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The Hardest Spelling Test: Words from the Semi-Finals of the Spelling Bee

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polos
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
hortulan
belonging to a garden.
ingluvies
the crop, or craw, of birds.
dhole
a wild Asian dog, that hunts in packs: an endangered species.
paskha
an Easter dessert of pot cheese mixed with sugar, butter, cream, raisins, nuts.
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fuchsias
a plant belonging to the genus of the evening primrose family, including many varieties cultivated for their handsome drooping flowers.
amphimacer
a trisyllabic foot, the arrangement of the syllables of which is long, short, long in quantitative meter, or stressed, unstressed, stressed in accentual meter.
pilosity
the state of being covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
wellaway
an interjection used to express sorrow.
homologate
vo
to approve; confirm or ratify.
perciatelli
n
a tubular pasta in long, straight pieces, resembling thick spaghetti.
keeshond
n
one of a Dutch breed of small dogs having thick, silver-gray hair tipped with black and a tail carried over the back.
hydrargyrum
n
mercury.
woad
a European plant, of the mustard family, formerly cultivated for a blue dye extracted from its leaves.
scuppernong
n
a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape.
jongleur
an itinerant minstrel or entertainer who sang songs, often of his own composition, and told stories.
nilpotent
a
equal to zero when raised to a certain power.
cnemial
n
the tibia or shin.
lenitive
a
softening, soothing, or mitigating, as medicines or applications.
kaiserdom
n
a German emperor.

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