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HYALINE
PRONUNCIATION: (HY-uh-lin/leen)
MEANING: adjective: Like glass: transparent or translucent. noun: A substance that is transparent or translucent.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hualos (glass). Earliest documented use: 1661. _________________________
HYALIE - nickname for a Forida racetrack
HYALIE - or a former Emperor of Ethiopia
SHY A LINE - how to describe my incomplete script
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BALSAM
PRONUNCIATION: balsam
MEANING: noun 1. Something that soothes or heals. 2. An aromatic resinous substance from certain trees and plants. 3. A preparation, for example an ointment, made with such a substance. 4. Such a tree or a plant.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin balsamum, from Greek balsamon, of Semitic origin. Earliest documented use: before 1150
(BAWL-suhm)
MEANING: noun 1. Something that soothes or heals. 2. An aromatic resinous substance from certain trees and plants. 3. A preparation, for example an ointment, made with such a substance. 4. Such a tree or a plant.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin balsamum, from Greek balsamon, of Semitic origin. Earliest documented use: before 1150. __________________________
BAWL, SAM - if you're gonna play such sad songs on your piano, that's what I'm gonna do
BALSA "OM" - a talisman carved out of soft wood, for purposes of meditation
BALI SAM - the consort of Bloody Mary, in South Pacific
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EXULTATION
PRONUNCIATION: (eg-zuhl-TAY-shuhn)
MEANING: noun: The act or state of triumphant joy.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin exsultare (to exult, to leap up), from ex- (out) + saltare (to leap), frequentative of salire (to leap). Earliest documented use: 1425. _____________________________
EXCULTATION - counteracting the brainwashing practiced by some extreme groups
LEXULTATION - the joy of reading a dictionary
EXUSTATION [pronounced "eks-you-STA-shən"] - former name of the tube connecting the oropharynx with the middle ear
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BALDERDASH
PRONUNCIATION: (BAWL-duhr-dash)
MEANING: noun: Nonsense.
ETYMOLOGY: Origin unknown. Earliest documented use: 1596. ____________________________
BALDER CASH - remuneration for selling your hair to a wig-making company
BALD END ASH - what's left after you burn your hairless wood baseball bat
BALD, DER DACH - today the walls; soon, the roof!
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BALLSOME - having cojones
BALL SUM - the number of spheres that will fit into a given volume
BALHAM - a London suburb, near the proverbial 'man on the Clapham omnibus'
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AMIABLE amiable
PRONUNCIATION: (AY-mee-uh-buhl)
MEANING: adjective: Pleasant; friendly.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin amicus (friend), which also gave us amity, amicus curiae, amigo, inimical, and enemy. Earliest documented use: 1375. __________________________
ACIABLE - ful of oxidant berries
ARIA BLÉ - song about French wheat
ACMIABLE - Wile E. Coyote can order this item from the catalog
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PALOOKA
PRONUNCIATION: (puh-LOOK-uh)
MEANING: noun: 1. Someone incompetent or inexperienced, especially as a boxer. 2. A clumsy or foolish person.
ETYMOLOGY: Of unknown origin. The word was popularized by the comic strip Joe Palooka, which debuted in 1930. Earliest documented use: 1920. ____________________________
PA, LOOK ! - See, Dad? No hands!
POLO OKA - a gourd which when dried is used for a ball in the gentlemen's sport involving ponies and mallets
PALOOMA - a Spanish bird, "doove" in English
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LYCANTHROPY
PRONUNCIATION: (ly-KAN-thruh-pee)
MEANING: noun: 1. A delusion that one has transformed into a wolf. 2. The process of or ability to transform into a wolf.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek lykos (wolf) + -anthropy (human). Earliest documented use: 1584. _____________________________
SLYCANTHROPY - becoming a clever and deceptive critter every full moon LYCANTH ROPE - a thick cable made from lycanth stems and leaves
LYSANTHROPY - transforming into a disinfectant
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HELIOPHOBIA
PRONUNCIATION: (hee-lee-uh-FO-bee-uh)
MEANING: noun: Fear of sunlight or bright light.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek helio- (sun) + -phobia (fear). Earliest documented use: 1885. ______________________________________________
HELIOPHORIA - the glorious sense of the warm sun on your skin
HELICOPHOBIA - fear of screwing
HELIOPROBIA - sending exploratory instruments to examine the sun
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EXHALATION – it takes my breath away!
EXULATION – exterior insulation
EXILLARATION – strict association of cause and effect (from Latin ex illa re, 'from that fact')
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