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Assistant :: Assistant (a.) Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon..

Millerite :: Millerite (n.) A believer in the doctrine of William Miller (d. 1849), who taught that the end of the world and the second coming of Christ were at hand..

Chiliast :: Chiliast (n.) One who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years; a milllenarian.

Redelivery :: Redelivery (n.) A second or new delivery or liberation.

Lap :: Lap (n.) The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader..

Matador :: Matador (n.) In the game of quadrille or omber, the three principal trumps, the ace of spades being the first, the ace of clubs the third, and the second being the deuce of a black trump or the seven of a red one..

Topmast :: Topmast (n.) The second mast, or that which is next above the lower mast, and below the topgallant mast..

Kami :: Kami (n. pl.) A title given to the celestial gods of the first mythical dynasty of Japan and extended to the demigods of the second dynasty, and then to the long line of spiritual princes still represented by the mikado..

C. G. S. :: C. G. S. () An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time..

Lipogram :: Lipogram (n.) A writing composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on..

Postentry :: Postentry (n.) A second or subsequent, at the customhouse, of goods which had been omitted by mistake..

Readjournment :: Readjournment (n.) The act of readjourning; a second or repeated adjournment.

Secondary :: Secondary (a.) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.

Exodus :: Exodus (n.) The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt..

Prime :: Prime (a.) An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1..

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..

Iteration :: Iteration (n.) Recital or performance a second time; repetition.

Repay :: Repay (v. t.) To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt..

Decompound :: Decompound (v. t.) To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time.

Sophomore :: Sophomore (n.) One belonging to the second of the four classes in an American college, or one next above a freshman..

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