Thursday 27 January 2022
Ab Vrbe Condita 2775
01/23/2022
Lissotrichous (adjective)
Straight-haired
Lissotrichous (adjective)
Straight-haired
Recent entries
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01/16/2022: Guerdon (noun, verb) Reward or payment
01/09/2022: Favonian (adjective) Pertaining to the west wind
01/02/2022: Anosmia (noun) The inability to detect smell
12/26/2021: Farinaceous (adjective) Starch-based. Said of a diet centered around pasta, potatoes, rice, or the like.
12/19/2021: Decaplet (noun) One from a multiple birth of ten. Although 7, 8, and 9 are septuplets, octuplets, and nonuplets; ten are decaplets.
12/12/2021: Couther (verb) To comfort by offering warmth and refreshments
12/05/2021: Umami (noun, adjective) Sometimes termed savory or brothy, the fifth taste sensation in the tongue along with sweet, sour, salty, and bitter
11/28/2021: Ullage (noun) The size of the air space at the top of an unopened wine bottle. An excessive ullage indicates the cork has leaked and the wine has probably spoiled.
11/21/2021: Cloffin (verb) To sit by a fire
11/14/2021: Phthisicky (adjective) Wheezy, showing the symptoms of tuberculosis
11/07/2021: Vershok (noun) Traditional Russian unit of length equal to 4.445 centimeters or 1.75 inches. Also equivalent to one “rack unit” in relation to modern rack-mounted electronics equipment.
10/31/2021: Thixotropic (adjective) Of a gel, having the property of becoming more liquid when shaken or agitated and then stiffening again while at rest
10/24/2021: Ramekin (noun) A small dish, usually white and made of ceramic, used for baking and serving individual portions
10/17/2021: Irrorate (adjective) Spotted, speckled
10/10/2021: Sockdolager (noun) A decisive argument or blow
10/03/2021: Chthonic (adjective) Pertaining to gods or spirits of the underworld
09/26/2021: Ultimogeniture (noun) The right of the youngest child to receive the inheritance
09/19/2021: Micawberesque (adjective) Poor, but living in optimistic expectation of future fortune. From the Charles Dickens character Wilkins Micawber in David Copperfield.
09/12/2021: Pectiform (adjective) Comb-shaped
09/05/2021: Ostrobogulous (adjective) Strange, mildly risqué, indecent or pornographic. [Coined by poet and author Victor Neuburg (1883-1940).]
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01/16/2022: Guerdon (noun, verb) Reward or payment
01/09/2022: Favonian (adjective) Pertaining to the west wind
01/02/2022: Anosmia (noun) The inability to detect smell
12/26/2021: Farinaceous (adjective) Starch-based. Said of a diet centered around pasta, potatoes, rice, or the like.
12/19/2021: Decaplet (noun) One from a multiple birth of ten. Although 7, 8, and 9 are septuplets, octuplets, and nonuplets; ten are decaplets.
12/12/2021: Couther (verb) To comfort by offering warmth and refreshments
12/05/2021: Umami (noun, adjective) Sometimes termed savory or brothy, the fifth taste sensation in the tongue along with sweet, sour, salty, and bitter
11/28/2021: Ullage (noun) The size of the air space at the top of an unopened wine bottle. An excessive ullage indicates the cork has leaked and the wine has probably spoiled.
11/21/2021: Cloffin (verb) To sit by a fire
11/14/2021: Phthisicky (adjective) Wheezy, showing the symptoms of tuberculosis
11/07/2021: Vershok (noun) Traditional Russian unit of length equal to 4.445 centimeters or 1.75 inches. Also equivalent to one “rack unit” in relation to modern rack-mounted electronics equipment.
10/31/2021: Thixotropic (adjective) Of a gel, having the property of becoming more liquid when shaken or agitated and then stiffening again while at rest
10/24/2021: Ramekin (noun) A small dish, usually white and made of ceramic, used for baking and serving individual portions
10/17/2021: Irrorate (adjective) Spotted, speckled
10/10/2021: Sockdolager (noun) A decisive argument or blow
10/03/2021: Chthonic (adjective) Pertaining to gods or spirits of the underworld
09/26/2021: Ultimogeniture (noun) The right of the youngest child to receive the inheritance
09/19/2021: Micawberesque (adjective) Poor, but living in optimistic expectation of future fortune. From the Charles Dickens character Wilkins Micawber in David Copperfield.
09/12/2021: Pectiform (adjective) Comb-shaped
09/05/2021: Ostrobogulous (adjective) Strange, mildly risqué, indecent or pornographic. [Coined by poet and author Victor Neuburg (1883-1940).]
