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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #240 on: January 26, 2014, 03:33:55 AM »
Succumb

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #241 on: January 27, 2014, 06:48:20 AM »
atom
molecule
macromolecule
organelle
cell
tissue
organ
organ system
individual organism
population
community
ecosystem
biome
biosphere
planet
solar system
local stellar cluster
galaxy
local galactic cluster
universe

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #242 on: January 27, 2014, 01:09:33 PM »
;D
"organelle" is good.

holocaust, a good word with an ugly modern denotation.
  The word comes from 'olocaust, meaning "burnt sacrifice" originally. In Greek, the aspirant (') provides the breathy "h" sound; most English words which stem from Greek and are spelled with an "h" have the aspirant in the original--as in hoi polloi ('οἱ πολλοί) which means "the many" and most often "the rabble" when the term trips from the tongue of an aristocrat.  ;D
  This also reminds me that, in English, one says "an" before a word beginning with a vowel. "An house" is awkward sounding to most but is correct as opposed to "a house." You might consider this usage a hangover from the Greek aspirant.
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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #243 on: January 28, 2014, 06:21:48 PM »
cohesion

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #244 on: January 28, 2014, 07:21:40 PM »
moue (pronounced moo)... as in, a few people may make a moue when they see this post.  ;)

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #245 on: January 30, 2014, 06:40:38 AM »
Taciturn

Tacit

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #246 on: January 30, 2014, 06:49:46 AM »
amethyst
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« Reply #247 on: January 30, 2014, 11:15:12 AM »
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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #248 on: January 30, 2014, 01:22:45 PM »
Poppysmic
refers to the noise produced by smacking the lips together.
comes from the Latin poppysma.
Romans used the original for a kind of lip-smacking, clucking noise that signified satisfaction and approval, especially during lovemaking

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #249 on: January 30, 2014, 10:49:47 PM »
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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #250 on: January 31, 2014, 09:20:57 AM »
Coxcomb
was once spelled cockscomb. The cockerel’s comb in question was the traditional jester’s cap, which which had a serrated red crest rather like the one on a rooster. A cockscomb was therefore a jester or fool, in the professional sense of that last word.

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« Reply #251 on: February 01, 2014, 05:32:48 AM »
^ nice

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« Reply #252 on: February 01, 2014, 06:47:42 AM »
Bruxer
A bruxer habitually and involuntarily grinds their teeth.

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #253 on: February 01, 2014, 07:49:09 AM »
benediction

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« Reply #254 on: February 02, 2014, 06:23:23 AM »
neologism
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