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Per Wikipedia, upspeak is most common among American and Australian speakers of English and entails a rising intonation at the end of any and all utterances. In other words, upspeak (also known as uptalk, rising inflection, or high rising intonation) turns every sentence into a question.

Trilby

n. A soft felt hat with a deeply creased crown.
A foot: from the beautiful left foot of the heroine of Du Maurier's story ‘Trilby,’ of which it was said that there was only one in Paris to match it and that was Trilby's other foot.
A narrow-brimmed felt hat.

vapulate

 

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n. A soft felt hat with a deeply creased crown.
A foot: from the beautiful left foot of the heroine of Du Maurier's story ‘Trilby,’ of which it was said that there was only one in Paris to match it and that was Trilby's other foot.
A narrow-brimmed felt hat.

vapulate

vapulate. Verb. (third-person singular simple present vapulates, present participle vapulating, simple past and past participle vapulated) (obsolete) To flog or whip; to beat or strike. (obsolete, intransitive) To be flogged, beaten etc.

Rapparee

 

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vapulate. Verb. (third-person singular simple present vapulates, present participle vapulating, simple past and past participle vapulated) (obsolete) To flog or whip; to beat or strike. (obsolete, intransitive) To be flogged, beaten etc.

Rapparee

n. an armed Irish freebooter or plunderer, especially of the 17th century.
n. rapparees were Irish guerrilla fighters who operated on the Jacobite side during the 1690s Williamite war in Ireland. Subsequently the name was also given to bandits and highwaymen in Ireland - many former guerrillas having turned to crime after the war ended.

Xenogamy

 

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n. an armed Irish freebooter or plunderer, especially of the 17th century.
n. rapparees were Irish guerrilla fighters who operated on the Jacobite side during the 1690s Williamite war in Ireland. Subsequently the name was also given to bandits and highwaymen in Ireland - many former guerrillas having turned to crime after the war ended.

Xenogamy

noun xenogamy

1. fertilization of a flower by pollen from a flower on a genetically different plant.

Obdurate

 

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noun xenogamy

1. fertilization of a flower by pollen from a flower on a genetically different plant.

Obdurate

. adjective. unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding. stubbornly resistant to moral influence; persistently impenitent: an obdurate sinner.

Lazar

 

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. adjective. unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding. stubbornly resistant to moral influence; persistently impenitent: an obdurate sinner.

Lazar

noun lazar plural noun lazars

1. a poor and diseased person, especially one afflicted by a feared, contagious disease such as leprosy.

Imprimis

 

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noun lazar plural noun lazars

1. a poor and diseased person, especially one afflicted by a feared, contagious disease such as leprosy.

Imprimis

in the first place used to introduce a list of items or considerations).

latitudinarian

 

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in the first place used to introduce a list of items or considerations).

latitudinarian

adjective latitudinarian

1. allowing latitude in religion; showing no preference among varying creeds and forms of worship.
   

noun latitudinarian plural noun latitudinarians

1. a person with a latitudinarian attitude.

Crenate

 

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adjective latitudinarian

1. allowing latitude in religion; showing no preference among varying creeds and forms of worship.

noun latitudinarian plural noun latitudinarians

1. a person with a latitudinarian attitude.

Crenate

adj. Having a margin with low, rounded or scalloped projections.
Notched; indented; scalloped.
In entomology, having indentations, not sufficient to be called teeth, the exterior outline of which is rounded: said of a margin.

linonophobia

 

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adj. Having a margin with low, rounded or scalloped projections.
Notched; indented; scalloped.
In entomology, having indentations, not sufficient to be called teeth, the exterior outline of which is rounded: said of a margin.

linonophobia

Linonophobia is the fear of string. The origin of the word lino is Greek (meaning string) and phobia is Greek (meaning fear). Linonophobia is considered to be a specific phobia, which is discussed on the home page.

Wintle

 

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Linonophobia is the fear of string. The origin of the word lino is Greek (meaning string) and phobia is Greek (meaning fear). Linonophobia is considered to be a specific phobia, which is discussed on the home page.

Wintle

n. To twist; writhe; roll; reel; stagger.
A rolling or reeling motion; a stagger. Also, erroneously, whintle.
v. to reel, to stagger

telarian

 

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n. To twist; writhe; roll; reel; stagger.
A rolling or reeling motion; a stagger. Also, erroneously, whintle.
v. to reel, to stagger

telarian

telarian: Spinning a web, as a spider.
Also fictional characters in Star Trek and certain games.

Tessera

 

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telarian: Spinning a web, as a spider.
Also fictional characters in Star Trek and certain games.

Tessera

noun pl. -·serae· 1. in ancient Rome, a small tablet of wood, ivory, etc. used as a token, ticket, label, etc. 2. any of the small pieces used in mosaic workOrigin of tesseraL, square piece, cube from Classical Greek

yahrzeit

 

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noun pl. -·serae· 1. in ancient Rome, a small tablet of wood, ivory, etc. used as a token, ticket, label, etc. 2. any of the small pieces used in mosaic workOrigin of tesseraL, square piece, cube from Classical Greek

yahrzeit

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\ ˈyärˌtsīt , ˈyȯrˌ- \

: the anniversary of the death of a parent or near relative observed annually among Jews by the recital of the Kaddish and the lighting of a memorial candle or lamp

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cryo·ther·a·py | \ ˌkrī-ō-ˈther-ə-pē \

 

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\ ˈyärˌtsīt , ˈyȯrˌ- \

: the anniversary of the death of a parent or near relative observed annually among Jews by the recital of the Kaddish and the lighting of a memorial candle or lamp

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cryo·ther·a·py | \ ˌkrī-ō-ˈther-ə-pē \

noun cryotherapy

1. the use of extreme cold in surgery or other medical treatment.

Paramnesia

 

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noun cryotherapy

1. the use of extreme cold in surgery or other medical treatment.

Paramnesia

memory-based delusion or confabulation, or an inability to distinguish between real and fantasy memories. It may refer more specifically to: Déjà vu, the delusion that a current event has already been experienced before.

yex

 

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memory-based delusion or confabulation, or an inability to distinguish between real and fantasy memories. It may refer more specifically to: Déjà vu, the delusion that a current event has already been experienced before.

yex

yex(Verb). Hiccup. yex(Verb). Belch or burp. Origin: From yexen, yixen, yesken, from geocsian, giscian, from giskōnan, from ǵeys-. Cognate with gischen

Gramineous

 

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yex(Verb). Hiccup. yex(Verb). Belch or burp. Origin: From yexen, yixen, yesken, from geocsian, giscian, from giskōnan, from ǵeys-. Cognate with gischen

Gramineous

adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of grasses.
Of or belonging to the grass family.

abrosia

 

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adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of grasses.
Of or belonging to the grass family.

abrosia

clean
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1. 1.
   free from dirt, marks, or stains.
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adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of grasses.
Of or belonging to the grass family.

abrosia

Noun. abrosia (uncountable) Abstinence. Abstinence from food. Wasting away as a result of abstinence from food.

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