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318 words match “CEMENT”

PLACEMENT n. 2 definitions
The act of placing, or the state of being placed.
PORTLAND CEMENT n.
A cement having the color of the Portland stone of England, made by calcining an artificial mixture of carbonate of lime and clay, or sometimes certain natural limestones or chalky clays. It contains a large proportion of clay, and hardens under water.
PRODUCEMENT n.
Production. [Obs.]
PRONOUNCEMENT n.
The act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement.
RECOMMENCEMENT n.
A commencement made anew.
REDUCEMENT n.
Reduction. Milton.
REENFORCEMENT n. 2 definitions
The act of reënforcing, or the state of being reënforced.
REINFORCEMENT n.
See Reënforcement.
REJOICEMENT n.
Rejoicing. [Obs.]
RENOUNCEMENT n.
The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation. Shak.
REPLACEMENT n. 2 definitions
The act of replacing.
SCARCEMENT n.
An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.
SEDUCEMENT n. 2 definitions
The act of seducing.
SOLACEMENT n.
The act of solacing, or the state of being solaced; also, that which solaces. [R.]
SUPERINDUCEMENT n.
Superinduction.
TICEMENT n.
Enticement. [Obs.]
TRADUCEMENT n.
The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny. [R.] Shak.
WATER CEMENT n.
Hydraulic cement.
ABDOMEN n.
d other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
ACADEMY n.
A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.
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