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calcedadj

Wearing shoes; used especially of religious orders

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forNovember 2

salmagundin

A food consisting of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
Any mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany

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pullulatev

To rapidly multiply.
To germinate.
To teem with; to be filled with

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forNovember 4

uvulan

The fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the palate at the opening to the throat

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forNovember 5

bezeln

The sloping edge or face on a cutting tool.
The oblique side or face of a cut gem.
The rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or similar object in the cavity into which it is set

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jejuneadj

Not nutritious
Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.
Naive; simplistic

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forNovember 7

nychthemeronn

A period of one day and one night; a date

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wheedlev

To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
To obtain something by guile or trickery

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forNovember 9

spadassiniciden

The act of coaxing someone, usually through insult, into initiating a swordsman’s duel, and subsequently killing them with superior skill.
One who performs such an act

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forNovember 10

olfactoryadj

Concerning the sense of smell

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forNovember 11

logodaedalyn

(rare) Skill or cleverness in the coining of new words

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forNovember 12

umlautn

(linguistics) A process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a vowel or semivowel in a following syllable.
(orthography): The diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel to indicate such assimilation

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craqueluren

(art) The distinctive pattern of hairline cracks in the surface of an old painting

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vis-à-visprep

In relation to or compared with

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forNovember 15

punditn

A scholar, teacher, or learned person, especially a Hindu scholar.
A professed expert in a particular field, as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media

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instillv

To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
To pour in, drop by drop

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forNovember 17

norian

A water wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
Any machine using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct

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edentulousadj

Toothless

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forNovember 19

imprimaturn

An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies.
(by extension) Any mark of official approval

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blastedadj

Describing something that has been subjected to explosion.
(slang) Accursed; damned.
(heraldry) Of a tree whose branches bear no leaves; leafless

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heteronymn

(linguistics) A word having the same spelling as another, but a different pronunciation and meaning.
(literature) A fictitious character created by an author for the purpose of writing in a different style

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a capellaadv

(music) Without instrumental accompaniment, using vocal performance only

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forNovember 23

shaddan

A diacritic used in the Arabic script to indicate gemination of a consonant

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forNovember 24

dogsbodyn

A person who does menial work, a servant

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forNovember 25

terpsichoreanadj

Of or relating to dancing

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forNovember 26

nixv

To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.
To destroy or eradicate

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forNovember 27

cognoscenten

Someone possessing superior or specialized knowledge in a particular field

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zenithn

(astronomy) The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer.
(astronomy) The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.
Highest point or state; peak

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forNovember 29

banjaxedadj

(UK, slang) Broken, ruined, shattered.
(UK, slang) Tired, sleepy

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forNovember 30

ineluctableadj

Impossible to avoid or escape; inescapable, irresistible

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