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Chabazite (noun) chab-a-zait A colourless, pink, or yellow zeolite mineral, typically occurring as rhombohedral crystals.…

Sacrality (noun) sak-ral-i-tee (chiefly of religious rites or symbols) the state or quality of being…

Brik (noun) brik Especially in Tunisia and elsewhere in North Africa: a filo pastry, often…

Ecclesial (adj) ek-lee-zee-al Relating to or constituting a Church or denomination. Mid 17th century (rare…

Cornichon (noun) kaw-nish-on A small pickled cucumber. French, literally ‘little horn’. (more…)

Faceache (noun) fays-aik An ugly or miserable-looking person. Informal, British (more…)

Hemlock (noun) hem-lok A highly poisonous European plant of the parsley family, with a purple-spotted…

Moider (verb) (dialect Irish, British, Midlands English ) moy-duh To confuse, perplex, bewilder; to exhaust,…