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Atrabilious: ill-humoured

adj.

He had an atrabilious temperament, always melancholic or in a negative mood.

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Atrium -The central court or main room of an ancient Roman house.

Some of the houses they excavated in Pompeii had atriums that were very impressive in their day.

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Tabaret - n. A strong upholstery fabric having alternating stripes of satin and moiré.


The bride's request that she wanted her sofa at the wedding reception to be covered with white tabaret put the wedding planner in a flutter as he was angling for a low budget deal.

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Athanasia - Immortality

I dont think I would like the idea of athanasia, unless its in the next world. Who the hell would want to live forever in this one?

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Tangential: Talking or thinking around a topic, on the periphery rather than to the point.

Adj:

She was incapable of adressing the topic, talking only in a tangential manner.

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Abecedarian - adjective - arranged alphabetically: 'in abecedarian sequence';

I keep my song collection filed in an abecedarian sequence.

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Bulbaceous - Having or growing from a bulb.

I have some bulbaceous plants behind my house. I have no idea what they are, they are green.

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Uxorius: Excessively fond of or submissive to one's wife.

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Byron said that before marriage passion was glorious but afterwards is thought of as uxorious

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xenophobic

A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

The Aryan's xenophobic reaction was expected when confronted with the Chinatown lifestyle.

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Expurgate: To get rid of a morally reprehensible act.

verb:

Female infanticide should be expurgated in countries that prize only male children

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Xanthochroid - Having light-colored hair and complexion.

My grandson is very much xanthochroid, he sunburns very easily.

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Bighuey wrote:Xanthochroid - Having light-colored hair and complexion.

My grandson is very much xanthochroid, he sunburns very easily.

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Dont use the word much in there.

My grandson is very xanthochroid; he sunburns very easily.



Awning - n. - A rooflike structure, often made of canvas or plastic, that serves as a shelter, as over a storefront, window, door, or deck.

The black and white curved slope awning over white painted windowsills, and the white furniture inside, gave the cafe a very cheerful a and open look.

Check this. I would make a little bakery that looked like this. :) or maybe a sun room opening into my huge garden. If I had a garden. :)


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nGLnO_1LvZo/T ... awning.jpg

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Weanling - A child or young animal that has just been weaned.

I got a new puppy, he is just barely weaned..

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Edentate - adj. - Having few if any teeth

I dread the time I go edentate in my ripe old age.

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Doodlesack - A bagpipe.

The Black Watch song Scotch on the Rocks has a great doodlesack solo.

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