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Definition of "sialagogue"

1. A drug or other agent that increases the flow of saliva. (noun)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Definition of "push on"

1. To persist; persevere (verb)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Definition of "like kings"

1. In a royal manner (adverb)   WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Definition of "come with" [come with]

1. To join and come along. (verb)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Definition of "match-up"

1. Alternative spelling of matchup. (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Definition of "levoglucose" [levoglucose]

1. Levulose (D-fructose), the left-rotating form of fructose (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Definition of "conjointly" [con•joint•ly]

1. In a conjoint manner; jointly or together (adverb)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Definition of "offprints" [offprints]

1. Plural form of offprint. (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of offprint. (verb)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Definition of "peridotite"

1. Any of a group of igneous rocks composed mainly of olivine and various pyroxenes and having a granitelike texture. (noun)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Definition of "shanghaier"

1. A kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship (noun)   WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Definition of "yuri"

1. A form of hentai involving two or more females in a homosexual relationship. (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

2. A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or sexual relationship between two or more females. (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Definition of "capillarity"

1. The interaction between contacting surfaces of a liquid and a solid that distorts the liquid surface from a planar shape. Also called capillary action. (noun)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.