Saturday 25 May 2019
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05/19/2019
Naufragous (adjective)
Shipwreck-causing.
Naufragous (adjective)
Shipwreck-causing.
Recent entries
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05/12/2019: Deasil (adverb or adjective) Clockwise. As a verb, it means to move clockwise.
05/05/2019: Widdershins (adverb or adjective) Counterclockwise.
04/28/2019: Snup (verb) To underpay for something extremely valuable, taking advantage of a seller’s ignorance.
04/21/2019: Cerberus (noun) A hypervigilant custodian, such as an office receptionist who makes people wait interminably and hardly lets anybody in, regardles of their import.
04/14/2019: Euterpean (adjective) Pertaining to music.
04/07/2019: Ucalegon (noun) A neighbor whose house is on fire.
03/31/2019: Rubricate (verb) To mark in red, perhaps by using a rubric (classically, a piece of red chalk).
03/24/2019: Agalactic (adjective) Unable to produce milk.
03/17/2019: Phthirophagous (adjective) Lice-eating.
03/10/2019: Heterochromia (noun) The condition of having one eye a different color from the other, or having different colors within the iris of an eye.
03/03/2019: Antejentacular (adjective) Before breakfast.
02/24/2019: Desuetude (noun) A state of inactivity or of no longer being used or practiced.
02/17/2019: Hyalophagy (noun) Glass-eating, sometimes a pathological condition but also done for shock effect by performers in the same vein as sword-swallowing, “pounding” nails up the nostrils, etc.
02/10/2019: Preprandial (adjective) Before a meal, most often referring to dinner.
02/03/2019: Phlogiston (noun) Invisible fluid first proposed in 1667 to be possessed by all flammable substances and released when they burn. Antoine Lavoisier debunked the theory in 1777.
01/27/2019: Quader (verb) To square a number (multiply it by itself).
01/20/2019: Bondieuserie (noun) Tacky or kitchy religious ornamentation. (From the French for “Dear Lord.”)
01/13/2019: Cymotrichous (adjective) Wavy-haired.
01/06/2019: Destot’s space (noun) The space, or potential space, bounded by four adjacent bones of the wrist, named after radiology pioneer Etienne Destot (1864-1918). Typically brought up during crucifixion discussions.
12/30/2018: Macroscian (adjective) Casting a long shadow.
Touch word to see definition.
05/12/2019: Deasil (adverb or adjective) Clockwise. As a verb, it means to move clockwise.
05/05/2019: Widdershins (adverb or adjective) Counterclockwise.
04/28/2019: Snup (verb) To underpay for something extremely valuable, taking advantage of a seller’s ignorance.
04/21/2019: Cerberus (noun) A hypervigilant custodian, such as an office receptionist who makes people wait interminably and hardly lets anybody in, regardles of their import.
04/14/2019: Euterpean (adjective) Pertaining to music.
04/07/2019: Ucalegon (noun) A neighbor whose house is on fire.
03/31/2019: Rubricate (verb) To mark in red, perhaps by using a rubric (classically, a piece of red chalk).
03/24/2019: Agalactic (adjective) Unable to produce milk.
03/17/2019: Phthirophagous (adjective) Lice-eating.
03/10/2019: Heterochromia (noun) The condition of having one eye a different color from the other, or having different colors within the iris of an eye.
03/03/2019: Antejentacular (adjective) Before breakfast.
02/24/2019: Desuetude (noun) A state of inactivity or of no longer being used or practiced.
02/17/2019: Hyalophagy (noun) Glass-eating, sometimes a pathological condition but also done for shock effect by performers in the same vein as sword-swallowing, “pounding” nails up the nostrils, etc.
02/10/2019: Preprandial (adjective) Before a meal, most often referring to dinner.
02/03/2019: Phlogiston (noun) Invisible fluid first proposed in 1667 to be possessed by all flammable substances and released when they burn. Antoine Lavoisier debunked the theory in 1777.
01/27/2019: Quader (verb) To square a number (multiply it by itself).
01/20/2019: Bondieuserie (noun) Tacky or kitchy religious ornamentation. (From the French for “Dear Lord.”)
01/13/2019: Cymotrichous (adjective) Wavy-haired.
01/06/2019: Destot’s space (noun) The space, or potential space, bounded by four adjacent bones of the wrist, named after radiology pioneer Etienne Destot (1864-1918). Typically brought up during crucifixion discussions.
12/30/2018: Macroscian (adjective) Casting a long shadow.
