- acclimate, verb. become accustomed to a new climate or to new conditions.
- acronymania, noun. Fervent or excessive enthusiasm for the use of acronyms or initialisms.
- agglutinate, verb. To unite or cause to adhere, as with glue.
- agglutinative, adjective. Tending or having power to agglutinate or unite; (Linguistics) pertaining to or noting a language, as Turkish, characterized by agglutination.
- boll, noun. The usually roundish pod or capsule of some plants (such as cotton or flax).
- bolled, adjective. Producing or having bolls.
- coquette, noun. A woman who flirts lightheartedly with men to win their admiration and affection.
- delve, verb. Reach inside a receptacle and search for something; dig; excavate.
- demesne, noun. Legal possession of land as one's own; land, esp surrounding a house or manor, retained by the owner for his or her own use.
- empurple, verb. To color or become purple or purplish; to darken or redden; flush.
- higgledy-piggledy, adverb and adjective. (adv) In a jumbled, confused, or disorderly manner; helter-skelter. (adj) Confused; jumbled.
- machinofacture, noun. The making of articles by machine; mechanization.
- macron, noun. A horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound, or other specified pronunciation.
- solecism, noun. The nonstandard use of a grammatical construction; any mistake, incongruity, or absurdity.
- statolatry, noun. Worship of the state; advocacy of a highly centralized and all-powerful national government.
- woot, interjection. (Slang) Aan exclamation used especially in video gaming and digital communications to express joy, satisfaction, triumph, etc.
- zoot suit, noun. A man’s suit with baggy, tight-cuffed, sometimes high-waisted trousers and an oversized jacket with exaggeratedly broad, padded shoulders and wide lapels.
“Ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein.” Caveat lector
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