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kif (en)

a substance, especially cannabis, smoked to produce a drowsy state (from Arabic)

destiny; fate

to speak like a baby (technically: pronouncing the letter "r" so that it sounds like "l")

the study of linguistic slips

(noun) a rope used as a lasso or for tethering

the territory that a state or nation believes is needed for its natural development, especially associated with Nazi Germany

neologism? lexical + necromancical?

a kind of lacy fabric

dislocated

the house occupied by a minister of a Presbyterian church OR an informal way of referring to someone's house

covered with meal or with fine granules

(noun) relating to mythopoeia: the making of a myth or myths

(noun) a consciousness of and pride in the cultural and physical aspects of the African heritage / (noun) the state or condition of being black

(adjective) noxious harmful / (adjective) offensive to the senses and especially to the sense of smell / (adjective) highly obnoxious or objectionable

(adj) relating to the west

(noun) a musical figure repeated persistently at the same pitch throughout a composition (from Italian)

universal wisdom or knowledge; omniscience; also known as "pansophy"

(noun) a downy, bristly, or other tuftlike appendage of the achene of certain plants (e.g., dandelions)

(noun, ancient Greek) presence, arrival, or official visit

relating to the act of killing one's parent

(Greek mythology) Greek hero and subject of a play by Sophocles'

(noun) inflammation of a vein, often occurring in the legs and involving the formation of a thrombus, characterized by swelling, pain, and change of skin color

relating to phylogeny (the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms)

(noun) a toxic yellow crystalline phenol derivative C6H3N3O7 structurally similar to TNT and used especially as a high explosive and as a dye or mordant

in Aristotle's definition of rhetoric: the means of persuasion, divided between the atechnic (inartistic) and entechnic (artistic)