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Litter: Accumulations of dead leaves in various states of fragmentation and decomposition

Splitter: A splitter is a passive device or diplexer (one with no active electronic components) which distributes a television signal carried on a cable in two or more paths and sends it to a number o . . . View Full Definition

Glitter Rock: Theatrical, flamboyant rock style popular in the 1970s.

Kitty Litter: Another term for a sand-filled bunker

Beam Splitter: Mirror and prism system capable of partly reflecting, partly transmitting light.

Symbolic Word: In linguistics, this is a new word created because it sounds similar to another word with strong semantic associations. Algeo lists examples such as gleam, glitter, gloom, and glow, where th . . . View Full Definition

Wrack Zone: A bank of accumulated litter at the strandline

Tinsel: A glittering material with a metallic appearance that is produced in strips, sheets, or the like and used for its decorative effect during Christmas and other holidays.

Oedipal Complex: The late Victorian and early twentieth-century psychologist Freud argued that male children, jealous of sharing their mother's attention with a father-figure, would come to possess a subcons . . . View Full Definition

Wish Fulfillment: In psychoanalytic criticism, wish fulfillment refers to something in literature that satisfies the conscious or subconscious desires of either the creator or the reader of a work. A writer o . . . View Full Definition