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celebration

n. 1 The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament 2 The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities 3 The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event. 4 A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.

illiteracy

n. 1 (context uncountable English) The inability to read. 2 (context uncountable English) The portion of a population unable to read, generally given as a percentage. 3 (context countable English) A word, phrase(,) or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person.

dimestores

n. (plural of dimestore English)

identikits

n. (plural of identikit English)

sprawleth

vb. (context archaic English) (en-third-person singular of: sprawl)

panto

n. 1 (context British informal English) Short form of pantomime 2 (context rail transport informal English) Short form of pantograph

alibility

n. The quality of being alible; nourishingness.

shovelards

n. (plural of shovelard English)

positroniums

n. (plural of positronium English)

anaphylactic

a. Pertaining to anaphylaxis.

reconjure

vb. To conjure back; to bring something back as if by magic

demineralised

vb. (en-past of: demineralise)

fabbier

a. (en-comparativefabby)

substudies

n. (plural of substudy English)

what ho

interj. (context British colloquial dated English) A greeting.

seminists

n. (plural of seminist English)

ethnopharmacology

n. The scientific study correlate ethnic groups, their health, and how it relates to their physical habits and methodology in creating and using medicines.

amidotransferase

n. (context enzyme English) amidoligase

consternated

vb. (en-past of: consternate)

rowel

n. 1 The small spiked wheel on the end of a spur. 2 A little flat ring or wheel on a horse's bit. 3 A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of a horse in the manner of a seton in human surgery. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To use a rowel on something, especially to drain fluid. 2 (context transitive English) To incite, to goad.

translavations

n. (plural of translavation English)

phenic

a. (context chemistry English) Of, relating to, derived from, or resembling, phenyl or phenol.

inhabiteth

vb. (en-archaic third-person singular of: inhabit)

interchangement

n. interchange, exchange

ulcer

n. 1 (context pathology English) An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection. 2 (context pathology English) peptic ulcer 3 (context figurative English) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

divergences

n. (plural of divergence English)

violence-ridden

a. dominated or plagued by violence.

encaged

vb. (en-past of: encage)

nondualism

n. The belief that dualism or dichotomy are illusory phenomena, that things such as mind and body may remain distinct while not actually being separate.

nanowalls

n. (plural of nanowall English)

countersurety

n. (context rare English) A counter bond, or a surety to secure one who has given security.

betacism

n. 1 (context linguistics English) A sound change in which [b] (the voiced bilabial plosive) shifts to [v] (the voiced labiodental fricative). 2 A speech disorder involving excessive use of the [b] sound, or conversion of other sounds into it.

engin.

abbr. engineering

shiproom

n. Storage space on a ship.

clergywomen

n. (plural of clergywoman English)

rigid body

n. (context physics English) an idealized solid whose size and shape are fixed and remain unaltered when forces are applied; used in Newtonian mechanics to model real objects

quicksand

n. 1 Wet sand that things readily sink in, often found near rivers or coasts 2 Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically

nonfeline

a. Not feline, or not pertaining to felines. n. A creature that is not feline.

writ

n. 1 (context legal English) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something. 2 authority, power to enforce compliance 3 (context obsolete English) that which is written; writing vb. (context dated nonstandard English) (past participle of write English)

erosional

a. Pertaining to erosion.

hyperarticulated

a. Having exaggerated articulation.

unindents

vb. (en-third-person singular of: unindent)

obscure
  1. 1 dark, faint or indistinct. 2 hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous. 3 Difficult to understand. v

  2. (label en transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.

chondrite

n. A meteorite consisting of rock containing chondrules

intercurrently

adv. In an intercurrent way.

ambisexuals

n. (plural of ambisexual English)

eight-thousanders

n. (eight-thousander English)

catchwords

n. (plural of catchword English)

Usage examples of "catchwords".

And I saw the demagogues taking advantage of our good instincts, of the craving for luxury, of the group-sense, to start up fatal currents through the influence of hollow catchwords and ridiculous over-estimation of self.

If there is anyone who has not played The Game, it may be explained that two teams are chosen, and that each team gets its chance to present the other team with a number of pieces of paper, upon which proverbs, quotations, catchwords and the like are written.