September 2
ucalegon (n.) A neighbor whose house is on fire
September 2
ucalegon (n.) A neighbor whose house is on fire
September 1
sceptredom (n.) The reign of a king, royal power or sovereignty
August 31
intershock (v.) To collide, to hit or strike together
August 30
anabiosis (n.) A revival, a coming back to life.
August 27
escaramouche (n.) A brief skirmish or fit of anger.
August 26
viaticated (adj.) Fully prepared for a journey
August 23
consanguinate (v.) To sympathize, to have an affinity with or fondness for.
August 22
desulture (n.) The act of vaulting from one horse to another.
August 21
cyllenian (adj.) Pertaining to theft or thieving
August 15
circumduction (n.) a longwinded, roundabout route or course of action
August 12
jeopard (v.) to stake a bet
August 8
climb-tack (n.)-- a cat that likes to walk on shelves.
August 5
Proteusian (adj.) able to change shape at will; variable, inconstant.
July 29
denary (n.) a group of ten
July 26
Sardoodledom (n.) well-made but contrived or trivial works for theater.
July 25
siderodromophobia (n.) the fear of rail travel.
July 21
pelmatogram (n.) a footprint
July 17
steganogram (n.) a coded text or message
July 16
basiate (v.) to kiss
Derived from a Latin word for a kiss on the hand, to basiate is to kiss. To suaviate is also to kiss, a term derived from suavis, a Latin word meaning 'sweet,' and to osculate or to deosculate is also to kiss, both of which come from a Latin word for 'kiss,' osculum, that literally means 'little mouth.'
July 10
lawrence (n.) A shimmering heat haze.
As well as being a boy's name, a lawrence is also a heat haze--the shimmering, undulating appearance of the air above a hot surface.
July 5
paw-paw (adj.)-- Immoral, obscene
July 4
Monadnock (n.) An isolated hill or mountain
July 3
Cosmognosis (n.)-- The natural instinct that tells a creature when to migrate.
July 2
Meditullium (n.) The absolute middle or core of something.
June 30
Transpontine (adj.) Located on the opposite side of a bridge.
June 29
Scathefire (n.) A vast, destructive conflagration
June 27
Mavortian (adj.) Warlike, martial.
June 25
Decapulate (v.) To pour a liquid from one vessel into another.
June 17
Gaping-stock (n.) Someone or something being stared at by a crowd.
June 11
Abscotchalater (n.) Someone hiding from the police.
June 10
Sheep-biting (n.) Treacherous, underhand behavior.
June 9
Curfuggle (n.) A confused mess; disorder, disarray.
June 7
Wunderkammer (n.) A collection of oddities; a room set aside for just such a collection.
June 8
Boothale (v)-- To pillage or plunder.
Extra-foraneous (adj.) --Outdoor
June 4
Anaphora (n.) A figure of speech that repeats a sequence of words at the start of successive clauses.
June 3
Morganatic (adj.)-- Designating a marriage between two people of unequal social rank.
June 2
Vespering (adj.)-- Flying westwards, heading towards sunset.
May 29
Transnivean (adj.)- Located beyond the snows, beyond snow-capped mountains.
May 23
dimber-damber (n) The leader of a gang of criminals.
May 22
three-pipe(adj.)-- extremely complex, requiring much thought.
May 19
Spousebreach: (n) Adultery.
May 16
Premiation (n.)- A prize-giving, the act of bestowing a reward. To premiate, likewise, is to bestow or award a prize, while something that is premiable is deserving of just such a reward.