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'''caries''' 
tooth decay, leading to a cavity (always used in plural form)

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'''"...a regular verb, transitive..."''' 
In English, ''regular'' verbs end in -ed (or -d, for infinitives that end in -e) in the past simple or the past participle. An irregular verb does not follow this rule. For example, "implore," a regular verb, is "implored" in the past simple tense. "Fall," an irregular verb, becomes "fell" in the past simple tense.

A ''transitive'' verb is able to take a direct object. For example, "I implore you." Intransitive verbs generally necessitate a preposition: "I look at you."

'''continentally ranked''' 
ranking of players in North America, see, e.g., [[Pages_3-27#onancaa|O.N.A.N.C.A.A.]]

'''supplication''' 
The act of asking earnestly; begging; making an entreaty.

'''OED''' 
The abbreviation for "Oxford English Dictionary."

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'''Webster's 7th''' 
Webster's Dictionary, 7th edition.

'''moniker''' 
nickname

'''apprised''' 
informed

'''consummate''' 
Highly skilled; perfect.

'''Byzantine erotica''' 
The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle Ages. A cursory google search for "Byzantine Erotica" reveals not very much at all. The topic is either as esoteric as it seems or a DFW invention.

'''fly-by-night''' 
Untrustworthy.

'''pejorative''' 
derogatory, disparaging (Hal indicating that the phrase "my reputation preceded me" is generally used in a pejorative sense)

'''Alexandrian''' 
Referring to the reign of the Byzantine emperor Alexander who ruled from 879-913 c.e.

'''Constantinian''' 
Presumably referring to the reign of Constantine "the Great", Byzantine emperor from 306–337 c.e.

'''"...intra-provincial crisis..."''' 
A crisis occurring within a province.

'''racy mosaics''' 
Referring to aforementioned Byzantine Erotica. Mosaics are detailed pictures created with very small pieces of stone.

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'''sordid liaison''' 
A distasteful or morally wrong secret sexual relationship.

'''amanuensis-cum-operative''' 
The professional conversationalist is saying that Luria P----- is both an amanuensis--a secretary who takes dictation--and a secret agent.

'''lexical prodigy''' 
A child who is exceptionally talented with words.

'''avant-garde''' 
Marked by unusual, cutting-edge artistic ideas.

'''Der Spiegel''' 
A German news-weekly magazine, known for investigative journalism; literally, ''The Mirror''.

'''Wild Turkey''' 
[http://www.wildturkeybourbon.com/ Bourbon.]

'''jew's-ear''' 
a species of edible fungus. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auricularia_auricula-judae

'''malevolent''' 
evil

'''Ottawan papparazzo''' 
A photo-journalist from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa Ottawa] who seeks out impromptu unauthorized shots of the rich and famous.

'''alpenstock''' 
a metal-tipped staff used by mountaineers

'''Bavarian''' 
Originating from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria Bavaria.]

'''"...ill-swallowed cocktail onion..."''' 
The editor choked on a cocktail onion.

'''Albertan''' 
From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta Alberta.]

'''countenance''' 
Admit as possible.

'''assignation''' 
a meeting between lovers; tryst

'''blithe''' 
casually indifferent

'''cavortings''' 
sexual pursuits

'''near-eastern''' 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_East Ambiguous.]

'''medical attaches''' 
Here, a medical attache is a specialist who assists a wealthy or powerful person's personal physician.

'''"...stereochemically not dissimilar..."''' 
similar, based on the spatial arrangement of atoms

'''hypodermic''' 
injected

'''Jivaro''' 
Jivaro Indians are native to eastern Ecuador and Peru. They are associated with shrunken heads.

'''South-Central L.A.''' 
An area of Los Angeles known for extreme crime and violence.

'''Basin''' 
A natural depression in the earth. Used often in geological and anthropological contexts.

'''Ralston''' 
breakfast cereal

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'''priapistic-entertainment cartridge''' 
priapistic: Persistent, usually painful erection of the penis, especially as a consequence of disease and not related to sexual arousal.

'''fifth wall''' 
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall "fourth wall"] is a term used in theater to describe the imaginary wall that separates the stage from the audience. The "fifth wall" could be an extrapolation of this concept, meaning a wall separating an actor from a critic or separating two people sharing the same experience.

'''oral-lyrologist''' 
likely refers to someone who plays a ''jew's-harp'' as evidenced by references to theory of oral lyres on page 30, and as it is a musical instrument similar to a lyre, but played orally.

=☽ May 9th, YDAU - Orin calls Hal=
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'''locutions''' 
Sayings; phrases.

'''"I want to tell you...My head is filled with things to say."''' 
These are the first lines of the Beatles song "I Want to Tell You," written by George Harrison (1943-2001).

'''"I don't mind...I could wait forever."''' 
more lyrics from "I Want to Tell You," though not the very next ones

'''Brandt''' 
Another German name, most famously the nom de guerre of the future mayor of West Berlin and Kanzler of Germany, Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm (1913-1922). 
Literally translated,, "Brandt" means "fire".

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=☽ April 1st, YDAU - HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!=

'''Saudi''' 
Of [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/SA.html Saudi Arabia.]

'''diplomatic immunity''' 
Diplomats are granted [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_immunity freedom] from prosecution under a host country's laws.

'''legation''' 
a diplomatic office lower than an embassy

'''idolatrous''' 
Worships idols instead a God.

'''Libertine Statue''' 
I.e., the Statue of Liberty, though calling it this implies sexual promiscuity, even if she is wearing a diaper

'''Montreal''' 
A French-speaking [http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/ city] in the Canadian province of Quebec.

'''apposite''' 
suitable or well adapted

'''Rub' al Khali''' 
Arabic for ''Empty Quarter,'' another name for the Arabian Desert.

'''residency''' 
A stage of specialized medical training in a hospital after graduation from medical school.

'''retinue''' 
A group of advisers accompanying an important person; an entourage.

'''E.N.T.''' 
Abbreviation for "ear-nose-throat."

'''Toblerone''' 
A Swiss-made [http://www.toblerone.com/ chocolate bar].

In the 1990 essay "E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction", DFW uses Toblerone to point out that treats are acceptable in small amounts but harmful if consumed in large amounts. "One can only guess at what volume of gin or poundage of Toblerone six hours of Special Treat a day would convert to." ''(" E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction." A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. (1997): 37.)''

'''maxillofacial''' 
pertaining to or affecting the jaws and face

'''''Candida albicans''''' 
the Latin name for a fungus that causes, among other disorders, thrush

'''intestinal flora''' 
Referring to ''Candida albacans'', one of the microorganisms that lives in the human mouth and intestines.

'''monilial sinusitis''' 
Inflammation of the nasal sinus caused by fungus of the genus ''Monila''.

'''thrush''' 
A fungal infection caused by (here) ''Candida albicans''. Sort of a yeast infection of the mouth.

'''DeBakey''' 
Michael Ellis DeBakey (1908-2008) is a world-famous heart surgeon.

'''''ad valorem''''' 
Latin: according to the value

'''nauseous''' 
Correctly used here. This word means "tending to cause nausea." If one has nausea, they are "nauseated."

'''veritable''' 
Genuine

'''nonpareil''' 
unrivaled

'''sumptuous''' 
splendid; expensive

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'''Scottsdale''' 
a suburb about 19 miles east-northeast of Phoenix

'''sufism''' 
a mystic strain of Islam

'''Pir Valayat''' 
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (1916-2004) was a British-born Sufi.

'''kif''' 
Arabic for marijuana in leaf form, as opposed to hashish

'''''shari'a-halal''''' 
An Arabic term akin to the Jewish ''kosher,'' this means that food has been prepared in accordance with Islamic law.

'''Back Bay Hilton''' 
This is a real hotel, with a Web site [http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/BOSBHHH-Hilton-Boston-Back-Bay-Massachusetts/index.do here].

'''nystatin''' 
an anti-fungal drug

'''stiptics''' 
A styptic is a chemical that stops bleeding.

'''promulgated''' 
make widely known

'''imperial''' 
a small pointed beard.

'''detritus''' 
debris

'''silk-analog''' 
molecularly similar to silk

'''recursive''' 
repetitive

'''dyspeptic''' 
irritable

'''penitent''' 
showing regret for having done wrong

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'''necrosis''' 
a term for death of bodily tissue

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'''triptych''' 
a three-part art display

'''O.N.A.N.M.A.''' 
Organization of North American Nations Medical Assocation

'''actinomycete-class antibiotics''' 
antibiotics effective against Gram-positive bacteria called actinobacteria

'''CBC/PATHÉ''' 
CBC is the Canadian Broadcasting Company. PATHÉ is probably the French entertainment company Pathé Frères (Pathé Brothers).

'''''Nass''''' 
Arabic for "people". Referring to a fictional Arabic version of "People Magazine"

=YTSDB - Wardine & Roy Tony=

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'''double dutch''' 
a type of rope jumping where two ropes are used

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'''Brighton Projects''' 
presumably high-rise, low-income housing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton,_Boston,_Massachusetts Brighton]

'''Shedd Spread''' 
a brand of [http://www.countrycrock.com/products.asp margarine]

'''wraithlike''' 
A wraith is a type of ghost.

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'''nocturnal emitter''' 
a boy who has a wet dream

'''anfractuous''' 
full of twists and turns

=☽ YDAU - Mario and Hal talk before sleep=

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'''petulant''' 
unreasonably irritable

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'''''Tosca''''' 
The title of an opera by Italian composer Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (1858-1924), which premiered in 1900.

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'''agoraphobic''' 
suffering from an irrational fear of going outside

'''portcullis''' 
This is "a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage" (''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'').

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'''2010h. on 1 April''' 
The medical attaché has been watching for forty-three minutes.

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=HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! cont.=
=October, YDAU - Orin in Phoenix, AZ=
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'''Ambush''' 
a [http://www.100perfumes.com/forums/Perfume/m12442.htm real perfume]

Ambush: To attack from a concealed position. Orin's fear of commitment, fear that the "subject" is trying to entrap him i.e marriage.

'''Home with the team''' 
It's already been mentioned that Orin plays professional football. He must play for the Arizona Cardinals.

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'''''Blattaria implacblus''''' 
''Blattaria'' is the order that contains the several genus and species of cockroaches. The Latin phrase really means "implacable cockroach."

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'''fantods''' 
A state of fidgetiness, uneasiness, or unreasonableness; nervous depression or apprehension; "the fidgets;" "the creeps;" "the willies." See online dictionary [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fantod here]

'''Chalmette''' 
an eastern suburb of New Orleans

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'''kippers''' 
cured herring

'''Mrs. Avril M. T. Incandenza''' 
Hal's mother is named for the first time.

'''phylacteryish''' 
Remove "-ish" and you have the English word for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin tefillin].

'''imprimatur''' 
sanction or approval

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'''Positron-Emission Topography''' 
According to Wikipedia, this is "a nuclear medicine medical imaging technique that produces a three-dimensional image or map of functional processes in the body."

'''positrons''' 
the sub-atomic particles that are the opposite of electrons

'''Fritz Lang''' 
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (1890-1976) was a Viennese-born Austrian-American director. His science fiction film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136 Metropolis] (1927) presents a dystopian future where people are oppressed by technology.

'''''Moment'' magazine''' 
This is a Jewish-interest [http://www.momentmag.com/ magazine].

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'''Pandora's box of worms''' 
a mixed metaphor of "Pandora's box" and "can of worms," neither of which can be shut again once they're opened

=☽ YDAU - Hal getting covertly high=
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'''one-hitter''' 
a small marijuana pipe that will provide one "hit" of marijuana per packing

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'''Partridge, KS''' 
A town in Kansas about 55 miles north-northwest of Wichita

'''Charles Tavis''' 
I.e., C.T.

'''gizzard''' 
the digestive organ of a bird

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'''Bob Hope''' 
Cockney rhyming slang for "dope"

'''neo-Georgian''' 
modern-day architecture that approximates that of the Georgian period, from 1714 (accession of George I of the U.K.) to 1830 (death of George III)

[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_3|Endnote 3]]
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'''spherocubular''' 
Another neologism, presumably meaning having characteristics of both a sphere and cube -- a three-dimension "squircle".

'''Leith''' 
A homonym of Lethe, the name of the river in Greek mythology whose water, if drunk, will erase one's memory. In keeping with the optics theme, Emmett Leith was an inventor in the field of holography. Walt Disney, of course, was a well known film producer and director.

'''Dr. James O. Incandenza''' 
Hal's father's full name is given for the first time.

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'''dendriurethane''' 
This substance does not actually exist. An educated guess is that it is a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyurethane polyurethane] that comes from trees, ''dendri'' being Greek for "tree."

'''twenty meters''' 
almost twenty-two yards

'''unfenestrated''' 
having no windows

'''two meter''' 
a little over 6.5 ft

'''banshee''' 
In Irish mythology, the banshee is female spirit, who acts as an omen of death. They are known for "keening," i.e., shrieking.

'''flange''' 
a plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe

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'''post-latency''' 
after the latency period that Freud posited in his four-stage theory of psychosexual development in children

[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_5|Endnote 5]]

[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_5a|Endnote 5a]]

[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_6|Endnote 6]]

[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_7|Endnote 7]]

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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_8|Endnote 8]]

[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_8a|Endnote 8a]]

'''mushrooms or X''' 
psilocybin mushrooms or MDMA (called ecstasy)

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'''Interdependent regions''' 
I.e., Canada

'''prorectors''' 
members of a management body of a university, each managing his/her specific area

'''the Show''' 
professional tennis

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'''Kodiak''' 
a brand of chewing tobacco

'''quail''' 
to shrink back in fear

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=HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! cont.=
'''0020h''' 
The medical attaché has now been watching for four hours and fifty-three minutes.

=Mario's designated function around ETA=
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'''filmic''' 
having to do with motion pictures

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=Autumn, YDPAH - Gately's crime=

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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_12a|Endnote 12a]]

'''élan''' 
enthusiastic vigor or liveliness

'''Revere Holding''' 
a jail, obviously -- probably the jail for Revere, Mass., just north of Boston

'''P.D.''' 
public defender

[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_13|Endnote 13]]

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'''dictum''' 
a maxim or saying

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'''''Globe''''' 
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boston_Globe ''Boston Globe.''] The main daily newspaper of Boston, MA.

'''Marblehead''' 
A town in Essex County, Mass., home to a yachting resort. It's about 15 miles northeast of the city on the water.

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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_17|Endnote 17]]

'''''International Affairs'' and ''Interdependent Affairs''''' 
The first magazine is real; the second is not.

'''teak chiffonier''' 
a piece of furniture, one of which you can see [http://www.artfact.com/catalog/viewLot.cfm?lotCode=4xRrS2JB here]

'''Berkshires''' 
the mountainous region in the westernmost portion of Massachusetts, a popular vacation spot

'''adenoidal''' 
sounding as if the nose were pinched due to enlarged lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula

'''van Dyke''' 
a goatee

'''rheumy''' 
watery and unhealthy

'''apocopes''' 
losses of syllables from words, particularly unstressed vowels

'''M. Café-brand Automatic Café-au-Lait maker''' 
half coffee and half milk in a large cup, as drunk in France. M. Café as in 'Mr. Coffee".

'''gangrenously tight''' 
I.e., so tight as to cause gangrene, i.e., death of tissue due to lack of blood

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'''grippe''' 
flu

'''pre-British-takeover Québecois''' 
The British took over Quebec on September 8, 1760.

'''grackles''' 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerine passernine] birds native to North America

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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_19|Endnote 19]]

'''intercostal''' 
pertaining to the ribs or the muscles around them

'''Montreal Tulip Fest''' 
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Tulip_Festival Canadian Tulip Festival] actually takes place in Ottawa, Ontario, and Gatineau, Quebec, which border each other.

'''Guillaume DuPlessis''' 
A man by this name was one of the first French Calvinist settlers on the island of St. Kitts in the 17th century.

'''250 clicks due east''' 
Clicks are kilometers. Two hundred fifty km is about 155 miles.

'''lividity''' 
the change of color in skin brought on by livor mortis, an after-death phenomenon when blood settles in the body at low points of gravity

'''comme-il-faut''' 
French: As is necessary

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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]

'''932/1864''' 
I don't know what the numbers mean, but the first is half of the second.

'''R.I.S.C.''' 
reduced instruction set computer, i.e., a computer that takes a limited set of commands

'''Primestar''' 
a direct broadcast satellite network active in the 1990s

'''D.S.S.''' 
digital satellite system

'''pixel-free''' 
smooth and not pixelated

'''baud''' 
a unit equal to bits per second; a baud rate is the number of bits per second a modem can send/receive

'''''couture''''' 
French for "fashion"

'''nanoprocessors''' 
very small processors -- smaller than microprocessors

'''chromotography''' 
Here misspelled, chromatography is "any of various techniques for the separation of complex mixtures that rely on the differential affinities of substances for a gas or liquid mobile medium and for a stationary adsorbing medium through which they pass, such as paper, gelatin, or magnesia" (''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'').

'''carpal neuralgia''' 
nerve pain in the bones of the hand

'''phosphenic migraine''' 
the phenomenon of seeing lights accompanying a migraine

'''gluteal hyperadiposity''' 
excessive fat in the buttocks

'''lumbar stressae''' 
back stress

=November 3rd, YDAU - Troeltsch's illness=
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'''Jim Troeltsch''' 
The most famous person with this surname is [http://people.bu.edu/wwildman/WeirdWildWeb/courses/mwt/dictionary/mwt_themes_705_troeltsch.htm Ernst Troeltsch] (1865-1923), a German Protestant theologian and philosopher of religion and history.

'''Narberth PA''' 
A wealthy, 1 square-mile borough west of Philadelphia and part of the larger "Main Line" suburban area running from Philadelphia to Malvern.

'''meatus''' 
a natural bodily opening

[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_21|Endnote 21]]

'''OTC''' 
over the counter

'''expectorants''' 
drugs that induce phlegm-producing coughing

'''pertussives''' 
cough suppressants

'''megaspansules''' 
a combination of mega + span + capsule, these would be large, time-released capsules

==Endnote 22==

'''mucoid dessicators''' 
drugs that dry up phlegm

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'''Rader''' 
If the name is pronounced with a "long a," as in the Oakland football team, a famous person with this last name was Erich Johann Albert Raeder (1876-1960), a World War II-era German grand admiral, sentenced to life at Nuremberg but served only nine years.

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'''nebulizer''' 
something that turns a liquid into a spray

'''fugue-state''' 
According to Wikipedia, a fugue state is "a state of mind characterized by abandonment of personal identity, along with the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics of individuality."

'''prolix''' 
extended to a great, unneedy length

=Nightmares=
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'''rhinoviri''' 
Wallace's plural for rhinovirus, one of dozens of variations of the virus that causes the common cold, also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus rhinoviruses]

'''mucosa''' 
An absorptive/secretive tissue layer in the body; here, in Troeltsch's throat or nose

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'''matte''' 
as an adjective, having a dull or lusterless finish

'''bolections''' 
mouldings that cover joints

'''snuff-white''' 
Snuff is grayish to yellowish brown in color; snuff-white must be that color, but lighter.

'''reglets''' 
narrow, flat moldings

'''rheostats''' 
continuously variable electronic resistors

'''shank''' 
part of the leg between the knee and ankle

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