erroneous+use
21mumpsimus — /mump seuh meuhs/, n., pl. mumpsimuses for 2. 1. adherence to or persistence in an erroneous use of language, memorization, practice, belief, etc., out of habit or obstinacy (opposed to sumpsimus). 2. a person who persists in a mistaken… …
22tidal — (adj.) 1807, a hybrid formation from TIDE (Cf. tide) + Latin derived suffix AL (Cf. al) (1). A tidal wave (1830) is properly high water caused by movements of the tides; erroneous use for tsunami, great ocean wave caused by an earthquake, etc. is …
23alligator — /ˈæləgeɪtə / (say aluhgaytuh) noun 1. any broad snouted representative of the order Crocodylia found in America. 2. (in erroneous use) one of certain types of crocodile or gharial found in other parts of the world, as the Australian saltwater… …
24avocado — /ævəˈkadoʊ / (say avuh kahdoh) noun (plural avocados) 1. a tropical American fruit, green to black in colour and commonly pear shaped, borne by the tree Persea americana, eaten raw, especially as a salad fruit; alligator pear. 2. the tree. Also,… …
25porpoise — /ˈpɔpəs / (say pawpuhs) noun (plural porpoises, porpoise) 1. any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler underneath, and with a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P.… …
26schizophrenic — /skɪtsəˈfrɛnɪk/ (say skitsuh frenik), / ˈfrinɪk/ (say freenik) noun Also, schizophrene. 1. a person who is suffering from schizophrenia. –adjective 2. of or relating to schizophrenia. 3. suffering from schizophrenia. 4. (in popular but erroneous… …
27false Latin — A term used in the earlier English cases for the erroneous use of Latin in a court record or a writ. See vicious for false Latin …
28alum — alum1 [al′əm] n. [ME & OFr < L alumen, alum: for IE base see ALE] 1. a double sulfate of a monovalent metal or radical (as sodium, potassium, or ammonium) with a trivalent metal (as aluminum, iron, or chromium): it is used as an astringent, as …
29warison — [war′ə sən] n. [ME < NormFr, for OFr garison: see GARRISON] 1. Obs. a reward or gift given by a superiora reward or gift given by a superior 2. [from such an erroneous use by SCOTT2 Sir Walter] a note sounded as a signal to attack …
30economic planning — Use of government to make economic decisions with respect to the use of resources. In communist countries with a state planning apparatus, detailed and rigid planning results in a command economy; land, capital, and the means of production are… …
