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  • 81enology — also oenology noun Etymology: Greek oinos wine + English logy more at wine Date: 1814 a science that deals with wine and wine making • enological also oenological adjective • enologist also oenologist noun …

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  • 82euthanize — also euthanatize transitive verb ( nized; also tized; nizing; also tizing) Etymology: Greek euthanatos Date: 1873 to subject to euthanasia …

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  • 83exorcise — also exorcize transitive verb ( cised; also cized; cising; also cizing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French exorciscer, from Late Latin exorcizare, from Greek exorkizein, from ex + horkizein to bind by oath, adjure, from horkos oath Date …

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  • 84extrovert — also extravert noun Etymology: modification of German extravertiert, from Latin extra + vertere Date: 1918 one whose personality is characterized by extroversion; broadly a gregarious and unreserved person • extrovert also extravert adjective •… …

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  • 85flak — also flack noun (plural flak; also flack) Etymology: German, from Fliegerabwehrkanonen, from Flieger flyer + Abwehr defense + Kanonen cannons Date: 1938 1. antiaircraft guns 2. the bursting shells fired from flak 3. ( …

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  • 86ginkgo — also gingko noun (plural ginkgoes or ginkgos; also gingkos or gingkoes) Etymology: New Latin Ginkgo, from Japanese ginkyō Date: 1773 a gymnospermous dioecious tree (Ginkgo biloba) of eastern China that is widely grown as an ornamental or shade… …

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  • 87homeothermic — also homoiothermic adjective Date: 1870 warm blooded 1 • homeotherm also homoiotherm noun • homeothermy also homoiothermy noun …

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  • 88houndstooth — also hound s tooth noun Date: 1936 a usually small broken check textile pattern; also a fabric woven in this pattern called also houndstooth check, hound s tooth check …

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  • 89imbrue — also embrue transitive verb (imbrued; also embrued; imbruing; also embruing) Etymology: Middle English enbrewen, embrowen, from Anglo French embrower to soil, probably alteration of Old French abevrer, abreuver to water, soak, ultimately from… …

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  • 90inflame — also enflame verb (inflamed; also enflamed; inflaming; also enflaming) Etymology: Middle English enflamen, from Anglo French enflamer, from Latin inflammare, from in + flamma flame Date: 14th century transitive verb 1 …

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