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Newmarket :: Newmarket (n.) A long, closely fitting cloak..

Consecute :: Consecute (v. t.) To follow closely; to endeavor to overtake; to pursue.

Connivent :: Connivent (a.) Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc..

Indehiscent :: Indehiscent (a.) Remaining closed at maturity, or not opening along regular lines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut..

Cleistogamous :: Cleistogamous (a.) Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization..

Prying :: Prying (a.) Inspecting closely or impertinently.

Earnest :: Earnest (a.) Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention..

Catarrhine :: Catarrhine (n.) One of the Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey..

Subsecutive :: Subsecute (v. t.) To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue..

Near :: Near (adv.) Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh..

Roundabout :: Roundabout (n.) A short, close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc..

Twin :: Twin (n.) A person or thing that closely resembles another.

Unbay :: Unbay (v. t.) To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or incloses; to let loose; to open.

Shut :: Shut (a.) Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g..

Hug :: Hug (v. t.) To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace.

Campylotropous :: Campylotropous (a.) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together..

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound..

Wray :: Wray (v. t.) To reveal; to disclose.

Marriage :: Marriage (v. t.) Any intimate or close union.

Fauces :: Fauces (n.pl.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils..

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