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  • 31nictitation — See nictitate. * * * …

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  • 32nictate — [nik′tāt΄] vi. nictated, nictating NICTITATE nictation n. * * * …

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  • 33connive — conniver, n. connivingly, adv. /keuh nuyv /, v.i., connived, conniving. 1. to cooperate secretly; conspire (often fol. by with): They connived to take over the business. 2. to avoid noticing something that one is expected to oppose or condemn;… …

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  • 34nictitation — noun /nɪktɪˈteɪʃən/ Winking, blinking I saw a couple, later identified for me as Mr Colt, a local lawyer, and his wife, whose blundering Cadillac half entered my driveway before retreating in a flurry of luminous nictitation. See Also: nictitate …

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  • 35Nictitating spasm — Spasm of the eyelid with continuous winking. To nictitiate is to wink. Nictitate and the older verb nictate both come from the Latin word for winking, nictare. * * * winking s …

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  • 36Spasm, nictitating — Spasm of the eyelid with continuous winking. To nictitiate is to wink. Nictitate and the older verb nictate both come from the Latin word for winking, nictare …

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  • 37nictitante — ● nictitant, nictitante adjectif (moyen français nicter, cligner des yeux, du latin nictare) Membrane nictitante ou nictitante (nom féminin), membrane se fermant du bord nasal au bord temporel de l œil chez les reptiles et les oiseaux. ●… …

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  • 38bat — Synonyms and related words: Angora goat, Arctic fox, Belgian hare, Caffre cat, Indian buffalo, Kodiak bear, Virginia deer, aardvark, aardwolf, agate, alpaca, anteater, antelope, antelope chipmunk, aoudad, apar, armadillo, ass, aurochs, bacchanal …

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  • 39bat the eyes — Synonyms and related words: allure, bait, bait the hook, blandish, blink, cajole, coax, decoy, draw, draw in, draw on, ensnare, entice, flirt, flirt with, give the come on, inveigle, lead on, lure, nictitate, offer bait to, rope in, seduce, suck… …

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  • 40blink — Synonyms and related words: albedo, avoid, bat, bat the eyes, blench, blink at, blinking, broken, carefully ignore, cast, cold shoulder, coruscate, coruscation, cringe, cut a corner, cut corners, disregard, dodge, draw back, duck, evade, fade,… …

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