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Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad
caries
dental cavities
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O.E.D. Condensed Volume Six page 1387 column twelve and a little bit of thirteen
It's the Compact Edition in two volumes, but it's on p. 1387, albeit only in column twelve.
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Byzantine
referring to the era of the Byzantine Empire, ranging roughly from 476 (fall of the Roman Empire in the west) to 1453 (fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
Alexandrian or Constantinian
two eras within the Byzantine era, the first presumably concurrent with the Macedonian dynasty (867-1056) and the second generally seen to date from 306 to 363
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M. DuPlessis
Guillame DuPlessis (The M. is an abbreviation of the honorific "monsieur".), "the most infamous anti-O.N.A.N. organizer north of the Great Concavity." There was a Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis (1890-1959), premier of Québec from 1936 to 1939 and from 1944 to 1959
amanuensis
an ancient word for "secretary"
Luria
While here it appears to be a first name, the name "Luria" is a famous rabbinical name, referring particularly to Rabbi Isaac Luria (1534-1572), the Palestinian-Jewish kabbalist.
Wild Turkey
a popular brand of whiskey
Der Spiegel
A German newspaper, its title translates as The Mirror.
alpenstock
This is "a strong staff with an iron point, used by mountain climbers" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary).
jew's ear
another name for Auricularia auricula-judae, a fungus that grows on trees
jew's harp
a primitive musical instrument
oral lyres
A lyre is an ancient stringed instrument. Presumably an oral lyre is one played by mouth, though a Jew's harp isn't a lyre. It doesn't have strings.
mnemonic
having to do with memory
Jivaro
Indian tribes of the Amazon River basin
Ralston...
a brand name of breakfast cereal
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mise-en-scène
According to Wikipedia, this term refers to "the design aspects of a production" -- here, film.
priapistic
having an erection
anaplastic
abnormally undifferentiated, as of cancer cells
phalluctomy
a misspelling (or misspeaking) of "phallectomy," i.e., surgical removal of the penis
Mondragonoid
characteristic of, or descended from, the Mondragon (mother's) side of Hal's family.
Tuscon Citizen
a genuine newspaper, it is available online here
Schacht
Schacht is German for chute, funnel, duct, etc. The most famous person with this surname was Dr. Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht (1877-1970), head of the Reichsbank under Hitler.
Brighton
a town just west of Boston, bordering the neighborhood of Allston (which is a part of Boston proper). Fictional Enfield appears to occupy space that in reality is a part of both Brighton and Allston
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