mixt |
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a past tense and passive participle of "mix".
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gemel |
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(obs.) a hinge; adj. gemeled: (of
architectural members) coupled.
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swoose |
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a swan-goose hybrid.
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sucket fork |
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a double-ended utensil for sweetmeats, with
both fork tines and a spoon bowl.
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runcible spoon |
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a nonce utensil of Edward Lear's, widely held
to be something along the lines of a spork.
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opisthograph |
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a document written on both sides of the leaves.
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liger |
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the offspring of a male lion and female tiger.
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cherry-bob |
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(Brit.) a pair of cherries whose stems are joined.
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tiglon |
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the opposite of a liger.
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ginglymus |
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(anat.) a hinge joint.
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twibill |
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a mattock whose head is half adze, half axe.
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splake |
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the hybrid of a lake and a brook trout.
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recto/verso |
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a right-hand or left-hand page of a book.
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bracteate |
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a coin of thin metal, struck on one face,
whose pattern shows in reverse on the back.
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gemel bottle |
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a bottle of two adjacent flasks whose necks
curve oppositely.
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amphigenous |
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(of certain fungi) growing on both sides of leaves.
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