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Disaster being Latin for ‘bad star’

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fetter

/ˈfɛtə/

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noun

a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles.

"he lay bound with fetters of iron”

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lamella

/ləˈmɛlə/

noun

a thin layer, membrane, or plate of tissue, especially in bone.

BOTANY

a membranous fold in a chloroplast.

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Domingo

domingo

noun

Sunday [noun] the first day of the week, the day following Saturday, kept for rest and worship among Christians.

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Favillious

Adjective

favillous (comparative more favillous, superlative most favillous)

(obsolete) Of or pertaining to ashes.

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Foppish

/ˈfɒpɪʃ/

adjective

concerned with one's clothes and appearance in an affected and excessive way (typically used of a man).

"he is foppish and vain"

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Alluvium

Alluvium is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain,

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Viviparous

/vɪˈvɪp(ə)rəs,vʌɪˈvɪp(ə)rəs/

adjective

1.

ZOOLOGY

(of an animal) bringing forth live young which have developed inside the body of the parent.

2.

BOTANY

(of a plant) reproducing from buds which form plantlets while still attached to the parent plant, or from seeds which germinate within the fruit.

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lily-livered

/ˈlɪlɪlɪvəd/

adjective

weak and cowardly.

"he hates lily-livered politicians and permissive judges"

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“nympholepsy nĭm′fə-lĕp″sē noun 1) A frenzy supposed by ancient peoples to have been induced by nymphs. 2) An emotional frenzy. 3) An ecstasy; a divine frenzy. 4) A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy. 5) A frenzied state of (usually erotic) emotion, especially concerning something or someone unattainable. 6) A frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable”

— The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. (via cuntyote-696)

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nympholepsy

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Abeyance

abeyance

/əˈbeɪəns/

noun

a state of temporary disuse or suspension.

"matters were held in abeyance pending further enquiries

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Stein

stein1

/stʌɪn/

noun

a large earthenware beer mug.

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Hackamore

hackamore

/ˈhakəmɔː/

noun

a bridle without a bit, operating by exerting pressure on the horse's nose.

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Adjutant

adjutant

/ˈadʒʊt(ə)nt/

noun

1.

a military officer who acts as an administrative assistant to a senior officer.

"he eventually became adjutant to the commander of the tactical air force"

2.

a large black-and-white stork with a massive bill and a bare head and neck, found in India and SE Asia.

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Jink

jink

/dʒɪŋk/

verb

change direction suddenly and nimbly, as when dodging a pursuer.

"she was too quick for him and jinked away every time"

noun

a sudden quick change of direction.

"people remember him for his runs on the wing, his jinks"

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abeyance

/əˈbeɪəns/

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noun

a state of temporary disuse or suspension.

"matters were held in abeyance pending further enquiries"

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Moider

moi·​der | \ ˈmȯidə(r) \ variants: or moither \ -​ȯit͟hə-​ \ -ed/-ing/-s Definition of moider transitive verb 1 dialectal, British : to throw into disorder or an unsettled state : PERPLEX, BEWILDER had me so moidered, with his talk about securities — Irish Digest 2 dialectal, British : DISTRACT, BOTHER moider one so with their chatter — Gerald O'Donovan