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hyperbolic
PRONUNCIATION: (hy-puhr-BOL-ik)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Of or pertaining to hyperbole. 2. Of or pertaining to hyperbola.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hyperbole (excess), from hyperballein (to exceed), from hyper- + ballein (to throw). Earliest documented use: 1646, 1676. ______________________________
h -> t
TYPERBOLIC 1. expected excessive language 2. same old hyperbola dress
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hypercholic - one really sick baby
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HYPERBILIC -- the gall bladder is working overtime
HYPERBONIC - the ultimate in bacteriologic warfare; one step more virulent than Bubonic
HYPEROBOLIC - too expensive for the agora
HYPERGOLIC - no, wait, that's already a word, blast it !
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debark
PRONUNCIATION: (dee-BARK)
MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To remove the bark from a dog. 2. To remove the bark from a log. verb tr., intr.: 3. To disembark.
DEBORK - to reject an undesired Supreme Court nominee
REBARK - to bake casual comments when you have a stuffed nose
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DEPORK- to cut out the "other white meat" from the diet
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debard: to remove all reference to the alleged author of Hamlet, Macbeth, etc.
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d -> r rebark - a remark in dog talk
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DEBEARD a man's daily chore
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calyculus or caliculus
PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-LIK-yuh-luhs)
MEANING: noun: A cup-shaped structure.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek kalyx (cup, covering). ________________________________
CalicuRus - a big box store for cups
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CALOCULUS - The 200-inch telescope at Mount Palomar
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