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Runic – consisting of, characterised by, pertaining or relating to, or set down in runes; like runes in decorative interlaced effect, as knots and other figures on monuments; mystical.

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Alee – on or toward the lee of a vessel; situated on the side or a ship sheltered from the wind; away from the weather.

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Owelty –  a lien created or a pecuniary sum paid by order of the court to effect an equitable partition of property (as in divorce) when such a partition in kind would be impossible, impracticable, or prejudicial to one of the parties; equality as established by a sum of money, etc., given in compensation after a division of property into parts of unequal value; the establishment of equality in this way; the difference in price between two such pieces of property.

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Octothorpe – the symbol for the hash symbol; #.

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Gynaeceum – a part of a building set apart for women in an ancient Greek or Roman house; women’s apartments.

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Hooptedoodle – the type of overly wordy prose that gets in the way of propelling a story forward.

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Prosumer – a customer who wants to buy very high-quality technical products or equipment; a consumer who becomes involved with designing or customising products for their own needs; an amateur user, or buyer, of electronic equipment that is of a standard suitable for professional use.