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Gaseous :: Gaseous (a.) Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous.

Blackball :: Blackball (v. t.) To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking..

Short-handed :: Short-handed (a.) Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers..

Remiss :: Remiss (a.) Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow..

Black :: Black (a.) To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush..

Absent :: Absent (a.) Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent..

Blank :: Blank (a.) Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of sensations; as, blank unconsciousness..

Bastard :: Bastard (n.) Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so..

Lustless :: Lustless (a.) Lacking vigor; weak; spiritless.

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.

Tenuous :: Tenuous (a.) Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument..

Muraena :: Muraena (n.) A genus of large eels of the family Miraenidae. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry (Muraena Helenae) of Southern Europe was the muraena of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish.

Faint :: Faint (superl.) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst..

Staminate :: Staminate (a.) Having stamens, but lacking pistils..

Thoughtless :: Thoughtless (adv.) Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act..

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state..

Want :: Want (v. i.) To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four..

Anacoluthic :: Anacoluthic (a.) Lacking grammatical sequence.

Lacking :: Lacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lac.

Blacking :: Blacking (n.) Any preparation for making things black; esp. one for giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves..

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