Welcome to Bookmarker!

This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

Source code on GitHub (MIT license).

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(noun, informal) to lose one's temper; also an informal term for a material shed from the body of various animals (similar to dandruff)

declivated: downward sloping; declivity: downward slope

extract the essence from (something) by heating or boiling it

(noun) a being responsible for the creation of the universe, in particular

(noun) a piece of machinery for lifting cargo or extracting oil

(adjective) of, relating to, or dealing with phenomena (as of language or culture) as they occur or change over a period of time

diarrhea

diarrhea

(noun) a constitutional predisposition toward a particular state or condition and especially one that is abnormal or diseased

relating to double vision

(noun) a staff for holding the flax, tow, or wool in spinning OR relating to women

(noun) a highly nervous, excited, or agitated state; excitement confusion

(noun) a square of turf or sod

(noun) instances of putting someone under duress?

(verb) build / (verb) establish / (verb) to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge; uplift / (verb) enlighten inform

(verb) to bring out (as something latent) / (verb) deduce

(adjective) no longer fertile / (adjective) having lost character, vitality, or strength / (adjective) marked by weakness or decadence / (adjective) soft or delicate from or as if from a pampered existence / (adjective) effeminate

the action of going out of or leaving a place

(adj) relating to or dependent on charity; charitable

(linguistics) the omission of a sound or syllable when speaking OR the act or an instance of omitting something

a beveled window, as in a castle

a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly (plural: encomia). as the adjective encomiastic, means bestowing praise, eulogistic, laudatory

a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly (plural: encomia). as the adjective encomiastic, means bestowing praise, eulogistic, laudatory

(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

(noun) the running over of a sentence from one verse or couplet into another so that closely related words fall in different lines

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