the worthless word for the day is: ekpyrotic [fr. Gk ekpurosis, conflagration] referring to the destruction and recreation of the world in fire "The ekpyrotic...
the worthless word for the day is: spaghettification [by extension fr. spaghettify] the stretching of objects into long thin shapes in a very strong...
the worthless word for the day is: plagium [L., kidnapping] /PLAY jee um/ Civil Law : the crime of kidnapping (esp. of children); an instance of this "A...
the worthless word for the day is: divulgate [fr. L. divulgare, to divulge] // 1) obs. : divulge 2) archaic : disclose, reveal; publish (while marked as...
the worthless word for the day is: forficate [fr. L. forfex] /FOR fi kit/ shaped like scissors; deeply forked "It would be advisable to have a term to express...
the worthless word for the day is: snipocracy [fr. snip + -ocracy] obs. rare the tailoring profession or its leading members "By Jove! this comes it strong....
the worthless word for the day is: intenerate [ad. L. tener, tender] now rare : to make tender, soften (lit. and fig.) "..and the undesigning approaches and...
the worthless word for the day is: plutonic [fr. L. Pluto] 1) of deep igneous or magmatic origin: plutonic rocks 2) plutonian (relating to Pluto) (not to be...
the worthless word for the day is: synecdoche [L. a. Gk synekdoche] /suh NEK duh kee/ a figure by which a more comprehensive term is used for a less...
the worthless word for the day is: feuilletonist [F. feuilletoniste] /fuh yuh TO nust/ a writer of regularly appearing critical or familiar essays or of a...
the worthless word for the day is: viduity [L. viduitas < vidua, widow] /vi DOO i tee/ widowhood "[T]here is of course the house on the canal where mother lay...
the worthless word for the day is: costiveness [fr. L. costiver, to bind] constipation; also fig., stultification "I find the autumn stimulating, as spring is...
the worthless word for the day is: assot [fr. F. assoter < L. ad- + sot, a fool] /as SOT/ obs. : to make a fool of, infatuate, befool (not to be confused with...
the worthless word for the day is: canicular [fr. L. canicula, little dog < canis] 1) relating to the Dog Star, or its rising (ab. Aug. 11) 2) of or relating...
the worthless word for the day is: buccinator [fr. L. bucinator, trumpeter] /BUK suh nA tur/ (of) the thin, flat muscle forming the wall of the cheek — so...
the worthless word for the day is: hemipygic [fr. Gk hemi- half + pyg, buttocks + -ic] nonce-word : having only one buttock (or, half-assed) "..which first...
the worthless word for the day is: perlustration [fr. L. perlustrare] 1) the act of inspecting, surveying, or viewing a place thoroughly; a comprehensive...
the worthless word for the day is: jacquerie [F. < jacques, peasant] /zha KREE/ 1) capitalized : the uprising of the French peasants against the nobility in...
the worthless word for the day is: enracinate [en- + F. racine, root < L. radix] to put forth roots; hence, enracination, the act or process of taking root ...
the worthless word for the day is: mendaciloquent [fr. L. mendacium, falsehood + -iloquent, speaking] obs. rare : skillful or artful at telling lies "..the one...
the worthless word for the day is: hyperhedonia [fr. Gk hyper-, above + hedone, pleasure] feeling abnormally great pleasure from a humdrum act "Hyperdonia: A...
the worthless word for the day is: fissiparous [fissi- (being split) + L. parere, to bring forth] divisive; factious "Lenin was duelling with the Mensheviks...
the worthless word for the day is: precatory [fr. L. precari, to pray] /PREK uh tor E/ expressing entreaty, expressing a wish also, precative "Because the...
the worthless word for the day is: cephalization [fr. Gk kephala, head + -ize + -ation] /SEF uh li ZA shun/ Biol : the degree to which the head is developed...
the worthless word for the day is: cohobate [fr. L. cohobare, perh. fr. Arab. ka"aba, to repeat an action] /KO ah bate/ old Chem. to redistill (a distillate)...
the worthless word for the day is: calefacient [fr. L. calefacere, to make warm] [n] a medicinal agent which produces warmth or a sense of heat [adj]...
the worthless word for the day is: devorative [fr. L. devorare, to devour] /de VOR uh tiv/ obs., Med : capable of being swallowed whole "[D]evorative capsules...
the worthless word for the day is: epicritic [fr. Gk epikrinein, to decide] /ep i KRIT ik/ of or relating to sensory nerve fibers that enable the perception...
the worthless word for the day is: castrametation [fr. L. castra, camp + metari, to measure out] the art or science of laying out an encampment this week:...
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