stridulate /STRIJ-uh-layt/ - to make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures — used especially of male insects (such as crickets or grasshoppers)
I was familiar with this word, though couldn't quite place it in the couple seconds I gave myself before clicking through to the write-up. I can't remember where I encountered it before - perhaps in an old Dictionary Devil puzzle - and could have sworn I'd already included it in a blog post, but didn't find it when I searched. I would pronounce it /STRID-you-layt/.esemplastic /ess-em-PLASS-tik/ - shaping or having the power to shape disparate things into a unified whole
God does this all the time.And one from the Dictionary Devil:
rebozo /rih-BOH-'zoh/ - a long scarf worn chiefly by Mexican women
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