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HEALINE - a scar on the skin wofahulicodoc 06/15/24 02:12 AM
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.
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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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DANDIPRAT A C Bowden 06/14/24 12:37 AM
DANDICAT - Puss in Boots

CANDIMAT - vending machine for confectionery

RANDIPRAT - lecherous fool
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AUNT SALLY A C Bowden 06/14/24 12:28 AM
AUNT RALLY - large family get-together

GAUNT SALLY - spoof version of 1970s rock band Thin Lizzy

VAUNT ALLY - stick up for your friend

AUNTIE'S ALL(E)Y - BBC broadcasting station at Alexandra Palace, London (from the BBC's nickname 'Auntie', and the building's nickname 'Ally Pally')

AIN'T SILLY - Well said!
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SALIFIC - heavily laced with NaCl wofahulicodoc 06/14/24 12:08 AM
SALVIFIC

PRONUNCIATION: (sal-VIF-ik)

MEANING: adjective: Having the power to save or redeem.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin salvus (safe). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sol- (whole), which also gave us solid, salute, save, salvo, soldier, catholicity, solicitous, solicitude, salutary, and salubrious. Earliest documented use: 1591.
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SAL' VI-IC - Room 6-99 in the Rome Hilton

SOLVIFIC - genius at working out problems

SALVIAFIC - like a plant in the largest genus of the sage family Lamiaceae
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