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1. corm<\/strong> \u2014 [botany<\/em>] swollen stem of plant serving as storage organ, bulbotuber<\/p>\n

Transforming your <\/em>corm into a burgeoning banana plant is a labor of love and … well, labor, which is the reason for the much lower price.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. graupel<\/strong> \u2014 mushy hail, granular snow<\/p>\n

To distinguish hail from <\/em>graupel is most easily done by watching or feeling its impact; if it splashes, it is not hail.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. cornify<\/strong> \u2014 to transmogrify into horn<\/p>\n

In the epidermis as the cell is <\/em>cornified the organelles including mitochondria are removed, though this process is not yet fully understood.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. flame cell<\/strong> \u2014 specialized excretory cell in very simple invertebrates<\/p>\n

Using an electron microscope the excretory material can be seen in the cytoplasm of the <\/em>flame cell.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. cotehardie<\/strong> \u2014 long-sleeved outer garment buttoned or laced up the front<\/p>\n

He thought himself a fine figure in his blue velvet <\/em>cotehardie, until an errant swine ran squealing through his legs and knocked him into the cesspool.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. culverin<\/strong> \u2014 handheld weapon of the 14th & early 15th Centuries; small cannon<\/p>\n

The bow chasers were two brass <\/em>culverins mounted above the captain’s cabin.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. burleycue<\/strong> \u2014 burlesque, esp. burlesque theater<\/p>\n

She shamelessly admitted she’d worked in <\/em>burleycue, yet Haldane persisted in believing he might one day introduce her to his mother.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. monovision<\/strong> \u2014 presbyopia treatment in which differently adjusted contact lenses are used, one for far vision and the other to correct for near vision<\/p>\n

<\/em>Monovision lenses are generally used for patients who either will not or cannot simply wear reading glasses.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. exoteric<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to information suitable for public consumption<\/p>\n

Though the <\/em>exoteric meaning of the play clearly supported the new regime, party leaders were disturbed by elements they did not understand, fearing some hidden criticism of their rule.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. immie<\/strong> \u2014 [informal<\/em>] marble<\/p>\n

Petey was looking for an <\/em>immie that had rolled into the drain when he saw the silver watch.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(archaic minced expletive)<\/p>\n

ods bodikins<\/strong> \u2014 interjection palliating stronger phrase “God’s bodkins” (meaning the nails used to affix Jesus to the cross)<\/p>\n

“<\/em>Ods bodikins, man! They can only hang us once, so buck up and set to these bastards!”<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. corm \u2014 [botany] swollen stem of plant serving as storage organ, bulbotuber Transforming your corm into a burgeoning banana plant is a labor of love and … well, labor, which is the reason for the much lower price.   2. graupel \u2014 mushy hail, granular snow To distinguish hail from graupel is most easily … <\/p>\n

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