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+Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015
+From: Alan Beale
+Subject: Re: Some More Words I Could use your feedback on...
+
+Here are some thoughts on some of these words:
+
+flexion is a word of multiple meanings, none of which seem common to
+me. Some of the meanings are medical.
+
+Medical words of no special interest include intracranial,
+angiotensin, synovial, bilirubin, endocarditis, cerebrovascular,
+tympanic, pneumothorax, hyperthermia, subcortical, vasculature,
+craniofacial, gingiva, cellulitis, immunocompromised, ectoderm,
+neurovascular and bronchoscopy. Of these words, cellulitis and
+synovial are the two that seem most likely to show up in text to be
+spell-checked. I would suggest not including hyperthermia, due to the
+conflict with hypothermia, which is a much more common word. (It shows
+up in news stories about deaths due to exposure.)
+
+eschatological is a good candidate. It wouldn't have surprised me a
+bit if it had shown up in 2of12 (though it is in 5esl). It shows up in
+political and religious writing, as well as in book and movie reviews.
+
+Dalai is the first word of the phrase Dalai Lama. I don't know how you
+handle phrases of that sort, but the phrase is not uncommon.
+
+Easton is the name of both a mathematician (Easton's Theorem was at
+one time of interest to me) and a publisher. However, both are
+obscure. The name may well have greater significance in some other
+field.
+
+counterfactual is a familiar word, that shows up mostly in discussions
+of science fiction. I don't know if it has escaped that ghetto or not.
+
+kabbalah is a word well-known to me. But it is spelled umpteen million
+different ways, and I don't know which way is most common. cabala
+would be my guess.
+
+Lankan would be from the phrase Sri Lankan, just like the conflicting
+Lanka is probably from Sri Lanka.
+
+Fukuyama is a famous writer on political science. He should probably
+be in my names list.
+
+Jacinto is from San Jacinto, a place in Texas and site of a famous
+battle. At a guess, people discuss San Jacinto less than they discuss
+the Dalai Lama.
+
+Seeger is the name of a very famous folk singer. Can't believe he's
+not in my names list!
+
+nitro is of course short for nitroglycerin.
+
+unweighted seems familiar to me. I think it's a statistical
+word. Can't say how common it would be to the general populace.