treillage
(en)
(noun) latticework for vines; trellis
185
ascends with his bookbag through a treillage of interneural stairways
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ascends with his bookbag through a treillage of interneural stairways
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halation
(en)
(noun) the spreading of light beyond its proper boundaries in a developed photographic image / (noun) a bright ring that sometimes surrounds a bright object on a television screen
221
everything milky and halated through her veil's damp linen
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everything milky and halated through her veil's damp linen
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tumbrel
(en)
(noun) a farm tipcart / (noun) a vehicle carrying condemned persons (as political prisoners during the French Revolution) to a place of execution
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surrendered, suicidal, eschews tumbrel or hack
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surrendered, suicidal, eschews tumbrel or hack
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elision
(en)
(linguistics) the omission of a sound or syllable when speaking OR the act or an instance of omitting something
234
horror films created ambiguity and possible elision by putting ? after THE END
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horror films created ambiguity and possible elision by putting ? after THE END
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strabismic
(en)
(noun) inability of one eye to attain binocular vision with the other because of imbalance of the muscles of the eyeball
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Orin and his strabismic B.U. doubles partner
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Orin and his strabismic B.U. doubles partner
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apical
(en)
(adjective) of, relating to, or situated at an apex / (adjective) of, relating to, or formed with the tip of the tongue / (noun) inhibition of the growth of lateral buds by the terminal bud of a shoot / (noun) a meristem at the apex of a root or shoot that is responsible for increase in length
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the elisions and apical lapses of a mid-Southern accent
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the elisions and apical lapses of a mid-Southern accent
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adit
(en)
(noun) a nearly horizontal passage from the surface in a mine
291
entering the shadow of the south exit-tunnel's adit
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entering the shadow of the south exit-tunnel's adit
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candent
(en)
(adjective) glowing from or as if from great heat
306
low-level professional tennis players in general being not exactly the most candent stars in the intellectual Orion
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low-level professional tennis players in general being not exactly the most candent stars in the intellectual Orion
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nacreous
(en)
(adjective) possessing the qualities of, consisting of, or abounding in nacre / (adjective) iridescent
320
made the city Tucson's lume nacreous in the dome blankness of it.
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made the city Tucson's lume nacreous in the dome blankness of it.
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chyme
(en)
(noun) the semifluid mass of partly digested food expelled by the stomach into the duodenum
379
pour his heart's thickest chyme right out there
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pour his heart's thickest chyme right out there
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