Spelling Demons

Patricia P. (United States of America)
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  1. argument
    a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  2. doorjamb
    a jamb for a door
    add that "b"!
  3. genealogy
    the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
    successive generations of kin

    Latin - "gens" - tribe or clan
  4. mannequin
    a life-size dummy used to display clothes
  5. pruritus
    an intense itching sensation that can have various causes
    itching
  6. tendinitis
    inflammation of tissue that connects a muscle to a bone
  7. tinnitus
    a ringing or booming sensation in one or both ears
  8. verbatim
    using exactly the same words
  9. literatim
    letter for letter
  10. plumb
    exactly vertical
  11. litterateur
    a writer of short works about particular topics
  12. sacrilege
    blasphemous behavior
  13. sacrilegious
    grossly irreverent toward what is considered holy
Created on Tue Jun 23 08:00:40 EDT 2009 (updated Mon Mar 21 21:09:04 EDT 2011)

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