Dictionary game

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You are right on epilation, heaven knows what word I looked up, lol
Cheongsam

• n.
  A long dress with a high collar and slit skirt, traditionally worn by Chinese women.
• n.
  A long formal dress-like garment worn by Asian men, the equivalent of a woman’s qipao. In Hong Kong, the cheongsam is also worn by women

kvetch

noun kvetch plural noun kvetches That is from Yiddish, right?

1. a person who complains a great deal.
   
   • a complaint.

Valetudinarian

 

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noun kvetch plural noun kvetches That is from Yiddish, right?

1. a person who complains a great deal.
   • a complaint.

Valetudinarian

• n.
  A sickly or weak person, especially one who is constantly and morbidly concerned with his or her health.
• adj.
  Chronically ailing; sickly.
• adj.
  Constantly and morbidly concerned with one's health.

Porphyrophobia

 

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• n.
  A sickly or weak person, especially one who is constantly and morbidly concerned with his or her health.
• adj.
  Chronically ailing; sickly.
• adj.
  Constantly and morbidly concerned with one's health.

Porphyrophobia

Porphyrophobia (from Greek porphyros, "purple") is fear of the color purple, a subclass of chromophobia, fear of colors.

Sesquipedalian

 

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Porphyrophobia (from Greek porphyros, "purple") is fear of the color purple, a subclass of chromophobia, fear of colors.

Sesquipedalian

• n.
  A long word.
• adj.
  Given to or characterized by the use of long words.
• adj.
  Long and ponderous; polysyllabic.

quire

 

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• n.
  A long word.
• adj.
  Given to or characterized by the use of long words.
• adj.
  Long and ponderous; polysyllabic.

quire

noun quire plural noun quires

1. four sheets of paper or parchment folded to form eight leaves, as in medieval manuscripts.
   
   • any collection of leaves one within another in a manuscript or book.
   • 
     
   • 25 (formerly 24) sheets of paper; one twentieth of a ream.

Osteomalacia

 

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noun quire plural noun quires

1. four sheets of paper or parchment folded to form eight leaves, as in medieval manuscripts.
   • any collection of leaves one within another in a manuscript or book.
   • 
     
   • 25 (formerly 24) sheets of paper; one twentieth of a ream.

Osteomalacia

Osteomalacia is softening of the bones. It most often occurs because of a problem with vitamin D, which helps your body absorb calcium. Your body needs calcium to maintain the strength and hardness of your bones.

canorous

 

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Osteomalacia is softening of the bones. It most often occurs because of a problem with vitamin D, which helps your body absorb calcium. Your body needs calcium to maintain the strength and hardness of your bones.

canorous

adjective canorous

1. (of song or speech) melodious or resonant.
   

Magniloquent

 

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adjective canorous

1. (of song or speech) melodious or resonant.

Magniloquent

• adj.
  Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent. As in a magniloquent toast.
• adj.
  Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
  
  Speaking or writing in a lofty style; grandiloquent; bombastic.

babeldom

 

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• adj.
  Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent. As in a magniloquent toast.
• adj.
  Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
  
  Speaking or writing in a lofty style; grandiloquent; bombastic.

babeldom

babeldom in British English. ... a state of noisy confusion resembling that at Babel. ... Film noir refers to a type of film or a style of film-making which shows the world as a dangerous or depressing place where many people suffer , especially because of the greed or cruelty of others.

https://www.theguardian.com › film › mar › babeldom-review
Mar 7, 2013 - It's about a fictional megacity called Babeldom

You must be using a British dictionary.

Exophthalmos

 

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babeldom in British English. ... a state of noisy confusion resembling that at Babel. ... Film noir refers to a type of film or a style of film-making which shows the world as a dangerous or depressing place where many people suffer , especially because of the greed or cruelty of others.

https://www.theguardian.com › film › mar › babeldom-review
Mar 7, 2013 - It's about a fictional megacity called Babeldom

You must be using a British dictionary.

Exophthalmos

Exophthalmos (also called exophthalmus, exophthalmia, proptosis, or exorbitism) is a bulging of the eye anteriorly out of the orbit. Exophthalmos can be either bilateral (as is often seen in Graves' disease) or unilateral (as is often seen in an orbital tumor). Complete or partial dislocation from the orbit is also possible from trauma or swelling of surrounding tissue resulting from trauma.

Barbican

 

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Exophthalmos (also called exophthalmus, exophthalmia, proptosis, or exorbitism) is a bulging of the eye anteriorly out of the orbit. Exophthalmos can be either bilateral (as is often seen in Graves' disease) or unilateral (as is often seen in an orbital tumor). Complete or partial dislocation from the orbit is also possible from trauma or swelling of surrounding tissue resulting from trauma.

Barbican

the outer defense of a castle or walled city, especially a double tower above a gate or drawbridge.


labiomancy

 

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the outer defense of a castle or walled city, especially a double tower above a gate or drawbridge.


labiomancy

Etymology · labio- +‎ -mancy. Noun labiomancy (uncountable). A form of divination by lipreading.

We are missing some words from yesterday. I answered barbican and introduced two other words. Asseverate & Bruxism

Caleche

 

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Etymology · labio- +‎ -mancy. Noun labiomancy (uncountable). A form of divination by lipreading.

We are missing some words from yesterday. I answered barbican and introduced two other words. Asseverate & Bruxism

Caleche

(the mods jumped in and deleted hijacked post, maybe one of our computers is hacked)
(especially in Quebec, Canada) a type of calash pulled by a single horse, seating two passengers and having two wheels and a folding top.
Caliche (/ k ə ˈ l iː tʃ iː /) is a sedimentary rock, a hardened natural cement of calcium carbonate that binds other materials—such as gravel, sand, clay, and silt. It occurs worldwide, in aridisol and mollisol soil orders—generally in arid or semiarid regions, including in central and western Australia, in the Kalahari Desert, in the High Plains of the western USA


ecclesiology

 

[Deade]

(the mods jumped in and deleted hijacked post, maybe one of our computers is hacked)
(especially in Quebec, Canada) a type of calash pulled by a single horse, seating two passengers and having two wheels and a folding top.
Caliche (/ k ə ˈ l iː tʃ iː /) is a sedimentary rock, a hardened natural cement of calcium carbonate that binds other materials—such as gravel, sand, clay, and silt. It occurs worldwide, in aridisol and mollisol soil orders—generally in arid or semiarid regions, including in central and western Australia, in the Kalahari Desert, in the High Plains of the western USA


ecclesiology

Your first def is what I had for Caleche - two wheeled horse buggy.

noun ecclesiology

1. the study of churches, especially church building and decoration.
   
   
2. theology as applied to the nature and structure of the Christian Church.

Faineant

 

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Your first def is what I had for Caleche - two wheeled horse buggy.

noun ecclesiology

1. the study of churches, especially church building and decoration.
   
   
2. theology as applied to the nature and structure of the Christian Church.

Faineant

adj Given to doing nothing; lazy.
n. One who is lazy or idle.

ejecta

 

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adj Given to doing nothing; lazy.
n. One who is lazy or idle.

ejecta

plural noun ejecta noun ejectum

1. material that is forced or thrown out, especially as a result of volcanic eruption, meteoritic impact, or stellar explosion.

Hebetate

 

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plural noun ejecta noun ejectum

1. material that is forced or thrown out, especially as a result of volcanic eruption, meteoritic impact, or stellar explosion.

Hebetate

trans verb To make obtuse or dull, also relating to feeling, spirit
To dull; blunt; clog.
Obtuse; dull.

teleonomy

 

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trans verb To make obtuse or dull, also relating to feeling, spirit
To dull; blunt; clog.
Obtuse; dull.

teleonomy

The word "teleonomy" has been proposed to refer to the study of goal- directed processes without the encumbrances of teleological explanations.

Jan 7, 2019 - Teleonomy is a deliberately non-theistic way to describe nature in terms of purpose-driven language, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, ...

It seems you picked a Darwinism type word purposely defined to exclude creationism.



Corroboree

 

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The word "teleonomy" has been proposed to refer to the study of goal- directed processes without the encumbrances of teleological explanations.

Jan 7, 2019 - Teleonomy is a deliberately non-theistic way to describe nature in terms of purpose-driven language, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, ...

It seems you picked a Darwinism type word purposely defined to exclude creationism.

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Corroboree

(teleonomy is a word I just learned)
Corroboree definition is - a nocturnal festivity with songs and symbolic dances by which the Australian aborigines celebrate events of importance.

calligram

 

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(teleonomy is a word I just learned)
Corroboree definition is - a nocturnal festivity with songs and symbolic dances by which the Australian aborigines celebrate events of importance.

calligram

noun calligram plural noun calligrams

1. a word or piece of text in which the design and layout of the letters creates a visual image related to the meaning of the words themselves.

Toxoid