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Sectism :: Sectism (n.) Devotion to a sect.

Lithomarge :: Lithomarge (n.) A clay of a fine smooth texture, and very sectile..

Cynic :: Cynic (n.) One of a sect or school of philosophers founded by Antisthenes, and of whom Diogenes was a disciple. The first Cynics were noted for austere lives and their scorn for social customs and current philosophical opinions. Hence the term Cynic symbolized, in the popular judgment, moroseness, and contempt for the views of others..

Wesleyanism :: Wesleyanism (n.) The system of doctrines and church polity inculcated by John Wesley (b. 1703; d. 1791), the founder of the religious sect called Methodist; Methodism. See Methodist, n., 2..

Washed :: Washed (a.) Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects.

Scape :: Scape (n.) The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect.

Denominationalism :: Denominationalism (n.) A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or denomination.

Symphyses :: Symphyseotomy (n.) The operation of dividing the symphysis pubis for the purpose of facilitating labor; -- formerly called the Sigualtian section.

Rostrulum :: Rostrulum (n.) A little rostrum, or beak, as of an insect..

Light :: Light (v. i.) To descend from flight, and rest, perch, or settle, as a bird or insect..

Conics :: Conics (n.) Conic sections.

Acerous :: Acerous (a.) Without antennae, as some insects..

Reduvid :: Reduvid (n.) Any hemipterous insect of the genus Redivius, or family Reduvidae. They live by sucking the blood of other insects, and some species also attack man..

Episternum :: Episternum (n.) One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects.

Pentail :: Pentail (n.) A peculiar insectivore (Ptilocercus Lowii) of Borneo; -- so called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at the base and plumose at the tip..

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.

Kingfisher :: Kingfisher (n.) Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant in the East Indies..

Insect :: Insect (a.) Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.

Side-taking :: Side-taking (n.) A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction..

Aladinist :: Aladinist (n.) One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans.

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