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  • BoggleOtaku
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    • Feb 2019
    • 187

    #406
    I found as obsolete spelling of deraign; maybe this definition was unintendedly left out of lexic.

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    • Nylimb
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      • Mar 2015
      • 45

      #407
      Thanks, BoggleOtaku. That sounds plausible. The Oxford English Dictionary lists that meaning, and also an obsolete use from the 1500s where it meant "To rain down, fall as rain.": https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?q=derain

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      • Somervillain
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        • Jan 2023
        • 3

        #408
        Apparently something can be RADIOSTERILIZED, but one cannot RADIOSTERILIZE it.

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        • DrPlacebo
          Member
          • Feb 2019
          • 281

          #409
          Unexpected compound word: got points for AIRSTONE and AIRSTONES.

          Noun. A piece of aquarium furniture, traditionally limewood or porous stone, whose purpose is to diffuse oxygen gradually into the tank, eliminating the noise and large bubbles of conventional air filtration systems.

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