Reading the dictionary has always been a joy to me. As I read the posts I put my hand out and it landed on (Surprise!) "The New York Times Everyday Reader's Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, Mispronounced Words."
Opened at random and landed on CELATURE (sel'achoore) : the process of embossing metal.
Made one more try for a word I might actually have a use for sometime and up came
HOMOGRAPH meaning a word spelt but not necessarily sounded in the same way as another, and with a different meaning, as tear to rip, and tear to fill with tears, to cry.
Now that's a word I could perhaps find a use for!
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