WORDS FOUND RECENTLY
In 2010: ODYSSEY TWO by ARTHUR C. CLARKE
Reticulations: patterns or arrangements of interlacing lines resembling a net; the formation of a network of wrinkles or cracks in a photographic emulsion; a network of pipes used in irrigation and water supply.
Phototrope: an organism or organ, or a substance that changes color when exposed to light.
Libration: an apparent or real oscillation of the moon, by which parts near the edge of the disc that are often not visible from the earth sometimes come into view.
Precession: a change in the orientation of the rotational axis of a rotating body.
Phoneme: any of the perceptually distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another, for example p, b, d, and t in the English words pad, pat, bad, and bat.
Sotto voce: under the breath; in an undertone; also : in a private manner.
Tavarish most plausibly derives from the Russian word tovarishch, meaning “comrade,” a term historically used to denote a companion, colleague, or fellow member of a collective.
Limned: depicted or described in painting or words; suffused or highlighted (something) with a bright color or light.
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