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Windlass :: Windlass (v. i.) To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.

Obliquely :: Obliquely (adv.) In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly.

Undecolic :: Undecolic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C11H18O2, of the propiolic acid series, obtained indirectly from undecylenic acid as a white crystalline substance..

Glancingly :: Glancingly (adv.) In a glancing manner; transiently; incidentally; indirectly.

Storven :: Storthing (n.) The Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election once in three years, but holding annual sessions..

Backstair :: Backstair (a.) Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs.

Collaterally :: Collaterally (adv.) In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly.

Backhand :: Backhand (a.) Backhanded; indirect; oblique.

Heterogamy :: Heterogamy (n.) The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy.

Trichina :: Trichina (n.) A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their

Allusion :: Allusion (n.) A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint..

Indirect :: Indirect (a.) Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc..

Suggest :: Suggest (v. t.) To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects..

Back Stairs :: Back stairs () Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way..

Hint :: Hint (v. t.) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion..

Side :: Side (a.) Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark..

Fish :: Fish (v. i.) To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments..

Artful :: Artful (a.) Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.].

Bye :: Bye (n.) A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication..

Indirectness :: Indirectness (n.) Deviation from an upright or straightforward course; unfairness; dishonesty.

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