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Phosphene
a ring or spot of light produced by pressure on the eyeball or direct stimulation of the visual system other than by light.
Skirr
Move rapidly, especially with a whirring sound (lit)
Auricular
Relating to the ear or hearing.
Welkin
sky (lit)
Bosky
covered with bushes, shrubs, and small trees; woody; shady (lit)
Rime
frost (lit)
Deliquescent
Becoming liquid, or having a tendency to become liquid
Simulacrum
An image or representation of someone or something; An unsatisfactory imitation or substitute
Jocose
Playful or humorous
Clinquant
glittering; tinsel-like
Promethean
daring, creative, or heroic on behalf of humanity
Offing
The more distant part of the sea in view
Volplane
downward controlled flight (gliding ability)
Tropism
A growth response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus
Versant
the side or slope of a mountain
Gossamer
(adj.) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n.) a very thin, light cloth
inveterate
stubbornly established by habit
Polyhistor
a person of great and varied learning
Manifold
Having many different forms or elements
Melliferous
yielding or producing honey
Humectant
substance that prevents moisture loss
Enchiridion
A book containing essential information on a subject.
Circumfluent
flowing around, surrounding
Decussate
To cross in the form of an "X"
Benthic
bottom of an aquatic ecosystem; consists of sand and sediment and supports its own community of organisms
Repetend
the repetition or partial repetition of a word or phrase throughout a stanza or a poem
Palladium
safeguard; protection
Approbate
to approve officially
Firth
a long, narrow inlet of the sea
Autogenous
produced from within, self-generating
Confute
to prove wrong; to refute decisively
Infrangible
unable to be broken or removed; inalienable
Kinesis
movement
Cicatrix
a scar left by a healed wound
Reliquary
a container for holy relics
Ebullient
cheerful and full of energy
Noetic
of, relating to, or based on the intellect
Arenaceous
like, growing in or consisting of sand
Pentimento
The presence or emergence of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been changed and painted over
Eidetic
pertaining to extraordinarily detailed and vivid recall
Brackish
having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
simulacrum
an image or representation of someone or something
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