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Traditional English :: galena
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galencial.html - n. a bluish, grey or black mineral ore of lead sulphide. Chem. formula: PbS. [L, = lead ore (in a partly purified state)] |
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Traditional English :: galenic
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galencial.html - adj. & n. (also galenical) --adj. 1 of or relating to Galen, a Greek physician of the 2nd c. AD, or his methods.
2 made of natural as opposed to synthetic components. --n. a drug or medicament produced directly from animal or vegetable tissues. |
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Traditional English :: galenical
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galencial.html - var. of GALENIC. |
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Traditional English :: gale(1)
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galencial.html - n. 1 a very strong wind, esp. (on the Beaufort scale) one of 32-54 m.p.h. 2 Naut. a storm. 3 an outburst, esp. of laughter. [16th c.: orig. unkn.] |
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Traditional English :: gale(2)
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galencial.html - n.
(in full sweet-gale) bog myrtle. [OE gagel(le), MDu. gaghel] |
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Traditional English :: galea
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galencial.html - n. (pl. galeae or -as) Bot. & Zool. a structure like a helmet in shape, form, or function. galeate adj. galeated adj. [L, = helmet] |
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