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Compose :: Compose (v. t.) To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.

Rate :: Rate (n.) A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value; esp., in England, a local tax; as, parish rates; town rates..

Diacaustic :: Diacaustic (a.) Pertaining to, or possessing the properties of, a species of caustic curves formed by refraction. See Caustic surface, under Caustic..

Underlay :: Underlay (n.) A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression..

Fluorescein :: Fluorescein (n.) A yellowish red, crystalline substance, C20H12O5, produced by heating together phthalic anhydride and resorcin; -- so called, from the very brilliant yellowish green fluorescence of its alkaline solutions. It has acid properties, and its salts of the alkalies are known to the trade under the name of uranin..

Unlimited :: Unlimited (a.) Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as, unlimited terms..

Aerognosy :: Aerognosy (n.) The science which treats of the properties of the air, and of the part it plays in nature..

Rolling-pin :: Rolling-pin (n.) A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be rolled out and reduced to a proper thickness..

Ductility :: Ductility (n.) The property of a metal which allows it to be drawn into wires or filaments.

Intermeddling :: Intermeddling (n.) The act of improperly interfering.

Neglect :: Neglect (v.) Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy..

Form :: Form (n.) To derive by grammatical rules, as by adding the proper suffixes and affixes..

Stray :: Stray (n.) Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively..

Inept :: Inept (a.) Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.

Udal :: Udal (n.) In Shetland and Orkney, a freehold; property held by udal, or allodial, right..

Majorat :: Majorat (a.) Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of honor as to descend with it..

Jamb :: "Jamb (n.) The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face..

Assignment :: Assignment (n.) The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors..

Cushion :: Cushion (n.) Anything resembling a cushion in properties or us.

Right :: Right (v. i.) To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright.

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