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W I T L E S S N E S S E S- Lacking intelligence or wit; foolish





C O U N T E R P I C K E T E D-

Music.



a. Melodic material that is added above or below an existing melody.

b. The technique of combining two or more melodic lines in such a way that they establish a harmonic relationship while retaining their linear individuality.

c. A composition or piece that incorporates or consists of contrapuntal writing.



2.

a. A contrasting but parallel element, item, or theme.

b. Use of contrasting elements in a work of art.





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E T H Y L E N E D I A M I N E T E T R A A C E T A T E-a salt of EDTA (EDTA-a crystalline acid, C10H16N2O8, that acts as a strong chelating agent. The sodium salt of EDTA is used as an antidote for metal poisoning, an anticoagulant, and an ingredient in a variety of industrial reagents.)



T R A M M E L L E D-

1. A shackle used to teach a horse to amble.

2. Something that restricts activity, expression, or progress; a restraint.

3. A vertically set fishing net of three layers, consisting of a finely meshed net between two nets of coarse mesh.

4. An instrument for describing ellipses.

5. An instrument for gauging and adjusting parts of a machine; a tram.

6. An arrangement of links and a hook in a fireplace for raising and lowering a kettle





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E L E C T R O C A R D I O G R A P H I C A L L Y-An instrument used in the detection and diagnosis of heart abnormalities that measures electrical potentials on the body surface and generates a record of the electrical currents associated with heart muscle activity, also called cardiograph.



S P E C T R O P H O T O M E T R Y- An instrument used to determine the intensity of various wavelengths in a spectrum of light.



M E T H Y L C H O L A N T H R E N E S- a potent carcinogenic hydrocarbon C21H16 obtained from certain bile acids and cholesterol as well as synthetically





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P A M P H L E T E E R E D-A writer of pamphlets or other short works taking a partisan stand on an issue.







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I have been playing a lot of Hangman and I have come across some really weird words. I thought I would keep track of the ones that I didn't know.







P H O S P H A T I D Y L E T H A N O L A M I N E- any of a group of phospholipids that occur especially in blood plasma and in the white matter of the central nervous system called also cephalin



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