12 new words everyday
12/06/2024
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SESQUIALTER
SESQUIALTER
Sesquialteral.
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BRUNION
BRUNION
A nectarine.
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GODE-YEAR
GODE-YEAR
The venereal disease; -- often used as a mild oath. [Obs.]Shak.
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DISAPPROBATORY
DISAPPROBATORY
Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.
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MANCHE
MANCHE
A sleeve. [Obs.]
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PEPTICS
PEPTICS
The science of digestion.
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COLLATERALNESS
COLLATERALNESS
The state of being collateral.
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PONDFISH
PONDFISH
Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishesbelonging to the family Centrarchidæ; -- called also pond perch, andsunfish.
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SEA FIGHT
SEA FIGHT
An engagement between ships at sea; a naval battle.
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LATES
LATES
A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (LatesNiloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (L. calcarifer
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OVERWARY
OVERWARY
Too wary; too cautious.
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HOLOPHYTIC
HOLOPHYTIC
Wholly or distinctively vegetable. Holophytic nutrition (, thatform of nutrition, characteristic of vegetable organisms, in whichcarbonic acid, ammonia, and nitrates are absorbed as food, indistinction from the animal mode of nutrition, by the ingestion ofalbuminous matter.