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Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise..

Balancement :: Balancement (n.) The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.

Outpoise :: Outpoise (v. t.) To outweigh.

Unpoised :: Unpoised (a.) Not poised or balanced.

Librate :: Librate (v. i.) To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised..

Water Poise :: Water poise () A hydrometer.

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.

Paise :: Paise (n.) See Poise.

Poize :: Poize (n.) See Poise.

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal power; to balance.

Puffer :: Puffer (n.) The common, or harbor, porpoise..

Poise :: Poise (n.) To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance..

Homodont :: Homodont (a.) Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; -- opposed to heterodont..

Equilibrium :: Equilibrium (n.) Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.

Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer..

Poise :: Poise (n.) To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh..

Delphinoidea :: Delphinoidea (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms..

Equiponderancy :: Equiponderancy (n.) Equality of weight; equipoise.

Delphin :: Delphin (n.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.

Apoise :: Apoise (adv.) Balanced.

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