DEPEDITATE
\dɪpˈɛdɪtˌe͡ɪt], \dɪpˈɛdɪtˌeɪt], \d_ɪ_p_ˈɛ_d_ɪ_t_ˌeɪ_t]\
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/dee-ped'*-tayt/ [by (faulty) analogy with "decapitate"]Humorously, to cut off the feet of. When one is using somecomputer-aided typesetting tools, careless placement of textblocks within a page or above a rule can result in chopped-offletter descenders. Such letters are said to have beendepeditated.
By Denis Howe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).