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OSMOSIS
PRONUNCIATION: (oz-MOH-sis, os-)
MEANING: noun: 1. A gradual, unconscious assimilation of information, ideas, etc.
2. Movement of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane from a lower solute concentration to higher concentration, thus equalizing concentrations on both sides.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek osmos (a push). Earliest documented use: 1863.
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O-SUM-OSIS - whatever you win, I lose
OS-MOO-SIS - getting the cow to produce without using a milking machine
OSMOSES - crossing the Red Sea without actually pushing aside all that water; also, what Moses moved when he spake
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Cosmosis- Caltech sorority mixer
Losmosis- non- conventional illumination
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SOLVENT
PRONUNCIATION: (SOL-vuhnt)
MEANING:
adjective: 1. Able to pay one’s debts.
2. Able to dissolve another substance.
noun: 1. Something that dissolves another.
2. Something that solves a problem.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin solvere (to loosen, to dissolve, to pay). Ultimately from the Indo-European root pleu- (to flow), that is also the source of flow, float, flit, fly, flutter, pulmonary, pneumonic, pluvial, fluvial, effluvium, fletcher, and plutocracy. Earliest documented use: 1653.
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SOLWENT - Solomon has left the building
SOLVEST - Number One Puzzler
SOLBENT - phototropic
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CAUSTIC
PRONUNCIATION: (KAW-stik)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Capable of burning or corroding.
2. Highly critical; sarcastic.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin causticus, from Greek kaustikos, from kaustos (combustible), from kaiein, (to burn). Earliest documented use: 1555.
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CRUSTIC - what you paint on top of a roll so the seeds won't fall off
CAUSTIN - 100 capitals of Texas
CAMUSTIC - the author of The Stranger has an involuntary twitch on his cheek
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Maustic- rolling pin
Paustic- dowser
Naustic- vapestick
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Brosidic- Brothers of Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations
. and in the ways our differences can combine to create new truth and beauty." (Mr. Spock and Dr. Miranda Jones, quoting Surak) of
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BROMIDIC
PRONUNCIATION: (broh-MID-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Commonplace; trite.
ETYMOLOGY: From the former use of bromide compounds as sedatives. Bromine got its name from the Greek bromos (stench) due to its strong smell. Earliest documented use: 1906.
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PROMIDIC - you'll need a Student Card before they'll admit you to the dance
BIOMIDIC - pretentious word for "mid-life crisis"
BOOMIDIC - identifying supersonic aircraft from their ground-level noise
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MISCIBLE
PRONUNCIATION: (MIS-uh-buhl)
MEANING: adjective: Capable of being mixed together.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin miscere (to mix), ultimately from the Indo-European root meik- (to mix), which is also the source of mix, miscellaneous, meddle, medley, promiscuous, melee, mustang, admix, immix, and panmixia. Earliest documented use: 1570.
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MISCICLE - this ice pop is so cold, people get heart attacks after eating them
MISCABLE - wired my TV set all wrong
MISBIBLE - quoting the wrong Scripture
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Riscible- general-purpose laughter
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EARWIG
PRONUNCIATION: (EER-wig)
MEANING:
noun: Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera, having a pair of pincers at the rear of the abdomen.
verb tr.: To influence or bias a person by insinuations.
verb intr.: To secretly listen to a conversation.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English earwicga (earwig), from ear + wicga (insect). From the ancient belief that this insect crawled into people’s ears to reach their brains. Earliest documented use: before 1000.
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BARWIG - worn so nobody will recognize you
EARWII - a miniature game console, with lots of sound output
EARWIK - air freshener for folks with a smelly discharge from their ears
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