dilata'bility

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dilate (daɪˈleɪt, dɪ-) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  to expand or cause to expand; make or become wider or larger: the pupil of the eye dilates in the dark
2.  (intr; often foll by on or upon) to speak or write at length; expand or enlarge
 
[C14: from Latin dīlātāre to spread out, amplify, from dis- apart + lātus wide]
 
di'latable
 
adj
 
dilata'bility
 
n
 
di'latableness
 
n
 
di'lation
 
n
 
dilatation
 
n
 
dila'tational
 
adj
 
dilative
 
adj

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Dilata'bility is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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