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Fugitiveness :: Fugitiveness (n.) The quality or condition of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility; fugacity; instability.

Terutero :: Terutero (n.) The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.

Javanese :: Javanese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Java.

Evanescence :: Evanescence (n.) The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes..

Vanessian :: Vanessian (n.) A vanessa.

Vexillum :: Vexillum (n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane.

Rasse :: Rasse (n.) A carnivore (Viverricula Mallaccensis) allied to the civet but smaller, native of China and the East Indies. It furnishes a perfume resembling that of the civet, which is highly prized by the Javanese. Called also Malacca weasel, and lesser civet..

Windmill :: Windmill (n.) A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft..

Danaide :: Danaide (n.) A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one..

Transom :: Transom (n.) The vane of a cross-staff.

Caravaneer :: Caravaneer (n.) The leader or driver of the camels in caravan.

Weathercock :: Weathercock (n.) A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction..

Barb :: Barb (n.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather..

Progne :: Progne (n.) An American butterfly (Polygonia, / Vanessa, Progne). It is orange and black above, grayish beneath, with an L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called also gray comma..

Lamina :: Lamina (n.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather..

Javanese :: "Javanese (a.) Of or pertaining to Java, or to the people of Java..

Tachometer :: Tachometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of running water in a river or canal, consisting of a wheel with inclined vanes, which is turned by the current. The rotations of the wheel are recorded by clockwork..

Cock :: Cock (n.) A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock..

Havanese :: Havanese (a.) Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba..

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