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A large sting ray native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail. A large sting ray of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its snout appears to be four- lobed when viewed in front, whence it

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A large sting ray native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail. A large sting ray of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its snout appears to be four- lobed when viewed in front, whence it is also called cow-nosed ray.

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  • STRE
    Straw. Chaucer.
  • STILLY
    Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
  • STROKER
    One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking. Cures worked by Greatrix the stroker. Bp. Warburton.
  • STEATOPYGOUS
    Having fat buttocks. Specimens of the steatopygous Abyssinian breed. Burton.
  • STAUNCH; STAUNCHLY; STAUNCHNESS
    See ETC
  • STRONTIAN
    Strontia.
  • STINTLESS
    Without stint or restraint. The stintlesstears of old Heraclitus. Marston.
  • STACK
    1. A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch. But corn was housed, and beans were
  • STROMATIC
    Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds.
  • STORER
    One who lays up or forms a store.
  • STUNNER
    1. One who, or that which, stuns. 2. Something striking or amazing in quality; something of extraordinary excellence. Thackeray.
  • STATUELESS
    Without a statue.
  • STEREOGRAPHIC; STEREOGRAPHICAL
    Made or done according to the rules of stereography; delineated on a plane; as, a stereographic chart of the earth. Stereographic projection , a method of representing the sphere in which the center of projection is taken in the surface of the
  • SNOUTY
    Resembling a beast's snout. The nose was ugly, long, and big, Broad and snouty like a pig. Otway.
  • STRATARITHMETRY
    The art of drawing up an army, or any given number of men, in any geometrical figure, or of estimating or expressing the number of men in such a figure.
  • STICK-LAC
    See LAC
  • STRIATUM
    The corpus striatum.
  • STATESMANLIKE
    Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
  • STRAPPING
    Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. There are five and thirty strapping officers gone. Farquhar.
  • STEELING
    The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v.
  • IATROCHEMISTRY
    Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body,
  • MAISTRE; MAISTRIE; MAISTRY
    Mastery; superiority; art. See Mastery. Chaucer.
  • SHIRT WAIST
    A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children; -- in England called a blouse.
  • FREEDSTOOL
    See FRIDSTOL
  • PRELATIST
    One who supports of advocates prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates; hence, a high-churchman. Hume. I am an Episcopalian, but not a prelatist. T. Scott.
  • TESTIFICATION
    The act of testifying, or giving testimony or evidence; as, a direct testification of our homage to God. South.
  • MYSTAGOGY
    The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries.
  • HEADSTALL
    That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head. Shak.
  • BURINIST
    One who works with the burin. For. Quart. Rev.
  • SYMBOLISTIC; SYMBOLISTICAL
    Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry.
  • PITCHSTONE
    An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch.
  • POSTHUME; POSTHUMED
    Posthumos. I. Watts. Fuller.
  • MALACOSTOMOUS
    Having soft jaws without teeth, as certain fishes.
  • AGROSTOLOGIST
    One skilled in agrostology.
  • APOSTOLICISM; APOSTOLICITY
    The state or quality of being apostolical.
  • ALKALI WASTE
    Waste material from the manufacture of alkali; specif., soda waste.

 

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