Nephrology

n.

A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions.

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Grouty

a.

Cross; sulky; sullen.

Feather-pated

a.

Feather-headed; frivolous.

Salaam

n.

Same as Salam.

Foolhardiness

n.

Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness; recklessness.

Echo

n.

A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.

's

A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has.

Give

n.

To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.

Hornstone

n.

A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.

Nose

v. t.

To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.

Eclecticism

n.

Theory or practice of an eclectic.

Hurter

n.

A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like.

Hallucination

n.

The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder or the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion.