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melange n	help, file
A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things. A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.
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diurnal adj	help, file
Happening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time. (botany) Said of a flower open, or releasing its perfume, during daylight hours but not at night. Having a daily cycle that is completed every 24 hours.
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parkour n	help, file
An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities.
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vault v	help, file
To jump or leap over (something).
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nidorous adj	help, file
Emitting the odor or taste of roasted meat, especially rotten meat.
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hypotrochoid n	help, file
A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on the radius line outside one circle which rotates inside the perimeter of another circle.
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abattoir n	help, file
A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
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pandiculate v	help, file
To stretch oneself.
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Torschlusspanik n	help, file
The fear that time is running out to act, specifically in regards to a border closing.
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froward adj	help, file
Disobedient, unmanageable, with an evil disposition.
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vainglorious adj	help, file
With excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.
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dwindle v	help, file
To gradually decrease, shrink, or become less.
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widdershins adv	help, file
Anticlockwise, counter-clockwise. (obsolete) The wrong way.
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coda n	help, file
(music) A passage which brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation. (linguistics) The optional final part of a syllable, placed after its nucleus, and usually composed of one or more consonants. The conclusion of a statement.
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lucubrate v	help, file
To work diligently by artificial light, to study at night. To work or write like a scholar.
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rasorial adj	help, file
(ornithology) Pertaining to the order Rasores. Scratching the ground for food, as domestic foul or other gallinaceous birds.
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blivit n	help, file
(US slang) Something useless or impossible. (US slang) A gadget.
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indolent adj	help, file
Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical work. Inducing or pertaining to laziness.
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tergiversate v	help, file
To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate. To change sides or affiliation; to apostatize.
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Freudian slip n	help, file
A mistake in speech or action in which a person shows his or her true subconscious desires.
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cerulean adj	help, file
Of a deep blue colour, like the sky on a fine day.
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madarotic adj	help, file
Of or pertaining to the loss of eyebrows or eyelashes.
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tió de Nadal n	help, file
A mythical Christmas character made by decorating a short log. It is "fed" each day from December 8th until Christmas, at which time it is sung to and beaten with sticks until it "poops" out gifts.
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listen v	help, file
To pay attention to a sound, to note. To wait for a sound, such as a signal. To accept or obey oral instruction.
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parol n	help, file
An ornamental star-like Christmas lantern from the Philippines.
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luxate v	help, file
To dislocate.
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30

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divan n	help, file
A couch-like piece of furniture made of a mattress laying against the wall.
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sithence conj	help, file
(obsolete) From or since the time that. (archaic) Seeing that, since.
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