12 new words everyday
14/11/2024
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VASODENTINE
VASODENTINE
A modified form of dentine, which is permeated by bloodcapillaries; vascular dentine.
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FRUCTIFY
FRUCTIFY
To bear fruit. "Causeth the earth to fructify." Beveridge.
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FRANC-TIREUR
FRANC-TIREUR
A French partisan soldier, or one belonging to a corps ofdetached light troops engaged in forays, skirmishes, scouting, etc.
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GRALLAE
GRALLAE
An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. Bylater writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, plovers,and allied forms; -- called also Grallatores.
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GERMIPARITY
GERMIPARITY
Reproduction by means of germs.
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RELATIONIST
RELATIONIST
A relative; a relation. [Obs.]
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EDGY
EDGY
Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, toosharply defined. "An edgy style of sculpture." Hazlitt.
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LOCUTION
LOCUTION
Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression. "Stumbling locutions." G. Eliot.I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced byceremony. Marston.
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ESCURIAL
ESCURIAL
A palace and mausoleum of the kinds of Spain, being a vast andwonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid.
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FOTHER
FOTHER
To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom athrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it intothe crack. Totten.
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ACULEATE
ACULEATE
Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
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AUDIBLE
AUDIBLE
Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actuallyheard; as, an audible voice or whisper.