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A -to- Z, Interesting and Unusual English Words
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Xenogamy - Cross fertilization
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Source: Phrontistery - X
Zelatrix - older nun in charge of disciplining younger nuns
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Source: Phrontistery - Z
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Batology - the study of brambles (note: why not the study of bats?
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http://phrontistery.info/b.html
http://phrontistery.info/b.html
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Cavaburd -- A thick fall of snow; snow drifted violently by the wind.
https://archive.org/stream/englishdialectdi01wrig#page/547/mode/2up
https://archive.org/stream/englishdialectdi01wrig#page/547/mode/2up
Electrocardiograph- Medical device that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart.
Retrieved March 19 2017 from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/electrocardiograph
Retrieved March 19 2017 from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/electrocardiograph
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Ferntickle: a freckle. [O.E.D.]
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Hederiform - Shaped like ivy.
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Infamous: Known for something bad.
I find it interesting and unusual since "in" usually means not.
I find it interesting and unusual since "in" usually means not.
Jabberwock - Nonsense, gibberish
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Source; Phrontistery - J
lagan: goods thrown into the sea with a buoy attached so that they may be found again
(Merriam-Webster)
(Merriam-Webster)
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Pantagruelian: enormous
Oxford dictionary
Oxford dictionary
