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===== vreemde woordenboek - dictionary of curious words ===== | |
[[Reading Notes]] | |
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**'Universiteit voor Zelfstudie'** from a Dutch dictionary of curious words from the which looks like its from the 50ies. | |
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Words are in the Dutch spelling, but the English can probably be derived from them and sometimes I already have. | |
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**agas asellum** **drijf een ezel zoveel ge wilt, het blijft een ezel.** (L)= how ever much you push a donkey, it will remain a donkey- | |
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**agonische lijn / agonic line?** //denkbeeldige lijn die alle puten op aarde verbindt waarr de magneetnaal geen afwijking vertoont van het eigenlijke Noorden.// = imaginary line connecting all points on the earth's surface where the magnet needle does not digress away from the true North- | |
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**allantiasis** **worstvergiftiging.** = sausage-poisoning- | |
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**allotropie** **vormverscheidenheid.** = diversity of form in the way carbon can take the form of coal or diamond- | |
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**allopsychose / allospychosis** **geestesziekte, waarbij de voorstellingen omtrent de buitenwereld gestoord zijn.** = disease of the mind involving a disturbed mental image of the world.- | |
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**allotrioguesie** **stoornis in de smaakgewaarwording, smaakhallucinatie.** = taste hallucination- | |
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**allopelagisch / allopelagic** **op alle diepten van de zee kunnen leven.** = can live at all depths of the sea- | |
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**allotriophagie** **Het nuttigen van niet tot eten bestemde of geschikte stoffen of voorwerpen bijv. uit krankzinnigheid of uit nood door drenkelingen of op onherbergzame plaatsen terechtgekomen.** = the eating of substances and objects which are usually not considered food, due to insanity or out of desperation when stranded or otherwise isolated- | |
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**anagalactisch / anagalactic?** = situated outside of the Milky Way. | |
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**anaglyphen / anaglyphs** = stereoscopic image using a red and green image. | |
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**androgenese / androgenesis** **ontwikkeling van een levend organisme uitsluitend uit mannelijke cellen.** = an organism that develops exclusively out off masculine cells- | |
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**androphaag** = man-eater. | |
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**anemophylie** = pollination by wind. | |
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**anisophyllie** = the appearance of two or more different shapes of leaves on a plant. | |
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**antediluviaal / antediluvian** = from before the biblical flood, ancient. | |
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**aphagie** **onvermogen om te slikken.** = inability to swallow- | |
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**apogeotropisme** **neiging zich te gedragen in strijd met de zwaartekracht.** = the inclination to behave contrary to the laws of gravity, in the way a branch or twig bends itself upwards- | |
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**apotoom** **verschil tussen twee onmeetbare grootheden.** = mathematics: difference between two immeasurable numbers- | |
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**aprioristisch / aprioristic?** = decision made before having gotten to know the facts or before having made a study. | |
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**aplanaat** = lens that shows no distortion of picture or color at the edges. | |
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**aplasie** = full or partial standstill in growth of tissue or organs. | |
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**apperceptie / apperception** **bewuste, beoordelende en opzettelijke waarneming.** = conscious, critical and deliberate observation, | |
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**astrobolisme** = the blasting of plants by the summer-sun. | |
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**astrolith** = stone originating from the sky. | |
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**asylum ignoratiae** (L)= refuge for ignorance. | |
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**athaumasie** **het zich nergens over verwonderen als voorwaarde voor zielsrust en gelukzaligheid.** = lack of wonder or indifference as a source of inner peace- | |
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**augur** = birddowser, fortuneteller of ancient Rome -_vogelwichelaar, waarzegger, voorspeller._ | |
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**autopathie** **eigen gewaarwording, zelfervaring.** = self-perception- | |
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**autostasie** = state of balance between the animate and the inanimate in nature. | |
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**autotrophisch / autotropic** **zichzelf voedend zonder voedsel aan e omgeving te onttrekken.** = sustains itself without subtracting nourishment from the environment (bacteria and plants) - | |
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**autotropisme** **neiging van planten om in een rechte lijn of vaste richting te groeien of de oorspronkelijke vorm weer aan te nemen.** = inclination of -plants to grow in a certain direction or to return to a previous (or is it prior) form- | |
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**biomantie** = fortune telling specified to predicting the life-span of a person. | |
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**bletonisme** = the art of finding water under ground. | |
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**bolide** = kind of meteorite, known also as a fire-ball. | |
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**bromatologie** **kennis of leer van de voedingsmiddelen.** = knowledge of victuals- | |
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**brontologie** = the study or knowledge of thunder. | |
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**carnatie / carnation?** = depiction of human flesh in painting. | |
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**carpoliet / carpolith?** = petrified remains of fruit. | |
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**cataphorie** **ongelijke stand inhoogte van de ogen.** = varied position in height of the eyes- | |
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**clinomanie** = pathological compulsion to lie in bed- _ziekelijke zucht om in bed te liggen.- | |
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**cochenille** **scharlakenluis, schildluis die een rode verfstof oplevert.** = 'scarlet-louse', coccus that is the source of a red pigment- | |
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**cognitie** = nice dutch translation: kenvermogen, which means the ability to know or 'know-capacity'. | |
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**cononten / conodonts?** = petrified remains of teeth and jaws of worms in very old layers of earth. | |
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**couldrofobie / couldrophobia** = irrational fear of clowns. | |
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**cybernetica / cybernetics** = in this book from the 50-ies it is described as 'stuurmanskunst'= steersmanship. | |
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**cyanthropie** = delusion causing the sufferer to believe he is a dog. | |
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**deipnosophist** = a person killed in dinner-table conversation. | |
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**diamonelix** = man-sized open sandstone spiral found in certain West-Nebraska regions, thought to be the petrified remains of the fillings of the boroughs of prehistoric rodents. | |
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**dermatorragie** = skinbleed, sweat of blood. (sound like something hagiographic.) | |
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**dilettant** **kunstzinnige of wetenschappelijke beunhaas.** (F)= artistic or scientific bungler- | |
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**dirigeable** **bestuurbaar luchtschip.** (F)= controllable airship- | |
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**drapetomanie / drapetomania?** **ziekelijke zucht to zwerven of weglopen.** = pathological compulsion to roam or wander or run away- | |
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**dysteleologie** **leer van de doelloosheid in de natuur.** = study of uselessness in nature- | |
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**echokinesie ,echomatisme, echomimie** = pathological compulsion to mimic movements. | |
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**echolalie** = pathological compulsion to repeat ones own words or words spoken by others. | |
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**entomologie** = knowledge of insects. | |
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**entomoliet / entomolith?** = petrified insect. | |
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**epagogisch / epagogic?** **gaande van het bijzondere naar het algemene.** = moving from the particular to the common- | |
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**epeolartie /epeolatry** = worshipping of words. | |
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**epheliden / ephelids** = summer-freckles. | |
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**epicantus** = mongolian fold in the eye-lid. | |
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**epizoisch / epizoic?** = living on the body of an animal. | |
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**erratica** = wandering-stones. | |
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**fucologie / fucology?** = knowledge of seaweeds. | |
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**fumigatie / fumigation?** = smoking-out an enclosure on a ship or in a hospital to disinfect. | |
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**fungilore** = knowledge of legends and folklore about fungi. | |
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**galantisme** = pretending to be science, superficial science. | |
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**galeanthropie** = delusion causing the sufferer to believe he is a cat. | |
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**geonomie / geonomy?** = knowledge of earth and its potential for farming. | |
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**geostropische wind / geostropic wind?** = wind that gets its energy fro the axial rotation of the earth. | |
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**geotropisme** = the inclination to conform to the laws of gravity, in the way a branch or twig hangs down. | |
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**glytognosie** = knowledge of stone cutting. | |
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**haruspex** = religious official in ancient Rome who interpreted omens by inspecting the entrails of sacrificial animals. | |
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**entzauberung** **onttovering** (G)= 'de-magic-fication' of nature, enlightenment- | |
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**hamartologie** = knowledge of sins. | |
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**heteromorphisme** = the ability of some crystals to take several different crystalline forms. | |
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**hydrometeoren / hydrometeorites** = everything that falls from clouds. | |
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**hypnagotische hallucinatie** = dreamlike image seen shortly before dosing-off, that is connected to the subject of thought of that moment. | |
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**iconolatrie** = veneration of statues or images (beelden in dutch.) | |
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**ideoplasie** **verandering of vervoming van de organische stof onder invloed van geestelijke werking.** = changing or deforming of organic tissue due to mental influence- | |
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**immanentie / immanence?** **inwonen van de goddelijke geest in de natuur of de stof.** = the being present of the holy ghost in nature or matter- | |
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**indicatoridae** = type of bird that alerts man to the presence of a bees-nest by the use of sound and wing-movement, in-order to get bee-larvae to eat. | |
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**in silico** (L)= by means of a computer simulation. | |
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**isopsefie** = number magic. | |
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**kerauneurose / kerauneurosis?** = neurological disorder due to thunderstorms. | |
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**kinetogenese** **de leer dat de dierlijke lichaamsbouw voortgekomen is uit hun bewegingen.** = the notion that animal stature originates from the way they move- | |
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**kjökken mödding** (D)= hill of kitchen-garbage left by prehistoric inhabitants of the Danish coast. | |
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**kurassier / cuirassier** = a cavalry soldier that wears a helmet and a chest harness. | |
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**lagopthalmus** = hare-eye- hazenoog. | |
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**lycanthropie** = delusion causing the sufferer to believe he is a wolf. | |
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**malacologie** = knowledge of mollusks. | |
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**manisme** = veneration of forefathers. | |
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**mesosideriet / mesosiderite?** = partially metallic meteor-stone. | |
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**matemerisme** = the division of body of an animal into somewhat similar parts. | |
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**metaplasie** **verandering van een lichaamsweefsel in een andere.** = the changing of one body tissue into an other- | |
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**myrmecologie** = knowledge of ants. | |
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**nadir** = astronomy the point on the celestial sphere directly below an observer, the opposite of the zenith. | |
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**naturaliën** = very rare produces of nature. | |
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**noumenon** (L)= something that exists only in the realm of ideas and cannot be perceived through the senses. | |
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**obscurantisme** = the aim to corrupt the march of progress or the enlightenment of the people. | |
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**oneirologie** = study of dreams. | |
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**oxiopie / oxyopy** = possessing extremely acute eyesight. | |
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**palynologie** = study of pollen. | |
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**paraesthesie** **verkeerde lichamelijke gewaarwording.** = incorrect bodily perception- | |
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**paramorf** = strange form, differing in form. | |
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**philosophaster, sciolist** = a superficial pretender to knowledge. | |
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**photisme** = sensations of color or light caused by sound vibrations. | |
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**phytonomie** = the laws that govern the coming into existance and growth of plants. | |
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**phytopharmacie** = described in dutch as; 'plantenatrsenybereidkunde', so 'plantmedicationpreparationknowledge'. | |
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**plenus venter non studet liberter** (L)= a full stomach doesn't like to study. | |
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**plutocratie** = cultural dominance of the rich, wealth or money. | |
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**potamologie** = study of rivers. | |
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**protistologie** = study of the earliest life-forms. | |
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**pseudaesthesie** **onechte of verkeerde gevoelsgewaarwording.** = unreal or incorrect tactile awareness- | |
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**pseudakusis** **onechte of verkeerde gehoorsgewaarwording.** = unreal or incorrect auditory awareness- | |
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**pseudo blepsie** **gezichtsbedrog.** = unreal or incorrect visual awareness- | |
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**psuedosmie** **onechte of verkeerde reukgewaarwording.** = unreal or incorrect smell awareness- | |
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**Pytthia** = the priestess at the oracle of Delphi who was seated on a tripod over a hole in the earth where the body of a 'slain dragon'(a vulcano) was buried that excreted methane. The largely unintelligable utterings of this woman were interpreted by a priest and would hold informaion about future events. | |
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**quidditeit / quiddity** **het eigenlijke wezen van iets, het wezenlijke deel van iets.** = the elementary or truly essential part of something - | |
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**sarcosoma** = the part of the body that is meat as opposed to the skeleton. | |
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**sciamantie / sciamantia** = fortune-telling by shadows. | |
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**scototropisme** = influence of the dark or shaduws on the behavour of organisms, movement towards the shadow or darkness by organisms. | |
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**selenotropisch/ selenotropic?** = the tendency of a plant to aim itself towards the moon. | |
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**sensiblerie (F)** = exaggerated display of emotional sensitivity. | |
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**Sint Vitus dans / Dance of Saint Vitus?** = neurological disease that brings with it all kinds of sudden and involuntary movements of the limbs, face and muscles. | |
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**spintherisme** = seeing sparkles. | |
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**statuomanie** = exaggerated ambition to erect statues. | |
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**stereognosie** = perceiving an object by the sense of touch. | |
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**stoechiometrie** **leer van de verhoudingen wat betreft gewicht, ruimte en andere grootheden in scheikundige stoffen en hun verbindingen.** = study of relations of weight, size and other measurements of chemical substances and compounds- | |
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**stratificatie** = layered order of stone, sediment, body-tissue etc. | |
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**styliet / stylite** = pillar-saint. | |
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**sylphe / sylphide** = air-phantom, air-god or a nice girl. | |
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**teleologie** **leer van het doel en de doelmatigheid in de Schepping en in de verschijnselen.** = study of the purpose and determination in Creation and phenomena- | |
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**thaumatologie / taumatology** = study of miracles. | |
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**theophanie** = sudden appearance of God. | |
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**trophotaxis** = the adaptaion of an organism to a substance that can serve as food. | |
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**ultracrepidarian (person)** = of somebody who gives opinions on matters beyond his knowledge. | |
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**umami** = the fifth taste. | |
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**xanthopsie** = seeing everything yellow. | |
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**xerophagie** = fasting, eating very soberly. | |
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**xylologie** = study of types of wood. | |
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**zoölatrie** = veneration of animals. | |
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**zoöliet** = petrified animal. | |
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**zoöpsie** = delusion of the mind causing a person to see heaps of crawling animals everywhere.) | |