Word of the Day — Archive Page #382

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January 11, 2017
47%    53%    #27 votes

What does IJsselmeer mean?

IJsselmeer(noun)
a shallow lake in northwestern Netherlands created in 1932 by building a dam across the entrance to the Zuider Zee

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January 10, 2017
58%    42%    #25 votes

What does dibucaine mean?

dibucaine(noun)
a local anesthetic that is administered by injection

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January 9, 2017
61%    39%    #35 votes

What does trabeate mean?

trabeated, trabeate(adj)
not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches)

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January 8, 2017
51%    49%    #34 votes

What does Solenichthyes mean?

Solenichthyes, order Solenichthyes(noun)
bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout

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January 7, 2017
54%    46%    #37 votes

What does icaco mean?

coco plum, coco plum tree, cocoa plum, icaco, Chrysobalanus icaco(noun)
small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit

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January 6, 2017
81%    19%    #25 votes

What does bayou mean?

bayou(noun)
a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

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January 5, 2017
49%    51%    #37 votes

What does Sajama mean?

Sajama(noun)
a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high)

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