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Osiris :: Osiris (n.) One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis..

Principal :: Principal (n.) A thing of chief or prime importance; something fundamental or especially conspicuous.

Cyrenaic :: Cyrenaic (a.) Pertaining to Cyrenaica, an ancient country of northern Africa, and to Cyrene, its principal city; also, to a school of philosophy founded by Aristippus, a native of Cyrene..

Bushman :: Bushman (n.) One of a race of South African nomads, living principally in the deserts, and not classified as allied in race or language to any other people..

Tiebeam :: Tiebeam (n.) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof..

Domebook :: Domebook (n.) A book said to have been compiled under the direction of King Alfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the forms of judicial proceedings. Domebook was probably a general name for book of judgments..

Newel :: Newel (n.) The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary ones at the landings. See Hollow newel, under Hollow..

Premier :: Premier (a.) First; chief; principal; as, the premier place; premier minister..

Augitic :: Augitic (a.) Pertaining to, or like, augite; containing augite as a principal constituent; as, augitic rocks..

Main :: Main (v.) The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.

Diversion :: Diversion (n.) The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts..

Nimbus :: Nimbus (n.) A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See Cloud.

Principal :: Principal (n.) A chief obligor, promisor, or debtor, -- as distinguished from a surety..

Lithuanian :: Lithuanian (a.) Of or pertaining to Lithuania (formerly a principality united with Poland, but now Russian and Prussian territory)..

Skeleton :: Skeleton (n.) The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages..

Vomitory :: Vomitory (n.) A principal door of a large ancient building, as of an amphitheater..

Antares :: Antares (n.) The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion's Heart.

Czechs :: Czechs (n. pl.) The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia and Moravia..

Principality :: Principality (n.) Sovereignty; supreme power; hence, superiority; predominance; high, or the highest, station..

Ischium :: Ischium (n.) The ventral and posterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; seat bone; the huckle bone.

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