\'d8Apophasis
A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius C/sar, iii. 2.]
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An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath.
An exclamation expressive of impatience or anger.
God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's dear body).
An exclamation contracted from God's wounds; -- used as an oath.
The thalamencephalon.
A publication similar to a magazine{4} but in electronic rather than printed form, maintained as data files on a computer and accessible via the world wide web; sometimes called e-zine (/e/ standing for electronic, as in e-mail.
indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; -- representing the number zero as an Arabic numeral
used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; -- representing the number one as an Arabic numeral
An insoluble solid alcohol (C12H25OH) with an unbranched paraffin chain, used to make detergents, such as sodium lauryl sulfate.
a baseball game in which one team's pitchers allow the opposing team only one hit.
denoting a quantity consisting of one more than nine and one less than eleven; -- representing the number ten as Arabic numerals
the Arabic numerals representing the number one hundred; denoting a quantity consisting of one more than ninety nine and one less than one hundred and one; ten times ten