xy'lotomist

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xylotomy (zaɪˈlɒtəmɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
the preparation of sections of wood for examination by microscope
 
xy'lotomist
 
n

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Xy'lotomist is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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.
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