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LABOR IS THINE - encouraging Natural Childbirth wofahulicodoc 03/19/2026 11:15 PM
LABYRINTHINE

PRONUNCIATION: (lab-uh-RIN-thin/theen/thyn)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to a labyrinth or maze.
2. Intricate, convoluted, or confusing.
3. Relating to the inner ear.

ETYMOLOGY: From labyrinth, a maze built by Daedalus. Earliest documented use: 1632.
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LABYRINTH, INC. - offering the ultimate Escape Room experience

LAZY? RUIN THANE - lack of effort was MacBeth's downfall

LADY IN THE N.E. - Bostonian woman
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MIA'S MISC. - Sinatra's third wife's had lots of odds and ends wofahulicodoc 03/19/2026 8:34 PM
MIASMIC

PRONUNCIATION: (my/mee-AZ-mik)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to noxious emissions, such as smoke and vapors.
2. Relating to an oppressive or unpleasant atmosphere.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek miasma (pollution, defilement), from miainein (to pollute). Earliest documented use: 1822.
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MIAMIC - pertaining to Florida's second largest city by population

MIDAS' MIC - a golden microphone. (The King never understood why it didn't make him sound any louder!)

"MIO" AS MI - "O Sole Mio" played in the key of A (la, in Solfeggio)
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REDUCENT - diminishing wofahulicodoc 03/18/2026 2:39 AM
RELUCENT

PRONUNCIATION: (ri-LOO-suhnt)

MEANING: adjective
1. Shining or reflecting light.
2. Radiant; luminous.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin re- (back) + lucere (to shine). Earliest documented use: 1487.
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RELUCTENT - an unnwilling outdoor shelter

ELUCENT - clarifying, figuratively or literally

RELUENT - having a relapse of syphilis
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ten Ã…ngstroms wofahulicodoc 03/18/2026 2:21 AM
ATONEMENT

T --> R

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