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Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphoric acid. Hypophosphoric acid , an acid, P2H4O6, produced by the slow oxidation of moist phosphorus, and isolated

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Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphoric acid. Hypophosphoric acid , an acid, P2H4O6, produced by the slow oxidation of moist phosphorus, and isolated only as a solution in water. It is regarded as a condensation product of one molecule of phosphoric acid with one of phosphorous acid, by partial dehydration.

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  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• DERIVATIVE
  Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word. Derivative circulation, a modification of the circulation found
• PRODUCIBILITY
  The quality or state of being producible. Barrow.
• STATEHOOD
  The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
• CONTAINMENT
  That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
• LOWERMOST
  Lowest.
• PRODUCEMENT
  Production.
• MOISTNESS
  The quality or state of being moist.
• STATE SOCIALISM
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• MOISTURE
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• STATECRAFT
  The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship.
• MOISTURELESS
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• PRODUCTIVITY
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  One who, or that which, moistens. Johnson.
• STATESMANLY
  Becoming a statesman.
• STATESMAN
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• FLOWERY-KIRTLED
  Dressed with garlands of flowers. Milton.
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