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Better :: Better (compar.) More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.; as, ten miles and better..

Low :: Low (adv.) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; -- said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian..

So :: So (adv.) In the same manner; as has been stated or suggested; in this or that condition or state; under these circumstances; in this way; -- with reflex reference to something just asserted or implied; used also with the verb to be, as a predicate..

Relative :: Relative (a.) Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject..

Distinguishingly :: Distinguishingly (adv.) With distinction; with some mark of preference.

Selfishness :: Selfishness (n.) The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding those of others..

Placentary :: Placentary (a.) Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification..

Improve :: Improve (v. t.) To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; -- said with reference to what is bad.

Yarage :: Yarage (a.) The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; -- said with reference to a ship..

Capitation :: Capitation (n.) A tax upon each head or person, without reference to property; a poll tax..

Proverb :: Proverb (n.) A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.

Barbaic :: Barbaic (a.) Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east..

Statant :: Statal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or existing with reference to, a State of the American Union, as distinguished from the general government..

Conjugate :: Conjugate (a.) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; -- frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc..

Asterism :: Asterism (n.) An asterisk, or mark of reference..

Critical :: Critical (n.) Characterized by thoroughness and a reference to principles, as becomes a critic; as, a critical analysis of a subject..

Literature :: Literature (n.) The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry..

Asterisk :: Asterisk (n.) The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character..

Consult :: Consult (v. t.) To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes..

In :: In (prep.) With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it happened in the last century; in all my life..

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