Spelling Words 12-5-08
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- hematite
- a reddish-brown to black mineral consisting of ferric oxide, constituting an important iron ore, and occurring in crystals or as earthy red ocher
- ephemerally
- lasting one day only
- amandine
- prepared or served with almonds
- allegro
- a musical composition or movement in allegro tempo
- pancetta
- unsmoked bacon used especially in Italian cuisine
- ancestor
- One from whom a person is descended and who is usually more remote in the line of descent than a grandparen
- trebuchet
- a medieval military engine for hurling heavy missiles (as rocks)
- pomander
- a mixture of aromatic substances enclosed in a perforated bag or box and used to scent clothes and linens or formerly carried as a guard against infection ; also : a clove-studded orange or apple used for the same purposes
- plethora
- a bodily condition characterized by an excess of blood and marked by turgescence and a florid complexion
- tobogganer
- to coast on or as if on a toboggan; (or) to decline suddenly and sharply
- cryptanalysis
- the theory of solving cryptograms or cryptographic systems : the art of devising methods for cryptanalysis
- plague
- a disastrous evil or affliction
- acquiesced
- to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively —often used with in and sometimes with to
- epiphany
- a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something; an intuitive grasp of reality through something (as an event) usually simple and striking
- Byzantine
- of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient city of Byzantium; of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire especially in the fifth and sixth centuries featuring the dome carried on pendentives over a square and incrustation with marble veneering and with colored mosaics on grounds of gold
- thyme
- any of a genus (Thymus) of Eurasian mints with small pungent aromatic leaves ; especially : a Mediterranean garden herb
- Olympian
- Participant in Olympian Games; one of the ancient Greek deities dwelling on Olympus
- subtrahend
- a number that is to be subtracted from a minuend
- invocation
- the act or process of petitioning for help or support
- ichthyology
- a branch of zoology that deals with fishes