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n. finery
(a) a botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs
(b) that which is used to decorate the person or dress
(c) a portable case for holding writing-materials, drawings, etc
(d) common sense
 
n. extension
(a) a reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope
(b) the act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war
(c) a worshiper of false gods
(d) the art or practice of sleight of hand
 
n. medicine
(a) a person who is empowered by another to represent them in a given matter
(b) any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds
(c) person who makes a contribution or present
(d) a substance possessing or reputed to possess curative or remedial properties
 
n. contender
(a) one who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry
(b) anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms
(c) insinuation
(d) the place in or near which a person or thing is
 
n. naphtha
(a) a religious holiday celebrated on January 6 to commemorate the visit of the wise men to Bethlehem (Christianity)
(b) a landed estate held under feudal tenure
(c) disloyalty
(d) a light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints

 

n. euphony
(a) agreeableness of sound
(b) condition in which a body part cannot be moved (caused by nerve or brain damage, etc.)
(c) a ripple
(d) a prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse or performance
 
n. barograph
(a) profound lethargy
(b) relative disposition of parts
(c) an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure
(d) the person to whom property is transferred by deed
 
n. lying
(a) a high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak
(b) a portable free-reed musical instrument
(c) untruthfulness
(d) a unit of electrical energy
 
v. desist
(a) to cease from action
(b) to fasten
(c) to feed to fullness or to satiety
(d) to win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence or reflection
 
n. rampart
(a) a bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile entry
(b) the department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of childhood
(c) an instrument for indicating and marking exact time in music
(d) a fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct or the like

n. finery (b) that which is used to decorate the person or dress
n. extension (a) a reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope
n. medicine (d) a substance possessing or reputed to possess curative or remedial properties
n. contender (a) one who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry
n. naphtha (d) a light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints
n. euphony (a) agreeableness of sound
n. barograph (c) an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure
n. lying (c) untruthfulness
v. desist (a) to cease from action
n. rampart (a) a bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile entry

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