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Reading the Scrabble Dictionary: Week 19

5/15/2014

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This week will be slightly truncated (meaning less photos and commentary), as I have my final graduate work of the term due, papers to edit, science articles to edit, parents to show around town, and an article to revise for publication (woot). So it's short(er) and sweet(er?) this week. Favorite word was definitely hoick. Sometimes you just gotta hoick.

► Photo of the Week
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Hatteria: type of reptile (aka the tuatara)
⚛ Units of the Week
    Hectare/hektare: a unit of area
    Henry: a unit of inductance
    Hertz: a unit of frequency
    Hin: a Hebrew unit of liquid measure

!!! Unexpected Words of the Week
    Hapolopia: normal vision
    Haruspex: a soothsayer of ancient Rome
    Haslet: the edible viscera of an animal
    Haver: to hem and haw
    Haverel: a fool
    Hawkshaw: a detective
    Hebdomad: the number seven
    Hebetate: to make dull
    Hebetic: pertaining to puberty
    Hebetude: mental dullness (connection to hebetic???)
    Hecatomb: a great sacrifice or slaughter (whoa.)
    Heeler: one that puts heels on shoes
    Hell, v.: to behave raucously
    Hepcat: a jazz enthusiast
    Herdic: a type of carriage
    Hidrosis: abnormal perspiration
    Hidrotic: a drug that induces perspiration
    Hilding: a vile person
    Hinky: suspicious
    Hirsute: hairy
    Hispid: covered with stiff hairs
    Hizzoner: used as a title for a mayor
    Hodad: a nonsurfer
    Hokypoky: trickery
    Hongi: to greet another by pressing noses together
    Hordeola: swelling of the eyelid

♡ Favorite Words of the Week
    Haptic: pertaining to the sense of touch
    Havocker: one that havocs
    Heelless: lacking heels
    Hellery: rough play
    Hellion: a troublesome person
    Hellkite: a cruel person
    Herstory: history with a feminist viewpoint
    Hiatus: a gap or missing section
    Hipness: the state of being hip
    Hircine: pertaining to a goat
    Hoboism: the state of being a hobo
    Hoick: to change directions abruptly
    Hokum: nonsense
(Pages 253–266)
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