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vocable noun

A word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning. A syllable or sound without specific meaning, used together with or in place of actual words in a song

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gooseberry noun

A fruit closely related to the currant. Any of several other unrelated fruits, such as the Chinese gooseberry (kiwifruit) or the Indian gooseberry (amla). (British, informal) An unwanted additional person: Robert and Susan were so in love that nobody could go near them without feeling like a gooseberry

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rally cap noun

(US, baseball) A baseball cap worn inside-out and backwards, or in another unconventional manner, by players or fans, as a talisman in order to will a team into a come-from-behind rally late in the game

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chirality noun

The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, of objects being unidentical mirror images of each other, like a person's left and right hands

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