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| circadian | (adjective) being, having, characterized by, or occurring in approximately 24-hour periods or cycles (as of biological activity or function). |
| epizootic | (adjective) of or relating to a disease affecting many animals of one kind at the same time. |
| seraphic | (adjective) of or relating to an angel of the highest order : sublime, pure. |
| arraignment | (noun) the act or the state of being called to the bar of a court to answer to the charge of an indictment. |
| cephalopod | (noun) any of a class of marine mollusks including the squids, cuttlefishes, and octopuses all having around the front of the head a group of elongated muscular arms usually furnished with prehensile suckers or hooks. |
| chiffonade | (noun) shredded or finely cut vegetables used in soup or salad dressing. |
| roustabout | (noun) an unskilled or semiskilled laborer. |
| accoutrement or accouterment | (noun) any article of equipment or dress especially when used merely as an accessory. |
| aphasia | (noun) the loss or impairment of the power to use words as symbols of ideas that results from a brain lesion. |
| ventriloquy | (noun) the act of speaking in such a manner that the voice appears to come from some source other than the speaker and especially with little or no movement of the lips. |
| portmanteau | (noun) a word composed of parts or all of two words and characterized frequently by single occurrence of one or more sounds or letters that appear in both the words. |
| Freudian | (adjective) of, relating to, or according with the theories of Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud and his system of psychoanalysis. |
| bourgeois | (adjective) of, belonging to, or characteristic of the townspeople or of the social middle class. |
| velociraptor | (noun) a dinosaur having a long head with a flat snout and a large sickle-shaped claw on the second toe of each foot. |
| hoi polloi | (plural noun) ordinary people : the general populace : multitude, masses. |
| scintillation | (noun) rapid changes in the brightness of a celestial body caused by turbulence in Earth's atmosphere: twinkling. |
| fait accompli | (noun) a thing accomplished and presumably irreversible. |
| dirndl | (noun) a dress style marked by a tight bodice, short sleeves, low neck, and gathered skirt and copied from Alpine peasant costumes. |
| sotto voce | (adverb) under the breath : in an undertone. |
| fêng shui | (noun) a system of geomancy employed in China to bring practice into harmony with natural forces. |
