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addendum (uh-den-duh m)
- (n.) a thing to be added, an addition
- an appendix to a book
*also a machinery term
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serried (ser-ried)
(adj.) pressed together in rows
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soporiferous (sop-uh-rif-er-uhs)
(adj.) bringing sleep, soporific
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schlockmeister (shlok-mahy-ster)
(n. slang) a person who deals in or sells inferior or worthless goods; junk dealer
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agent provocateur
(n.) a secret agent hired to incite suspected persons to some illegal action that will make them liable to punishment
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amaurosis (am-aw-roh-sis)
(n.) a partial or total loss of sight, esp. in the absence of a gross lesion or injury
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anadiplosis (an-uh-di-ploh-sis)
(n. rhetoric) repetition in the first part of clause or sentence of a pronounced work from the latter part of the preceding clause or sentence, usu. with a change or extension of meaning
ex: the general who became a slave, the slave who became a gladiator, the gladiator who defied an emperor
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absolution (ab-suh-loo-shuh n)
(n.) act of absolving, freeing from blame or guilt; release from consequences, obligations, or penalties
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singleton (sing- guh l- tuh n)
- (n.) a person or thing occurring singly, esp.ly an individual set apart from others
- a child or animal that is the only one born at one birth
- (chiefly British) an unmarried person
- (cards) a card that is the only one of a suit in a hand
- (math) a set consisting of one given element
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sapsago (sap-sey-goh, sap-suh-guh)
(n.) a strong, hard, unusually green cheese of Swiss origin, made up with sour skim milk and sweet clover
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sextodecimo (sek-stoh-des-uh-moh)
- (n. printing) a book size (about 4x6 inches, 10x15 centimeters) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 16 leaves or 32 pages
- a book of this size
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speiss (spahys)
(n. metallurgy) a product obtained in smelting certain ores, consisting of 1 or more metallic arsenides, as of iron or nickel
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spatchcock (spach-kok)
- (n.) a fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling
- (v. used with obj.) to prepare and roast (a fowl) in this manner
- to insert or interpolate, esp. in a forced or incongruous manner
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aficionado (uh-fish-yuh-nah-doh)
(n.) an ardent devotee; fan, enthusiast
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Anglo-Saxon
- (adj.) relating to or denoting the Germanic inhabitants of England from their arrival in the 5th century up to the Norman Conquest
- (n.) another term for Old England
- Germanic inhabitant of England between the 5th century and the Norman Conquest
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ankh (angh)
(n. Egyptian art) a tau cross with a loop at the top, used as a symbol of generation or enduring life
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amalgamation (uh-mal-guh-mey-shuh n)
- (n.) the act or process of amalgamating/ state or result of being amalgamated*
- (n. commerce) consolidation of 2 or more corporations
- (n. metallurgy) extraction of precious metals from their ores by treatment with mercury
*amalgamate: to mix or merge so as to make a combination; blend, unite, combine, coalesce
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splenectomy (spli-nek-tuh-mee)
(n. surgery) excusion or removal of the spleen
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salmonellosis (sal-muh-nl-o-sis)
(n. pathology) food poisoning caused by consumption of food contaminated with bacteria of the genus Salmonella characterized by the sudden onset of abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever
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Andalusia (an-dl-oo-zhuh)
(n. Spanish) a region in southern Spain, bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
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