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pilimiction

passing of hair-like bodies in the urine

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plebicolar

courting or appealing to the common people

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plegnic

acting by a blow; striking like a hammer; percussive

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plenisphere

a perfect sphere

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pocilliform

shaped like a little cup

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poliadic

of the nature of a local or tutelary god

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pomarious

of or belonging to an orchard or fruit-garden

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ponask

to cook game by splitting it and roasting it on a spit

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portmantologist

one who studies or coins portmanteau words

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prandicle

small meal

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prebition

act of offering, showing or setting before

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pregnatress

female power that generates or gives birth to something

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prescited

foreknown or predestined for damnation; condemned

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primifluous

that which flows first

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privign

stepson

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psalloid

resembling a harp or stringed instrument

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psephograph

machine for automatically recording votes

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pseudisodomous

style of wall construction using stones of different thickness

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ptochology

study of beggars and unemployment

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pudify

to cause to be ashamed

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pugnastics

displays of pugilistic ability

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pullarian

of or pertaining to chicken or fowl

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pyroleter

double-pump fire extinguisher that produces carbonic acid

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quadragintireme

vessel with forty rows of oars

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quadrimular

lasting for four years

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quaeritate

to question; to inquire

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quercivorous

feeding on oak trees

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quibbleism

practice of quibbling

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quotientive

indicating how often

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radicarian

pertaining to the roots of words

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ramifactive

developing into a branch; forming a branch

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recineration

second reduction to ashes

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redamancy

act of loving in return

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rendling

curdling or setting of cheese

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resarciate

to mend; to make amends

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rhedarious

of or serving as a carriage or chariot

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rhodologist

one who studies and classifies roses

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rimestock

old almanac with runic writings

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riviation

fishing

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roblet

to lead astray

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rogalian

of or pertaining to a great fire

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rogitate

to ask frequently

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roomthily

spatially; with respect to space

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rupography

art of taking impressions of coins or medals in sealing wax

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ruricolous

living in the country or in fields

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saburrate

the act of using heated sand in healing

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sacricolist

devout worshipper

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sagittiferous

bearing arrows

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sagittipotent

having great ability in archery

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sarcinarious

serving to carry a burden or load

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scaevity

unluckiness; left-handedness

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scandiscope

machine for cleaning chimneys

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scathefire

great destructive fire; conflagration

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scelidate

having legs; legged

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sceptriferous

bearing a scepter

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schismarch

founder of a schism

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secability

capability of being cut

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sedecuple

quantity sixteen times another

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sementine

pertaining to sowing; of the time of seeding fields

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senticous

prickly; thorny

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seplasiary

seller or producer of perfumes and ointments

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sermonolatry

excessive devotion to sermons

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sevidical

speaking cruel and harsh words; threatening

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sevous

like tallow or suet

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siagonology

study of jaw-bones

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sigilism

act of revealing the secrets of the confessional

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sinapistic

consisting of mustard

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sireniform

having the lower legs abnormally joined into a single limb

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slimikin

small and slender

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snobographer

one who describes or writes about snobs

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sodalitious

of or belonging to society or to fellowship

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soleated

shod like a horse

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solennial

occurring once a year; annual

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soloecal

provincially incorrect

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somandric

pertaining to the human body

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sophronize

to imbue with sound moral principles or self-control

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sospital

keeping safe and healthy; preserving from danger

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sparsile

of a star, not included in any constellation

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speustic

made or baked in haste

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spiscious

of a thick consistency

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sputcheon

metal lining of the mouth of a scabbard

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squiriferous

having the character or qualities of a squire

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stagma

any distilled liquor

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starrify

to decorate with stars; to make into a star

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stibogram

graphic record of footprints

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stigmatypy

printing portraits using dots of different sizes