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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.
  • DANCY
    See DANCETTé
  • 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
  • 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,
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

 

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