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Phosphinic :: Phosphinic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain acids analogous to the phosphonic acids, but containing two hydrocarbon radicals, and derived from the secondary phosphines by oxidation..

Bywork :: Bywork (n.) Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondary business.

Scapulet :: Scapulet (n.) A secondary mouth fold developed at the base of each of the armlike lobes of the manubrium of many rhizostome medusae. See Illustration in Appendix.

By-product :: By-product (n.) A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product..

Tertiary :: Tertiary (a.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary..

By :: By (a.) Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc..

Base-court :: Base-court (n.) The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house; the outer court of a castle..

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

Stilet :: Stile (v. i.) One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the primary members of a frame, into which the secondary members are mortised..

Accumulator :: Accumulator (n.) An apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored, such as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc..

Secondariness :: Secondariness (n.) The state of being secondary.

Paracorolla :: Paracorolla (n.) A secondary or inner corolla; a corona, as of the Narcissus..

Kenogenesis :: Kenogenesis (n.) Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; -- distinguished from palingenesis..

Snag :: Snag (n.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.

Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral..

Secondary :: Secondary (a.) Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary..

Accessory :: Accessory (a.) Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music..

Second :: Second (a.) Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior..

Anadromous :: Anadromous (a.) Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem.

Secondary :: Secondary (n.) A secondary quill.

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