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51. syntheticity (sĭn-thĕ'tĭs'ĭ-tē)
- a. (n.) An object's state of being synthetic. To possess syntheticity is to be a synthetic thing. As opposed to organicity.
52. tar circles (tär sûr'kəls)
- a. (n.pl.) Strange circles and other shapes found etched into a road that are sometimes believed to be created by flying saucers.
53. thermoometer (thər-müm'ĭ-tər)
- a. (n.) A meter that displays the mood of the outdoor temperature; a thermometer that does not correctly indicate the real temperature.
Example: The thermoometer says it's cool out, but that sun is blazing.
54. tractionate (trăk'shən-āt)
- a. (v.) The act by which a creature without apparent feet will move from place to place, such as with a snail; this only applies to creatures that can move across walls and/or upside down. Note: Snakes don't tractionate - they slither.
55. tripendicular (trī'pən-dĭk'yə-lər)
- a. (adj.) akin to, or the disorienting view one has while falling or moving as in an arc, or in a direction other than just horizontal or vertical.
Example: They traveled tripendicularly on the roller coaster.
56. UBD (yü-bē-dē)
- a. (acro.) User Brain Damage; an abbreviation used to close out trouble reports originally created because of a clueless user's misunderstanding.
57. uge (yüj)
- a. (adj.) Extremely large.
Example: Sally has a uge head.
58. unobtanium (ŭn'əb-tā'nē-əm)
- a. (n.) An alloy found in exotic engine performance parts or materials that is nearly impossible to get.
59. waveicle (wāv'ĭ-kəl)
- a. (n.) Light. Something that is both a wave and particle.
60. wirely (wīr-lē)
- a. (adj.) Having thin, long appendages such as tentacles or proboscis.
61. wordematician (wûrd'ə-mə-tĭsh'ən)
- a. (n.) The occupation or title of one who creates words.
Example: From a combination of word and mathematician.
62. zeroth (zîr'ōth)
- a. (adj.) Equal to one; The ordinal number matching the number zero in a series; when a number is not to a power at all in math and it is entirely not there.
Note: This word has been officially defined as early as 1997.
