- appose, verb (used with object). To place side by side, as two things; place next to; juxtapose; to put or apply (one thing) to or near to another.
- astrogator, noun. A person who navigates a vehicle through space; (also) an instrument used for this purpose.
- bovine, adjective. Of or relating to the subfamily Bovinae (which includes cattle, buffalo, and kudus); oxlike; cowlike. Also stolid; dull.
- breast beam, noun. (In weaving) The horizontal wooden beam at the front of a loom, around which the woven cloth passes as it is wound on the cloth beam.
- clockworky, adjective. Resembling, suggesting, or of the nature of clockwork; mechanical, routine.
- dogleg, verb, intransitive. Of a course, route, etc., or a person following it: to turn or bend, to make a dogleg.
- grease, noun. The melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state; fatty or oily matter in general; lubricant.
- grease, verb (used with object). To put grease on; lubricate; to smear or cover with grease.
- greeze, noun. A large, satisfying meal. Also more generally (as a mass noun): food.
- harangue, noun. A scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe; a long, passionate, and vehement speech, especially one delivered before a public gathering.
- lactivist, noun. A passionate advocate of (exclusive) breastfeeding as the preferred means to feed a baby. Sometimes depreciative, implying overzealousness.
- mea culpa, interjection and noun. “My fault!” (int.). An acknowledgment of one’s responsibility for a fault or error (n.).
- mullock, verb, intransitive. (Originally English regional) To be in the way; to idle, to loiter or trail around aimlessly.
- noctambulist, noun. A person who walks or moves about at night; esp. a somnambulist.
- pass-remarkable, adjective. Making or inclined to make (esp. disparaging) remarks or comments; excessively or offensively critical.
- pericope, noun. A selection or extract from a book; lection.
- permixtion, noun. Confusion (obsolete, rare).
- porcine, adjective. Of or relating to swine; resembling swine; hoggish; piggish.
- rum duke, noun. A handsome man of high esteem or social class (rare).
- self-propagating, adjective. That propagates itself; able to reproduce, multiply, or spread without external agency or intervention.
- somnambulist, noun. A sleepwalker.
- theodicy, noun. The vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil.
“Ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein.” Caveat lector
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