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Paralbumin :: Paralbumin (n.) A proteidlike body found in the fluid from ovarian cysts and elsewhere. It is generally associated with a substance related to, if not identical with, glycogen..

Return :: Return (v. t.) To convey into official custody, or to a general depository..

Breastwheel :: Breastwheel (n.) A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight..

Strategy :: Strategy (n.) The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship..

Clique :: Clique (v. i.) A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in a bad sense.

Plagioclase :: Plagioclase (n.) A general term used of any triclinic feldspar. See the Note under Feldspar.

Generally :: Generally (adv.) In a general way, or in general relation; in the main; upon the whole; comprehensively..

File :: File (v. i.) To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; -- generally with off..

Electro-magnet :: Electro-magnet (n.) A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe..

Hold :: Hold (n. i.) To derive right or title; -- generally with of.

Rule :: Rule (n.) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice..

Ordovician :: Ordovician (a.) Of or pertaining to a division of the Silurian formation, corresponding in general to the Lower Silurian of most authors, exclusive of the Cambrian..

Venerable :: Venerable (a.) Capable of being venerated; worthy of veneration or reverence; deserving of honor and respect; -- generally implying an advanced age; as, a venerable magistrate; a venerable parent..

Postmaster-general :: Postmaster-general (n.) The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.

Intelligence :: Intelligence (n.) Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study, research, or experience; general information..

Acrolith :: Acrolith (n.) A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood..

Costume :: Costume (n.) Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period..

Mime :: Mime (n.) A kind of drama in which real persons and events were generally represented in a ridiculous manner.

Association :: Association (n.) Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches..

Spar :: Spar (v. t.) Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; -- still applied locally to rafters..

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