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FOOTHOSE - socks
FOOLHOOSE - old Scottish term for a lunatic asylum
FOOTMOUSSE - ointment used in chiropody
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HOT-CONNECT - to weld
SOT CONNECT - dating agency for alcoholics
DOT-CORRECT - to be a stickler for accuracy and detail
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NEURODETERGENCE - brainwashing
NEUTRODIVERGENCE - a mutation that is neither beneficial nor harmful
NUCLEODIVERGENCE - the difference between isotopes of a chemical element
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ADAGE
PRONUNCIATION: (AD-ij)
MEANING: noun: A general truth conveyed succinctly and often metaphorically.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ad- (to) + aio (I say). Earliest documented use: 1530. ________________________________
ADOGE - Venetian nobleman and head of state
A.D. AGE - the Christian Era
ADDAGE - what kids do on their fake ID
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ACCEDE
PRONUNCIATION: (ak-SEED)
MEANING: verb intr. 1. To agree to a request, proposal, or demand, especially at the insistence of someone. 2. To assume a high office, such as a throne. 3. To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ad- (to) + cedere (to yield). Earliest documented use: 1465. ________________________
ACEDE - what grows into aplant
TACCEDE - rolled down to the end of the runway prior to takeoff
ACC ODE - a poem extolling the benefits of the American College of Cardiology
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EFFACE
PRONUNCIATION: (i-FAYS)
MEANING: verb tr.: To erase or to make inconspicuous.
ETYMOLOGY: From French effacer, from Latin ex- (out, away) + facies (face). Earliest documented use: 1490. ____________________
EFFARE (1) - paying for passage on public transportation with your smartphone
EFFARE (2) - a clandestine sexual relationship
LEF-FACE - a command from your drill sergeant
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FACADE
PRONUNCIATION: (fuh-SAHD)
MEANING: noun: 1. The front of a building or a side facing a street or a public space. 2. The front part of something. 3. A false or superficial appearance.
ETYMOLOGY: From French façade, from Italian facciata, from faccia (face), from Latin facia (face), from facies (face). Earliest documented use: 1656. __________________________
FICADE - a deduction from your wages to pay for for future Social Security Retirement benefits
FARÇADE - a tongue-in-cheek representation, intended not to be taken seriously
FACTADE - an enzyme supplement that may make unpleasant truths easier to swallow
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BEACHHEAD
PRONUNCIATION: (BEECH-hed)
MEANING: noun: 1. An area of the shore secured by an advancing military force from which to advance further inland. 2. A foothold opening the way for further advance.
ETYMOLOGY: From beach, of unknown origin + Old English heafod (top of the body). Earliest documented use: 1920. ________________________________
REACH HEAD - I managed to get to the outhouse
BEACH-HEAL - what you long for after you burn your feet on the hot sand
BE ACTH HEAD - Cushingoid facies from a pituitary tumor
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FANCADE - parade of a victorious football team showing the Cup to their supporters
FACILADE - simplified version of a classic literary work
FANCYADE - upmarket drink made from a blend of exotic fruit juices
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BLEACHHEAD - to brainwash (as in NEURODETERGENCE)
EACHHEAD - per capita
BEACHYHEAD - geographical feature similar to the well-known cliff on the south coast of England
BREACHHEAD - medieval spiked club
BEACHHEAD - Gaelic transliteration of 'behead'.
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