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Postmaster :: Postmaster (n.) One who has charge of a post office, and the distribution and forwarding of mails..

Corsned :: Corsned (n.) The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt..

Proportion :: Proportion (n.) The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.

Servile :: Servile (a.) Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune..

Utia :: Utia (n.) Any species of large West Indian rodents of the genus Capromys, or Utia. In general appearance and habits they resemble rats, but they are as large as rabbits..

Fumitory :: Fumitory (n.) The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes. F. officinalis is a common species, and was formerly used as an antiscorbutic..

Manslaughter :: Manslaughter (n.) The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc/ or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger..

Rosebud :: Rosebud (n.) The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open..

Ventriloquism :: Ventriloquism (n.) The act, art, or practice of speaking in such a manner that the voice appears to come, not from the person speaking, but from some other source, as from the opposite side of the room, from the cellar, etc..

Vomiturition :: Vomiturition (n.) The vomiting of but little matter; also, that vomiting which is effected with little effort..

Cycadaceous :: Cycadaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants like the palms, but having exogenous wood. The sago palm is an example..

Spleen :: Spleen (n.) A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the vascular system; the milt. Its exact function in not known.

Didymium :: Didymium (n.) A rare metallic substance usually associated with the metal cerium; -- hence its name. It was formerly supposed to be an element, but has since been found to consist of two simpler elementary substances, neodymium and praseodymium. See Neodymium, and Praseodymium..

Retribution :: Retribution (n.) That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong..

Noncontributing :: Noncontributing (a.) Alt. of Noncontributor.

Species :: Species (n.) A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to European, American, or the like, as species..

Antepenultimate :: Antepenultimate (a.) Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two.

Butter :: Butter (v. t.) To cover or spread with butter.

Urania :: Urania (n.) A genus of large, brilliantly colored moths native of the West Indies and South America. Their bright colored and tailed hind wings and their diurnal flight cause them to closely resemble butterflies..

Approximation :: Approximation (n.) A value that is nearly but not exactly correct.

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