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Upheaval :: Upheaval (n.) The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust..

Quantum :: Quantum (n.) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary..

Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) A plate with an opening, which is generally circular, used in instruments to cut off marginal portions of a beam of light, as at the focus of a telescope..

Induviae :: Induviae (n. pl.) Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also, leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time..

Saree :: Saree (n.) The principal garment of a Hindoo woman. It consists of a long piece of cloth, which is wrapped round the middle of the body, a portion being arranged to hang down in front, and the remainder passed across the bosom over the left shoulder..

Pileus :: Pileus (n.) The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom.

Sandwich :: Sandwich (v. t.) To make into a sandwich; also, figuratively, to insert between portions of something dissimilar; to form of alternate parts or things, or alternating layers of a different nature; to interlard..

Share :: Share (v. t.) To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.

Rectifiable :: Rectifiable (a.) Admitting, as a curve, of the construction of a straight l//e equal in length to any definite portion of the curve..

Billon :: Billon (n.) An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage..

Contingent :: Contingent (n.) That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops..

Heeltap :: Heeltap (n.) A small portion of liquor left in a glass after drinking.

Cyrtostyle :: Cyrtostyle (n.) A circular projecting portion.

Perchloride :: Perchloride (n.) A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than any other chloride of the same substance or series.

Oakum :: Oakum (n.) The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling.

Installment :: Installment (n.) A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times. Payment by installment is payment by parts at different times, the amounts and times being often definitely stipulated..

Protoxide :: Protoxide (n.) That one of a series of oxides having the lowest proportion of oxygen. See Proto-, 2 (b)..

Dotation :: Dotation (n.) The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman..

Hercynian :: Hercynian (a.) Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains..

Disseminated :: Disseminated (p. a.) Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance.

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