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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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phantasmal (adj)
1. Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm (“something seen but having no physical reality”); imaginary, unreal.
2. Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantom (“apparition or ghost”); ghostly, spectral.
3. Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm (“perception or vision of a living or dead person who is not physically present, often through telepathy”).
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Bête noire (noun)
Someone or something that is unbearable and so particularly avoided or disliked; the bane of someone's existence; an object of aversion; an anathema.
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Cratedigger (noun)
1. A person who habitually looks through crates of vinyl records at music shops, especially in pursuit of interesting or rare records.
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eoan (adj)
1. Of, like or pertaining to dawn.
2. Relating to the east; eastern.
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Hydrometeorology (noun)
1. The branch of meteorology that studies the occurrence, movement and changes of state of water in the atmosphere.
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Xenolith (noun)
1. Fragment of extraneous rock embedded in magma or another rock.
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Jollyboat
1. A type of ship's boat of the 17th to 19th centuries, used mainly to ferry personnel to and from the ship.
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Trefoil (noun)
1. Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium.
2. A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament.
3. Ellipsis of trefoil knot.
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Phorometer (noun)
1. A device for examining the equilibrium of the ocular muscles.
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Horometry (noun)
The art or practice of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions.
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klendusic (adj)
1. Able to withstand disease due to protective mechanism.
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Dedans (noun)
1. A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators.
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Jnana (noun, Sanskrit)
1. Knowledge, as acquired through meditation, that one's self (atman) is identical with Ultimate Reality Brahman.
2. Pure awareness that is free of conceptual encumbrances.
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Lagan
1. Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership.
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Enantiodromia (noun)
1. The principle whereby the superabundance of one force inevitably produces its opposite, as with physical equilibrium.
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Sconce (noun)
1. A small protective fortification or earthwork.
2. A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
3. A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.
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