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UNIQUE WORDS game to increase our vocabulary - alphabetical order

Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

XO - Executive Officer (military), second in command

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LilyS

Yaff – to bark like a snarling dog.

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Yuzuaecha

Zeta - the sixth letter, a number value of 7, in names---it means born last

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Shoshana

Abeyance - 
noun: abeyance
a state of temporary disuse or suspension.
"matters were held in abeyance pending further inquiries"

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thecheshirecat

Behemoth
someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

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Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

Colloquial - used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary

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Shoshana

Davit - a small crane on board a ship, especially one of a pair for suspending or lowering a lifeboat.

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Yuzuaecha

Emacity - Desire or fondness for buying.

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Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

Fenestron - is a protected tail rotor of a helicopter operating like a ducted fan

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Yuzuaecha

Gobsmacked - utterly astonished; astounded.

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Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

Hirsute - hairy

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Yuzuaecha

Imbroglio - an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation.
"the Watergate imbroglio"

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Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

Jackstall - in helicopters, it's a flight configuration when the M/R blades overpower the hydraulic servos - and the controls lock solid. (The procedure to recover from it, is to off-load the main rotor blade system.)

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Yuzuaecha

Kitsch - art, objects, or design considered to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality, but sometimes appreciated in an ironic or knowing way.
"the lava lamp is an example of sixties kitsch"

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Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

Longueur - a tedious passage in a book or other work

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