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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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