Havoc

n.

Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.

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Kainozoic

a.

See Cenozoic.

Gommelin

n.

See Dextrin.

Horrification

n.

That which causes horror.

Gastronomer

n.

One fond of good living; an epicure.

Alcyonium

n.

A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges.

Unpoised

a.

Not poised or weighed; hence, regardless of consequences; unhesitating.

Eardrop

n.

A species of primrose. See Auricula.

ries

pl.

of Lachrymatory

Nondescript

a.

Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.

Rat

v. i.

In English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades union.

Pail

n.

A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a bail, -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket. It may, or may not, have a cover.

Scarring

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Scar