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Bone :: Bone (n.) Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset..

Ex- :: Ex- () A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it signifies out of, as, in exhale, exclude; off, from, or out. as in exscind; beyond, as, in excess, exceed, excel; and sometimes has a privative sense of without, as in exalbuminuos, exsanguinous. In some words, it intensifies the meaning; in others, it has little affect on the signification. It becomes ef- before f, as in effuse. The form e- occurs instead of

Naphthoquinone :: Naphthoquinone (n.) A yellow crystalline substance, C10H6O2, analogous to quinone, obtained by oxidizing naphthalene with chromic acid..

Loggerhead :: Loggerhead (n.) An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast..

Mysticete :: Mysticete (n.) Any right whale, or whalebone whale. See Cetacea..

Paranaphthalene :: Paranaphthalene (n.) Anthracene; -- called also paranaphthaline.

Blubber :: Blubber (n.) The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh.

Flurry :: Flurry (n.) The violent spasms of a dying whale.

Transpire :: Transpire (v. t.) To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.

Denticete :: Denticete (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc..

Cachalot :: Cachalot (n.) The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale..

Hale :: Hale (a.) Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body..

Tahaleb :: Tahaleb (n.) A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa.

Marshaler :: Marshaler (n.) One who marshals.

Naphthoic :: Naphthoic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of carboxyl derivatives, called naphthoic acids..

Vapor :: Vapor (n.) To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate..

Expire :: Expire (v. t.) To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors..

Laemodipoda :: Laemodipoda (n. pl.) A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples..

Killer :: Killer (n.) A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are known..

Speck :: Speck (n.) The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus..

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