- ossicone horn-like protuberances on the heads of giraffes
- sacrosanct regarded as sacred, treated as if holy
- eidetic memory photographic memory
- portcullis grating of iron hung over the gateway of a fortified place and lowered between grooves to prevent passage ("porte coulissante")
- kvell to feel happy and proud
- chiasmus rhetorical/literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form; e.g. ‘Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.’
- virga mass of streaks of rain appearing to hang under a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground x
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