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Assize :: Assize (n.) A kind of writ or real action.

Peristalsis :: Peristalsis (n.) Peristaltic contraction or action.

Cataract :: Cataract (n.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.

Acquiescence :: Acquiescence (n.) Tacit concurrence in the action of another.

Petrifaction :: Petrifaction (n.) Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy.

Boon :: Boon (n.) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.

Indecorum :: Indecorum (n.) An indecorous or becoming action.

Excitability :: Excitability (n.) The property manifested by living organisms, and the elements and tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to the action of stimulants; irritability; as, nervous excitability..

Peptone :: Peptone (n.) The soluble and diffusible substance or substances into which albuminous portions of the food are transformed by the action of the gastric and pancreatic juices. Peptones are also formed from albuminous matter by the action of boiling water and boiling dilute acids.

Selfish :: Selfish (a.) Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.

Air :: Air (n.) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of that portrait has a good air..

Refraction :: Refraction (n.) The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved..

Impulse :: Impulse (n.) The action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body..

Otheoscope :: Otheoscope (n.) An instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in an exhausted vessel; a modification of the radoimeter.

Calumniation :: Calumniation (n.) False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name..

Debate :: Debate (v. t.) Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress..

Force :: Force (n.) To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort; as, to force a consient or metaphor; to force a laugh; to force fruits..

Tranquillize :: Tranquillize (v. t.) To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind..

Engagement :: Engagement (n.) An action; a fight; a battle.

Walk :: Walk (n.) A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian..

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