{"id":4936,"date":"2025-06-13T11:12:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T18:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4936"},"modified":"2025-06-13T11:13:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T18:13:18","slug":"friday-vocabulary-349","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4936","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. borborygmus<\/strong> \u2014 stomach noise made by internal gas movement; wamble<\/p>\n

I desperately hoped the girl was asleep on her side of my California king size bed, though the rude <\/em>borborygmi I was plagued with seemed loud enough to wake the dead.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. conservatory<\/strong> \u2014 preserving from loss or damage<\/p>\n

These methods are not the only ones <\/em>conservatory of that mental vigor which alone can prepare the soul for union with the higher spirit, but they are those with which I am most fully acquainted.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. gasometer<\/strong> \u2014 device to measure volume or flow of gas<\/p>\n

Rarely, printhead problems may be caused by insufficient airflow through the fluids mixer; a <\/em>gasometer must be used to determine deficiencies in the ergodic flow.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. chela<\/strong> \u2014 pincer claw of crustacean or scorpion<\/p>\n

The monstrous beast was furnished with fearsome <\/em>chelae that seemed large enough and strong enough to cut a man’s body entirely in half.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. swing shift<\/strong> \u2014 work shift between day shift and night shift; system wherein workers alternate between day and night tours of duty<\/p>\n

Since I’ve always been a late riser, the <\/em>swing shift turned out to be perfect for my natural schedule.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. pinion<\/strong> \u2014 small gear or toothed bar engaging with larger gear or rack<\/p>\n

Power to the wheel is delivered through a <\/em>pinion on the shaft.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. pinion<\/strong> \u2014 [biology<\/em>] wing; outermost wing joint; feather of outermost wing<\/p>\n

With the merest twitch of its <\/em>pinions, the hawk fell into a murderous dive.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. pinion<\/strong> \u2014 to restrain from flying by severing or binding the outermost portion of a bird’s wing; to bind a person’s arms<\/p>\n

With an axe handle and rope we <\/em>pinoined the spy to prevent him from sending any further signals to the ship moored of the craggy coast.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. asininity<\/strong> (also assininity<\/strong>) \u2014 stupid obstinacy, extreme foolishness; stupid remark<\/p>\n

I won’t even deign to comment on such an <\/em>asininity; one response would only garner more stupidity from that quarter.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. thrips<\/strong> \u2014 teeny tiny insect which flies using the ‘clap and fling’ method<\/p>\n

Not only do onion <\/em>thrips damage the crops which they infest, they are a major vector for other devastating agricultural threats such as the tomato spotted wilt virus.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(Latin)<\/p>\n

a tergo<\/strong> \u2014 from behind<\/p>\n

Depictions of the cranes attacking the Pygmies <\/em>a tergo with their beaks in later Roman depictions of Homer’s allusion make clear both the anxiety as well as the superiority these citizens of the republic felt when confronting other people and races.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. borborygmus \u2014 stomach noise made by internal gas movement; wamble I desperately hoped the girl was asleep on her side of my California king size bed, though the rude borborygmi I was plagued with seemed loud enough to wake the dead.   2. conservatory \u2014 preserving from loss or damage These methods are not … <\/p>\n

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