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Decency :: Decency (n.) The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty..

Deduction :: Deduction (n.) Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend..

Spark :: Spark (n.) That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle..

Object :: Object (v. t.) A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed; as, the object of a transitive verb..

Profit :: Profit (n.) Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods..

Sting :: Stimulus (v. t.) That which excites or produces a temporary increase of vital action, either in the whole organism or in any of its parts; especially (Physiol.), any substance or agent capable of evoking the activity of a nerve or irritable muscle, or capable of producing an impression upon a sensory organ or more particularly upon its specific end organ..

Tonic :: Tonic (n.) A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system..

Mortify :: Mortify (v. t.) To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.

Fermentation :: Fermentation (n.) The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic substance into new compounds by the action of a ferment, either formed or unorganized. It differs in kind according to the nature of the ferment which causes it..

Extraction :: Extraction (n.) Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended.

Magneto-electrical :: Magneto-electrical (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, electricity by the action of magnets; as, magneto-electric induction..

Rejoint :: Rejoint (v. t.) Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather..

Facility :: Facility (n.) That which promotes the ease of any action or course of conduct; advantage; aid; assistance; -- usually in the plural; as, special facilities for study..

Derogation :: Derogation (n.) The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; -- followed by of, from, or to..

Even :: Even (a.) Level, smooth, or equal in surface; not rough; free from irregularities; hence uniform in rate of motion of action; as, even ground; an even speed; an even course of conduct..

Alternative :: Alternative (n.) The course of action or the thing offered in place of another.

Dipyridine :: Dipyridine (n.) A polymeric form of pyridine, C10H10N2, obtained as a colorless oil by the action of sodium on pyridine..

Ply :: Ply (v. i.) To act, go, or work diligently and steadily; especially, to do something by repeated actions; to go back and forth; as, a steamer plies between certain ports..

Condenser :: Condenser (n.) An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of Steam engine..

Absence :: Absence (n.) Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind..

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