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Word Meanings - PANDEAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or relating to the god Pan. Pandean pipes, a primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have

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Of or relating to the god Pan. Pandean pipes, a primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have been invented by Pan. Called also Pan's pipes and Panpipes.

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    Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within. Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.
  • ORGANISTA
    Any one of several South American wrens, noted for the sweetness of their song.
  • RELATIONSHIP
    The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason.
  • SCALENE
    A triangle having its sides and angles unequal.
  • ORGANICALNESS
    The quality or state of being organic.
  • INSTRUMENTAL
    Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental
  • PRIMITIVENESS
    The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice.
  • GRADUATOR
    1. One who determines or indicates graduation; as, a graduator of instruments. 2. An instrument for dividing any line, right or curve, into small, regular intervals. 3. An apparatus for diffusing a solution, as brine or vinegar, over
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  • SERIES DYNAMO
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  • ORGANOLOGY
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    One versed in organography.
  • ORGANOGRAPHY
    A description of the organs of animals or plants.
  • ORGAN
    A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action , which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs
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    1. To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained. He is before all things, and by him all things consist. Col.
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    One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
  • SHORT CIRCUIT
    A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
  • FREEDSTOOL
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