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Pragmatic context

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Relating to matters of fact or pratical affairs often to the exclusion of intelectual or artistic matters.

Single-field dictionary

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The single-field dictionary is a very specialised dictionary that covers only one single subject field.

Assimilation

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The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.

Resorcin

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A colourless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in making ...

Raffinose

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A colourless crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained from the molasses of the sugar beet.

Raft

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A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened, together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float.