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elevenses : (Britain, informal) A short mid-morning break taken around eleven o'clock for a drink or light snack.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/elevenses#English
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heresiarch : (religion) The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy.
German friar and theologian Martin Luther, who sparked off the Protestant Reformation and was previously regarded by the Roman Catholic Church as a heretic, was born on this day 535 years ago in 1483.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heresiarch#English
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Flooding Along the Nueces River via NASA https://ift.tt/2PoiUDd
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arrowroot : (countable, uncountable) Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long with white stripes.
(countable, uncountable) Usually preceded by an attributive word: some other plant the rhizomes of which are used to prepare a substance similar to arrowroot (sense 3), such as Zamia integrifolia (Florida arrowroot) or Pueraria montana var. lobata (Japanese arrowroot or kudzu).
(uncountable) A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arrowroot#English
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The Frozen Wild Dnieper River via NASA https://ift.tt/2FlA7Zg
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wendigo : (mythology) A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wendigo#English
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Recovery of the Test Orion Capsule in the Pacific Ocean via NASA https://ift.tt/2JMpflS
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endmember : A member at one end of a range or series made up of similar members.
(mineralogy, specifically) A mineral that occurs at one end in a range of solid solutions.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/endmember#English
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Earth Enveloped in Airglow via NASA https://ift.tt/2qshIQu
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audient : Listening, paying attention.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/audient#English
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Suwannee Blackwater River Meets the Sea via NASA https://ift.tt/2Or27dy
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recension : A census, an enumeration, a review, a survey.
A critical revision of a text.
A text established by critical revision.
A family of manuscripts which share similar traits; the variety of a language which is used in such manuscripts.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recension#English
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cloud-headed : Having one's head in the clouds: prone to daydreaming, or thinking impractically.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cloud-headed#English
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amigurumi : (uncountable, knitting) The Japanese art of crocheting or knitting stuffed yarn toys, typically creatures having oversized heads.
(countable, knitting) Such a stuffed toy crocheted or knitted from yarn.
Culture Day is observed in Japan on this day to promote culture, the arts, and academic endeavour.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amigurumi#English
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