12 new words everyday
13/02/2024
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DARKENER
DARKENER
One who, or that which, darkens.
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ILLEGALITY
ILLEGALITY
The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as,the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegalact.
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PERIOSTRACUM
PERIOSTRACUM
A chitinous membrane covering the exterior of many shells; --called also epidermis.
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STRAGGLINGLY
STRAGGLINGLY
In a straggling manner.
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RIKSDALER
RIKSDALER
A Swedish coin worth about twenty-seven cents. It was formerlythe unit of value in Sweden.
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SHINDLE
SHINDLE
A shingle; also, a slate for roofing. [Obs.] Holland.
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OVERHEAT
OVERHEAT
To heat to excess; to superheat. Cowper.
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CONSOLIDATION
CONSOLIDATION
To organic cohesion of different circled in a flower; adnation.
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MARCONIGRAPH
MARCONIGRAPH
The apparatus used in Marconi wireless telegraphy.
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ORATORICAL
ORATORICAL
Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized byoratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an oratoricaltriumph; an oratorical essay.-- Or`a*tor"ic*al*ly, adv.
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LESBIAN
LESBIAN
Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, nowMitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.
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BONDMAID
BONDMAID
A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, asdistinguished from a hired servant.