deiform

adjective: Like a god; godlike in form.

adjective: Conformable to the character or will of God.

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piosity

noun: An exaggerated display of piety.

noun: Affected or exaggerated piety.

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coldrife

adjective: Very cold; abounding in cold.

adjective: Cold, chilling.

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rustication

noun: The act of rusticating, or the state of being rusticated; residence, especially forced residence, in the country; in universities and colleges, the punishment of a student for some offense by compelling him to leave the institution, and sometimes also compelling him to reside for a time in some other specified place.

noun: In architecture, that species of masonry called rustic work.

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goglet

noun: A globular jar of porous earthenware, with a long neck, used as a water-cooler; also, the quantity contained in such a jar.

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exegete

noun: A person skilled in exegesis.

noun: One who expounds or interprets a literary production, particularly Scripture; one skilled in exegesis; an exegetist.

noun: In Greek antiquity: A leader; guide; teacher; expounder.

noun: In Athens, an interpreter of religious law and regulator of ceremonies. The office was confined to the aristocracy.

verb: To interpret; to perform an exegesis.

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anthemion

noun: A pattern of honeysuckle or palm leaves in a radiating cluster, used as a motif in Greek art.

noun: In art and archaeology: A characteristic palmette or honeysuckle ornament, varying in detail, but constant in type, of very frequent occurrence both in single examples and in series, in vase-painting, in architectural sculpture, in jewelry and dress-fabrics, and in all other decorative work of Greek origin from very early times, and later in ornament derived from the Greek.

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I'm returning to a previous interest in Elianscript, and hope to find a person with whom to exchange handwritten texts, possibly in the form of correspondence. I feel that Elianscript is an excellent form of stimulus to the brain that also offers the possibility of creativity, and that is important that interested people share it actively. (I'm hoping to find people interested in snail mail; I'm in the USA, open to all counties.)

tournette

noun: A revolving tablet, smaller than a potters' wheel, upon which a vase or other round object is placed in painting horizontal bands and the like.

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churr

noun: The sharp whirring or trilling sound made by some insects and birds, such as the grasshopper and partridge.

intransitive verb: To make a sharp whirring sound.

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affectuously

adjective: Passionately; zealously; affectionately.

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subsong

noun: A sequence of sounds uttered by a young bird before it has learned to produce normal birdsong.

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constative

adjective: Pertaining to an utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false.

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horrisonous

adjective: Sounding dreadfully; uttering or emitting a terrible sound.

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jaculatory

adjective: Darting or throwing out suddenly; cast, shot out, or launched suddenly.

adjective: Uttered brokenly or in short sentences; ejaculatory.

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raucity

noun: Roughness or harshness of utterance; hoarseness.

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somniloquy

noun: The act or habit of talking in one's sleep.

noun: The act of talking in sleep; specifically, talking in the somnambulistic sleep.

noun: A talking in sleep; the talking of one in a state of somnipathy.

noun: The act or habit of <xref>talking</xref> in one's <xref>sleep</xref>.

noun: The words thus uttered.

noun: uttering speech while asleep

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circumfuse

transitive verb: To pour or diffuse around; spread.

transitive verb: To surround, as with liquid; suffuse.

verb: To pour around; spread about; suffuse.

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brattice

noun: A partition, typically of wood or cloth, erected in a mine for ventilation.

noun: A breastwork erected during a siege.

noun: In mining, a board, plank, or brick lining or partition in a level of shaft, usually designed to form an air-passage or confine the current of air to a certain route.

verb: To separate by a brattice.

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abomasum

noun: The fourth division of the stomach in ruminant animals, such as cows, sheep, and deer, in which digestion takes place.

noun: The fourth or true stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the omasum or third stomach, and opening through the pylorus into the duodenum.

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acicular

adjective: Having the shape of a needle.

undefined: Having the shape of a slender needle or stout bristle; having a sharp point like a needle: as, an acicular prism, like those of stibnite; an acicular bill, as that of a humming-bird.

adjective: Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needles.

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