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calcitration
noun as in drop kick
Weak matches
Example Sentences
I have proceeded by calcitration, solution, putrefaction—have produced the oils which will fix crude mercury, and convert all bodies into sol and luna; but I have ever failed in fermenting the stone into the true elixir.
When foreign princelings mate our sweet princesses, When Rads of fleets and armies made sad messes, And stand in need of verbal calcitration; When—let's say Ashmead-Bartlett—saves the nation In the great name of glorious Saint Jingo; When Bull gives toko or delivers stingo.
Associated words: claviger, clavigerous, cleidomancy, escutcheon, lock. key, n. pitch, tone. key, n. clew, solution, guide, explanation, elucidation, clavis; wharf, quay; forelock, cotter, bar, pin; samara. keyboard, n. clavier. kick, v. spurn, calcitrate, recalcitrate, winch; resist, oppose; recoil. kick, n. kicking, opposition. kicking, n. spurning, recalcitration, calcitration, winch; opposition, resistance. kicking, a. recalcitrant, calcitrant, resistant. kiddy, v.
There were signs of calcitration in the churchwarden, when he perceived whither I was leading him.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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