Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Döşek Anything that you can use when you are laying down or sleeping Turkish physical
Packesel The person who’s stuck carrying everyone else’s bags on a trip German travel physical
Abditory A place into which you can disappear; a hiding place English physical thinking
Tinga Particles of food left between teeth Tagalog food physical
Jumpa To jump from one floating piece of ice to another Swedish physical nature
Shlep To bring something from one place to another, but with the implication that its a burden to the carrier. Example: I had to shlep the bag of rocks all the way down the road Yiddish physical action
Morgenfrisk Feeling rested after a good night's sleep Danish health physical
Luscofusco Time of nightfall, just with the last ray of Sun Galician physical beauty
Didis To search and pick up lice from one's own hair, usually when in bed at night Indonesian physical adverse
Skare A thin layer of ice on top of snow Swedish physical nature
Kucir A tuft of hair left to grow on top of an otherwise bald head Indonesian physical change
Culaccino The mark left on the table by a cold glass Italian physical food
Aka'aka'a Skin peeling or falling off after either sunburn or heavy drinking Hawaiian physical adverse
Pekopeko Bowing one's head repeatedly in a grovelling manner Japanese physical action
Solkatt The glimmer that reflects the sunshine off a wristwatch Swedish physical beauty
Cúbóg A collection of Easter eggs Irish physical
Umij se Splash water on your face Serbian physical action
Kabelsalat Tangled up cables; literally “cable-salad" German funny physical
S’encoubler To describe a fall, but specifically one where you fell due to being tangled in something French physical event adverse
Resfeber Travel fever/bug; the feeling of excitement and nervousness experienced by a traveller before undertaking a journey. Swedish travel physical
Lha’i rnal ‘byor (ལྷའི་རྣལ་འབྱོར) Deity meditation/yoga; an advanced practice in which one visualises interacting with, or ‘accomplishing’ (i.e., being), a deity. Tibetan awareness physical
Vozdukh (Воздух) "Air" but also "the stack of spirit". To breathe in is to "take the spirit inside". Russian beauty physical
Celístia Brighness from the stars Catalan nature physical
Eshaku A slight bow of around 15 degrees Japanese physical action
Gulugulu The sound of a pitcher filling with water Tulu physical sound




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