sciagraphy
sciagraphy projection of shadows, delineation of light and shade. XVI (sciographie). — F. scia-, sciographie — L. scia-, sciographia — Gr. skiā-, skiographíā, f. skiā́ shadow; see -GRAPHY.
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lact- , lact- stem of L. lac, lact- milk (cf. Gr. gála, galakt-; see GALAXY) in derivs.: lactation XVII(f. L. lactāre), lacteal XVII (f. L. lacteus), lacteou… Autarchy , autarchy absolute sovereignty. XVII. — Gr. autarkhíā, f. aútarkhos, f. autós AUTO- + árkhein rule; see -Y2.
autarky self-sufficiency. XVII. — Gr. aut… atrocious , atrocious •factious, fractious •anxious • captious •precious, semi-precious •infectious •conscientious, contentious, licentious, pretentious, sentent… Eliphelet , Eliphal (ĕl´īfăl, ēlī´fəl), the same as Eliphelet4.
Eliphalet (ēlĬf´əlĕt), in the Bible, name of two sons of David. Alternate forms are Eliphelet and… F , F, f [Called ‘eff’]. The 6th LETTER of the Roman ALPHABET as used for English. It originated in the Phoenician symbol waw, a vertical line forking at… Fawn , fawn1 / fôn; fän/ • n. 1. a young deer in its first year. 2. a light yellowish-brown color. • v. [intr.] (of a deer) produce young. fawn2 • v. [intr.…
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