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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.) |