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Word of the day
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Its simple, I'm going to try and post a random word each day
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~ nem
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Its simple, I'm going to try and post a random word each day
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~ nem
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Tribology (noun)
1. (physics, engineering) The science and technology of friction, lubrication, and wear.
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pullulate (verb)
1. To rapidly multiply.
2. To germinate.
3. To teem with; to be filled with.
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alderliefest (adj)
1. Often used as an epithet when addressing someone: most beloved.
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Osturducken (noun)
1. An ostrich stuffed with a turducken; that is, a boned chicken stuffed with some sort of breadcrumb or sausage stuffing, inside a boned duck, inside a boned turkey, inside a boned ostrich.
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heterographic (adj)
1. Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
2. Of a writing system in which a particular symbol represents more than one possible sound.
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Wampum (noun)
1. Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; one such bead.
2. Money.
3. Short for wampum snake “the common kingsnake" or eastern kingsnake.
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Figment (noun)
1. A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
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Semiotics (noun)
1. The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication.
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T.A.R.D.I.S. (noun)
1. A fictional hybrid of a time machine and spacecraft that appears in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs.
2. Acronym for: Time and Relative Dimension in Space.
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endeavor (verb)
1. To exert oneself.
2. To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously.
3. To attempt (something).
4. To work with purpose.
Endeavor (noun)
1. A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.
2. A anti-hero from the Manga series My Hero Academia written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi, 1st published July 7, 2014.
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Gateleg (noun)
1. A table leg, set into a frame in the form of a gate, that may be swung back to allow a leaf of the tabletop to hang down.
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precipitant (adj)
1. Inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration; hasty, impulsive, rash.
2. Of a fall: straight downwards; headlong.
3. Acting, happening, or moving quickly; fast, rapid, swift; also, abrupt, sudden, unexpected.
4. That causes precipitation (“formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid as a result of a chemical reaction”).
precipitant (adv)
1. Synonym of precipitantly (“in a precipitant or headlong manner; with foolish or rash haste”).
Precipitant (noun)
1. Something which causes or hastens the occurrence of an act or event; specifically (chiefly psychology), something which brings about a mental or physiological condition.
2. A substance that, when added to a solution, causes a dissolved substance to form a precipitate.
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Flaneur (noun)
1. One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace.
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rime (verb)
1. To cover (something) with rime (noun sense 1 or sense 3.1) or (loosely) hoar frost.
2. To cover (something) with a thin coating or film; to coat.
3. Sometimes followed by up: of a thing: to become covered with rime or (loosely) hoar frost.
Rime (noun)
1. originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; hoar frost (sense 1).
2. A film or slimy coating.
3. White hair as an indication of old age.
4. Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface.
5. A coating or sheet of ice so formed.
6. A cold fog or mist.
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Computer literacy (noun)
1. The ability to operate a personal computer, including its associated hardware and software (but not necessarily to understand the underlying electronics or a programming language).
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diurnal (adj)
1. Happening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.
2. Said of a flower open, or releasing its perfume, during daylight hours but not at night.
3. Having a daily cycle that is completed every 24 hours.
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zestful (adj)
1. Full of zest.
2. Of food, or an aroma or flavor: pleasantly piquant, pungent, or spicy; zesty.
3. Eager, enthusiastic.
4. Having a spirited love of life; ebullient, zesty.
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fenny (adj)
1. Characteristic of or resembling a fen (“characteristically alkaline wetland containing peat below the waterline”); marshy, swampy; also, of land: containing a fen or fens.
2. Now chiefly of plants: growing or living in a fen.
3. Muddy; hence, dirty, filthy.
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sinuous (adj)
1. Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.
2. Moving gracefully and in a supple manner.
3. Morally crooked; shifty.
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Flaneur (noun)
1. One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace.
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immaculate (adj)
1. Having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy.
2. Containing no mistakes.
3. Of a book, manuscript, etc.: having no textual errors.
4. Free from sin; morally pure; sinless.
5. Of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled.
6. Lacking blotches, spots, or other markings.
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Tanzanite (noun)
1. A trichroic violet-blue variety of the mineral zoisite mined in Tanzania, used as a gemstone.
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Dominion (noun)
1. Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
2. Predominance; ascendancy.
3. A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
4. An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones.
5. A collective of ten or more "Titan"-level societies acting in unison to control a particular sector, or sectors, of space in both area and epochs of time.
6. A 2018 Australian documentary film, primarily filmed with hidden cameras and drones inside Australian farms and abattoirs presenting an uncompromising, damning exploration of the various ways animals are used and abused by humans.
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Oblation (noun)
1. The offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.
2. A deed or gift offered charitably.
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Consternation (noun)
1. Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement.
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