what did you look up? (plot, novel, best, development)

[oeccscclhjhn]

Preston Patent Illuminator... installed to improve light and ventilation

Beechey island... island located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago of Nunavut, Canada

Van Diemen's Land... the name of the British crown colony and a name for the island of Tasmania

also looked up this graphic from the kindle version of the book The Terror

[Firehorse66]

bidet...a low basin used for washing

venerable...worthy of respect because of age, dignity, etc.

maudlin...excessively emotional

bourgeois...used variously to mean conventional, smug, materialistic, etc.

tithe...a tenth of one's income paid to a church

dipsomaniacs...those having an abnormal craving for alcoholic drink

bloviated...spoke pompously

guano...the accumulated excrement of seabirds

felicitation...to wish happiness to; congratulate

[oeccscclhjhn]

I look up books all the time.

Wilderness Tips - book

Fatal Passage - book

Erebus... primeval god of darkness, son of Chaos

Grumman Duck

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[Firehorse66]

cavalcade...a procession, as of horsemen, carriages, etc.

threshing...separating the grain or seeds from a plant mechanically

arabesque...an elaborate design consisting of intertwined lines suggesting flowers, foliage, etc.

minaret...a slender tower attached to a mosque

borscht...a beet soup

profligacy...dissolute; recklessly wasteful

fraulein...a German governess

kulak...a rich Russian peasant

nomenclature...the system of names used in a science, etc. or for the parts of a device

opacity...something that is opaque

kopek...a Russian coin

profundity...marked by intellectual depth; deeply felt; thoroughgoing

hydra...a freshwater polyp

kasha...a cooked cereal

obelisk...a four-sided shaft of stone with a pyramidal top

obsequious...servile or fawning

gulag...a forced-labor camp

imperium...absolute power

explicate...to make clear; explain fully

hornbeam...a small tree

arboreal...living in trees

locutions...particular forms of expression

effluvia...byproducts in the form of waste

aphorism...a concise statement of general truth; maxim; adage

kurgan...a mound of earth over a grave

[oeccscclhjhn]

Chomolungma... Tibetan for Mount Everest

Metohkangmi... yeti

Lhakpa La

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[Firehorse66]

trousseau...a bride's clothes, linens, etc.

stalag...a German prisoner-of-war camp

fusty...old-fashioned

balustrade...a railing having an upper rail supported by balusters

declensions...a descent; a decline; the inflection of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives

elocution...the art of public speaking

mottled...marked with blotches, etc. of different colors

prescience...foreknowledge; foresight

interminable...lasting, or seeming to last, forever; endless

myopic...a visual defect

blithe...merry

mirth...spirited gaiety

sagacity...wisdom

breviary...a prayer book

sceptered...to invest with royal authority

gallantry...a courteous act or remark

missal...a prayer book

censure...to criticize severely

dowager...a dignified elderly woman

travail...to toil

aplomb...self-confidence

bier...a coffin stand

[oeccscclhjhn]

moraine... rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by a glacier

couloir... steep, narrow gully on a mountainside.

jumar... clamp that is attached to a fixed rope and automatically tightens when weight is applied and relaxes when it is removed

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[oeccscclhjhn]

Kangchenjunga

Cho Oyu

Lhotse

Gangkhar

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[oeccscclhjhn]

looked up a bunch of books that i then borrowed (kindle) to read later





Blackout (All Clear #1), Connie Willis 2010


All Clear (All Clear #2), Connie Willis 2010



Oxford Time Travel

[jbgusa]

Multiple system atrophy (MSA), a form of Autonomic neuropathy. My wife's cousin died a year ago of MSA at 56. The "celebration" of his life was this past Sunday, causing me to look up the word. What a loss; brilliant and personable young man.