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Acacia

A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

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Catechu 76% connected

A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contai…

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Shittah 76% connected

Alt. of Shittah tree

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Shittah tree 76% connected

A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; -- now believed to have b…

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Wattle 76% connected

A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.

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Tree 76% connected

Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

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Adventitious root noun · 78% connection

root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem

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Apomict noun · 78% connection

a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis

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Archespore noun · 78% connection

primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops

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primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops

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Asperse verb · 78% connection

To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.

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Bill noun · 78% connection

Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare, e…

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Bizantine unknown · 78% connection

See Byzantine.

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Blue superl. · 78% connection

Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impra…

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Byzant noun · 78% connection

Alt. of Byzantine

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Byzantian a. & n. · 78% connection

See Byzantine.

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Convolve verb · 78% connection

To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another.

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Counter-roll noun · 78% connection

A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll.

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Courant adjective · 78% connection

Represented as running; -- said of a beast borne in a coat of arms.

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Crown noun · 78% connection

A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc.

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Demography noun · 78% connection

The study of races, as to births, marriages, mortality, health, etc.

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Dust verb · 78% connection

To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor.

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Dusty superl. · 78% connection

Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust.

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Edict noun · 78% connection

A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act o…

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Exarch noun · 78% connection

A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteri…

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Ferula noun · 78% connection

The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.

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Ghibelline noun · 78% connection

One of a faction in Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which favored the German emperors, and opposed the Guelfs, or adherents of…

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Greek fire noun · 78% connection

a mixture used by Byzantine Greeks that was often shot at adversaries; catches fire when wetted

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