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cleome n. 5ModL6 any of a large genus (Cleome) of mostly tropical plants of the caper family, with white, pink, yellow, green, or purple flowers having stalked petals and long stamens; spider flower: see BEE PLANT
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commensal n. 5ME < ML commensalis < L com3, with + mensa, table: see MENSAL16 1 a companion at meals 2 Biol. either of the organisms living in commensalism adj. designating, of, or like a commensal com[men4sal[ly
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commutative adj. 1 of commutation; involving exchange or replacement 2 Math. of or pertaining to an operation in which the order of the elements does not affect the result, as, in addition, 3 + 2 = 2 + 3 and, in multiplication, 2 1 3 = 3 1 2
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oncho[ogy n. 5see CONCH & 3LOGY6the branch of natural history that deals with the shells of mollusks con[chol$o[gist n.
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mollusk n. 5Fr mollusque < ModL Mollusca, coined by CUVIER < L mollusca, a soft-shelled nut < molluscus, soft < mollis: see MOLLIFY6 any of a large phylum (Mollusca) of invertebrate animals, including the chitons, gastropods, cephalopods, scaphopods, and bivalves characterized by a soft, unsegmented body, typically enclosed wholly or in part in a mantle and a calcareous shell, and usually having gills and a foot mol[lus[kan 7m! lus4k!n8 adj., n.
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precession n. 5ME < LL praecessio < L praecedere, to PRECEDE6 1 the act of preceding; precedence 2 Astronomy short for PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES 3 Mech. an effect exhibited by a spinning body, as a top, when an applied torque tends to change the direction of its rotational axis, causing this axis generally to describe a cone and to turn at right angles to the direction of the torque pre[ces4sion[al adj. From the Just So Stores, The Elephant's Child "One fine morning in the middle of the Precession of the Equinoxes this 'satiable Elephant's Child asked a new fine question that he had never asked before. He asked, 'What does the Crocodile have for dinner?' Then everybody said, 'Hush!' in a loud and dretful tone, and they spanked him immediately and directly, without stopping, for a long time. "
"That very next morning, when there was nothing left of the Equinoxes, because the Precession had preceded according to precedent, this 'satiable Elephant's Child took a hundred pounds of bananas (the little short red kind), and a hundred pounds of sugar-cane (the long purple kind), and seventeen melons (the greeny-crackly kind), and said to all his dear families, 'Goodbye. I am going to the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, to find out what the Crocodile has for dinner.' And they all spanked him once more for luck, though he asked them most politely to stop. "
I was glad my kids did not demand that I explain about the Precession of the Equinoxes.
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A repeat, but I had forgotten it. perhaps others have also. procryptic adj. 5< PRO(TECT) + CRYPTIC6 Zool. having protective coloration
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A botanical term, but I could not be sure it was not an architectural term. protostele n. 5PROTO3 + STELE6 a simple, primitive arrangement of conducting tissues in stems and roots of certain lower plants, consisting of a solid cylinder of xylem surrounded by a layer of phloem pro#to[ste4lic adj.
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Not a preconceived delusion. More like a prelude. prolusion n. 5L prolusio, prelude < prolusus, pp. of proludere, to play beforehand < pro3, before + ludere, to play: see PRO32 & LUDICROUS6a preliminary part or performance; often, specif., an introductory essay or article pro[lu4so[ry 73s! rc8 adj.
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Not the result of a kick in the buttocks. psoas n., pl. psoas pl. of Gr psoa, muscle of the loins6 either of two muscles attached to the lower spinal column, esp. the one that controls certain movements of the thigh pso[at[ic 7sb at4ik8 adj. This is what I think the butchers call "the eye of the round".
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