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Wicked Cool Words Weekly Email Address Close var fnames = new Array();var ftypes = new Array();fnames[0]='EMAIL';ftypes[0]='email'; try { var jqueryLoaded=jQuery; jqueryLoaded=true; } catch(err) { var jqueryLoaded=false; } var head= document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]; if (!jqueryLoaded) { var script = document.createElement('script'); script.type = 'text/javascript'; script.src = 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js'; head.appendChild(script); if (script.readyState && script.onload!==null){ script.onreadystatechange= function () { if (this.readyState == 'complete') mce_preload_check(); } } } var script = document.createElement('script'); script.type = 'text/javascript'; script.src = 'http://downloads.mailchimp.com/js/jquery.form-n-validate.js'; head.appendChild(script); var err_style = ''; try{ err_style = mc_custom_error_style; } catch(e){ err_style = 'margin: 1em 0 0 0; padding: 1em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background: FFEEEE none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-weight: bold; float: left; z-index: 1; width: 80%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: FF0000;'; } var head= document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]; var style= document.createElement('style'); style.type= 'text/css'; if (style.styleSheet) { style.styleSheet.cssText = '.mce_inline_error {' + err_style + '}'; } else { style.appendChild(document.createTextNode('.mce_inline_error {' + err_style + '}')); } head.appendChild(style); setTimeout('mce_preload_check();', 250); var mce_preload_checks = 0; function mce_preload_check(){ if (mce_preload_checks>40) return; mce_preload_checks++; try { var jqueryLoaded=jQuery; } catch(err) { setTimeout('mce_preload_check();', 250); return; } try { var validatorLoaded=jQuery("#fake-form").validate({}); } catch(err) { setTimeout('mce_preload_check();', 250); return; } mce_init_form(); } function mce_init_form(){ jQuery(document).ready( function($) { var options = { errorClass: 'mce_inline_error', errorElement: 'div', onkeyup: function(){}, onfocusout:function(){}, onblur:function(){} }; var mce_validator = $("#mc-embedded-subscribe-form").validate(options); options = { url: 'http://tumblr.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe/post-json?u=dd18b6f42da71c4bbd8635fc0&id=e7e1502a5a&c=?', type: 'GET', dataType: 'json', contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8", beforeSubmit: function(){ $('#mce_tmp_error_msg').remove(); $('.datefield','#mc_embed_signup').each( function(){ var txt = 'filled'; var fields = new Array(); var i = 0; $(':text', this).each( function(){ fields[i] = this; i++; }); $(':hidden', this).each( function(){ if ( fields[0].value=='MM' && fields[1].value=='DD' && fields[2].value=='YYYY' ){ this.value = ''; } else if ( fields[0].value=='' && fields[1].value=='' && fields[2].value=='' ){ this.value = ''; } else { this.value = fields[0].value+'/'+fields[1].value+'/'+fields[2].value; } }); }); return mce_validator.form(); }, success: mce_success_cb }; $('#mc-embedded-subscribe-form').ajaxForm(options); }); } function mce_success_cb(resp){ $('#mce-success-response').hide(); $('#mce-error-response').hide(); if (resp.result=="success"){ $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show(); $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html(resp.msg); $('#mc-embedded-subscribe-form').each(function(){ this.reset(); }); } else { var index = -1; var msg; try { var parts = resp.msg.split(' - ',2); if (parts[1]==undefined){ msg = resp.msg; } else { i = parseInt(parts[0]); if (i.toString() == parts[0]){ index = parts[0]; msg = parts[1]; } else { index = -1; msg = resp.msg; } } } catch(e){ index = -1; msg = resp.msg; } try{ if (index== -1){ $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show(); $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html(msg); } else { err_id = 'mce_tmp_error_msg'; html = '

'+msg+''; var input_id = '#mc_embed_signup'; var f = $(input_id); if (ftypes[index]=='address'){ input_id = '#mce-'+fnames[index]+'-addr1'; f = $(input_id).parent().parent().get(0); } else if (ftypes[index]=='date'){ input_id = '#mce-'+fnames[index]+'-month'; f = $(input_id).parent().parent().get(0); } else { input_id = '#mce-'+fnames[index]; f = $().parent(input_id).get(0); } if (f){ $(f).append(html); $(input_id).focus(); } else { $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show(); $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html(msg); } } } catch(e){ $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show(); $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html(msg); } } } This blog highlights words that I think are wicked cool. Have suggestions or comments? Use the Ask box in the top right corner of the blog. Follow me and I'll follow back!

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n. A rope used to hobble an animal, as a sheep.

v. To hobble with a spancel.

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n. A fee charged for storage in a cellar.

n. A cellar or several cellars.

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In botany: Strap-shaped: said chiefly of the rays of the tubuliflorous and the corollas of the liguliflorous Compositæ.

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n. A creed.

n. The Apostles' Creed.

n. The Nicene Creed, especially as the third item of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass.

n. The musical setting of the Nicene Creed.

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n. An outgrowth or enlargement, especially an abnormal one, such as a wart.

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n. Medicine A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure.

n. The accent that falls on a stressed syllable in a line of scanned verse.

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n. An apparatus for generating static electricity, consisting of a hard rubber disk that is given a negative charge by friction and a metal plate that is given a net positive charge by induction when in contact with the disk.

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Of the fifth degree.

n. An algebraic function of the fifth degree.

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adj. Having a changeable luster.

n. A chatoyant stone or gemstone, such as the cat's-eye.

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n. Abnormally high alkalinity of the blood and body fluids.

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n. Private apartments.

n. A palace; a summer house.

n. A territorial division; also, a division of land for farming and hunting purposes.

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adj. Mocking; jeering.

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adj. Tapering gradually to a sharp point, as the tips of certain leaves.

v. To sharpen or taper.

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n. The act of nullifying.

n. The state of being nullified.

n. Refusal or failure of a U.S. state to recognize or enforce a federal law within its boundaries.

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n. Dysdiadochokinesia is the impairment of the ability to perform rapidly alternating movements. A less common variant spelling is dysdiadochocinesia.

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n. Botany The stalk of an inflorescence or a stalk bearing a solitary flower in a one-flowered inflorescence.

n. Zoology A stalklike structure in invertebrate animals, usually serving as an attachment for a larger part or structure.

n. Anatomy A stalklike bundle of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain.

n. Medicine The stalklike base to which a polyp or tumor is attached.

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adj. Sanctified; consecrated: a hallowed cemetery.

adj. Highly venerated; sacrosanct: our hallowed war heroes.