by
J.G. Ballard
interstice
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(noun) an intervening space
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it took root like a lingering disease in the interstices of its victims' lives
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it took root like a lingering disease in the interstices of its victims' lives
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canted
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in a slanting or oblique position
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Beyond the tilting fences he could see the drained swimming pools of Cocoa Beach, each a complex geometry of light and shadow, canted decks encoding the secret entrances to another dimension
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Beyond the tilting fences he could see the drained swimming pools of Cocoa Beach, each a complex geometry of light and shadow, canted decks encoding the secret entrances to another dimension
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anneal
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(verb) to heat and then cool (as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle / (verb) to cool slowly usually in a furnace / (verb) to heat and then cool (double-stranded nucleic acid) in order to separate strands and induce combination at lower temperature with complementary strands / (verb) strengthen toughen / (verb) to be capable of combining with complementary nucleic acid by a process of heating and cooling
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The sun was annealing plates of copper light to his skin, dressing his arms and shoulders in a coronation armour
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The sun was annealing plates of copper light to his skin, dressing his arms and shoulders in a coronation armour
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camber
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(verb) to curve upward in the middle / (verb) to arch slightly / (verb) to impart camber to / (noun) a slight convexity, arching, or curvature (as of a beam, deck, or road) / (noun) the convexity of the curve of an airfoil from the leading edge to the trailing edge / (noun) a setting of the wheels of an automotive vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top
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As the car swayed across the camber
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As the car swayed across the camber
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canted
(en)
in a slanting or oblique position
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someone painted the same pattern across the canted floor of the swimming pool and over the gravel in the car park
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someone painted the same pattern across the canted floor of the swimming pool and over the gravel in the car park
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canted
(en)
in a slanting or oblique position
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elderly refugees camping on the canted decks of a multi-storey car park in Dover
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elderly refugees camping on the canted decks of a multi-storey car park in Dover
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