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Affricate |ˈafrikit| -

Noun

• a phoneme that combines a plosive with an immediately following fricative or spirant sharing thesame place of articulation, e.g., ch as in chair and j as in jar

Plosive |ˈplōsiv| -

Adjective

• denoting a consonant that is produced by stopping the airflow using the lips, teeth, or palate, followed by a sudden release of air.

Fricative |ˈfrikətiv| -

Adjective

• denoting a type of consonant made by the friction of breath in a narrow opening, producing aturbulent air flow.

Estival (aestival) |ˈestəvəl; eˈstī-| -

Adjective

• belonging to or appearing in summer.

Paradigm |ˈparəˌdīm| -

Noun

• a typical example or pattern of something; a model
• a worldview underlying the theories and methodology of a particular scientific subject
• a set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles
• a table of all theinflected forms of a particular verb, noun, or adjective, serving as a model for other words of thesame conjugation or declension.

Hirundine |hiˈrəndin; -ˌdīn| -

Noun

• a songbird of the swallow family

Aardwolf |ˈärdˌwoŏlf| -

Noun

• a nocturnal black-striped African mammal of the hyena family, feeding mainly on termites.

Younker |ˈyə ng kər| -

Noun

• a youngster

Foehn |fān; fœn| -

Noun

• a hot southerly wind on the northern slopes of the Alps.
• (Meteorology) a warm dry wind of this type developing in the lee of any mountain range.

Kachina |kəˈ ch ēnə| -

Noun

• a deified ancestral spirit in the mythology of Pueblo Indians.
• a person who represents such a spirit in ceremonial dances.
• a small carved figure representing such a spirit.

Yenta |ˈyentə| -

Noun

• a woman who is a gossip or busybody.

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These are the words for today, Friday, April 22, 2011.

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Bowdlerize |ˈbōdləˌrīz; ˈboud-|-

Verb [transitive]

• To remove material that is considered improper or offensive [from a text or account] esp. with the result that is becomes weaker or less effective.

Bivouac |ˈbivoōˌak; ˈbivwak|-

Noun

• A temporary camp without tents or cover, used esp. by soldiers or mountaineers.

• Casual lack of concern, indifference.

Verb [Intransitive]

• Chiefly in poetry or literature to laugh loudly.

Fascicle |ˈfasikəl| -

Noun

• (also fascicule |-ˌkyoōl|) a separately published installment of a book or other printed.
• (also fasciculus |fəˈsikyələs|) a bundle of structures, such as nerve or muscle fibers or conducting vessels in plants.

Mumpsimus |ˈməmpsiməs| -

Noun

• A traditional custom or notion adhered to although shown to be unreasonable.
• A person who obstinately adheres to such a custom or notion.

“Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian,” she announced autologically.

(From Anon)

The exchequer’s panacea for the dwindling fortunes of the country was to tax the rampant neologism that was sweeping the nation, but he realized a strange schadenfreude at the inability of may of the people to pay it… even if it was only turning over the gnomon from a neighbor’s garden.

(From Mark)

As there was a lack of sentences, I’ll throw in a word,

Flocculent |ˈfläkyələnt|-

Adjective

• Having or resembling tufts of wool
• Having a loosely clumped texture

Emblazon |emˈblāzn| -

Verb

• To conspicuously inscribe or display (a design) on something.
• To depict (a heraldic device).

Votive |ˈvōtiv| -

• (adj) Offered or consecrated in fulfillment of a vow.
• (noun) An object offered in this way, such as a candle used as a vigil light.

Harmattan |ˌhärməˈtän| -

Noun

• A dry, dusty easterly or northeasterly wind on the West African coast, occurring from December to February.

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Myrmidon |ˈmərməˌdän; -mədən|-

Noun

• a member of a warlike Thessalian people led by Achilles at the siege of Troy.
• a hired ruffian or unscrupulous subordinate

Verb

• to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
  
• to write learnedly.

Hastate |ˈhaˌstāt| -

• (of a leaf) Having a narrow triangular shape like that of a spearhead.

Demagogue |ˈdeməˌgäg|-

• A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument.
• (in ancient Greece and Rome) A leader or orator who espoused the cause of the common people.

Organoleptic |ˌôrgənōˈleptik| -

• Relating to the senses (taste, sight, smell, touch).

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