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  • noun Plural form of wizardry.

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Examples

  • Mitochondria and chloroplasts, descended from different kinds of bacteria, each built up their complementary chemical wizardries billions of years before the existence of any living organism visible to the naked eye.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • Mitochondria and chloroplasts, descended from different kinds of bacteria, each built up their complementary chemical wizardries billions of years before the existence of any living organism visible to the naked eye.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • I hadn't seen any of the big wizardries during my war, but I'd seen enough little ones to realize those flying guys could be in trouble.

    Cold Copper Tears Cook, Glen 1988

  • Feeling a breath of that boldness which animates me at odd moments, I suggested, "This is a sorcery they can appreciate, unlike the oppressive, bitter wizardries of the Taken."

    The Black Company Cook, Glen 1984

  • In the flash of conflicting wizardries Eldracher saw the face of his murderer.

    The Swordbearer Cook, Glen 1982

  • The Mindak Ahlert of Ventimiglia, with his wizardries and exhumations of ancient sorceries, was riding a rising wave.

    The Swordbearer Cook, Glen 1982

  • The wizardries we controlled, augmented from Ansorge, made us think we could enrich the family on the cheap. ''

    The Swordbearer Cook, Glen 1982

  • But much more magic, much more cogent spells Weave here their wizardries about my soul.

    Crome Yellow Aldous Huxley 1928

  • But much more magic, much more cogent spells Weave here their wizardries about my soul.

    Crome Yellow Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 1921

  • He walks smilingly and pensively among the olive-trees of the Academia, plucking a rose here and an oleander there; but for the rest, the solemn wizardries of Nature are regarded with an urbane contempt.

    Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations John Cowper Powys 1917

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