"Holocephali" is a word in ENGLISH
An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among
living species, only the chimaeras; -- called also Holocephala. See
Chimaera; also Illustration in Appendix.
Every man who attacks my belief diminishes in some degree my confidence in it and therefore makes me uneasy and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.
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On a special teacher's day, a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her pupils. The florist's son handed her a gift. She shooked it, held it over her head, and said, "I bet I know what it is - flowers!""That's right!" said the boy, "but how did you know?""Just a wild guess," she said.The next pupil was the candy store owner's daughter. The teacher held her gift overhead, shooked it, and said, "I bet I can guess what it is - a box of candy!""That's right! But how did you know?" asked the girl."Just a lucky guess," said the teacher.The next gift was from the liquor store owner's son. The teacher held the bag over her head and noticed that it was leaking. She touched a drop of the leakage with her finger and tasted it. "Is it wine?" she asked."No," the boy replied.The teacher repeated the process, touching another drop of the leakage to her tongue. "Is it champagne?" she asked."No," the boy replied.The teacher then said, "I give up, what is it?" The boy replied, "A puppy!"
The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and …
Read the complete definitionThe Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.
Read the complete definitionIn Roman law. A cattle thief. Also called ablgcus, q. v
Read the complete definitionábang - To take within range or sweep (of fire, etc.). Sang pagkasúnug sang baláy ni Fuláno naábang man ang …
Read the complete definitionA West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for …
Read the complete definitionLat An. officer having charge of acta, public records, registers, jour-nals, or minutes; an officer who entered on record the …
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Read the complete definitionabát-ábat - Dim. and Freq. of ábat. Also: to follow up, follow from place to place. Ginabátábat sang mga polís …
Read the complete definitionabáy-abáy - Dim. and Freq. of abáy. Also: to meddle, put one’s nose in, interfere. Indì ka magabáyabáy sinâ nga …
Read the complete definitionA monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, …
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Read the complete definitionIn the law of estates. Expectation; waiting; suspense; remembrance and contemplation in law. where there ls no person ln existence …
Read the complete definitionábi - For instance, for example; to imagine, think, say. Hunâhunáon ta, ábi, nga—. Let us imagine, for example, that—. …
Read the complete definitionA genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes …
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid.
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Read the complete definitionabíl-abilón - See abíl-abíl id. Often also used in connection with men of loose morals: Lecher, fornicator, whoremonger; lewd, unchaste, …
Read the complete definitionThe supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; …
Read the complete definitionTo reject by judicial sentence; also, to abjudge.
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