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calced adj	help, file
Wearing shoes; used especially of religious orders.
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salmagundi n	help, file
A food consisting of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions. Any mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.
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3

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pullulate v	help, file
To rapidly multiply. To germinate. To teem with; to be filled with.
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uvula n	help, file
The fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the palate at the opening to the throat.
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5

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bezel n	help, file
The sloping edge or face on a cutting tool. The oblique side or face of a cut gem. The rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or similar object in the cavity into which it is set.
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jejune adj	help, file
Not nutritious Lacking matter; empty; void of substance. Naive; simplistic.
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nychthemeron n	help, file
A period of one day and one night; a date.
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8

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wheedle v	help, file
To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery. To obtain something by guile or trickery.
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spadassinicide n	help, file
The act of coaxing someone, usually through insult, into initiating a swordsman’s duel, and subsequently killing them with superior skill. One who performs such an act.
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olfactory adj	help, file
Concerning the sense of smell.
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logodaedaly n	help, file
(rare) Skill or cleverness in the coining of new words.
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umlaut n	help, file
(linguistics) A process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a vowel or semivowel in a following syllable. (orthography): The diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel to indicate such assimilation.
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craquelure n	help, file
(art) The distinctive pattern of hairline cracks in the surface of an old painting.
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vis-à-vis prep	help, file
In relation to or compared with.
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pundit n	help, file
A scholar, teacher, or learned person, especially a Hindu scholar. A professed expert in a particular field, as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media.
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instill v	help, file
To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature. To pour in, drop by drop.
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noria n	help, file
A water wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water. Any machine using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.
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edentulous adj	help, file
Toothless.
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imprimatur n	help, file
An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies. (by extension) Any mark of official approval.
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blasted adj	help, file
Describing something that has been subjected to explosion. (slang) Accursed; damned. (heraldry) Of a tree whose branches bear no leaves; leafless.
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heteronym n	help, file
(linguistics) A word having the same spelling as another, but a different pronunciation and meaning. (literature) A fictitious character created by an author for the purpose of writing in a different style.
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a capella adv	help, file
(music) Without instrumental accompaniment, using vocal performance only.
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23

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shadda n	help, file
A diacritic used in the Arabic script to indicate gemination of a consonant.
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dogsbody n	help, file
A person who does menial work, a servant.
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terpsichorean adj	help, file
Of or relating to dancing.
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nix v	help, file
To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel. To destroy or eradicate.
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cognoscente n	help, file
Someone possessing superior or specialized knowledge in a particular field.
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zenith n	help, file
(astronomy) The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer. (astronomy) The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body. Highest point or state; peak.
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banjaxed adj	help, file
(UK, slang) Broken, ruined, shattered. (UK, slang) Tired, sleepy.
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ineluctable adj	help, file
Impossible to avoid or escape; inescapable, irresistible.
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