These are the meanings of the letters SINCOPAS when you unscramble them.
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Caisson (n.)
A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach.
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Caisson (n.)
A chest to hold ammunition.
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Caisson (n.)
A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber.
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Caisson (n.)
A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins.
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Caisson (n.)
A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it.
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Caisson (n.)
A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits.
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Caisson (n.)
A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level.
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Casinos (pl. )
of Casino
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Cassino (n.)
A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points.
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Passion (n.)
A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the cross.
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Passion (n.)
Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
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Passion (n.)
Disorder of the mind; madness.
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Passion (n.)
Passion week. See Passion week, below.
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Passion (n.)
The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; -- opposed to action.
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Passion (n.)
The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and influenced by something external to itself; the state of any particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of love, hate, jealously, wrath, ambition, avarice, fear, etc.; a passion for war, or for drink; an orator should have passion as well as rhetorical skill.
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Passion (v. i.)
To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
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Passion (v. t.)
To give a passionate character to.