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Arroyos
An arroyo, also called a wash or draw, is a usually dry creek bed or gulch that temporarily fills with water after a heavy rain, or seasonally.

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Careen
Careen is a nautical term meaning 'to beach a ship for cleaning, caulking, or repairing'.

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Ansae
Ansae is the Latin word for "handles".
ie Many barred galaxies show a set of symmetric enhancements at the ends of the stellar bar, called ansae

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Komatiites
Komatiites are ultramafic mantle-derived volcanic rocks. They have low SiO2, low K2O, low Al2O3, and high to extremely high MgO.

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Thenar
On your palm it is the fleshy pad at the base of the thumb.

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Amphibology
Ambiguity in a phrase or sentence due to bad grammatical structure.
ie, I watched the first moon landing on my TV.

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Insolate
expose to the sun's radiation

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Prolegomenon
Preliminary introduction and remarks at the beginning of presentation or work.

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Prolix
Prolix means speaking or writing in a long winded and verbose manner.