"Pretentious" is a word in ENGLISH

Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid.

syista n siesta, a brief nap after lunch. v [A] take a siesta.

The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march of twenty miles.

n. corncob.

The word used in introducing a proviso (which see.) ordinarily it sig nifles or expresses a condition; but this is …

To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.

Placed so as to face one another; -- said of animals.

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of Chuck

In early times, ln Eng-lish law, this term was applled to every stranger or “outlandish” man. Bruct lib. 3, tr. …

To pour out or discharge at the mouth, as a stream; to vent; to discharge into an ocean, a lake, …

A house-burner; one guilty of arson; one who maliciously and willfully sets another person’s building on fire

The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus.

A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.

One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.

To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.

Giving a previous narrative or explanation, as of the plot or personages of a play; introductory.

The operation of excising one or more of the bones of the tarsus.

In Scotch law. One to rescind or annul a deed or contract

An unwritten code of law represented to have been given by God to Moses on Sinai.