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Beck :: Beck (n.) A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command..

Henchman :: Henchman (n.) An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.

Expressive :: Expressive (a.) Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words..

Scanty :: Scanty (a.) Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.

Replicant :: Replicant (n.) One who replies.

Canteen :: Canteen (n.) The sutler's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers..

Cantilever :: Cantilever (n.) Same as Cantalever.

Wrymouth :: Wrymouth (n.) Any one of several species of large, elongated, marine fishes of the genus Cryptacanthodes, especially C. maculatus of the American coast. A whitish variety is called ghostfish..

Acanthopterygian :: Acanthopterygian (n.) A spiny-finned fish.

Cantonal :: Cantonal (a.) Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton.

Mendicant :: Mendicant (n.) A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar..

Cant :: Cant (n.) A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant..

Fuchsine :: Fuchsine (n.) Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See Rosaniline..

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) To sing a variation or accomplishment.

Nowel :: Nowel (n.) A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas carol..

Significative :: Significative (a.) Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant.

Scanting :: Scanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scan.

Cantabrigian :: Cantabrigian (n.) A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England..

Accent :: Accent (n.) A word; a significant ton.

Empty :: Empty (v. t.) To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern..

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