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841 words match “LENE”

CENSURABLE a.
; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct. -- Cen"sur*a*bleness, n. -- Cen"sur*a*bly, adv.
CETENE n.
An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.
CHALK v.
To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach. Tennyson. Let a bleak paleness chalk the door. Herbert. To chalk out, to sketch with, or as with, chalk; to outline; to indicate; to plan. [Colloq.] "I shall pursue the plan I have chalked out." Burke.
CHANGEABILITY n.
Changeableness.
CHATOYMENT n.
Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors. Cleaceland.
CHLORIC a.
of five, or the next to its highest; as, chloric acid, HClO3. Chloric ether (Chem.), ethylene dichloride. See Dutch liquid, under Dutch.
CHRYSENE n.
One of the higher aromatic hydrocarbons of coal tar, allied to napthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance, C18H12, of strong blue fluorescence, but generally colored yellow by impurities.
CITRACONIC a.
stance, C3H4(CO2H)2, obtained by distillation of citric acid. It is a compound of the ethylene series.
CLEMENCY n.
Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy. Great clemency and tender zeal toward their subjects. Stowe. They had applied for the royal clemency. Macaulay.
CLEVER a.
Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness. "T would sound more clever To me and to my heirs forever. Swift.
CLUMSY a.
Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse. But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully d…
COCAGNE n.
An imaginary country of idleness and luxury.
COGITABILITY n.
The quality of being cogitable; conceivableness.
COMMODIOUSNESS n.
State of being commodious; suitableness for its purpose; convience; roominess. Of cities, the greatness and riches increase according to the commodiousness of their situation. Sir W. Temple. The commodiousness of the harbor. Johnson.
CONCEPTIBILITY n.
The quality of being conceivable; conceivableness. Cudworth.
CONDENSATION n.
n increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene. Condensation product (Chem.), a substance obtained by the polymerization of one substance, or by the union of two or more, with or without separation of some unimportant side products. -- Surface condensation, the system of…
CONDIGNNESS n.
Agreeableness to deserts; suitableness.
CONDUCIBILITY n.
The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness. Bp. Wilkins.
CONE n.
that of a lens, or conversely. -- Cone pulley. See in the Vocabulary. -- Oblique or Scalene cone, a cone of which the axis is inclined to the plane of its base. -- Eight cone. See Cone, 1.
CONFITURE n.
The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness. Sir J. Reynolds. If congeniality of tastes could have made a marriage happy, that union should have been thrice blessed. Motley.
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