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Wednesday, August 04, 2021

In other words, bovine and porcine

  • 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.

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