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April

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ataraxian
(literary,Greek philosophy) A pleasure that comes when the mind is at rest
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prosopagnosian
A form of visual agnosia characterised by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing
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snail mailn
(retronym) Postal mail, especially as compared to email
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roundaboutadj
Indirect,circuitous orcircumlocutionary; that does not do something in a direct way
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reptiliannessn
The quality of the embodiment of reptile characteristics
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lekn
(biology) An aggregation of male animals for the purposes of courtship and display
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lollapaloozan
(informal) An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind
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cross swordsv
(idiomatic) To quarrel or argue with someone, to have a dispute with someone
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unheraldedadj
Without prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
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poplitealadj
(anatomy) Of the area behind the knee
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covensteadn
(Wicca) A permanent circle or temple used to meet for rituals and to store religious items, often a mundane location. (Wicca) A Wiccan congregation
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ungulateadj
Having hooves
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pink slimen
(paper manufacture) An undesirable pink-colored microbial mass occurring in the slurry used in making paper. (informal) A meat byproduct produced from otherwise unusable material such as skin and connective tissue, spinal bones, and digestive tissue by heating and then mixing with ammonia in a centrifuge to produce a food additive
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hapax legomenonn
A word occurring only once in a givencorpus
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eschatologyn
(countable) System of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death. (uncountable) The study of the end times — the end of the world, notably in Christian theology the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse or the Last Judgment
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heir apparentn
(usually monarchy) Someone who will definitely inherit, assuming he survives the one from whom he is inheriting
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kashan
A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats
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oublietten
A dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top
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debauchv
(transitive) To morally corrupt (someone); to seduce. (transitive) To debase (something); to lower the value of (something)
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capiasn
(law) Anarrest warrant; awrit commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody
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overawev
(transitive) To restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow
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crosswordesen
The jargon of crossword puzzle answers, classically consisting of rare, archaic, or dialectal words
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handsyadj
(informal) Prone to touching other people with one's hands, especially inappropriately. (golf) Moving the hands and wrists excessively when making a stroke or swing
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nulla pœna sine legephrase
(law) The principle that a person shall receive no punishment unless he has committed an offence as explicitly defined in a law
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vexatiousadj
Causing vexation, annoyance, trouble, or the like; teasing; annoying; troublesome. Full of trouble ordisquiet; harassed; distressed; annoyed; vexed
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paratransitn
An auxiliarytransit service without fixed routes or schedules, usually serving the disabled on-demand
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floordroben
(humorous) Clothing strewn on the floor
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kitchen suppern
An informal or semiformal meal served for guests, not necessarily one served in the kitchen
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bestridev
To be astride something, to sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse
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consonantadj
Characterized by harmony or agreement
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