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relating to double vision

(adj) relating to or dependent on charity; charitable

a beveled window, as in a castle

(noun) an interconnected group of rooms arranged usually in a row with each room opening into the next / (noun) gunfire directed from a flanking position along the length of an enemy battle line / (verb) to rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction

the part of the Eucharistic prayer in which the presence of the Holy Spirit is invoked to bless the elements or the communicants.

(genetics) the interaction of genes that are not alleles, in particular the suppression of the effect of one such gene by another

(from Latin) something that emerges, or bursts through; breaking forth

for the sake of an example, e.g., for example

(verb) adorn (a place) with ribbons, garlands, or other decorations; (verb) a chain or garland of flowers, leaves, or ribbons, hung in a curve as a decoration

(verb) obtain (something) by devious or dishonest means

a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character

a French experimental novelist; many of his works deal with absence, loss, and identity, often through word play

speak rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock

(adjective) smooth / (adjective) having a surface without hairs or projections

derived from goy (Hebrew for nation); used as a superlative for Jewishness?

the excrement of seabirds and bats, used as fertilizer

(verb) make more attractive, especially in a showy or gimmicky way

(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

(noun) a journey especially when undertaken to escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation; exodus; from the migration or journey of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622

(adj) of, relating to, or characteristic of fire

referring to the verb "indite", which means to compose or write, or to treat in a literary composition

grossly unfair and morally wrong

firmly established by long persistence; confirmed in habit

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an itinerant minstrel