| 1 | Theftbote The receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a
compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent that the
thief shall escape punishment. |
| 2 | Trimorphism The property of crystallizing in three forms
fundamentally distinct, as is the case with titanium dioxide, which
crystallizes in the forms of rutile, octahedrite, and brookite. See
Pleomorphism. The coexistence among individuals of the same species
of three distinct forms, not connected, as a rule, by intermediate
gradations; the condition among individuals of the same species of
having three different shapes or proportions of corresponding parts; --
contrasted with polymorphism, and dimorphism. |
| 3 | Conite A magnesian variety of dolomite. |
| 4 | Absurdness Absurdity. |
| 5 | Glyptic Of or pertaining to gem engraving. Figured; marked as with figures. |
| 6 | Ambit Circuit or compass. |
| 7 | Mump To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in
sulkiness. To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter
unintelligibly. To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar. To be sullen or sulky. To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly. To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food. To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon. |
| 8 | Demand To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek
from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for
urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience. To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in
a peremptory manner; to question. To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need
of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care. To call into court; to summon. To make a demand; to inquire. The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a
peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due;
requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand. Earnest inquiry; question; query. A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to
possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is
in great demand. That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing
claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate. The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due. The right or title in virtue of which anything may be
claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person. A thing or amount claimed to be due. |
| 9 | Proctorial Of or pertaining to a proctor, esp. an academic
proctor; magisterial. |
| 10 | Starve To die; to perish. To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want;
to be very indigent. To perish or die with cold. To destroy with cold. To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is,
in law, murder. To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison
into a surrender. To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by
depriving them of proper light and air. To deprive of force or vigor; to disable. |
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