General Vocabulary
High-utility words that do not belong cleanly to a narrower subject.
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cachalot
C2
/ˈkæʃəˌlɑt/
a sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, especially in older natural-history or whaling writing
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wine lees
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/ˈwaɪnˌliːz/
the sediment of yeast, grape matter, and other particles that settles after wine fermentation
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exophthalmos
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/ˌɛksɑfˈθælməs/
protrusion of the eyeball from the socket
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pilus
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/ˈpaɪləs/
A hair.
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sphygmogram
C2
/ˈsfɪɡməˌɡræm/
The recording made by a sphygmograph
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trompe-l’oeil
C2
/ˌtrɔːmp ˈlɔɪ/
an artistic technique that uses realistic detail to create the illusion that painted objects are three-dimensional
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penetralia
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/ˌpɛ.nəˈtɹeɪ.li.ə/
the innermost parts
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ech
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/ɛx/
Scots and Northern English: an exclamation expressing surprise, pity, or disgust
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enthymeme
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/ˈɛnθəˌmiːm/
rhetoric: an argument resembling a syllogism in which a premise or conclusion is left unstated
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superficies
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/ˌsuːpərˈfɪʃiˌiːz/
the outer surface or external aspect of something
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