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WORD BANK There’s always room for another word!
Cruciverbalist: Someone who enjoys or is skilled at solving crosswords. Mononym: A person’s name consisting of one word, typically a first name without a surname. Eudaemonism: A system of ethics that bases moral value on the likelihood of actions producing happiness.
Pulchritudinous: physically beautiful Psychotomimetic: of, relating to, involving, or inducing psychotic alteration of behavior and personality Trichotillomania: an abnormal desire to pull out one’s hair
Sesquipedalian: characterized by long words; long-winded
Omphaloskepsis: contemplation of one’s navel as an aid to meditation; also: lack of will to move, exert, or change: inertia
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobic: Someone or somebody who is fearful of long words
Myrmecophilous: fond of, associated with, or benefited by ants https://www.merriam-webster.com
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