sabot /SA-boh/. noun. A wooden shoe or clog. A sleeve that holds and guides a projectile through a rifle tube. In baccarat, the box or shoe for dealing cards. In Australia, a small, snub-nosed dinghy. From Old French çabot, a blend of çavate (old shoe) and bote (boot).
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tribology
tribology /triy-BAWL-ə-jee/. noun. The study of fiction, lubrication and wear between interacting surfaces. From Greek tribos (rubbing) + -logy (suffix indicating science, study, theory).
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ruction
ruction /RUK-shən/. noun. A noisy disturbance; an uproar. Etymology unclear, but possibly derived from insurrection (not to mention destruction, which was first recorded almost 500 years earlier), or even eruption. See also: ruckus (rumpus + ruction?), rumpus, rookery and ruffle.
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beaver
beaver /BEE-vər/. noun or verb. A large, amphibious rodent. To work industriously and eagerly at something.
tropism
tropism /TROH-pizm/. noun. The movement of an organism in reaction to some stimulus. Instinctual tendencies.
colophon
colophon /KAWL-ə-fən/. noun. A section in a book detailing the book’s production. A publishers logo, emblem or mark.
wolf
wolf /wuulf/. noun or verb. A large, dog-like mammal. A voracious or cruel person. To gulp down.
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