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Equipendency :: Equipendency (n.) The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined or determined either way.

Librate :: Librate (v. i.) To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised..

Outpoise :: Outpoise (v. t.) To outweigh.

Poise :: Poise (v.) Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.

Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer..

Poiser :: Poiser (n.) The balancer of dipterous insects.

Peise :: Peise (v. t.) To poise or weight.

Poise :: Poise (n.) To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh..

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight..

Unpoised :: Unpoised (a.) Not poised or weighed; hence, regardless of consequences; unhesitating..

Sea Hog :: Sea hog () The porpoise.

Homodont :: Homodont (a.) Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; -- opposed to heterodont..

Snuffer :: Snuffer (n.) The common porpoise.

Underpoise :: Underpoise (v. t.) To weigh, estimate, or rate below desert; to undervalue..

Poise :: Poise (v.) The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.

Equilibrate :: Equilibrate (v. t.) To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise..

Equiponderancy :: Equiponderancy (n.) Equality of weight; equipoise.

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.

Porpus :: Porpus (n.) A porpoise.

Equilibrium :: Equilibrium (n.) A level position; a just poise or balance in respect to an object, so that it remains firm; equipoise; as, to preserve the equilibrium of the body..

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