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31Shinshūi Wakashū — occasionally abbreviated as Shinshūishū , a title which recollects the Shūi Wakashū , is the 19th imperial anthology of Japanese waka; it was finished late in 1364 CE, a year after Emperor Go Kogon first ordered it in 1363 at the request of the… …
32Potpie (musician) — Occasionally known as DJ Potpie, the sound artist potpie from New Orleans is a prolific solo musician who records and produces his own material, and releases it on the Backporch Revolution label. Often performing with a sine wave generator, he… …
33Bernal, Rosenda — (occasionally spelled Rozenda ) ranchera singer and actress, on screen from the 1970s into the 90s, including some action films …
34karstic — Occasionally used as the adjective form of karst [10] and pertaining to karst landforms or processes [19] …
35pore, pour — Occasionally pour appears where pore is intended. As a verb, pore means to examine carefully ( He pored over the documents ) or, more rarely, to meditate. Pour indicates a flow, either literally ( He poured the water down the drain ) or… …
36Stamford, Stanford — Occasionally confused. Stamford is the name of notable communities in Connecticut and the English county of Lincolnshire. Stanford is the university in Palo Alto, California. The intelligence test is the Stanford Binet test …
37adverse, averse — Occasionally confused. Averse means reluctant or disinclined (think of aversion). Adverse means hostile and antagonistic (think of adversary) …
38careen, career — Occasionally confused when describing runaway vehicles and the like. Careen should convey the idea of swaying or tilting dangerously. If all you mean is uncontrolled movement, use career …
39defuse, diffuse — Occasionally confused, as here: In an attempt to diffuse panic over the disease, he spelled out the ways in which it was spread (Independent). The he here refers to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is hardly likely to wish to scatter panic,… …
40grisly, gristly, grizzly — Occasionally and variously confused. The first means horrifying or gruesome. The second applies to meat that is full of gristle. The third means gray, especially gray haired, and is a cliche when applied to old men …
