elsewhen

 

elsewhen (not comparable)

(archaic) At some other time or times; somewhen else.

Adsorption

 Adsorption is the adhesion of atoms, ions or molecules from a gas, liquid or dissolved solid to a surface.

 Two adsorbate nitrogen molecules adsorbing onto a tungsten adsorbent from the precursor state around an island of previously adsorbed adsorbate (left) and via random adsorption (right)

frenulum

 A frenulum /ˈfrɛnjʊləm/ or frenum /ˈfriːnəm/ (pl.: frenula or frena, from the Latin frēnulum, "little bridle", the diminutive of frēnum) is a small fold of tissue that secures the motion of a mobile organ in the body. 

 

sangoma

 

sangoma n

(South Africa and other parts of Southern Africa) A (usually female) traditional healer or herbalist, or witch doctor.

molly wop

 

molly wop (third-person singular simple present molly wops, present participle molly wopping, simple past and past participle molly wopped)

1. (slang, transitive) To hit (someone) hard.

wolly

 

wolly (plural wollies)

1. (UK, slang) Alternative form of wally

rand

 

The South African rand, or simply the rand, (sign: R; code: ZAR) is the official currency of the Southern African Common Monetary Area: South Africa, Namibia (alongside the Namibian dollar), Lesotho (alongside the Lesotho loti) and Eswatini (alongside the Swazi lilangeni). It is subdivided into 100 cents (sign: "c") and the rand and cents are separated by a comma.

The South African rand is legal tender in the Common Monetary Area member states of Namibia, Lesotho and Eswatini, with these three countries also having their own national currency (the dollar, the loti and the lilangeni respectively) pegged with the rand at parity and still widely accepted as substitutes. The rand was also legal tender in Botswana until 1976, when the pula replaced the rand at par. 

 

 The rand takes its name from the Witwatersrand ("white waters' ridge" in English, rand being the Afrikaans word for 'ridge'), the ridge upon which Johannesburg is built and where most of South Africa's gold deposits were found. In English and Afrikaans the singular and plural form of the unit ("rand") is the same: one rand, ten rand, two million rand.

spume

 

spume (countable and uncountable, plural spumes)

Foam or froth of liquid, particularly that of seawater.

spave

 

spave (third-person singular simple present spaves, present participle spaving, simple past and past participle spaved)

1. Archaic form of spay (“remove the ovaries of an animal”).

patent troll

 In international law and business, patent trolling or patent hoarding is a categorical or pejorative term applied to a person or company that attempts to enforce patent rights against accused infringers far beyond the patent's actual value or contribution to the prior art, often through hardball legal tactics (frivolous litigation, vexatious litigation, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP), chilling effects, and the like).

Pachycauls

 Pachycauls are plants with a disproportionately thick trunk for their height, and few branches. In contrast, trees with thin twigs such as Oak (Quercus), Maple (Acer) and Eucalyptus are called leptocauls while those with moderately thick twigs like Plumeria are called mesocauls. Pachycauly can be the product of exceptional primary growth (as with palms and cycads) or disproportionate secondary growth as with the Baobabs (Adansonia). The word is derived from the Greek pachy- meaning thick or stout, and Latin caulis meaning the stem.

 

ovate

 

ovate

Shaped like a section through the "long axis" of an egg and attached by the wider end.

 

souer

 souer

(a) One who scatters seed on the ground for growth; also fig.; (b) one who causes strife; also, a creator; ~ of discorde(s; ~ of wordes, a babbler

slanhood

 

slanhood n

(fandom slang, dated) The state of being a science fiction fan.

empanoply

 empanoply v

1. (transitive, Britain, military, historical, also figuratively) To dress in a full suit of armour; to panoply.

hunger stone

 hunger stone n

1. A stone, either naturally exposed or intentionally embedded in a river during a drought, which is dated and often inscribed to mark the water level as a warning to future generations that they may face famine if the water reaches that low level again. Such stones are common in Central Europe.

hearken

 hearken v

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1. (transitive, archaic except poetic) To hear (something) with attention; to have regard to (something).
2. (intransitive) To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To enquire; to seek information.

contumely

 

contumely (countable and uncountable, plural contumelies)

Offensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult.

Great Lakes dialect

 Inland Northern (American) English, also known in American linguistics as the Inland North or Great Lakes dialect, is an American English dialect spoken primarily by White Americans in a geographic band reaching from the major urban areas of Upstate New York westward along the Erie Canal and through much of the U.S. Great Lakes region. The most distinctive Inland Northern accents are spoken in Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse.

 

Rumex

 The docks and sorrels, genus Rumex, are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. 

 

Yu-Mex

 Yu-Mex (portmanteau of "Yugoslav" and "Mexican") was a style of popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which incorporated the elements of traditional Mexican music (such as mariachi and ranchera).

scrutable

 

scrutable (comparative more scrutable, superlative most scrutable)

1. (informal) understandable, comprehensible

 

malcified

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enthralled by malice

Through his dark work he has become malcified

bombilation

 

bombilation (countable and uncountable, plural bombilations)

1. A humming or booming sound.

sward

 

sward (countable and uncountable, plural swards)

1. (uncountable) Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; (countable) a portion of such earth.
1. 
   
2. (countable) An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow.

3. Synonym: field

4. (countable, obsolete) The upper layer of the ground, especially when vegetation is growing on it.
5. 
   
6. (countable, obsolete except Britain, dialectal) The rind of bacon or pork; also, the outer covering or skin of something.

Havishamesque

 

Havishamesque (comparative more Havishamesque, superlative most Havishamesque)

Stuck in the past; also, refusing to accept change or failure. 

 An illustration of Miss Havisham by Harry Furniss from a 1910 edition of Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations (originally published 1860–1861).