UNDERPLOTS

Noun

underplots

plural of underplot

Source: Wiktionary


UNDERPLOT

Un"der*plot`, n.

1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. Dryden.

2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ONCHOCERCIASIS

(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America


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