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Instance :: Instance (n.) That which is instant or urgent; motive.

Account :: Account (n.) A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts..

Headlight :: Headlight (n.) A light, with a powerful reflector, placed at the head of a locomotive, or in front of it, to throw light on the track at night, or in going through a dark tunnel..

Regeneration :: Regeneration (n.) The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart..

Motif :: Motif (n.) Motive.

Manifesto :: Manifesto (n. & a.) A public declaration, usually of a prince, sovereign, or other person claiming large powers, showing his intentions, or proclaiming his opinions and motives in reference to some act done or contemplated by him; as, a manifesto declaring the purpose of a prince to begin war, and explaining his motives..

Mogul :: Mogul (n.) A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having three pairs of connected driving wheels and a two-wheeled truck..

Podophyllous :: Podophyllous (a.) Having thin, flat, leaflike locomotive organs..

Spent :: Spent (a.) Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force.

Refer :: Refer (v. t.) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation; as, he referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances..

Metrograph :: Metrograph (n.) An instrument attached to a locomotive for recording its speed and the number and duration of its stops.

Mainspring :: Mainspring (n.) The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action..

Disinterested :: Disinterested (a.) Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge..

Impulsion :: Impulsion (n.) Influence acting unexpectedly or temporarily on the mind; sudden motive or influence; impulse.

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive..

Men-pleaser :: Men-pleaser (n.) One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God..

Microvolt :: Microvolt (n.) A measure of electro-motive force; the millionth part of one volt.

Nauplius :: Nauplius (n.) A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body..

Wood :: Wood (v. t.) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive..

Potentiometer :: Potentiometer (n.) An instrument for measuring or comparing electrial potentials or electro-motive forces.

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