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1,989 words match “NIM”

PAYNIM a.
See Painim.
PLANIMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer.
PLANIMETRIC; PLANIMETRICAL a.
Of or pertaining to planimetry.
PLANIMETRY n.
The mensuration of plane surfaces; -- distinguished from stereometry, or the mensuration of volumes.
PUSILLANIMITY n.
The quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit; cowardliness. The badge of pusillanimity and cowardice. Shak. It is obvious to distinguished between an act of . . . pusillanimity and an act of great modesty or humility. South.
PUSILLANIMOUS a. 2 definitions
d; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless; cowardly; -- said of persons, as, a pussillanimous prince.
PUSILLANIMOUSLY adv.
With pusillanimity.
REANIMATE v.
To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits. Glanvill.
REANIMATION n.
The act or operation of reanimating, or the state of being reanimated; reinvigoration; revival.
SUCCINIMIDE n.
A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, C2H4.(CO)2.NH, obtained by treating succinic anhydride with ammonia gas. It is a typical imido acid, and forms a series of salts. See Imido acid, under Imido.
SWANIMOTE n.
See Swainmote.
TRANSANIMATE v.
To animate with a soul conveyed from another body. [R.] Bp. J. King (1608).
TRANSANIMATION n.
The conveyance of a soul from one body to another. [R.] Fuller.
UNANIMATE a.
Unanimous. [Obs.]
UNANIMITY n.
The quality or state of being unanimous.
UNANIMOUS a. 2 definitions
mination; consentient; not discordant or dissentient; harmonious; as, the assembly was unanimous; the members of the council were unanimous. "Both in one faith unanimous." Milton.
UNDERNIME v. 2 definitions
To receive; to perceive. [Obs.] He the savor undernom Which that the roses and the lilies cast. Chaucer.
UNIMITABLE a.
Inimitable. [Obs.]
UNIMPAIRABLE a.
That can not be impaired. Hakewill.
UNIMPEACHABLE a.
ility to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation; unimpeachable testimony. Burke. -- Un`im*peach"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`im*peach"a*bly, adv.
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