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three-seeded.

of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.

a ballroom dance of Brazilian (ultimately African) origin.

someone who forsakes their church, cause, party, etc.

the emission of light as the result of a chemical reaction involving two reactive agents and an intermediate substance which is excited and fluoresces as it decays to a lower energy level.

the state or effect of water, water-vapour, or ice in the atmosphere, as rain, ice crystals, hail, fog, and clouds.

having an acute accent on the antepenultimate syllable.

a purulent inflammation of the bone.

someone who controls parachutists from the time they enter the aircraft until they exit; stick commander.

subsidence of swelling.