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tardigrade \TAHR-di-greyd\

adjective:
1. Slow in pace or movement.
2. Belonging or pertaining to the phylum Tardigrada.

noun:
1. Also called bear animalcule, water bear. Any microscopic, chiefly herbivorous invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, living in water, on mosses, lichens, etc.
 
illustrious \ih-LUSS-tree-us\

adjective:
1. notably or brilliantly outstanding because of dignity or achievements or actions
2. eminent
 
anacoluthon \an-uh-kuh-LOO-thon\

noun:
1. A construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, as It makes me so—I just get angry.
2. An instance of anacoluthia.
 
pal·o·ver·de\ˌpa-lō-ˈver-(ˌ)dā, ˌpä-, -ˈvər-\
noun
1 : any of several small spiny trees or shrubs (genus Cercidium) of the legume family that have greenish branches and are found chiefly in dry regions of the southwestern United States and Mexico
2 : jerusalem thorn
Origin: Mexican Spanish, literally, green tree.
First use: 1854

See also: Lateral Hazard


Driving for show and chutting for dough
 
litotes \LAHY-tuh-teez\

noun:
Understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”
 
ma·tric·u·late\mə-ˈtri-kyə-ˌlāt\
transitive verb
: to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university


Driving for show and chutting for dough
 
zeugma \ZOOG-muh\

noun:
The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way, as in to wage war and peace or On his fishing trip, he caught three trout and a cold.
 
draggle \DRAG-uhl\

verb:
1. To soil by dragging over damp ground or in mud.
2. To trail on the ground; be or become draggled.
3. To follow slowly; straggle.
 
tan·ta·mount\ˈtan-tə-ˌmau̇nt\
adjective
: equivalent in value, significance, or effect <a relationship tantamount to marriage>



Driving for show and chutting for dough
 
crasis \KREY-sis\

noun:
Composition; constitution; makeup.
 
mucro \MYOO-kroh\

noun:
A short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.
 
ombudsman \OM-buhdz-muhn\

noun:
A government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
 
DawgDaddy said:
ombudsman \OM-buhdz-muhn\

noun:
A government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
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veloce \ve-LAW-che\

adjective:
Played at a fast tempo.
 
assoil \uh-SOIL\

verb:
1. To absolve; acquit; pardon.
2. To atone for.
 
acephalous \ey-SEF-uh-luhs\

adjective:
1. Without a leader or ruler.
2. Also, acephalic Zoology. headless; lacking a distinct head.
 
parturient \pahr-TOOR-ee-uhnt\

adjective:
1. Bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
2. Pertaining to parturition.
3. Bringing forth or about to produce something, as an idea.
 
delate \dih-LEYT\

verb:
1. Chiefly Scot. To inform against; denounce or accuse.
2. Archaic. To relate; report: to delate an offense.
 
uncanny \uhn-KAN-ee\

adjective:
1. Having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary: uncanny accuracy; an uncanny knack of foreseeing trouble.
2. Mysterious; arousing superstitious fear or dread; uncomfortably strange: Uncanny sounds filled the house.
 
supernormal \soo-per-NAWR-muhl\

adjective:
1. In excess of the normal or average: supernormal faculties; supernormal production.
2. Lying beyond normal or natural powers of comprehension: supernormal intimations.
 
cantrip \KAHN-trip\

noun:
1. Chiefly Scot. A magic spell; trick by sorcery.
2. Chiefly British. Artful shamming meant to deceive.
 
eidolon \ahy-DOH-luhn\

noun:
1. A phantom; apparition.
2. An ideal.
 
loup-garou \loo-ga-ROO\

noun:
A werewolf; lycanthrope.
 
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