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Pertaining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lactic acid, and called also amido-propionic acid.
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The Indian antelope (Antilope bezoartica, / cervicapra), noted for its beauty and swiftness. It has long, spiral, divergent horns. →
A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality; a sea letter or passport. See Passport. →
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A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for fumigation. →
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One of a group of nitrogenous phosphorized principles, supposed by Thudichum to exist in brain tissue. →
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A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railroad train. →
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A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers. →