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Mentioned twice quite a while agon on AWADtalk, but never defined (correctly, WW)
mihrab
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5Ar miSrab6 a niche in that wall of a mosque which faces toward Mecca
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Like Faldages little playmates
ulotrrichous
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5< Gr oulothrix, woolly-haired < oulos, crisp, woolly + thrix, hair + 3OUS6 having wool or tightly twisted hair
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suer·te
f.
1. (destino) - fate
2. (fortuna) - luck
3. (condición) - lot
mejorar la suerte del pueblo - to improve the lot of the people
4. (género) - kind
buena suerte - good luck
caerle a uno en suerte (tocarle a uno en suerte) - to fall to one's lot
dar suerte (traer suerte) - to bring luck
de otra suerte - otherwise
de suerte que - in a way that
echar suertes - to draw lots
estar de mala suerte - to be out of luck
estar de suerte - to be in luck
la suerte está echada - the die is cast
por suerte
5. (por casualidad) - by chance
6. (por fortuna) - luckily
suerte negra - very bad luck
tener suerte - to be lucky
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Eating in reclining position. Would not appeal to me.
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You might think it meant "honey lover" but it doesn't. Reminds me of Johnny Mercer,
I love my sugar because she's so refined.
philomel
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5altered (infl. by L) < ME Philomene < ML Philomena, for L Philomela: see fol.6 old poet. term for NIGHTINGALE
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The kikepa can be worn in a number of ways: as a skirt, left,
a full-length garment and as a man's wrap. ... Call it a pareo. Or kikepa. Or sulu. ...
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I've got a rhonchus in the bronchus......
rhonchus
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pl. 3chi# 73kj#8 5L, a snoring < Gr rhonchos, var. of renchos < IE base *srenk3, to snore > OIr srennim, (I) snore6 a rattling sound, somewhat like snoring heard on auscultation of
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Ballet term which does not mean between two cats.
entrechat
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5Fr earlier entrechasse, altered (as if < entre, between, among + chasser < OFr chacier, CHASE1) < It (capriola) intrecciata, lit., intertwined (leap) < intrecciare < in3, in + treccia, a plait: see TRESS6 Ballet a leap straight upward during which the dancer crosses the legs and beats the calves together a number of times
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minyan
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pl. min#ya[nim$ 73y9 ncm$8 or min4yans 5MHeb minyan < TalmudHeb, orig., number, quantity < root mnh, to number, count6 a properly constituted group for a public Jewish prayer service, made up of at least ten Jewish males (in some congregations, males or females) over thirteen years of age
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The condition of being otiose
otiose
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5L otiosus < otium, leisure6
1 [Rare] idle; indolent
2 ineffective; futile
3 useless; superfluous
—SYN VAIN
o$ti[ose#ly
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coelostat
A flat mirror fitted in a mount that is mechanically driven so that, as the Earth rotates on its axi s, light
from a chosen area of the sky can be continuously directed into an optical analysing instrument. Whereas
a telescope is rotated by its mounting to keep the image within its field of view, this is not always
practical for heavy optical analysing equipment. Therefore it is often simpler to keep the equipment fixed
and to use a coelostat to follow the rotation of the celestial sphere, constantly guiding light into the main
optical system. The heliostat performs a similar function for keeping an image of the Sun fixed.
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A French customs official
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Is this near the record for the shortest word with all five vowels ? or should I have "voyelles"?
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