Let's Get Smart - Let's Use the Dictionary

[ksejr1]

Circumjacent: Lying around

New Word: Nebulous

[Barbaraann]

nebulous - hazy, indistinct, confused.

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eclat

[Ride Warrior]

1 : ostentatious display : PUBLICITY
2 : dazzling effect : BRILLIANCE
3 a : brilliant or conspicuous success b : PRAISE, APPLAUSE

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equivocation

[ksejr1]

to use ambigous language

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Gerontocracy

[Ride Warrior]

Gerontocracy

Rule by elders.


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lexicon

[CaptPhoebus]

lex-i-con: dictionary

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denouement

[Barbaraann]

denouement - the dictionary says- unraveling or solving of a mystery or plot.

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xylem

[Ride Warrior]

xylem

a complex tissue in the vascular system of higher plants that consists of vessels, tracheids, or both usually together with wood fibers and parenchyma cells, functions chiefly in conduction of water and dissolved minerals but also in support and food storage, and typically constitutes the woody element (as of a plant stem)

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viscosity

[CaptPhoebus]

Originally Posted by Barbaraann

(post #10)munificent - the dictionary says: very generous in giving; bountiful, lavish

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xylem

Originally Posted by Barbaraann

(post #82)denouement - the dictionary says- unraveling or solving of a mystery or plot.

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xylem

double word post. Oh well, guess it was bound to happen at some point.

[Ride Warrior]

Yep. Those things happen.

xylem

a complex tissue in the vascular system of higher plants that consists of vessels, tracheids, or both usually together with wood fibers and parenchyma cells, functions chiefly in conduction of water and dissolved minerals but also in support and food storage, and typically constitutes the woody element (as of a plant stem)

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viscosity

[CaptPhoebus]

vis-cos-i-ty:
a viscous quality; (Physics) the resistance of a fluid to flowing freely, caused by friction of its molecules.

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philomath

[Barbaraann]

philomath - a lover of learning.

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ravenry

[Ride Warrior]

ravenry

The use of ravens (much like homing pidgeons) to carry messages (in fudal times to castles). If I had a pair of them, I would name one Poe and the other Quoth.

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perfunctory

[Barbaraann]

perfunctory - carlessly done.

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tussock

[ksejr1]

Originally Posted by Barbaraann

perfunctory - carlessly done.

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tussock

A clump or tuft, as of grass

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Superconductivity