Vocabulary : Sesquialter to Sesquipedalian

Sesquialter : Sesquialteral. ;; Alt. of Sesquialtera
Sesquialtera : A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reenforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant.
Sesquialteral : Alt. of Sesquialterate
Sesquialterate : Once and a half times as great as another; having the ratio of one and a half to one.
Sesquialterous : Sesquialteral.

Sesquibasic : Containing, or acting as, a base in the proportions of a sesqui compound.
Sesquiduplicate : Twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratio of two and a half to one.
Sesquioxide : An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, Al2O3 is a sesquioxide.
Sesquipedal : Alt. of Sesquipedalian
Sesquipedalian : Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words.

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