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Monotessaron :: Monotessaron (n.) A single narrative framed from the statements of the four evangelists; a gospel harmony.

Piece :: Piece (n.) Any one thing conceived of as apart from other things of the same kind; an individual article; a distinct single effort of a series; a definite performanc.

Circle :: Circle (n.) A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center..

Micrococcus :: Micrococcus (n.) A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of Ascoccus..

Float :: Float (v. i.) A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.

Monopodial :: Monopodial (a.) Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk..

Commute :: Commute (v. t.) To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares..

Singlestick :: Singlestick (n.) The game played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary's head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling..

Deadbeat :: Deadbeat (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.

Unison :: Unison (n.) A single, unvaried..

Uniaxial :: Uniaxial (a.) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; -- opposed to multiaxial.

Anisodactyls :: Anisodactyls (n. pl.) A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc..

Monody :: Monody (n.) A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice..

Spinster :: Spinster (n.) An unmarried or single woman; -- used in legal proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname..

Imparipinnate :: Imparipinnate (a.) Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet.

Hill :: Hill (v. t.) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes..

Generation :: Generation (n.) A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period; also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period of time at which one rank follows another, or father is succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a century; an age..

Trip :: Trip (n.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward..

Blow :: Blow (n.) A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.

Unicellular :: Unicellular (a.) Having, or consisting of, but a single cell; as, a unicellular organism..

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