imago state.

Futtock :: Futtock (n.) One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel.

Egress :: Egress (n.) The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit..

Transpiration :: Transpiration (n.) The passing of gases through fine tubes, porous substances, or the like; as, transpiration through membranes..

Conscience :: Conscience (n.) The faculty, power, or inward principle which decides as to the character of one's own actions, purposes, and affections, warning against and condemning that which is wrong, and approving and prompting to that which is right; the moral faculty passing judgment on one's self; the moral sense..

Absent :: Absent (a.) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air..

Bird-witted :: Bird-witted (a.) Flighty; passing rapidly from one subject to another; not having the faculty of attention.

Ray :: Ray (n.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray..

Elective :: Elective (a.) Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office..

Theta :: Theta (n.) A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English; -- sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the Greek qa`natos, death..

Catheter :: Catheter (n.) The name of various instruments for passing along mucous canals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be introduced into the bladder through the urethra to draw off the urine..

Transfluent :: Transfluent (a.) Passing or flowing through a bridge; -- said of water.

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