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QUALE
PRONUNCIATION: (KWA-lee, -lay) plural qualia
MEANING: noun: A quality or property as perceived by a person: a subjective experience.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin qualis (or what kind). Earliest documented use: 1654. ___________________________
QUALE - an orthographically-challenged Vice-Presidential candidate
'QUALL - a short intense rainstorm with gusts of high winds, described by a fisherman with a 'peech impediment
QUALER - a sportsman who hunts small game birds for fun (and sometimes dinner)
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STARETS
PRONUNCIATION: (STAHR-its, -yits) plural startsy
MEANING: noun: A religious teacher or adviser.
ETYMOLOGY: From Russian starets (elder). In the Eastern Orthodox Church a starets is a spiritual adviser who is not necessarily a priest. Earliest documented use: 1923. _______________________________
STARETSK - plainclothes cop from a 70s TV show. (pl STARTSKY, usually found working with HUTCH)
STARETH - see title above
OSTARETS - miniature blenders
STARPETS - Lassie, and Rin-Tin-Tin, and sometimes Topper's Neil or The Thin Man's Asta. (Do I date myself, or what? And why are they all dogs?)
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GENUS
PRONUNCIATION: (JEE-nuhs) plural genera, genuses
MEANING: noun: 1. In biology, a group covering one or more species. 2. A kind, class, group, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin genus (race, birth, kind). Earliest documented use: 1551. _______________________________
GENNUS - the Book of Wurld Rekkerds
GELUS - covetous and grasping, but uneducated
GENUX - an computer Operating System only the nerdiest can use
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PARIES
PRONUNCIATION: (PAR-ee-eez) plural parietes
MEANING: noun: A wall of a body part or cavity.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin paries (wall). Earliest documented use: 1694. Also see parietal. __________________________________
SPARIES - "do-over" (Mulligan) on the bowling alley
PARIEST - best golfer on the course
PHARIES - magical things happen when you adjust the acidity
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[World] Parties-divided by a wall, pertaining to the parietal globe, otherwise known as "little man syndrome"
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PARIES
PRONUNCIATION: (PAR-ee-eez) plural parietes
MEANING: noun: A wall of a body part or cavity.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin paries (wall). Earliest documented use: 1694. Also see parietal. __________________________________
SPARIES - "do-over" (Mulligan) on the bowling alley
PARIEST - best golfer on the course
PHARIES - magical things happen when you adjust the acidity
Lol, walled in pond
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CLARIGATION
PRONUNCIATION: (klar-i-GAY-shuhn)
MEANING: noun: A demand for restitution for some wrong, as a precursor to declaring war.
ETYMOLOGY: from Latin clarigare (to make clear), from clarus (clear). Earliest documented use: 1432. ________________________
CLAVIGATION - after they give you the Key to the City, finding your way around with it
CLARINATION - an entire country of woodwinds
CLARIGATICON - a statue used for the worship of Clarigat the Great
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APRICITY
PRONUNCIATION: (a-PRIS-i-tee)
MEANING: noun: Warmth of the sun; basking in the sun.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin apricari (to bask in the sun). Earliest documented use: 1623. _______________________________
ATRICITY - the power is out all over
APRICOTY - like an orange fuzzy-skinned stoned fruit
CAPRICITY - goatiness
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PUNALUA
PRONUNCIATION: (poo-nuh-LOO-uh)
MEANING: noun: A group of brothers marrying a group of sisters.
ETYMOLOGY: From Hawaiian. Earliest documented use: 1860.
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PUMALUA - a pride of mountain lions looking for mates
PUNALOA - wordplay at the volcano
PUNALUAU - tell a bad joke and they make you eat your words
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