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SWALE
PRONUNCIATION: (swayl)
MEANING: noun: A low tract of land, especially one that is moist or marshy; also, a shallow channel or depression.
ETYMOLOGY: Origin uncertain. Earliest documented use: 1584. _________________________
S'KWALE - what you go hunting for with retriever dogs, (along with pheasant)
U.S. WALE - an Ahab-class cruiser, now obsolete
SW AXLE - what the southwest wheels turn on
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SWOUND
PRONUNCIATION: (swound or swoond)
MEANING: noun: A swoon; a fainting fit. verb intr.: To swoon; to faint.
ETYMOLOGY: An alteration of Middle English swoun(e), from swounen (to swoon). Earliest documented use: 1440. __________________________________
SW HOUND - when you have a dog every 45ยบ it's the one in the lower left-hand corner
SHOUND - the waters between Long Isand and Connecticut, when drunk
TWO UND - the successor to the successor of a number, in Hochschule
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VIAND
PRONUNCIATION: (VY-uhnd)
MEANING: noun: 1. An item of food, especially a tasty dish. 2. (In plural) Provisions.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French viande, ultimately from Latin vivere (to live). Earliest documented use: 1400. ______________________________
EVIAND - rinsed with bottled water
IAND - with THOU, title of a book by Martin Buber about making Kilodollars
VAND - a stick with magical properties in the lower east side of New York City
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ADAMANTINE
PRONUNCIATION: (ad-uh-MAN-teen/tin)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Unyielding; inflexibly firm. 2. Resembling adamant or diamond in hardness or luster.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin adamant (hard metal, steel, diamond, etc.), from Greek adamas (adamant), from a- (not) + daman (to conquer). Earliest documented use: around 1225. __________________________________
MADAM ANTINE - owner of Antine's Escort Services, LLC
ADAMANT MINE - where very hard minerals are extracted
A DAMN TINE - I've been impaled on one of the points of a pitchfork
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VERDUROUS
PRONUNCIATION: (VUHR-juh-ruhs)
MEANING: adjective: Abounding in green vegetation; verdant.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French verd (green), from Latin viridis (green). Earliest documented use: 1604. ________________________________________
VERDIROUS - extravagantly dramatic and showy, with lavish orchestration
OVER-DUROUS - simply too hard
VERTUROUS - only the finest-quality art of any form
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