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Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing. Saltatory evolution , a theory of evolution which holds that the transmutation of species is not always gradual, but that there may come sudden and marked variations. See

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Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing. Saltatory evolution , a theory of evolution which holds that the transmutation of species is not always gradual, but that there may come sudden and marked variations. See Saltation. -- Saltatory spasm , an affection in which pressure of the foot on a floor causes the patient to spring into the air, so as to make repeated involuntary motions of hopping and jumping. J. Ross.

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• DANCER
  One who dances or who practices dancing. The merry dancers, beams of the northern lights when they rise and fall alternately without any considerable change of length. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora.
• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• MARKETABLENESS
  Quality of being marketable.
• SALTATORY
  Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing. Saltatory evolution , a theory of evolution which holds that the transmutation of species is not always gradual, but that there may come sudden and marked variations. See
• TRANSMUTATIONIST
  One who believes in the transmutation of metals or of species.
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• THEREAGAIN
  In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer.
• THERETO
  1. To that or this. Chaucer. 2. Besides; moreover. Spenser. Her mouth full small, and thereto soft and red. Chaucer.
• POWERFUL
  Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
• DANCY
  See DANCETTé
• POWERABLE
  1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden.
• THEREBEFORE; THEREBIFORN
  Before that time; beforehand. Many a winter therebiforn. Chaucer.
• LEAPFUL
  A basketful.
• THEREOUT
  1. Out of that or this. He shall take thereout his handful of the flour. Lev. ii. 2. 2. On the outside; out of doors. Chaucer.
• HAVELOCK
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• MARKETER
  One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market.
• MARKETSTEAD
  A market place. Drayton.
• MARK
  A license of reprisals. See Marque.
• EVOLUTIONIST
  1. One skilled in evolutions. 2. one who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics. Darwin.
• SPECIES
  A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
• SEAMARK
  Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like. Shak.
• TRADE-MARK
  A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law.
• ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
  See ASCENDENCY
• COUNTRY-DANCE
  See MACUALAY
• AIDANCE
  Aid. Aidance 'gainst the enemy. Shak.
• BOOKMARK
  Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.
• VORTEX THEORY
  The theory, advanced by Thomson on the basis of investigation by Helmholtz, that the atoms are vortically moving ring-shaped masses (or masses of other forms having a similar internal motion) of a homogeneous, incompressible, frictionless fluid.
• CANDLE POWER
  Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle.
• COMMARK
  The frontier of a country; confines. Shelton.
• UNMOTHERED
  Deprived of a mother; motherless.
• REMARKER
  One who remarks.
• FOOTMARK
  A footprint; a track or vestige. Coleridge.