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Abaya
A full-length, sleeveless outer garment worn by Arabs.
Abomasum
The fourth stomach of a ruminant, such as a cow or sheep.
Absquatulate
To leave somewhere abruptly.
Adscititious
A unique word that means additional.
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Afreet
A powerful jinn or demon in Arabian and Muslim mythology.
Alcazar
A Spanish palace or fortress.
Amphisbaena
A mythical serpent with a head at each end.
Anfractuous
Winding or circuitous.
Anguilliform
Resembling an eel.
Apoptosis
The death of cells which occurs as a normal part of an organisms growth or development.
Apple-knocker
Informal an ignorant or unsophisticated person.
Argle-bargle
Copious but meaningless talk or writing.
Argus-eyed
Vigilant, referring to Argos, a Greek mythological watchman with a hundred eyes.
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Argute
Shrewd.
Aspergillum
An implement used for sprinkling holy water in religious ceremonies.
Attic salt
Refined, incisive wit.
Badmash
A hooligan.
Bandoline
A sticky preparation used for setting hair.
Bardolatry
A humorous excessive admiration of Shakespeare.
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Barmecide
Illusory or imaginary and therefore disappointing.
Bashment
A large party or dance.
Bawbee
Scottish a coin of low value.
Benthos
The flora and fauna on the bottom of a sea or lake.
Bergschrund
A key in of crevasse.
Bibliopole
A person who buys and sells books, especially rare ones.
Bilboes
An iron bar with sliding shackles, used to fasten prisoners ankles.
Bindlestiff
A tramp.
Bingle
Informal a collision.
Blatherskite
A person who talks at great length without making much sense.
Bleeding edge
The very forefront of technological development.
Blind pig
Informal a place where alcoholic drinks are sold illegally.
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Bobsy-die
A great deal of fuss or trouble.
Boffola
Informal a joke that gets a loud or hearty laugh.
Boilover
Informal a surprise result in a sporting event.
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Borborygmus
A rumbling or gurgling noise in the intestines.
Brobdingnagian
Gigantic, from Brobdingnag, a country in Jonathan SwiftsGullivers Travels.
Bruxism
Involuntary and habitual grinding of the teeth.
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Bumbo
A drink of rum, sugar, water, and nutmeg.
Burnsides
A mustache in combination with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.
Cacoethes
An urge to do something inadvisable.
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Callipygian
Having shapely buttocks.
Callithumpian
Like a discordant band or a noisy parade.
Camisado
A military attack carried out at night.
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Canorous
Melodious or resonant.
Cantillate
To chant or intone a passage of religious text.
Carphology
Convulsive or involuntary movements made by delirious patients, such as plucking at the bedclothes.
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Catoptromancy
Foretelling the future by means of a mirror.
Cereology
The study or investigation of crop circles.
Cerulean
Deep sky blue.
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Chad
A piece of waste paper produced by punching a hole.
Chalkdown
Informal a teachers strike.
Chanticleer
A rooster in a fairy tale.
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This word comes from a Greek word that means well mind.
Edacious having to do with eating or fond of eating
Effable able to be described in words.
This word has origins in the French language.
