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  1. omphaloskepsis
    the practice of looking at one's belly button as an aid to meditation
  2. pogonip
    a dense winter fog containing ice particles
  3. deipnosophist
    someone skilled at informal chitchat
  4. hydrargyrum
    a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
  5. Reykjavik
    the capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland; buildings are heated by natural hot water
  6. Anasazi
    a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings
  7. psittacosis
    infectious disease of birds
  8. avoirdupois
    a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound
  9. tagliatelle
    pasta cut in narrow ribbons
  10. blancmange
    a sweet milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch
  11. simnel
    a crisp bread of fine white flour
  12. axolotl
    larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing
  13. hypallage
    reversal of the syntactic relation of two words
  14. grisaille
    chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief
  15. huisache
    tropical American thorny shrub or small tree
  16. cretonne
    an unglazed heavy fabric
  17. wisent
    European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison
  18. reredos
    a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table
  19. antinomasia
    substitution of a title for a name
  20. oriflamme
    an inspiring symbol or ideal that serves as a rallying point in a struggle
  21. menhir
    a tall upright megalith
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