| 1 | Wasite A variety of allanite from Sweden supposed to contain
wasium. |
| 2 | Energy Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating,
or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing
energies may suffer them to lie inactive. Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or
effectual operation; as, the energy of a magistrate. Strength of expression; force of utterance; power to
impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; -- said of
speech, language, words, style; as, a style full of energy. Capacity for performing work. |
| 3 | Gypsy One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from
India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are now scattered
over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft,
fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany. The language used by the gypsies. A dark-complexioned person. A cunning or crafty person Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies. To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods. |
| 4 | Machinist A constrictor of machines and engines; one versed in the
principles of machines. One skilled in the use of machine tools. A person employed to shift scenery in a theater. |
| 5 | Naid Any one of numerous species of small, fresh-water, chaetopod
annelids of the tribe Naidina. They belong to the Oligochaeta. |
| 6 | Nibbler One who, or that which, nibbles. |
| 7 | Trash That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse. Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar
cane, or the like. A worthless person. A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in
pursuing game. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop;
to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn,
humiliate, or crush. To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing
game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder
vexatiously. To follow with violence and trampling. |
| 8 | Countermand To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind
by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand
an order for goods. To prohibit; to forbid. To oppose; to revoke the command of. A contrary order; revocation of a former order or
command. |
| 9 | Precocity The quality or state of being precocious; untimely
ripeness; premature development, especially of the mental powers;
forwardness. |
| 10 | Accidentality The quality of being accidental; accidentalness. |
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