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Outdoor :: Outdoor (a.) Being, or done, in the open air; being or done outside of certain buildings, as poorhouses, hospitals, etc.; as, outdoor exercise; outdoor relief; outdoor patients..

Un- :: Un- (adv.) Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like..

Issue :: Issue (n.) An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part..

Credit :: Credit (n.) Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.

Progressionist :: Progressionist (n.) One who holds to a belief in the progression of society toward perfection.

Fretwork :: Fretwork (n.) Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like..

Foreground :: Foreground (n.) On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6..

Nepenthe :: Nepenthe (n.) A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting..

Electro-tint :: Electro-tint (n.) A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electro-typing, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing..

Toreumatography :: Toreumatography (n.) A description of sculpture such as bas-relief in metal.

Survivance :: Survival (n.) Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known..

Unpersuasion :: Unpersuasion (n.) The state of not being persuaded; disbelief; doubt.

Hope :: Hope (v. t.) To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of..

Crusta :: Crusta (n.) A gem engraved, or a plate embossed in low relief, for inlaying a vase or other object..

Fetishism :: Fetishism (n.) The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches.

Discredit :: Discredit (v. t.) To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.

Belief :: Belief (n.) A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed..

Atheism :: Atheism (n.) The disbelief or denial of the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being..

Barbotine :: Barbotine (n.) A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.

Anaglyptography :: Anaglyptography (n.) The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc..

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