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Tolyl.
Colonical adjectiveOf or pertaining to husbandmen.
Melodics nounThe department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody.
Canopy nounA covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a ma…
Bipennated adjectiveHaving two wings.
Alcoholic adjectiveOf or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mix…
Latinistic adjectiveOf, pertaining to, or derived from, Latin; in the Latin style or idiom.
Intrinsical adjectiveIntrinsic.
Areostyle a. & n.See Intercolumniation, and Araeostyle.
Sadly adverbWearily; heavily; firmly.
Regredience nounA going back; a retrogression; a return.
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