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Patela :: Patela (n.) A large flat-bottomed trading boat peculiar to the river Ganges; -- called also puteli.

Camera Lucida :: Camera lucida () An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the microscope..

Epicycle :: Epicycle (n.) A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center..

Pentathlon :: Pentathlon (n.) A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear..

Serolin :: Serolin (n.) A peculiar fatty substance found in the blood, probably a mixture of fats, cholesterin, etc..

Foreignism :: Foreignism (n.) Anything peculiar to a foreign language or people; a foreign idiom or custom.

Racy :: Racy (superl.) Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.

Roaring :: Roaring (n.) An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion; the making of the noise so caused. See Roar, v. i., 5..

Chondrule :: Chondrule (n.) A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites..

Endemical :: Endemical (a.) Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease..

Greekish :: Greekish (a.) Peculiar to Greece.

Viewy :: Viewy (a.) Having peculiar views; fanciful; visionary; unpractical; as, a viewy person..

Mandarinic :: Mandarinic (a.) Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.

Eskimo :: Eskimo (n.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race.

Privilege :: Privilege (n.) A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise..

Dentition :: Dentition (n.) The system of teeth peculiar to an animal.

Phrase :: Phrase (n.) A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human..

Dartos :: Dartos (n.) A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum.

Customer :: Customer (n.) A peculiar person; -- in an indefinite sense; as, a queer customer; an ugly customer..

Nemathecium :: Nemathecium (n.) A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores..

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