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Sculpin :: Sculpin (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America..

Acantha :: Acantha (n.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.

Predicant :: Predicant (a.) Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence; preaching.

Applicant :: Applicant (n.) One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.

Short :: Short (superl.) Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water..

Cant :: Cant (v. i.) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning..

Tragacanth :: Tragacanth (n.) A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth..

Dijudicant :: Dijudicant (n.) One who dijudicates.

Mull :: Mull (n.) A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre..

Albicant :: Albicant (a.) Growing or becoming white.

Change :: Change (v. t.) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions.

Cantabrian :: Cantabrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain.

Antiattrition :: Antiattrition (n.) Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease..

Cantrap :: Cantrap (n.) Alt. of Cantri.

Flyspeck :: Flyspeck (n.) A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot..

Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample.

Franciscan :: Franciscan (n.) A monk or friar of the Order of St. Francis, a large and zealous order of mendicant monks founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi. They are called also Friars Minor; and in England, Gray Friars, because they wear a gray habit..

Fruticant :: Fruticant (a.) Full of shoots.

Palinode :: Palinode (n.) An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode..

Anacanthini :: Anacanthini (n. pl.) Alt. of Anacanth.

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