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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ipso Facto | by the very fact or action |
| Sine qua non | an indispensable condition |
| Butte | an isolated hill rising abruptly from the surrounding area, having steep sides and flat top |
| Boll | Pod of a plant, as that of flax or cotton |
| trecento | the 14th century aka Italian art, literature, etc |
| Rondeau | a poem of thirteen lines with two rhythms & the opening words used as refrain in two places |
| Triskaidekaphobia | fear of the number thirteen |
| Tridecennary | thirteen years, thirteenth anniversary |
| Profligate | recklessly extravagant, wasteful) Given over to dissipation; dissolute |
| Hirsutulous | minutely rough & hairy |
| Pilferious | Having or producing hair |
| Pogonotrophy | The growing of a beard |
| Pilgarlic | A bald-headed person |
| Omnifarious | All kinds or sorts |
| Embrocation | Liquid medication rubbed on skin) The act of applying a lotion on a bruised part |
| Sessile | Attached directly to the base, without stem) Permanently attached; immobile |
| Acescent | Turning sour |
| Catchpole | A sheriff's officer who made an arrest due to failure of paying debt |
| Paludal | related to marshes |
| Tocsin | an alarm bell or warning signal |