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Oppressive :: Oppressive (a.) Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe..

Cocobolas :: Cocobolas (n.) A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools, and for various fancy articles..

Canuck :: Canuck (n.) A small or medium-sized hardy horse, common in Canada..

Solidity :: Solidity (n.) The state or quality of being solid; density; consistency, -- opposed to fluidity; compactness; fullness of matter, -- opposed to openness or hollowness; strength; soundness, -- opposed to weakness or instability; the primary quality or affection of matter by which its particles exclude or resist all others; hardness; massiveness..

Hardened :: Hardened (imp. & p. p.) of Harde.

Fag :: Fag (v. i.) To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge.

Costive :: Costive (a.) Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding.

Hardship :: Hardship (n.) That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc..

Ruthenium :: Ruthenium (n.) A rare element of the light platinum group, found associated with platinum ores, and isolated as a hard, brittle steel-gray metal which is very infusible. Symbol Ru. Atomic weight 103.5. Specific gravity 12.26. See Platinum metals, under Platinum..

Bell Metal :: Bell metal () A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; -- used for making bells..

Quahaug :: Quahaug (n.) An American market clam (Venus mercenaria). It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also round clam, and hard clam..

Sclerotic :: Sclerotic (a.) Hard; firm; indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony..

Creak :: Creak (v. i.) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak..

Tenderfoot :: Tenderfoot (n.) A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life.

Cane :: Cane (n.) Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane..

Knock :: Knock (v. i.) To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door..

Shooi :: Shooi (n.) The Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus);- so called from its cry.

Osmium :: Osmium (n.) A rare metallic element of the platinum group, found native as an alloy in platinum ore, and in iridosmine. It is a hard, infusible, bluish or grayish white metal, and the heaviest substance known. Its tetroxide is used in histological experiments to stain tissues. Symbol Os. Atomic weight 191.1. Specific gravity 22.477..

Versus :: Versus (prep.) Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; -- chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs..

Surd :: Surd (a.) Uttered, as an element of speech, without tone, or proper vocal sound; voiceless; unintonated; nonvocal; atonic; whispered; aspirated; sharp; hard, as f, p, s, etc.; -- opposed to sonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, //169, 179, 180..

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