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SYNECDOCHE –noun Rhetoric . a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or...

MISSUS -noun 1. informal. the missus one's wife or the wife of the person addressed or referred to 2. an informal term of address for a...

SIMPER –verb (used without object) 1. to smile in a silly, self-conscious way. –verb (used with object) 2. to say with a simper. –noun 3. a ...

PEN –noun 1. any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance. 2. a detachable metal pen-point, filled by d...

MALT –noun 1. germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling. 2. any alcoholic beverage, as beer, ale, or malt liquor, fe...

–noun Pathology . a premonitory symptom. I could recognize In his slanted look The prodrome of mirth A jest in the making

EPITOME –noun 1. a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class. 2. a condensed account, e...

CYMOTRICHOUS -adj. having wavy hair Let the cymotrichous sleep Dreaming their unbending dreams Of succulent straight leaves.

WIREDRAWN -adj. 1.Finely spun; extremely intricate; minute. 2.Drawn out long and thin like a wire. Wiredrawn stories Eating away the hours N...

HEIST –noun 1. a robbery or holdup. –verb (used with object) 2. to take unlawfully, especially in a robbery or holdup; steal 3. to rob or ho...

BEHEST –nou n 1. a command or directive. 2. an earnest or strongly worded request. Flowers jump out At the behest of spring

AXIOMATIC -adj. 1 taken for granted : self-evident 2 based on or involving an axiom or system of axioms Axiomatic salad Dictated by heat And...

RESENT –verb (used with object) to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult...

KNOLL -noun a small, rounded hill or eminence; hillock. –verb (used with object) 1. to ring or toll a bell for; announce by tolling. 2...

HIGHFALUTIN -adj. Pompous; bombastic. Teeth and claws Wings too Broken Away By Time Highfalutin beast No more

LADDER –noun 1. a structure of wood, metal, or rope, commonly consisting of two sidepieces between which a series of bars or rungs are set a...

WIDGET —noun 1. informal any small mechanism or device, the name of which is unknown or temporarily forgotten 2. a small device in a beer c...

COSMOGONY –noun a theory or story of the origin and development of the universe, the solar system, or the earth-moon system. In a summer nig...

EXPECTATION -noun 1. the act or state of expecting or the state of being expected 2. ( usually plural ) something looked forward to, whether...

HERL -noun 1. a strand of hair. 2. The fibrous shaft or barb of a feather (especially that of the ostrich or peacock) used to make artificia...