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Ordaining
- verb - appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
- invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"
- issue an order
- order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
Organling
- - A large kind of sea fish; the orgeis.
Organzine
- - A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is, silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its strength.
Paraffine
- - A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used in candles, as a sealing agent (such as in canning of preserves), as a waterproofing agent, as an illuminant and as a lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus gasoline, coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins.
Paraffins
- noun - (British usage) kerosine
- a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
- from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
Paramount
- adjective - having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"
- Supreme
Pedalling
- verb - operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument
- ride a bicycle
Picaninny
- noun - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
Pleaching
- verb - form or weave into a braid or braids; "braid hair"
- interlace the shoots of; "pleach a hedge"
Potations
- noun - a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; "they served beer on draft"
- the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink)