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VRIL
Etymology
Noun
Vril (uncountable)
(science fiction, mysticism) A controllable form of energy.
(ufology, attributive) A kind of flying saucer supposedly built by the Nazis.
Coordinate terms
• (Nazi flying saucer): Haunebu
Anagrams
• virl
Source: Wiktionary
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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