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Miasma :: Miasma (n.) Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state..

Ascus :: Ascus (n.) A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.

In- :: In- () An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial..

Wave :: Wave (v. i.) A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See Undulation..

Concrete :: Concrete (v. i.) To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body..

Lest :: Lest (a.) That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.

Congeries :: Congeries (n. sing & pl.) A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.

Corrode :: Corrode (v. t.) To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali..

Parelcon :: Parelcon (n.) The addition of a syllable or particle to the end of a pronoun, verb, or adverb..

Flake :: Flake (n.) A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash..

Sleet :: Sleet (n.) Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles..

Particle :: Particle (n.) Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue..

Un- :: Un- () An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed: (a) To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple negative, of the action of the verb to which it is prefixed; as in uncoil, undo, unfold. (b) To nouns to form verbs expressing privation of the thing, quality, or state expressed by the noun, or separation from it; as in unchild, unsex. Sometimes particles and participial adjectives formed with this prefix coincide in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d Un-

Terreous :: Terreous (a.) Consisting of earth; earthy; as, terreous substances; terreous particles..

Expand :: Expand (v. t.) To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence..

Shred :: Shred (n.) In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle..

Fuzz :: Fuzz (n.) Fine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile matter..

Whether :: Whether (conj.) In case; if; -- used to introduce the first or two or more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated by the particle not or no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first..

Dissociate :: Dissociate (v. t.) To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance..

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