[Fictionary] KROOHPYYH ballot

[Jim Moskowitz]

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kroohpyyh - n. - [Geol] cone-shaped mound with ice core.

kroohpyyh - n. - A copper ore containing commercially significant 
amounts of tellurium and barium, often with trace amounts of 
astatine, primarily found in the Trans-Caucasus region.

kroohpyyh - n. - Diet marmite.

kroohpyyh - n. - Ditch surrounding a village to protect from wild 
animals, often concealed behind a zareba.

kroohpyyh - n. - Finnish onomatopoeia for the sound of snoring.

Kroohpyyh - n. -  The first warning sign of hair; generally followed 
by "The Prong" and Gnegg's Flux [ziggurat].

kroohpyyh - adj. - 1. Highest quality. 2. Deep golden yellow. From an 
ancient Hemiari word for the resin of the Boswellia sacra tree, 
frankincense.

kroohpyyh - n. - fr. Russian via Greek orthodoxy.  A long straight 
metallic horn used in funeral processions.

kroohpyyh - n. - A Ukrainian military camp in which soldiers camp in 
a circle around the general's tent.