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Brachelytra :: Brachelytra (n. pl.) A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles..

Bang :: Bang (n.) The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn..

Scant :: Scant (v. t.) To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail..

Short-breathed :: Short-breathed (a.) Having short life.

Mushroom :: Mushroom (a.) Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushroom cities..

Jerkin :: Jerkin (n.) A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.

Breviate :: Breviate (n.) A short compend; a summary; a brief statement.

Semicope :: Semicope (n.) A short cope, or an inferier kind of cope..

Minute :: Minute (p. pr. & vb. n.) To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.

Chink :: Chink (n.) A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence..

Short :: Short (v. i.) To fail; to decrease.

Snood :: Snood (n.) A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.

Bob Wig :: Bob wig () A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtail wig.

Exact :: Exact (a.) Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts..

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never; can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is..

Basque :: Basque (n.) A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques..

Truce :: Truce (n.) Hence, intermission of action, pain, or contest; temporary cessation; short quiet..

Crinkled :: Crinkled (a.) Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag..

U :: U () the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood, answering t

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendion; the contraction produced by cold..

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