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Posse Comitatus :: Posse comitatus () The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed..

Expression :: Expression (n.) The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth..

Gape :: Gape (v. i.) Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape..

Similitudinary :: Similitudinary (a.) Involving or expressing similitude.

Impress :: Impress (n.) The act of impressing or making.

Disdainful :: Disdainful (a.) Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty.

Improperia :: Improperia (n. pl.) A series of antiphons and responses, expressing the sorrowful remonstrance of our Lord with his people; -- sung on the morning of the Good Friday in place of the usual daily Mass of the Roman ritual..

Pinching :: Pinching (a.) Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony..

Repousse :: Repousse (a.) Ornamented with patterns in relief made by pressing or hammering on the reverse side; -- said of thin metal, or of a vessel made of thin metal..

Volitive :: Volitive (a.) Used in expressing a wish or permission as, volitive proposition..

Ultra- :: Ultra- (a.) A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc..

Deferential :: Deferential (a.) Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.

Affirmative :: Affirmative (a.) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.

Sublime :: Sublime (superl.) Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration, veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand; solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive object in nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed..

Depreciative :: Depreciative (a.) Tending, or intended, to depreciate; expressing depreciation; undervaluing..

Coordinative :: Coordinative (a.) Expressing coordination.

Wringer :: Wringer (n.) A machine for pressing water out of anything, particularly from clothes after they have been washed..

Diminutive :: Diminutive (a.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word..

Pressive :: Pressive (a.) Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation..

Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer..

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