These are the meanings of the letters NIHAILC when you unscramble them.
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Acini (pl. )
of Acinus
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Chain (n.)
A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc.
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Chain (n.)
That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit.
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Chain (n.)
A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.
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Chain (n.)
An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land.
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Chain (n.)
Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
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Chain (n.)
The warp threads of a web.
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Chain (v. t.)
To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
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Chain (v. t.)
To keep in slavery; to enslave.
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Chain (v. t.)
To unite closely and strongly.
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Chain (v. t.)
To measure with the chain.
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Chain (v. t.)
To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.
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Chili (n.)
A kind of red pepper. See Capsicum
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China (n.)
A country in Eastern Asia.
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China (n.)
China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain.
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Cilia (n. pl.)
The eyelashes.
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Cilia (n. pl.)
Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs.
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Cilia (n. pl.)
Hairlike processes, commonly marginal and forming a fringe like the eyelash.
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Cilia (n. pl.)
Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora.
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Iliac (a.)
Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy.
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Iliac (a.)
Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery.
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Iliac (a.)
See Ileac, 1.
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Lichi (n.)
See Litchi.
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Nihil (n.)
Nothing.