12 new words everyday
12/09/2024
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CRAFTSMAN
CRAFTSMAN
One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; amechanic.
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GAEKWAR
GAEKWAR
The title of the ruling Prince of Baroda, in Gujarat, inBombay, India.
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MINIATE
MINIATE
To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decoratewith letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript.T. Wharton.
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COCHLEARE
COCHLEARE
A spoonful. Dungleson.
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INCISURE
INCISURE
A cut; an incision; a gash. Derham.
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ORDAL
ORDAL
Ordeal. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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RUBUS
RUBUS
A genus of rosaceous plants, including the raspberry andblackberry.
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SPICULIGENOUS
SPICULIGENOUS
Producing or containing spicules.
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ARCHCHEMIC
ARCHCHEMIC
Of supreme chemical powers. [R.] "The archchemic sun." Milton.
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ASTRONOMIZE
ASTRONOMIZE
To study or to talk astronomy. [R.]They astronomized in caves. Sir T. Browne.
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SWORDSMANSHIP
SWORDSMANSHIP
The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword.Cowper.
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COUNTERTURN
COUNTERTURN
The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation,the action is embroiled in new difficulties. Dryden.