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Gleeful
full of exultant joy; merry; delighted
Mother-of-pearl
A smooth shining iridescent substance forming the inner layer of the shell of some molluscs, especially oysters and abalones, used in ornamentation.
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Keld
a well, fountain, spring
a deep, still, smooth part of a river.
Yare
quick; agile; lively.
(of a ship) quick to the helm; easily handled or maneuvered.
(Archaic) ready; prepared.
(Archaic) nimble; quick.
Bashful
uncomfortably diffident and easily embarrassed; shy; timid.
indicative of, accompanied by, or proceeding from bashfulness.
Bruxism
Patholgic teeth grinding
Busker
a person who entertains esp. by singing or reciting on the street, in pubs, or in subway passages
canorous
melodious; musical
Cerulean
LicencingDeep blue in colour like a clear sky.
Selcouth
strange; uncommon.
Soliloquy
1: (n.) an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present.
2: the act of talking while or as if alone.
Bodacious
1: (adj.) (North American) Excellent, admirable, or attractive.
2: Audacious in a way considered admirable
Osculation
1: (n.) the act of kissing.
2: a kiss.
3: close contact.
4: (Geometry) the contact between two osculating curves or the like.
Chiliad
1: (n.) a group of 1000.
2: a period of 1000 years.
Alacrity
1: (n.) cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness.
2: liveliness; briskness.
Clepsydra
1: (n.) an ancient device for measuring time by the regulated flow of water or mercury through a small aperture.
Colporteur
1: (n.) Someone employed by a religious society to distribute bibles and other religious tracts.
2: A person who sells books, newspapers, and similar literature.
Excogitate
1: (v.) Think out, plan, or devise.
Obelisk
1: (n.) a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex.
2: something resembling such a shaft.
3: an obelus
Cudgel
1: (n.) a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
2: (v.) to strike with a cudgel; beat.
Thraldom
1: (n.) The state of being in someone's power.
Betwixt
1: (adv.) (Archaic) between.
Braw
1: (adj.) (Scottish) Fine, good, or pleasing.
Empyrean
1: (adj.) Relating to heaven or the sky.
2: (n.) (the empyrean) The highest part of heaven, thought by the ancients to be the realm of pure fire.
3: The visible heavens; the sky
Philter
1: (n.) a potion, charm, or drug supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love, usually with some specific person.
2: a magic potion for any purpose.
3: (v.) to enchant or bewitch with a philter.
Criticaster
(n.) an incompetent critic.
Hypocorism
1: (n.) the practice of using a pet name.
2: a pet name.
3: the use of forms of speech imitative of baby talk, especially by an adult.
Thundersnow
1: (n.) a thunderstorm with a brief heavy snow instead of rain.
Ephemeron
1: (n.) anything short-lived or ephemeral.
2: (Plural ephemera) items designed to be useful or important for only a short time, especially pamphlets, notices, tickets, etc.
Cupreous
1: (adj.) copper-colored; metallic reddish-brown.
2: consisting of or containing copper; copperlike.
Ocellated
1: (adj.) (of an animal) having eye-like markings.
Deasil
1: (adv.) (Scottish) clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious
Octogenarian
1: (adj.) of the age of 80 years.
2: between 80 and 90 years old.
3: (n.) a person who is between 80 and 90 years old.
deracinate
entwurzeln
deterge
- 1: (v.) to wipe or wash away; cleanse.
2: to cleanse of impurities or undesirable matter, as a wound.
chimerical
1: (adj.) unreal; imaginary; visionary.
2: wildly fanciful; highly unrealistic.
Gowk
1: (n.) (British Dialect) cuckoo.
2: a fool or simpleton.
Ecclesiastical
1: (adj.) of or relating to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular.
Voluble
1: (adj.) (of a person) talking fluently, readily, or incessantly.
2: (of speech) characterized by fluency and readiness of utterance.
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Fossick
1: (v.) (NZ, Australian) Rummage; search.
2: Search for gold in abandoned workings.
