Retrograde

a.

Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.

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Handystroke

n.

A blow with the hand.

Alienation

n.

A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.

Unroll

v. t.

To display; to reveal.

Flavine

n.

A yellow, crystalline, organic base, C13H12N2O, obtained artificially.

Scioptics

n.

The art or process of exhibiting luminous images, especially those of external objects, in a darkened room, by arrangements of lenses or mirrors.

Nomocracy

n.

Government in accordance with a system of law.

Unskillful

a.

Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.

Runlet

n.

A little run or stream; a streamlet; a brook.

Sacking

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Sack

Restrain

v. t.

To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb.

Verdant

a.

Covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh; flourishing; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn.

Viatecture

n.

The art of making roads or ways for traveling, including the construction of bridges, canals, viaducts, etc.