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Anhydrite :: Anhydrite (n.) A mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name)..

Prickle :: Prickle (v. t.) To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points..

Crystal :: Crystal (n.) The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian..

Miterwort :: Miterwort (n.) Any plant of the genus Mitella, -- slender, perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter; bishop's cap..

Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint lightly and thinly.

Drizzle :: Drizzle (v. i.) To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain..

Seersucker :: Seersucker (n.) A light fabric, originally made in the East Indies, of silk and linen, usually having alternating stripes, and a slightly craped or puckered surface; also, a cotton fabric of similar appearance..

Beat :: Beat (n.) A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8..

Disport :: Disport (v. i.) To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self.

Semitranslucent :: Semitranslucent (a.) Slightly clear; transmitting light in a slight degree.

Slub :: Slub (v. t.) To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.

Small :: Small (adv.) In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly..

Raffinose :: Raffinose (n.) A colorless crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained from the molasses of the sugar beet.

Pleurosigma :: Pleurosigma (n.) A genus of diatoms of elongated elliptical shape, but having the sides slightly curved in the form of a letter S. Pleurosigma angulatum has very fine striations, and is a favorite object for testing the high powers of microscopes..

Limbous :: Limbous (a.) With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.

Acescent :: Acescent (a.) Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.

Lightly :: Lightly (adv.) Without dejection; cheerfully.

Subterete :: Subtepid (a.) Slightly tepid.

Snick :: Snick (v. t.) To hit (a ball) lightly.

Ajar :: Ajar (adv.) Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar..

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