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hieroglyphic (adjective)
Def: designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.

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esemplastic (adjective)
Def: having the ability to shape diverse elements or concepts into a unified whole.

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viscid (adjective)
Def: having a glutinous consistency; sticky; adhesive.

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xyst (noun)
Def: a covered portico, as a promenade.

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subgum (adjective)
Def: prepared with mixed vegetables, as with water chestnuts, mushrooms, and bean sprouts.

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quasar (noun)
Def: one of over a thousand known extragalactic objects, starlike in appearance and having spectra with characteristically large redshifts, that are thought to be the most distant and most luminous objects in the universe.

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chaparral (noun)
Def: a dense growth of shrubs or small trees.

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defenestrate (verb (used with object))
Def: to throw (a person or thing) out of a window.

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sennachie (noun)
Def: a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.

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haček (noun)
Def: a diacritic (ˇ) placed over a letter in some languages, as Czech and Lithuanian, and in some systems of phonetic transcription, especially to indicate that a sound is palatalized.

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almsgiving (noun)
Def: the act of donating money, food, or other items to poor or needy people, especially as a spiritual practice.

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indite (verb (used with object))
Def: to compose or write, as a poem.

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paschal (adjective)
Def: of or relating to Easter or to Passover.

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ineluctable (adjective)
Def: incapable of being evaded; inescapable.

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harlequin (adjective)
Def: fancifully varied in color, decoration, etc.

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carouse (verb (used without object))
Def: to engage in a drunken revel.

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ab urbe condita (adverb)
Def: from the founding of the city (Rome, about 753 b.c.).

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ultramafic (adjective)
Def: (of rocks) containing iron and magnesium, with little or no silica.

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caoutchouc (noun)
Def: a highly elastic solid substance, light cream or dark amber in color, polymerized by the drying and coagulation of the latex or milky juice of rubber trees and plants.

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euxinia (noun)
Def: anoxia, or depletion of oxygen, in a body of water, along with a high level of hydrogen sulfide, a condition toxic to aquatic organisms.

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paludal (adjective)
Def: of or relating to marshes.