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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-sūrn)
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
n.
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
n.



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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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he American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

thremmatology


SYLLABICATION:
threm·ma·tol·o·gy
PRONUNCIATION:
thrm-tl-j
NOUN:
The scientific breeding of domestic plants and animals.
ETYMOLOGY:
Greek thremma, thremmat-, nursling + –logy.


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ortstein - ortstein. An indurated layer in the B horizon of Podzols in which the cementing
material consists of illuviated sesquioxides and organic matter. ...
http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/glossary/ortstein.html search within this site


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Etymology, please.

Wet with dew. Hmmm. And frozen dew is hoar frost.

Hmmm. And that has an "or" sound in it.

Any connection between the "or" in roriferous and the "oar" in hoar frost?


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When I went to look for etymology of "hoar" I got mostly garbage. Essentially meant
white or gray as in hair of old person.


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the worthless word for the day [Mar 13 '2002] is: rorifluent [rare] flowing with dew
(Johnson, 1755) from L. roris, dew + fluere, to flow

edit: likewise, roriferous - L. rorifer; ros, roris, dew + ferre to bear: cf. F. rorif[`e]re.

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What Do We Do On A Dew-Dew-Dewy Day


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