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BD 53 words

January 27, 2009 By Tony J. (Baulkham Hills Australia)

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  1. quantum
    (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
  2. cornerstone
    a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
  3. advent
    arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
  4. bespoke
    (of clothing) custom-made
  5. geode
    (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals
  6. dominion
    dominance or power through legal authority
  7. parable
    a short moral story (often with animal characters)
  8. penitent
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
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  9. apogee
    apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth
  10. Gaea
    (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology
  11. horizon
    the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
  12. cradle
    a baby bed with sides and rockers
  13. fissure
    a long narrow depression in a surface
  14. archetype
    something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
  15. origin
    the place where something begins, where it springs into being
  16. provenance
    where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
  17. happenstance
    an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
  18. serendipity
    good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
  19. explorer
    someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
  20. rare
    marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
  21. arete
    a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains
  22. cirque
    a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
  23. goldfields
    small slender woolly annual with very narrow opposite leaves and branches bearing solitary golden-yellow flower heads; southwestern Oregon to Baja California and Arizona; often cultivated
  24. prospector
    someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
  25. moraine
    accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier
  26. pathfinder
    someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
  27. yonder
    distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
  28. artefact
    a man-made object taken as a whole
  29. ancestry
    the descendants of one individual
  30. ascendancy
    the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
  31. risk
    a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
  32. jeopardy
    a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
  33. dauntless
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  34. latitude
    an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
  35. nugget
    a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
  36. mythology
    myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
  37. ascension
    a movement upward
  38. basin
    a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids
  39. alluvium
    clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
  40. discovery
    the act of discovering something
  41. arcanum
    information known only to a special group
  42. orphic
    having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
  43. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  44. vision
    the ability to see; the visual faculty
  45. reverie
    an abstracted state of absorption
  46. quest
    the act of searching for something
  47. oddment
    a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
  48. glacier
    a slowly moving mass of ice
  49. undiscovered
    not discovered
  50. vagabond
    a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
  51. meander
    to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
  52. sentinel
    a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
  53. revelation
    the speech act of making something evident