12 new words everyday
04/07/2025
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INHIATION
INHIATION
A gaping after; eager desire; craving. [R.] Bp. Hall.
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WONG
WONG
A field. [Obs.] Spelman. "Woods and wonges." Havelok the Dane.
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SUBORNER
SUBORNER
One who suborns or procures another to take, a false oath; onewho procures another to do a bad action.
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STRINGER
STRINGER
A longitudinal sleeper.
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CROWN
CROWN
p. p. of Crow. [Obs.]
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TOMPON
TOMPON
An inking pad used in lithographic printing.
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LEPTOLOGY
LEPTOLOGY
A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.
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INCURABLE
INCURABLE
A person diseased beyond cure.
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SPIT CURL
SPIT CURL
A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the templeor forehead with spittle, or other adhesive substance. [Colloq.]
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ADVOCATESHIP
ADVOCATESHIP
Office or duty of an advocate.
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DISCERPTION
DISCERPTION
The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts. Bp.Hall.
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BULLDOZE
BULLDOZE
To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation orviolence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, inLouisiana. [Slang, U.S.]