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Cited or quoted before or above. Arbuthnot.

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  • QUOTUM
    Part or proportion; quota. "A very small quotum." Max Müller.
  • CITRANGE
    A citrous fruit produced by a cross between the sweet orange and the trifoliate orange . It is more acid and has a more pronounced aroma than the orange; the tree is hardier. There are several varieties.
  • QUOTIDIAN
    Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever. (more info) daily; quotus how many + dies day: cf. OF. cotidien, F. quotidien.
  • CITHARISTIC
    Pertaining, or adapted, to the cithara.
  • QUOTIETY
    The relation of an object to number. Krauth-Fleming.
  • CITHARA
    An ancient instrument resembling the harp.
  • BEFORETIME
    Formerly; aforetime. dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. 2 Kings xiii. 5.
  • CITRIC
    Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon; as, citric acid. Citric acid , an organic acid, C3H4OH. 3, extracted from lemons, currants, gooseberies, etc., as a white crystalline substance, having a pleasant sour taste.
  • ABOVEBOARD
    Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke. Note: This expression is said by Johnson to have been borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put their hands
  • CITRON
    A fruit resembling a lemon, but larger, and pleasantly aromatic. The thick rind, when candied, is the citron of commerce. 2. A citron tree. 3. A citron melon. Citron melon. A small variety of muskmelon with sugary greenish flesh. A small variety
  • CITESS
    A city woman
  • QUOTABLE
    Capable or worthy of being quoted; as, a quotable writer; a quotable sentence. -- Quot`a*bit"i*ty, n. Poe.
  • CITIZENSHIP
    The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
  • ABOVESAID
    Mentioned or recited before.
  • CITATORY
    Having the power or form of a citation; as, letters citatory.
  • CITHERN
    See CITTERN
  • QUOTATIONIST
    One who makes, or is given to making, quotations. The narrow intellectuals of quotationists. Milton.
  • ABOVE-MENTIONED; ABOVE-NAMED
    Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.
  • CITRINE
    Like a citron or lemon; of a lemon color; greenish yellow. Citrine ointment , a yellowish mercurial ointment, the unquentum hydrargyri nitratis.
  • CITICISM
    The manners of a cit or citizen.
  • APOSTOLICISM; APOSTOLICITY
    The state or quality of being apostolical.
  • OPACITY
    1. The state of being opaque; the quality of a body which renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of transparency; opaqueness. 2. Obscurity; want of clearness. Bp. Hall.
  • ELICITATION
    The act of eliciting. Abp. Bramhall.
  • IMPUDICITY
    Immodesty. Sheldon.
  • RECAPACITATE
    To qualify again; to confer capacity on again. Atterbury.
  • HYGROSCOPICITY
    The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances.
  • LEUCITE
    A mineral having a glassy fracture, occurring in translucent trapezohedral crystals. It is a silicate of alumina and potash. It is found in the volcanic rocks of Italy, especially at Vesuvius.
  • ECCENTRICITY
    The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis. (more info) 1. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.
  • EXCITO-MOTION
    Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory.
  • RESUSCITANT
    One who, or that which resuscitates. Also used adjectively.
  • ASCITITIOUS
    Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed. Homer has been reckoned an ascititious name. Pope.
  • FERROCALCITE
    Limestone containing a large percentage of iron carbonate, and hence turning brown on exposure.
  • PYROCITRIC
    Pertaining to, or designating, any one of three acids obtained by the distillation of citric acid, and called respectively citraconic, itaconic, and mesaconic acid.
  • SCITAMINEOUS
    Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants , mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot.
  • AUTHENTICITY
    1. The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness. 2. Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original. Note: In later writers, especially those on the evidences of Christianity,
  • PHYCITE
    See 1
  • FEROCITY
    Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance. The pride and ferocity of a Highland chief. Macaulay.

 

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