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Mockery :: Mockery (n.) Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule.

Run :: Run (a.) To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog..

Leverage :: Leverage (n.) The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.

Denudation :: Denudation (n.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water..

Awake :: Awake (a.) Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.

Unwisdom :: Unwisdom (n.) Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance.

Reiterative :: Reiterative (n.) A word expressing repeated or reiterated action.

Selenium :: Selenium (n.) A nonmetallic element of the sulphur group, and analogous to sulphur in its compounds. It is found in small quantities with sulphur and some sulphur ores, and obtained in the free state as a dark reddish powder or crystalline mass, or as a dark metallic-looking substance. It exhibits under the action of light a remarkable variation in electric conductivity, and is used in certain electric apparatus. Symbol Se. Atomic weight 78.9..

Annals :: Annals (n. pl.) A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as Annals of Science..

Attractable :: Attractable (a.) Capable of being attracted; subject to attraction.

Droitural :: Droitural (a.) relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished from the right of possession; as, droitural actions..

Counteraction :: Counteraction (n.) Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act..

Assignor :: Assignor (n.) An assigner; a person who assigns or transfers an interest; as, the assignor of a debt or other chose in action..

Multiplier :: Multiplier (n.) An instrument for multiplying or increasing by repetition or accumulation the intensity of a force or action, as heat or electricity. It is particularly used to render such a force or action appreciable or measurable when feeble. See Thermomultiplier..

Chondrin :: Chondrin (n.) A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water. It is similar to gelatin, and is a large ingredient of commercial gelatin..

Inceptive :: Inceptive (a.) Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action; -- called also inchoative..

Mechanical :: Mechanical (a.) Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe..

Actionary :: Actionary (n.) Alt. of Actionis.

Factionist :: Factionist (n.) One who promotes faction.

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