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  • 101jalapeño — also jalapeno noun (plural ños; also nos) Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from jalapeño, adjective, of Jalapa Date: 1939 a small plump dark green chili pepper of Mexico and the southern U.S. called also jalapeño pepper …

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  • 102kudu — also koodoo noun (plural kudu or kudus; also koodoo or koodoos) Etymology: Afrikaans koedoe, from Khoikhoi kudu b, kudu s Date: 1777 a large grayish brown African antelope (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) with large annulated spirally twisted horns;… …

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  • 103metallize — also metalize transitive verb (metallized; also metalized; metallizing; also metalizing) Date: 1594 to coat, treat, or combine with a metal • metallization noun …

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  • 104Mohammedan — also Muhammadan adjective Date: 1681 of or relating to Muhammad or Islam • Mohammedan also Muhammadan noun • Mohammedanism also Muhammadanism noun …

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  • 105Pashtun — also Pushtun noun (plural Pashtuns; also Pushtuns or Pashtun; also Pushtun) Etymology: Pashto paštun, paxtun Date: 1815 a member of a people of eastern and southern Afghanistan and adjacent parts of Pakistan …

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  • 106pyrolyze — also pyrolize transitive verb ( lyzed; also lized; lyzing; also lizing) Date: 1932 to subject to pyrolysis • pyrolyzable adjective • pyrolyzer noun …

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  • 107stomodeum — also stomodaeum noun (plural stomodea; also stomodaea) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek stoma mouth + hodaion, neuter of hodaios being on the way, from hodos way Date: 1876 the embryonic anterior ectodermal part of the alimentary canal or tract • …

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  • 108tranquilize — also tranquillize verb ( ized; also lized; izing; also lizing) Date: 1623 transitive verb to make tranquil or calm ; pacify; especially to relieve of mental tension and anxiety by means of drugs intransitive verb 1 …

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  • 109transsexual — also transexual noun Date: 1957 a person who psychologically identifies with the opposite sex and may seek to live as a member of this sex especially by undergoing surgery and hormone therapy to obtain the necessary physical appearance (as by… …

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  • 110Wahhabi — also Wahabi noun Etymology: Arabic wahhābī, from Muḥammad b. ‘Abd al Wahhāb (Abdul Wahhab) died 1787 Arabic religious reformer Date: 1807 a member of a puritanical Muslim sect founded in Arabia in the 18th century by Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab and …

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