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  1. Huguenot •
  2. hurly-burly
  3. hydrocortisone
  4. hydroelectric
  5. hyperbolize •
  6. hypercholesterolemia •
  7. hypermnesia
  8. hypoglycemia
  9. hyrax
  10. hysterical •
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  1. a member of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion of France in the 16th and 17th centuries; a French Protestant; 1555-65;
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  1. gaffe, gaff
  2. galipot
  3. galleria
  4. gallinaceous
  5. gantry
  6. gargantuan •
  7. garnetiferous
  8. gastronome
  9. gauntness •
  10. gelatinize
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571. two different ways of spelling
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576. gigantic; enormous; colossal; 1585-95; Gargantu(a) + -an; The death of the gargantuan Hummer marks the passing of our obsession with largeness
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579. extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.; 1400-50; late Middle English, probably
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  1. gelid •
  2. gelignite
  3. genocide
  4. geochronology
  5. geophyte •
  6. geoponic
  7. georgic •
  8. ghettoize
  9. gibbosity •
  10. gigaton
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  1. very cold; icy; 1600-10;
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  1. glacis
  2. glissade
  3. gloaming
  4. globalism •
  5. gnarled
  6. gnarthic
  7. Gnosticism •
  8. goiter •
  9. gorget •
  10. grackle
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594. the attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations;
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a group of ancient heresies, stressing escape from this world through the acquisition of esoteric knowledge; Gnostic + -ism; It is certain that there are to be found in their religion traces of Gnosticism and Magianism.
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an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet; 1615-25;

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  1. grand dame (singular)
  2. granivorous •
  3. graphologist
  4. gravid
  5. Gregorian chart
  6. gridlock
  7. grisaille
  8. ground zero
  9. Guantánomo •
  10. gueridon
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  1. two words
  2. (of an animal, especially a bird) eating grain and seeds; They are mostly vermivorous; some, however, are granivorous or herbivorous.
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    604.
  3. two words; capitalization required for first word
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  4. two words
  5. a city in SE Cuba: U.S. naval base; Unlike George W. Bush, John McCain might not have established guantanamo Bay; capitalization required; right accent on second a
    610.
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  1. guidon
  2. gumbo-limbo
  3. gunboat diplomacy
  4. gynandrous
  5. gyrostatic
  6. habiliments •
  7. hacienda
  8. Hadrian’s wall
  9. Hainan
  10. halal •
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611.
612. two words; hyphened
613. two words
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616. clothes or clothing; 1375-1425; late Middle English (h)abylement
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  1. hallucinatory •
  2. halophyte •
  3. harassment
  4. harpsichordist
  5. hauberk
  6. haughtiness
  7. haute école •
  8. hearing-impaired
  9. Heidegger
  10. heliacal •
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  1. pertaining to or characterized by hallucination; 1820-30; hallucinate + -ory1; We enter this hallucinatory sphere in the opening paragraph of the prologue.
  2. a plant that thrives in saline soil.; 1885-90; halo- + -phyte; I own a halophyte
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  3. a series of intricate steps, gaits, etc., taught to an exhibition horse; French: literally, high school; haute ecole, on Clover, the incomparative trained elephant from the plains of Venezuela; two words; right accent over e in second word
  4. two words; hyphened
  5. capitalization
  6. pertaining to or occurring near the sun, especially applied to such risings and settings of a star as are most nearly coincident with those of the sun while yet visible; 1600-10;
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  1. heliotherapy
  2. hemocytometer •
  3. hematology
  4. hemidemisemiquaver
  5. hemostasis
  6. herbarium
  7. herniate
  8. hesperidium •
  9. heterodyne
  10. Hexateuch
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631.
632. an instrument for counting blood cells; 1875-80; hemo- + cyto- + -meter; hemocytometer: either Trk or Zappert ruling is desirable
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638. the fruit of a citrus plant, as an orange; 1865-70;
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  1. heydey
  2. hiatal hernia
  3. high-resolution
  4. histamine •
  5. histoplasmosis
  6. hocus-pocus
  7. Hogmanay
  8. Hohokam
  9. hoi polloi •
  10. homeliness
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641.
642. two words
643. two words; hyphened
644. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction; 1910-15; hist(idine) + -amine; 
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646. two words; hyphened
647. capitalization
648. capitalization
649. the common people; the masses; 1815-25;
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  1. Homo sapiens
  2. homochromatic •
  3. homogenize
  4. honeycomb
  5. hoopoe •
  6. hopsacking
  7. hornblende
  8. hotchpot
  9. Hubble’s constant
  10. hubristic •
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