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SECRESTORY - entomoligists have known for a long time that ants talked in smells but thought it best not to tell anybody.
EXAMPLE:
"The secret behind such organised societies is communication through the use of around 20 pheromones, emitted by ants' secretory organs."
Wisdom of Crowds; The Economist (London, UK); Apr 8, 2009.
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SACRETORY - a Conservative French Cardinal
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FACTITIOUS PRONUNCIATION: (fak-TISH-uhs) MEANING: adjective: 1. Artificial 2. Sham ETYMOLOGY: From Latin facticius (artificial), past participle of facere (to do). Earliest documented use: 1646. ------------------------- FACTRITIOUS - full of objective truths, thereby nourishng the mind FACETITIOUS - describing a gem cut into many small smooth sides, to enhance internal reflectivity and increase sparkle ------------------------- Hmm... first inspissated, then secretory, now factitious - could be subtitled "Another thread of Words from Medicine" 
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PROEM
PRONUNCIATION: (PRO-uhm, -em)
MEANING: noun: An introduction, preface, or preamble.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French proeme, from Latin prooemium, from Greek prooimion, from pro- (before) + oime (song). Earliest documented use: 1410.
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PROLEM - what an alcoholic has (see VOTARDY, above)
PROXEM - singular of PROXI
BROEM - a Dutch besom
PRO-REM - that new sleeping medicine
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PHOEM (FOE-em ) -
1) a home phone not a cell phone
2) anything archaic
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ROEM - what you do to shells, sculls, and wherries
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PREOM - what you do before you start meditating.
live in the moment
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...that would be a private bathroom ?
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Maybe. But it also was supposed to be THE LAST WORD 
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