Akeelah And The Bee Words

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Xanthosis

A yellow discolor of skin.

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Pulchritude

Physical beauty. (Derived from the Latin word Pulcher.)

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Pluviosity

A quality of being rainy

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Ratatouille

Dish of stewed vegetables, originally from southern France, usually consisting of tomatoes, onions, peppers, aubergines, and courgettes cooked slowly in olive oil.

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Ratiocinate

To reason methodically and logically

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Argillaceous

Of or relating to clay (from Latin "argilla" meaning clay).

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Miscible

Able to be mixed together into a homogeneous mixture

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Palynological

Of or relating to the scientific study of spores and pollen.

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Scheherazadian

Weaving story after story without apparent end. (Scheherazade was the storytelling sultan's wife in The Arabian Nights entertainments, who told stories so engaging that her husband repeatedly spares her life to hear the next installment.)

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Merovingian

Pertaining to dynasty of Frankish kings that ruled from the fifth to the eighth century.

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Logorrhea

Excessive and often incoherrent talkativeness.

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Prestidigitation

Sleight of hand

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Xylem

The woody tissue of a plant.

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Doubt

Uncertainty

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Fanciful

Imaginative or whimsical.

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Pterodactyl

prehistoric flying reptile.

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Psoriasis

A skin condition in which red scaly patches appear on the skin.

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Synecdoche

Using a part of something to refer to the whole, or a whole to refer to a part.

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Grovel

To humble oneself in an abject manner.

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Ambidextrous

Able to use both hands at an equal level; double dealing.

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Placid

Calm or peaceful.

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Love

Deep affection and attachment to another.

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Staphylococci

A genus of gram-positive bacteria (plural)

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Loquacious

Talkative

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Embrocation

A lotion for diseased skin

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Jambalaya


Rice cooked with meat and vegetables and seasoned with herbs

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Jacquard

A fabric of intricate or figured weave or pattern

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Effervescent

Producing gas in the form of tiny bubbles

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Gabbro

A dark coarse-grained basic igneous rock containing calcium-rich plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene

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Pastiche

A medly of ingredients, often in the arts

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Madrigal

A song with parts for several usually unaccompanied voices that was popular in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Doublure

A lining, especially one made of leather or highly decorated, inside the cover of a book

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Manifest

Clear to see or understand

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Cabalistic

Of mystic arts or teachings.

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Cognizant

Being fully aware or having knowledge of something.

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Tzigane

A member of a Romany people, especially one from Hungary.

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Psalmody

The singing of psalms, especially in public worship

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Brunneous

Dark brown, used chiefly scientifically

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Rhesus

A brownish yellow monkey of India.

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Euphoric

Characterized by or feeling intense excitement.

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Carmagnole

A lively song and street dance

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Intussusception

Biology. growth of a cell wall by the deposition of new particles among the existing particles of the wall.

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Hypertrophic

Of, relating to, or affected with hypertrophy

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Affenpinscher

A breed of small dogs of European origin, having wiry, shaggy hair and a tufted muzzle.

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Grallatorial

Belonging or pertaining to wading birds

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Effleurage

"To skim" or to "lightly touch".

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Soliterraneous

A symbiotic relationship of the sun and Earth

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Malloseismic

Referring to an area that is likely to experience destructive earthquakes several times in a century.