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31 Jul 2015, 6:12 pm

Eclectic

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31 Jul 2015, 6:13 pm

(all those letters and no 'r' ... there goes 'cholesterol' and 'hysterectomy' )

Dichotomy

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31 Jul 2015, 6:20 pm

Echolalic

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01 Aug 2015, 3:53 am

Synthetically

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01 Aug 2015, 6:46 am

Leading

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01 Aug 2015, 6:55 am

Synecdochically

(Meaning: by way of a synecdoche – a name for something that is derived from one of its constituent parts, or vice versa. For example, "The Netherlands is sometimes synecdochically called "Holland", which in fact is just one region within the country.")

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01 Aug 2015, 7:29 am

Chocolates

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01 Aug 2015, 8:11 am

Lodestone

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01 Aug 2015, 8:45 am

stoically

edit: New page, so the word is CHOLANGIOCHOLECYSTOCHOLEDOCHECTOMY
and the words so far are: Lodestone, chocolates, synecdochically, leading, synthetically, echolalic, dichotomy, eclectic, theology, cyst, gland, stood, cycles, stoically