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Wet with dew.


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edaphic
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5< Gr edaphos, soil, earth, bottom (prob. < or akin to hedos, seat, chair < IE *sedos3 < base *sed3, SIT) + 3IC6 Ecol. pertaining to the chemical and physical characteristics of the soil, without reference to climate



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For some reason I think this has been posted before, but seach said not Same as astute.


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se·cern
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Pronunciation Key (s-sûrn)
tr.v. se·cerned, se·cern·ing, se·cerns

To discern as separate; discriminate.



[Latin scernere, to sever : s-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European Roots + cernere, to
separate; see krei- in Indo-European Roots.]

se·cernment n.


Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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secernment

\Se*cern"ment\, n. (Physiol.) The act or process of secreting.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


secernment

secernment: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary


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Again this word seems familiar, but search said no matches.
maillot
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5Fr, dim. < maille, knitted material, lit., mail: see MAIL26
1 a swimming suit; esp., a one-piece swimming suit for women



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skiagraph
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5Gr skia, shadow (see SHINE) + 3GRAPH6 RADIOGRAPH Also ski$a[gram# 73gram#8
ski[ag[ra[phy 7skj ag4r! fc8
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masseter
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5ModL < Gr masctcr, a chewer < masasthai, to chew < IE base *menth3 > MOUTH6 either of a pair of large muscles in the angle of the lower jaw, which raise the jaw in chewing, etc.
mas[se[ter[ic 7mas#! ter4ik8
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instauration
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5L instauratio < instauratus, pp. of instaurare, to renew, repeat: see STORE6
1 the act of restoring; repair; renewal
2 [Obs.] the act of instituting or founding



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collabent: collapsed in the middle (wwh says from labeo, labere to fall?)


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Barathrum
It's the latin word to say Chasm, Abyss, Black Gulf.


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