12 new words everyday
09/09/2024
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SAENGERFEST
SAENGERFEST
A festival of singers; a German singing festival.
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UNIPOLAR
UNIPOLAR
Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.
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MUNNION
MUNNION
See Mullion.
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ESTANCIA
ESTANCIA
A grazing; a country house. [Spanish America]
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MARJORAM
MARJORAM
A genus of mintlike plants (Origanum) comprising about twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram (O. Majorana) is pecularly aromaticand fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of Europeand America is O. vulgare, far less fragrant than the other.
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AFTER-WITTED
AFTER-WITTED
Characterized by afterwit; slow-witted. Tyndale.
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SANCTITUDE
SANCTITUDE
Holiness; sacredness; sanctity. [R.] milton.
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UNORDERLY
UNORDERLY
Disorderly. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.
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HYDROCEPHALOUS
HYDROCEPHALOUS
Having hydrocephalus. "Hydrocephalous offspring." G. Eliot.
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ALGERINE
ALGERINE
Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.
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GNEISSOSE
GNEISSOSE
Having the structure of gneiss.
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GAVAGE
GAVAGE
Forced feeding (as of poultry or infants) by means of a tubepassed through the mouth down to the stomach.