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Search says "no matches found". Pertaining to a fingernail. Like a sub-ungual hematoma.
Hit the roofing nail, not the finger nail.
ungual
5< L unguis, a claw, NAIL + 3AL6 of, like, or having a nail, claw, or hoof
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urceolate
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5ModL urceolatus < L urceolus, dim. of urceus, vase6 shaped like a vase or urn
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vernissage
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pl. 3sages$ 73s9&$8 5Fr, lit., varnishing (see VARNISH & 3AGE): in allusion to the former practice of varnishing paintings before exhibiting6 the opening, or first showing, of an art exhibit
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12/31/2002 2:01 AM
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The soft solid mixed with amniotic fluid beneath the amnion.
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Vicontiel (Page: 1608)
Vi*con"ti*el (?), a. [From OE. vicounte a viscount. See Viscount.] (O. Eng. Law) Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff
of a country. Vicontiel rents. See Vicontiels. -- Vicontiel writs, such writs as were triable in the sheriff, or county, court.
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vorticella
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pl. 3cel4lae 73c8 5ModL, dim. < L vortex: see VORTEX6 any of a genus (Vorticella) of one-celled ciliates living in water, with a bell-shaped body on a thin, contractile stem serving as a holdfast
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vortiginous
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5L vortiginosus, for vertiginosus < vertigo: see VERTIGO6 [Archaic]
1 whirling: said of motion
2 moving in or like a vortex
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wapentake
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5ME < OE wapentac < ON vapnatak, lit., a weapon-taking (< vapn, WEAPON + tak, a taking, commandeering < taka, to TAKE): prob. used territorially from ceremony in which vassals touched the raised spear of the lord with their own as token of submission6 [Historical] in England, a) a subdivision of certain northern counties originally under Norse domination, corresponding to the hundred in other counties b) a law court in such a subdivision
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warison
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5ME < NormFr, for OFr garison: see GARRISON6
1 [Obs.] a reward or gift given by a superior
2 5from such an erroneous use by
Sir Walter SCOTT6 a note sounded as a signal to attack
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whangee
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5Chin huang-i < huang, a hard kind of bamboo + i, to lean on6
1 any of various related Chinese and Japanese bamboos (genus Phyllostachys)
2 a walking stick of whangee
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wigan
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5after fol., where first made6 a canvaslike cotton cloth used to stiffen hems, lapels, etc.
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xenolith
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5XENO3 + 3LITH6 Geol. a rock fragment different in kind from the igneous rock in which it is embedded
xen#o[lith$ic
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yautia
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5AmSp yaut>a < Taino6
1 the starchy tuber of any of various tropical plants (genus Xanthosoma) of the arum family, cultivated for food in tropical America; malanga
2 this plant
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Is the word "igan" or "wigan", Dr. Bill? Wigan makes the think of the delusion some Poms have that they can play rugby league
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Dear sjm: thanks for calling it to my attention. Wigan it was, but I am having problem copying words from my dictionary, very hard to place mouse pointer in exactly the right place for first letters of definition.. I usually
notice it, and type first letter before clicking on edit,paste. This time I goofed.
Thanks for looking at these worthless words. They are from spelling bee list, and interesting only in that
a bunch of highschool kids were supposed to learn them. Bill
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