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bistre

Posted on April 12, 2016April 11, 2016 by admin

bI stər noun 1. a pigment made from the soot of burned wood, having a yellowish or dark brown color. 2. this color.

rufous

Posted on April 11, 2016April 11, 2016 by admin

ru fəs adjective of or pertaining to a reddish or reddish brown color.

phlogiston

Posted on April 8, 2016April 8, 2016 by admin

flo jI stan noun a nonexistent chemical that was once believed to be the cause of combustion and to be released by anything burning. As we have seen, Priestley, in 1774, had…

sitting duck

Posted on April 7, 2016April 6, 2016 by admin

sI tIng duhk noun an especially vulnerable person or thing; easy target. That skinny little boy is a sitting duck for the bully.

scintilla

Posted on April 6, 2016March 30, 2016 by admin

sihn tI lə noun a tiny amount; trace. There was not a scintilla of truth in the rumor.

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