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Redactor :: Redactor (n.) One who redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; an editor.

Interluder :: Interluder (n.) An actor who performs in an interlude.

Operative :: Operative (n.) A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory..

Cothurn :: Cothurn (n.) A buskin anciently used by tragic actors on the stage; hence, tragedy in general..

Covariant :: Covariant (n.) A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same function of the new variables and coefficients shall be equal to the old function multiplied by a factor. An invariant is a like function involving only the coefficients of the quantic..

Recalcitration :: Recalcitration (n.) A kicking back again; opposition; repugnance; refractoriness.

Smell :: Smell (v. i.) To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk..

Debut :: Debut (n.) A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker..

Encenia :: Encenia (n. pl.) A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors..

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolaemata.

Raid :: Raid (n.) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury..

Manducus :: Manducus (n.) A grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or grimacing, worn in processions and by comic actors on the stage..

Buskin :: Buskin (n.) A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy..

Extractor :: Extractor (n.) A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel.

Account :: Account (n.) A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts..

Manufactory :: Manufactory (a.) Pertaining to manufacturing.

Sugariness :: Sugar-house (n.) A building in which sugar is made or refined; a sugar manufactory.

Calefactory :: Calefactory (n.) An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room..

Osphradium :: Osphradium (n.) The olfactory organ of some Mollusca. It is connected with the organ of respiration.

Thespian :: Thespian (n.) An actor.

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