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Incipit (noun) in-sip-it The opening of a manuscript, early printed book, or chanted liturgical text.…

Apoplexy (noun) ap-o-plek-see Extreme anger. (dated) Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral haemorrhage or…

Marsupium (noun) mar-soop-ee-um A pouch that protects eggs, offspring, or reproductive structures, especially the pouch…

Brawn (noun) br-aw-n Physical strength in contrast to intelligence. Meat from a pig's or calf's…

Clianthus (noun) klai-an-thus An Australasian plant of the pea family, which bears drooping clusters of…

Sheading (noun) shee-ding Each of the six administrative divisions of the Isle of Man. Late…

Emaciation (noun) ee-may-see-ay-shun The state of being abnormally thin or weak. (more…)

Carceral (adj) (literary) kar-ser-al Relating to prison Late 16th century from late Latin carceralis, from…