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| Pagoda - A tower usually with roofs curving upward at the division of each of several stories and erected as a temple or memorial. Pansies - 1: Flowers with velvety petals of various colors; 2: Used as a disparaging term for a man or boy who is considered effeminate. Parachute - A safety device for sky dives. Pele - The Pele volcano, in Hawaii, whose goddess required sacrifices of young men in order to remain dormant. Pesters - 1: Obsolete, overcrowd; 2: Those who harass with petty irritations, annoy. Phantom - A ghost, spirit. Pigeon - Slang, one who is easily swindled; a dupe. Platoon- A subdivision of a company of troops consisting of two or more squads or sections and usually commanded by a lieutenant. Playboy - A man who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasurable activities. Policing - To regulate, watch, control. Poof - Used as a disparaging term for an effeminate or homosexual male. Portal - A large, grand or imposing entrance or gate; A gateway to a different dimension. Posies - 1: A flower or bunch of flowers, a bouquet; 2: A brief verse or sentimental phrase (especially one inscribed on a trinket), motto, or legend. Prankster - A joker, one who plays tricks or pranks. Premature - Early; Before a certain/specific time. Prism perfect - A truth, law, or assumption considered in relation to the whole truth. Pureed sanitarily - To be blended about and pounded down until one is clean. Purgatory - A place or condition of suffering, expiation, or remorse. |
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| Range - 1: An extensive area of open land on which livestock wander and graze; 2: A cooking stove that has an oven and a flat top with burners or heating elements. Ratatouille - A seasoned stew made of eggplant, tomatoes, green peppers, squash, and sometimes meat. Ravine -A small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water. Reprisal - Retaliation for an injury with the intent of inflicting at least as much injury in return. Forcible seizure of an enemy's goods or subjects in retaliation for injuries inflicted. Re-run - The re-showings of a television episode after it airs for the first time. Revving - 1: A revolution, as of a motor. 2: To increase or to accelerate the speed of; To accelerate in quantity or activity. Riot - 1: The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object. 2: Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry, boisterous merrymaking. |
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| Shade - A disembodied spirit, ghost, something of the past. Shag - 1: To chase and bring back; fetch. 2: To engage in sexual intercourse with. Shaman - 1: A priest or priestess who uses magic for the purpose of curing the sick, divining the hidden, and controlling events. 2: One who resembles a shaman, as in a high priest. Sharpie - A brand-name whose products include permanent markers and other such office supplies. Shiseido - A cosmetic company. Silbury hill - The tallest man-made prehistoric mound in Europe. It is part of the complex of Neolithic monuments located just south of the village of Avebury in Wiltshire. It is a massive artificial mound with a flat top. Silkwood - A fast-growing tropical American evergreen, having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruim, whose bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves/barrels and such. Sincere - Genuine; not pretended or affected. Sleeping Beauty - A fairy tale character, a princess under an evil spell who could only be awakened by a prince's kiss. Solar Field - Possibly a reference to the afterlife. Spire - 1: A top part or point that tapers upward such as an antler, a pinnacle or steeple.; 2: A slender tapering blade or stalk (as of grass). Spurs - The sharp metal circles cowboys wear on their boots that dig into a horses side to get them moving. Squeezebox - It's a older name for an accordion. Stragglers - Lazy people, idlers, slackers. String bean love - Putting on fake affection to win other's approval; scrawny fake idea of love, an act or pretending to be nice. Strychnine - A bitter poisonous alkaloid that is obtained from nux vomica and related plants (genus Strychnos) and is used as a poison (as for rodents) and medicinally as a stimulant to the central nervous system. Supernova juice - Supernova is an exploded star; 'juice,' a drink, therefore it's like an "organic soup" we are all made of the substances of stars (minerals, etc). Sweeteaze - All the sweetness and kindness in a person; Sweet, nice people. Syllabub - 1: A drink made by curdling milk or cream with an acid beverage (as wine or cider); 2: A sweetened drink or topping made of milk or cream beaten with wine or liquor and sometimes further thickened with gelatin and served as a dessert. |
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| Terracide - Murder of the Earth, via pollution, destruction, war, etc. Tether - 1: something by which an item is fastened so that it can range only within a set radius; 2: the limit of one's strength or resources. Turbid blue - Turbid has a couple definitions that can be used in conjunction with blue, heavy, dark, or dense, as smoke or fog, or in a state of turmoil; muddled. |
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| Universal opera - Like Heaven, a place where all souls meet. | ||||
| Watchword - 1: Pre-arranged reply to a challenge, as from a guard or sentry; a password; 2: A rallying cry: Let our watchword be freedom; 3: A word or phrase used as a sign of recognition among members of the same society, class, or group; 4: A word or motto that embodies a principle or guide to action of an individual or group/ a guiding principle. Wither - To cower, tending to be overwhelmed or destroyed; Devastating; Dry up, die. Withering - Dry up, die; Tending to overwhelm or destroy; devastating. |
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| Yo-heave-ho - To shove off, as in leaving a group. | ||||