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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…

Reconnaisance (noun) re-kon-u-sans Military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic…

Imperil (verb) im-per-il Put at risk of being harmed, injured, or destroyed. Late Middle English…