Expanding Vocabulary

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Kainotophobia:

 

 

Fear of change

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Laugh

 

We need this word here :laugh:

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Laugh

 

We need this word here :laugh:

 

 

That's what I thought!... :laugh:

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Thanks under!

 

Liking jejune. Good choice there . This is fun.

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Not sure where were at going to go with M:

 

 

Madarosis:

 

 

Loss of eyelashes or eyebrows ....

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Hi! Just want to get this thread motivated again!...

 

 

Nanocephalous:

 

 

Having an extremely small head

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Opus Dei- most controversial organization in the Catholic Church.

 

*wow.  Feeling completely wretched today but this helps lighten my mood up just a bit.

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I'm sorry to hear that sleepless...glad this helps...distraction is always good!...

 

 

Pacificate:

 

To give peace to

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Querulous.  Complaining in a whining way

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That is one hot dude you got there, Gilly...

 

 

Radiesthesia

 

 

Sensitivity to radiation from any source

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Yours are great CeCe. I might be a bit sick but I loved the one about having an extremely small head! 

 

Salubrious            Especially pleasant or healthy, e.g.  The gardens were exceedingly salubrious.

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Tintinnabulation  The lingering sound of a ringing bell that stays after the bell has been struck

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Tintinnabulation  The lingering sound of a ringing bell that stays after the bell has been struck

 

 

I know this word! Or it's meaning anyway...

 

 

ubiquarian

 

One who seems to be everywhere at once

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Yours are great CeCe. I might be a bit sick but I loved the one about having an extremely small head! 

 

Salubrious            Especially pleasant or healthy, e.g.  The gardens were exceedingly salubrious.

 

I thought that was funny, too Gilly...

 

 

Valentia:

 

Device for drawing wine or beer out of a cask

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Hey, CeCe, I didn't know this:

 

Valentia:

 

Device for drawing wine or beer out of a cask

 

It will be useful for us when we start imbibing again, no? 

 

Whiffle -- to blow in light puffs or gusts

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That's what I was thinking, too OK!...Can hardly wait!....

 

 

Xanthodont

 

 

One with yellow teeth

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Xanthodont

 

One with yellow teeth

 

That is scary, CeCe!!

 

Fractious -- grumpy and bad-tempered . . . like all of us here on BB, grrr!!

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Xanthodont

 

One with yellow teeth

 

That is scary, CeCe!!

 

Fractious -- grumpy and bad-tempered . . . like all of us here on BB, grrr!!

 

 

I'm feeling a bit fractious this evening...grrrr!!...

 

Yabba:

 

 

Large Jamaican earthenware or wooden vessel (now to find dabba and doo! ... )

 

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zeitgeist

The defining spirit or mood of a particular period in history.  Example:  "The zeitgeist of the 2016 American political scene was one of unprecedented vitriol and aggrandizing self-interest."

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Aasvogel:

 

 

South African vulture

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barcarole

The traditional songs sung by Venetian gondoliers as they ply their trade

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Cadge:

 

 

To beg or sponge from another

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damascene

 

To decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns

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egregious -- outstandingly bad, shocking

 

hi CeCe and She! I like this game. 

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Fabulist:

 

 

One who invents fables

 

 

Hi OK!! Me too!...great idea of A's...