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Instrument :: Instrument (n.) One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means, or agent..

Sententious :: Sententious (a.) Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth..

Average :: Average (n.) A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the average 10..

Nasal :: Nasal (a.) Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance..

Deport :: Deport (n.) Behavior; carriage; demeanor; deportment.

Convection :: Convection (n.) A process of transfer or transmission, as of heat or electricity, by means of currents in liquids or gases, resulting from changes of temperature and other causes..

Tirrit :: Tirrit (n.) A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror..

Lodging :: Lodging (n.) A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning..

Adventuress :: Adventuress (n.) A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.

Understanding :: Understanding (n.) The power to understand; the intellectual faculty; the intelligence; the rational powers collectively conceived an designated; the higher capacities of the intellect; the power to distinguish truth from falsehood, and to adapt means to ends..

Etching :: Etching (v. t.) A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching..

Nonsense :: Nonsense (n.) That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity..

Refrigerator :: Refrigerator (n.) A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice..

Pipage :: Pipage (n.) Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation..

Despicable :: Despicable (a.) Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift..

Gambrel :: Gambrel (v. t.) To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.

Wall :: Wall (n.) A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense..

Fantoccini :: Fantoccini (n. pl.) Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used..

Insignificant :: Insignificant (a.) Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words..

Credit Mobilier :: Credit mobilier () A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the credit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed..

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