12 new words everyday

11/04/2026

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SPHENODON

Same as Hatteria.

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SURETY

One who is bound with and for another who is primarily liable,and who is called the principal; one who engages to answer foranother's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or forperformance of some act; a bondsman; a bail.He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. Prov. xi. 15.

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CRATEROUS

Pertaining to, or resembling, a crater. [R.] R. Browning.

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EVAPOROMETER

An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of a fluidevaporated in a given time; an atmometer.

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TARTRAZINE

An artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder, andregarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and sulphonicacids.

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VENTRILOQUY

Same as Ventriloquism.

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AUTOMATOUS

Automatic. [Obs.] "Automatous organs." Sir T. Browne.

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BAWDYHOUSE

A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel.

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ELECTRITION

The recognition by an animal body of the electrical conditionof external objects.

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SPIRITUOSITY

The quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness. [R.]

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CAVICORNIA

A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on abony process of the front, as the ox.

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DEALBATION

Act of bleaching; a whitening. [Obs.]