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oblast
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5Russ oblast‘6 an administrative subdivision, or region, of a republic in the U.S.S.R.
oblate 1
adj.
5ModL oblatus < OB3 + 3latus as in prolatus (see PROLATE): from being thrust forward at the equator6 Geom. flattened at the poles !an oblate spheroid"
oblate 2
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5ML oblatus, offered, thrust forward < pp. of L offerre: see OFFER6 R.C.Ch. a person dedicated to the religious life; esp., a person living in or associated with a religious community but not bound by vows
oblectation. 1. the act of pleasing highly; the state of being greatly pleased; delight.
obnubilation - here’s all I could find:
AUTHOR'S DESCRIPTION: Pauciloquent Obnubilation is a small app that lets the user find 26 obscure English words and their definitions hidden away beneath a further obscuring alphabetic screen.
Obtruncate - to cut the head off
obturator - a device to keep gas from escaping from breech of Civil War breech loading cannon.
In urology, a “J” shaped metal sound that fits into a rubber catheter to facilitate passing it into the bladder. When the lecturer in Urology mentioned passing a sound up
the urethra, student beside me whispered: “Is this old bastard trying to kid ;us?” I had diffic;ulty keeping a straight face, mentally picturing the lecturer with penis meatus between; his lips, going “twee…..”
Obvelation - figure of speech, covering as if with a veil
obvolute
adj.
5L obvolutus, pp. of obvolvere, to wrap around < ob3 (see OB3) + volvere, to roll: see WALK6 having overlapping margins: said of leaves or petals: also ob4vo[lu#tive
ob#vo[lu4tion
n.
odometer
n.
5Fr odom\tre < Gr hodometros < hodos, way (see 3ODE1) + metron, MEASURE6 an instrument for measuring the distance traveled by a vehicle
I wonder how many people still say “speedometer then they should say “odometer”.
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I wonder how many people still say “speedometer then they should say “odometer”.
Dunno. Depends on how many people are measuring velocity rather than distance travelled, I suppose.
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I wonder how many people still say “speedometer then they should say “odometer”.
How tachy!
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I think I can gauge the reaction to that one...
formerly known as etaoin...
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Just tryin to keep you honest, Dr Bill.
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Dear Faldage: poor oblast. You; not only beheaded it twic;e, you quartered it.
Since you treated "ast" as a word, what is an Astlochgucker?
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an Astlochgucker
I dunno, Dr Bill. I ast my old German perfessor, but he din't know.
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Ast = branch, Astloch = knothole, Astlochgucker = knothole or keyhole peeper.
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So is an astlochgucker one of those trembling elderly people peeking out at the world in a miniaturized kind of atrophied tunnel vision? I knew someone like that. Pitiful. Truly pitiful. Just didn't have a term for her. But astlochgucker is perfect if I understand you correctly.
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knowing bill as we do, wouldn't you expect something along the lines of a peeping Tom?!
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Would you so revile those innocent youngsters in the knothole club?
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From your view of the event, tsuwm, please tell us, was Lady Godiva riding side saddle, or (Heaven forbid) riding astride?
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Quod est defecatum . For instance, when I saw WO'N's post about "gasses" no one had replied. By the time my post was up, there were eight ahead ;of me. How could post etiquette be observed in that situation?
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