Vacuousness

n.

The quality or state of being vacuous; emptiness; vacuity.

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Calculous

a.

Of the nature of a calculus; like stone; gritty; as, a calculous concretion.

Remonstrate

v. t.

To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.

Hot blast

See under Blast.

Nictitate

v. i.

To wink; to nictate.

Undeify

v. t.

To degrade from the state of deity; to deprive of the character or qualities of a god; to deprive of the reverence due to a god.

Recompose

v. t.

To compose again; to form anew; to put together again or repeatedly.

Geognostical

a.

Of or pertaining to geognosy, or to a knowledge of the structure of the earth; geological.

Alimentation

n.

State or mode of being nourished.

Adventure

v. i.

To try the chance; to take the risk.

Nef

n.

The nave of a church.

Harl

n.

A filamentous substance; especially, the filaments of flax or hemp.

Lamina

n.

A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.