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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Words to Describe People I | |
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| Opsimath | |
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| Agelast | |
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| Losel | |
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| Nebbish | |
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| Cruciverbalist | |
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| Earls Who Became Words (or Places That Became Words) | |
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| Orrery | |
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| Cadogan | |
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| Oxfordian | |
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| Derby | |
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| Yarborough | |
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| Words Having Origins in Chess | |
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| Zugzwang | |
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| Checkmate | |
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| Gambit | |
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| Stalemate | |
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| Endgame | |
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| Words That Appear to Be Misspellings of Everyday Words I | |
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| Passible | |
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| Monestrous | |
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| Cloture | |
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| Nutriment | |
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| Assoil | |
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| Archaic Words | |
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| Clepe | |
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| Sennight | |
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| Anon | |
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| Gainsay | |
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| Hearken | |
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| Toponyms | |
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| Chautauqua | |
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| Pax Romana | |
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| Gibraltar | |
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| Seltzer | |
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| Kilkenny cats | |
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| Words about Books and Writing | |
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| Roman a clef | |
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| Orihon | |
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| Amphigory | |
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| Conspectus | |
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| Magnum opus | |
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| Words Borrowed from Yiddish | |
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| Chutzpah | |
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| Mensch | |
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| Zaftig | |
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| Kvetch | |
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| Schlep | |
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| Terms from the World of Law | |
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| Estoppel | |
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| Laches | |
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| Solatium | |
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| Sui juris | |
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| Mittimus | |
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| Words That Appear to Be Misspellings of Everyday Words II | |
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| Eagre | |
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| Imprest | |
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| Endue | |
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| Biennial | |
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| Quacksalver | |
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| Words Borrowed from Arabic | |
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| Alembic | |
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| Nadir | |
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| Jihad | |
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| Houri | |
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| Talisman | |
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| Words Formed Erroneously | |
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| Niddering | |
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| Obsidian | |
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| Helpmeet | |
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| Zenith | |
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| Derring-do | |
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| What's in a Name? | |
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| Randy | |
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| Tony | |
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| Ted | |
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| Bobby | |
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| Brad | |
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| Words from Poetry | |
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| Cataract | |
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| Dreary | |
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| Nosegay | |
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| Collyrium | |
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| Tarry | |
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| Fishy Words | |
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| Minnow | |
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| Gudgeon | |
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| Remora | |
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| Inconnu | |
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| Tope | |
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| Discover the Theme I | |
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| Ubiety | |
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| Irade | |
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| Ambit | |
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| Estival | |
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| Lanate | |
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| Terms Employing Various Nationalities | |
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| French leave | |
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| Chinese wall | |
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| Roman holiday | |
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| Irish bull | |
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| Dutch auction | |
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| Words with Double Connections | |
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| Diplopia | |
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| Double entendre | |
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| Ambsace | |
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| Satchel | |
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| Doppelganger | |
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| Words Related to the Calendar | |
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| Ides | |
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| Bissextile | |
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| Greek calends | |
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| Menology | |
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| Fin de siecle | |
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| False Friends | |
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| Sacrilegious | |
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| Scission | |
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| Oust | |
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| Impregnable | |
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| Mellifluous | |
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| Red-Herring Words | |
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| Undulate | |
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| Fartlek | |
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| Conversant | |
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| Assize | |
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| Valorize | |
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| Words Related to the Human Body | |
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| Nares | |
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| Oxter | |
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| Pollex | |
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| Nevus | |
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| Glossal | |
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| Words Related to Buying and Selling | |
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| Emptor | |
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| Nummary | |
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| Duopoly | |
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| Monopsony | |
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| Chandler | |
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| Miscellaneous Words | |
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| Astrobleme | |
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| Pudency | |
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| Aporia | |
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| Remontant | |
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| Loricate | |
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| Words That Have Changed Meaning with Time | |
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| Demagogue | |
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| Decimate | |
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| Feisty | |
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| Egregious | |
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| Officious | |
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| Words about Words | |
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| Hapax legomenon | |
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| Metaphor | |
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| Vulgat | |
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| Hyperbole | |
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| Metaplasm | |
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| Anglo-Saxon Words | |
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| Meed | |
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| Fen | |
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| Lief | |
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| Fain | |
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| Wight | |
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| Words Borrowed from Other Languages | |
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| Cumshaw | |
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| Smorgasbord | |
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| Baksheesh | |
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| Taboo | |
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| Honcho | |
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| Words from Medicine | |
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| Sequela | |
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| Nosology | |
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| Idiopathy | |
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| Placebo | |
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| Nyctalopia | |
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| Numeric Terms | |
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| Sixty-four-dollar question | |
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| Eighty-six | |
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| Twenty-twenty | |
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| Deep-six | |
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| Catch-22 | |
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| Kangaroo Words | |
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| Indolent | |
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| Rapscallion | |
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| Amicable | |
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| Frangible | |
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| Scion | |
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| What Does That Company Name Mean? | |
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| Cingular | |
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| Lucent | |
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| Prudential | |
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| Vanguard | |
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| Suppurate | |
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| Words with Interesting Etymologies | |
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| Erudite | |
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| Sobriquet | |
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| Indite | |
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| Pentimento | |
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| Cockamamie | |
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| Words to Describe People II | |
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| Scrofulous | |
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| Ugsome | |
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| Gormless | |
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| Scalawag | |
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| Sciolist | |
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| Words about Collecting and the Study of Things | |
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| Scripophily | |
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| Deltiology | |
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| Exonumia | |
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| Notaphily | |
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| Vexillology | |
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| Words from the World of Law II | |
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| Voir dire | |
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| En banc | |
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| Parol | |
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| Depone | |
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| Distrain | |
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| Words Derived from Other Languages | |
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| Sangfroid | |
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| Dragoman | |
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| Hinterland | |
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| Apparat | |
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| Blighty | |
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| Words about Words II | |
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| Exonym | |
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| Mononym | |
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| Cryptonym | |
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| Teknonym | |
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| Matronym | |
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| Words Borrowed from African Languages | |
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| Zombie | |
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| Veld | |
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| Juju | |
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| Spoor | |
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| Mumbo jumbo | |
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| Metallic Words Used as Metaphors | |
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| Goldbrick | |
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| Silver bullet | |
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| Brassy | |
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| Leaden | |
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| Tin ear | |
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| Words Related to Movies | |
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| Bogart | |
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| Cinematheque | |
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| Jeune premier | |
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| McGuffin | |
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| Cineaste | |
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| Discover the Theme II | |
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| Extemporize | |
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| Impresario | |
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| Macroscopic | |
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| Postdiluvian | |
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| Plausive | |
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| Miscellaneous Words II | |
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| Telic | |
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| Saltant | |
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| Conurbation | |
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| Trade-last | |
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| Tardigrade | |
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| Words That Aren't What They Appear to Be | |
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| Beestings | |
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| Pythoness | |
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| Lambent | |
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| Redoubt | |
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| Archimage | |
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| Words of Horse-Related Origins | |
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| Desultory | |
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| Equitant | |
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| Tattersall | |
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| Spavined | |
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| Hors de combat | |
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| Words of Horse-Related Origins II | |
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| Cheval-de-frise | |
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| Hobson's choice | |
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| Harridan | |
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| Cheval de bataille | |
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| Cavalier | |
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| Words with Origins in War | |
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| Nom de guerre | |
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| Antebellum | |
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| Polemic | |
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| Bellicose | |
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| Casus belli | |
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| Words from Latin | |
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| Stat | |
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| Ceteris paribus | |
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| Qua | |
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| Terra firma | |
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| Via media | |
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| Words to Describe Your Opponents | |
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| Facinorous | |
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| Ventripotent | |
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| Dasypygal | |
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| Saponaceous | |
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| Yegg | |
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| Discover the Theme III | |
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| Orotund | |
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| Draggle | |
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| Trunnel | |
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| Pinnate | |
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| Lability | |
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| Words Borrowed from Native American Languages | |
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| Sachem | |
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| Wampum | |
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| High-muck-a-muck | |
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| Manitou | |
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| Powwow | |
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| Loanwords from Spanish | |
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| Amigo | |
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| Loco | |
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| Duende | |
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| Disembogue | |
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| Armada | |
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| Answers | |
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| Web Resources: More Fun with Words | |
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| Index of Words | |