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Delapse :: Delapse (v. i.) To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.

Jalapic :: Jalapic (a.) Of or pertaining to jalap.

Adularia :: Adularia (n.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone..

Hypostrophe :: Hypostrophe (n.) A relapse, or return of a disease..

Clap :: Clap (v. i.) To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.

Ultramarine :: Ultramarine (n.) A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively..

Guib :: Guib (n.) A West African antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus), curiously marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground, and hence called harnessed antelope; -- called also guiba..

Lap :: Lap (n.) To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working..

Lapideous :: Lapideous (a.) Of the nature of stone.

Carvelbuilt :: Carvelbuilt (a.) Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel..

Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.

Imparisyllabic :: Imparisyllabic (a.) Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis..

Parelle :: Parelle (n.) A name for two kinds of dock (Rumex Patientia and R. Hydrolapathum).

Lability :: Lability (n.) Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize..

Collapse :: Collapse (v. i.) To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses..

Lapillation :: Lapillation (n.) The state of being, or the act of making, stony..

Claps :: Claps (v. t.) Variant of Clas.

Past :: Past (v.) Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences..

Clap :: Clap (v. i.) To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into.

Zebu :: Zebu (n.) A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff..

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