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Today at a boring presentation that I had to listen to twice, I noticed a wide open unabridged Webster's...so I slid over to it and began to read about hornblende. Fun. And then I noticed a wonderful word with a wonderful definition:
horripilation--the standing up of the hair on the neck as with goosebumps.
And then I noticed that horror had the Latin horrere as the root.
Anyway, since it's the season, I thought you might enjoy reading a list of bristling words:
horror
horripilation
horripilate
horrisonous
horrisonant
horrendous (Why not!)
horrent
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don'cha just love meetings in the library?! 
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I never said I was in a library, et'! You must have been at the same boring meeting that I attended! Of course, where else would a teacher most likely come across an unabridged MW?
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I always make sure to seat myself somewhere near the magazine rack, or at least the reference section, so I'm insured something interesting to read during those meetings...
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horripilated follicles 
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Abhorrent is to Horrent as abhore is to... Hmmmm don't think I'll go there 
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Was it not Dorothy Parker who said "You can lead a horticlture but you cannot make her think!"?
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OH you people are so bad!  And is someone addicted to sex a horehound? From M-W:
Main Entry: hore·hound
Pronunciation: 'hOr-"haund, 'hor-
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English horhoune, from Old English hArhune, from hAr hoary + hune horehound -- more at HOAR
Date: before 12th century
1 a : a bitter mint (Marrubium vulgare) with downy leaves b : an extract or confection made from this plant
2 : any of several mints resembling the horehound
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Not we, she! [whistling innocently-e]
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Just came across another interesting 'h' word: hirrient, meaning trilled double 'r's'...
And the above list, enunciated hirriently would be not only horrent, but also trilling.
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