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January 11, 2009 By Jeanne (d'Arc) or Nyx (Spring Valley, CA)
these share *physics/ math/ bio sci/ earth sci/ or psych dimension. action oriented a + (focus on verbs form?). *emotional impact. *vivid imagery. euphonious +. novel 2 me +. easily understood by wide audience (use in *sports +). multi-layer meaning +/-; depth +, ambiguity is ok, but not vague.rnreview list and definitions regularly. refine list description as needed. note my own *DISCR (descriminations - as in Scribner-Bantam English Dictionary, revised ed.). When I feel like it, change to public list. Facebook?

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  1. adhere
    stick to firmly
  2. adjoin
    lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
  3. allegorise
    interpret as an allegory
  4. beacon
    a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
  5. beam
    long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
  6. begird
  7. bind
    secure with or as if with ropes
  8. blaze
    a strong flame that burns brightly
  9. bond
    a connection that fastens things together
  10. burn
    destroy by fire
  11. cleave
    separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
  12. cohere
    cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole
  13. condense
    cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid
  14. confute
    prove to be false
  15. constant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  16. construe
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
  17. converge
    be adjacent or come together
  18. coruscate
    reflect brightly
  19. digit
    a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates
  20. distil
    undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
  21. distill
    undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
  22. dynamic
    an efficient incentive
  23. educe
    deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
  24. effuse
    pour out
  25. elicit
    call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  26. emanate
    give out (breath or an odor)
  27. emit
    give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
  28. evoke
    call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  29. express
    give expression to
  30. extract
    remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
  31. factor
    anything that contributes causally to a result
  32. flame
    the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
  33. flick
    throw or toss with a quick motion
  34. gird
    bind with something round or circular
  35. girdle
    a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
  36. girt
  37. gleam
    a flash of light (especially reflected light)
  38. glint
    a momentary flash of light
  39. glisten
    be shiny, as if wet
  40. interpret
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
  41. lingual
    pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue
  42. literalise
    make literal
  43. literalize
    make literal
  44. luminesce
    be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence
  45. manifold
    many and varied; having many features or forms
  46. mythicise
    make into a myth
  47. mythicize
    make into a myth
  48. persist
    be persistent, refuse to stop
  49. pertinacity
    persistent determination
  50. precipitate
    hurl or throw violently
  51. radiate
    send out rays or waves
  52. read between the lines
    read what is implied but not expressed on the surface
  53. reflect
    to throw or bend back (from a surface)
  54. refulgence
    the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
  55. regard
    the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
  56. resonance
    having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
  57. resplend
    be resplendent or radiant; to shine brightly
  58. scintillate
    emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
  59. scissure
    a long narrow opening
  60. shine
    emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
  61. sublimate
    change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
  62. terminate
    bring to an end or halt
  63. ternion
    the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
  64. truss
    (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
  65. unflagging
    unceasing
  66. unremitting
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  67. vicissitude
    a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something