Toponym

The name of a place. From “topo” place and “nomy” rules.

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osmosize

Apparently there is a verb that means: to go through osmosis. Osmosize

bole

The trunk of a tree or the compact soil of clay.

Hypoxia

Hypoxia – Inadequate oxygenation of the blood.

bugaboo

A bugaboo is an object of fear. In the 1980s, Japan’s skyrocketing economy was a bugaboo to American supremacy.

Kvelling

Kvell means to be proud, to gush, to swell, to rejoice over something.

caveat emptor

Caveat emptor means we are responsible for our own decisions. Whether for goods purchased or actions taken, there is not always someone else to blame. Caveat emptor seems to have been often suspended in our litigious society.