Rarest words

Known by

8.3%

falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language

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8.6%

(medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another)

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8.8%

splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly

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10.2%

a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language

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10.5%

resembling or containing clay

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11.2%

(biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound

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11.7%

foraminifers

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11.8%

irritable as if suffering from indigestion

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12.3%

music performed for dancing the schottische

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13.8%

a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process

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19.9%

(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions

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20.2%

weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health

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20.8%

resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable

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21.1%

swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid

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21.4%

full of trouble

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21.5%

(law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence

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21.7%

a strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedcovers and curtains

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22.5%

listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope)

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22.8%

the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)

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23.4%

explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene

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23.6%

an operation that removes a circular section of bone from the skull

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24%

the state of having become filled with vacuoles

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25.6%

the indistinct sound of people whispering

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27.9%

the occurrence of a small flash or spark

Known by

28.4%

shining intensely

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31.5%

suffering from excessive eating or drinking

Known by

32.7%

a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam

Known by

33.4%

the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience

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33.9%

boring verbosity

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34.5%

dark and misty and gloomy