sociometry December 11, 2024 #words the study of relationships within a group of people exhortatory December 11, 2024 #words strongly encouraging or trying to persuade someone to do something transverse December 11, 2024 #words situated or extending across something inured December 11, 2024 #words accustomed to something, especially something unpleasant bigwig December 11, 2024 #words an important person, especially in a particular sphere goad December 11, 2024 #words provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction pundit December 11, 2024 #words an expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called on to give opinions about it to the public pontificate December 11, 2024 #words to speak or express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way regnant December 11, 2024 #words reigning; ruling; currently having the greatest influence; dominant oenophile December 11, 2024 #words a connoisseur of wines kakistocracy December 11, 2024 #words government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state gilt December 11, 2024 #words covered thinly with gold leaf or gold paint absquatulate December 4, 2024 #words leave abruptly circumspect October 23, 2024 #words wary and unwilling to take risks lithesome October 23, 2024 #words (especially of a person's body) thin, supple, and graceful bestiary October 23, 2024 #words a descriptive or anecdotal treatise on various real or mythical kinds of animals, especially a medieval work with a moralizing tone junket October 23, 2024 #words an extravagent trip of celebration, in particular one enjoyed by a government official at public expense Daedalian October 23, 2024 #words ingeniously or cunningly designed; artistic, ingenious, intricate, skillful; labrynthine; relating to, or of, Daedalus, a legendary Greek architect and inventor beclown October 23, 2024 #words [archaic] to make a fool of (another), to make into a clown; to clown around, make a fool of oneself tachyphylaxis October 15, 2024 #words rapidly diminishing response to successive doses of a drug, rendering it less effective intestate October 15, 2024 #words not having made a will before one dies accretive October 15, 2024 #words characterized by gradual growth or increase iniquities October 15, 2024 #words immoral or grossly unfair behavior (usually plural) antalgic October 15, 2024 #words marked by or being an unnatural position or movement assumed by someone to minimize or alleviate pain or discomfort (as in the leg or back) tryst October 15, 2024 #words a private romantic rendezvous between lovers (noun); keep a private, romantic rendezvous with a lover (verb) primitivism October 15, 2024 #words 1. a belief in the value of what is simple and unsophisticated, expressed as a philosophy of life or through art or literature 2. instinctive and unreasoning behavior hermetically October 15, 2024 #words in a way that is completely airtight vouchsafe October 15, 2024 #words to give or grant (something) to (someone) in a gracious or condescending manner; to reveal or disclose (information) rewild October 15, 2024 #words restore (an area of land) to its natural uncultivated state rankle October 15, 2024 #words (of a comment, event or fact) cause annoyance or resentment that persists; (of a wound or sore) continue to be painful; fester discarnate October 15, 2024 #words (of a person or being) not having a physical body apoplectic October 15, 2024 #words overcome with anger; extremely indignant brickbat October 15, 2024 #words a piece of brick, typically when used as a weapon; a remark or comment which is highly critical and typically insulting solipsism October 15, 2024 #words the quality of being very self-centered or selfish; (philosophy) the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist galvanic October 15, 2024 #words sudden and dramatic; relating to or involving electric currents produced by chemical action glib October 15, 2024 #words (of words or the person speaking them) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow spurious October 15, 2024 #words not being what it purports to be; false or fake punctiliousness October 15, 2024 #words the quality of being very careful to behave correctly or to give attention to details pastiche October 15, 2024 #words [noun] an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period; [verb] to imitate the style of (an artist or work) careworn October 3, 2024 #words tired and unhappy because of prolonged worry paroxysm October 3, 2024 #words a sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity manqué October 3, 2024 #words having failed to become what one might have been; unfulfilled gimcrack September 26, 2024 #words flimsy or poorly made but deceptively attractive decumbent September 25, 2024 #words of a plant, which lies on the ground with tips turned upwards pro forma September 25, 2024 #words done or produced as a matter of form (e.g. pro forma praise) teleology September 25, 2024 #words the explanation of phenomena in terms of the purpose they serve rather than of the cause by which they arise changeling September 25, 2024 #words a child believed to have been secretly substituted by fairies for the parents' real child in infancy traduce September 25, 2024 #words speak badly or of tell lies about (someome) so as to damage their reputation proscription September 25, 2024 #words the action or forbidding something; banning; condemnation or denunciation of something augury September 25, 2024 #words a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen craven September 25, 2024 #words contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly nostrum September 25, 2024 #words a medicine prepared by an unqualified person, especially one that is not considered effective; a scheme or remedy for bringing about some social or political reform or improvement panacea September 25, 2024 #words a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases mainspring September 25, 2024 #words the main agent of motivation braincase September 25, 2024 #words the cranium voluble September 25, 2024 #words (of a person) talking fluently, readily or incessantly; (of speech) characterized by fluency and readiness of utterance cryptozoology September 25, 2024 #words the search for and study of animals whose existence or survival is disputed or unsubstantiated, such as the Loch Ness monster rat trap September 25, 2024 #words an unpleasant situation that offers no prospect of improvement; a squalid or ramshackle building bodhisattva September 25, 2024 #words (in Mahayana Buddhism) a person who is able to reach nirvana but delays doing so out of compassion in order to save suffering beings abrade September 25, 2024 #words scrape or wear away by friction or erosion; wear away/down repose August 26, 2024 #words a state of rest, sleep or tranquility; the state of being calm and composed footfall August 26, 2024 #words the sound of a footstep or footsteps; or (mass noun) the number of people entering a shop or shopping area in a given time inkwell August 26, 2024 #words a pot for ink housed in a hole in a desk trackbed August 26, 2024 #words the foundation structure on which railway tracks are laid detritus August 26, 2024 #words waste or debris of any kind autotelic August 26, 2024 #words (of an activity or a creative work) having an end or purpose in itself noetic August 24, 2024 #words relating to mental activity or the intellect dispensation August 24, 2024 #words exemption from a rule or usual requirement equinoctial August 24, 2024 #words happening at or near the time of the equinox (in August 2024, New York Times used 'equinoctials' as a noun to mean 'summer lovers') anhedonia August 24, 2024 #words the inability to feel pleasure repine August 21, 2024 #words to feel or express discontent; to fret purism August 21, 2024 #words scrupulous or exaggerated observance of or insistence on traditional rules or structures, especially in language or style bloc August 21, 2024 #words a group of countries or political parties with common interests who have formed an alliance cataphatic August 21, 2024 #words (of knowledge of God) obtained through affirmation apophatic August 21, 2024 #words (of knowledge of God) obtained through negating concepts that might be applied to him infradian August 21, 2024 #words (of a rhythm or cycle) having a period of recurrence longer than a day; occurring less than once a day galumphing August 15, 2024 #words moving in a clumsy, ponderous or noisy manner; inelegant eidetic August 15, 2024 #words relating to or denoting mental images having unusual vividness and detail, as if actually visible quotidian August 12, 2024 #words of or occurring every day; daily; ordinary or everyday; mundane medusian August 12, 2024 #words pertaining to a medusa or jellyfish senary August 12, 2024 #words relating to or based on the number six scolex August 12, 2024 #words the anterior end of a tapeworm, bearing suckers and hooks for attachment! analgesia August 12, 2024 #words the inability to feel pain (while conscious), or, drugs that stop you from feeling pain formication August 12, 2024 #words a symptom where you hallucinate the feeling of insects crawling in, on or underneath your skin annelid August 12, 2024 #words any of various wormlike animals, of the phylum Annelida, having a segmented body tmesis August 12, 2024 #words the separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words, heard mainly in informal speech (e.g. 'a whole nother story') oubliette August 12, 2024 #words a secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in its ceiling purulent August 12, 2024 #words consisting of, containing or discharging pus pruritic August 12, 2024 #words having or causing itching interregnum August 12, 2024 #words a period when normal government is suspended, especially between successive reigns or regimes ambergris August 12, 2024 #words a waxy substance that originates as a secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale, found floating in tropical seas and used in perfume manufacture foodflation August 12, 2024 #words the continuous rise in the price of food which is higher than the general inflation level Bacchanalia August 12, 2024 #words an uncontrollably loud, promiscuous, wild party (the Roman festival of Bacchus) ovipositor August 12, 2024 #words a tube-like organ used by some animals, especially insects, for the laying of eggs Sisyphean August 12, 2024 #words denoting or relating to a task that can never be completed fatalism August 12, 2024 #words the belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable inviolate August 12, 2024 #words free or safe from injury or violation; untouched galling August 10, 2024 #words annoying; humiliating presentiment August 9, 2024 #words an intuitive feeling about the future, especially one of foreboding vitiate August 9, 2024 #words to spoil or impair the quality of puerile August 8, 2024 #words childishly silly and immature insalubrious August 4, 2024 #words seedy and run-down; unwholesome reptatory July 18, 2024 #words creeping, crawling; clinging or growing over walls or on the ground phantasmagorical July 18, 2024 #words very strange, like something in a dream Aristophanic July 18, 2024 #words shrewd, witty; pertaining to the writings or style of Aristophanes, the great comic poet of Athens eponymous July 18, 2024 #words of a person giving their name to something, or of a thing that received the name of a person apologia July 18, 2024 #words a formal written defense of one's opinions or conduct vagaries July 18, 2024 #words unexpected and inexplicable changes in a situation or in someone’s behavior dogsbody July 18, 2024 #words (informal, British) a person who is given boring, menial tasks to do accidie July 18, 2024 #words [mass noun] (literary) spiritual or mental sloth; apathy intercalate July 17, 2024 #words to insert (something, such as a day) in a calendar zeitgeber July 16, 2024 #words a rhythmically occurring natural phenomenon or social cue which regulates the body's circadian rhythms porcine July 15, 2024 #words of or relating to pigs ecocide July 15, 2024 #words destruction of the natural environment by deliberate or negligent human action homunculi July 15, 2024 #words very small human or humanoid creatures evergreen July 15, 2024 #words enduringly fresh facies July 11, 2024 #words appearance or facial expression of someone characteristic of a certain disease or condition lacuna July 11, 2024 #words an unfilled space; a gap flotsam July 11, 2024 #words people or things that have been rejected or discarded as worthless cavil July 11, 2024 #words make petty or unnecessary objections mendacious July 11, 2024 #words not telling the truth; lying sententious July 11, 2024 #words self-righteous; trying to appear wise, intelligent, and important, in a way that is annoying inveigle July 11, 2024 #words persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery siciliano July 11, 2024 #words a dance, song, or musical piece in 6/8 or 12/8 time evoking a pastoral mood motley July 9, 2024 #words incongruously varied in appearance or character; disparate. adjective or noun. aquiline July 9, 2024 #words of or relating to an eagle; curving like an eagle's beak benighted July 9, 2024 #words intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened ursine June 27, 2024 #words of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) spate June 27, 2024 #words a large number of similar things coming in quick succession deliquescent June 27, 2024 #words becoming liquid, or having a tendency to become liquid besotted June 27, 2024 #words strongly infatuated dialectics June 20, 2024 #words the art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions neoprene June 20, 2024 #words a synthetic polymer resembling rubber; resistant to oil, heat and weathering Dickensian June 19, 2024 #words of or reminiscent of the novels of Charles Dickens, especially in suggesting the poor social conditions or comically repulsive characters that they portray avuncular June 19, 2024 #words kind and friendly towards a younger or less experienced person (from Latin avunculus: ‘’maternal uncle’) advent June 19, 2024 #words the arrival of a notable person or thing raison d'être June 19, 2024 #words the most important reason or purpose for someone or something's existence resistentialism June 19, 2024 #words seemingly spiteful behavior manifested by inanimate objects verboten June 17, 2024 #words forbidden, especially by an authority fabulist June 17, 2024 #words a person who composes or relates fables Dickensian June 17, 2024 #words of or reminiscent of the novels of Charles Dickens, especially in suggesting the poor social conditions or comically repulsive characters that they portray jungly June 17, 2024 #words characterized by jungle or resembling a jungle plutocratic June 17, 2024 #words relating to or characterized by government by the wealthy flyspeck June 17, 2024 #words a minuscule speck of something ataractic June 13, 2024 #words conducive to relaxation myrmecologist June 13, 2024 #words person who studies ants apophenia June 12, 2024 #words the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things (such as objects or ideas) callipygian June 12, 2024 #words having well-shaped buttocks incunabula June 11, 2024 #words early printed books, especially ones printed before 1501 nova June 11, 2024 #words a star showing a sudden large increase in brightness then returning its original state over the next few months celesta June 5, 2024 #words small keyboard instrument with ethereal bell-like sound… from French céleste "heavenly" sangfroid June 2, 2024 #words composure, self-possession or imperturbability especially when in a dangerous situation; expressionless, not showing emotion deaccession May 31, 2024 #words to officially remove an item from the listed holdings of a library, museum, or art gallery, typically in order to sell it to raise funds swashbuckling May 30, 2024 #words engaging in daring or romantic adventures with bravado and flamboyance dragoon May 30, 2024 #words (verb) coerce someone into doing something; (noun) a member of several cavalry regiments in the British army floriography May 27, 2024 #words cryptological communication through the use of or arrangement of flowers, with different types of flowers having particular symbolic meanings misanthropic May 25, 2024 #words disliking humankind and avoiding society disport May 22, 2024 #words (archaic) to enjoy oneself unrestrainably; frolic desultory May 17, 2024 #words (of conversation or speech) going constantly from one subject to another in a halfhearted way; unfocused analecta May 15, 2024 #words a collection of excerpts or quotes ethnobotany May 11, 2024 #words the scientific study of the traditional knowledge and customs of a people concerning plants and their medical, religious, and other uses. flyspeck May 10, 2024 #words a minuscule speck of something coquette May 7, 2024 #words a woman who flirts, probably to her own advantage, to get what she wants intelligentsia May 6, 2024 #words intellectuals or highly educated people as a group, especially when regarded as possessing culture and public influence allay May 5, 2024 #words diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, worry) palatial May 3, 2024 #words luxurious; resembling a palace in being spacious and splendid carte blanche April 30, 2024 #words complete freedom to act as one wishes quixotic April 29, 2024 #words romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded plutocratic April 27, 2024 #words relating to or characterized by government by the wealthy tempus fugit April 27, 2024 #words time flies; the passing of time subclinical April 27, 2024 #words relating to or denoting a disease which is not severe enough to present definite or readily observable symptoms sprezzatura April 23, 2024 #words studied carelessness, especially as a characteristic quality or style of art or literature penetralia April 23, 2024 #words the innermost parts of a building; a secret or hidden place contemn April 16, 2024 #words treat or regard with contempt reify April 16, 2024 #words to make (something abstract) more concrete or real platitudinize April 15, 2024 #words to trivialize or oversimplify complex ideas or issues reticent April 14, 2024 #words not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily timbromanie April 13, 2024 #words a mania or passion for stamp collecting tulipomania April 9, 2024 #words an excessive fad or passion for acquiring or growing tulips vomitorium April 9, 2024 #words a passage located behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre used as an exit for the crowds (Latin "vomere" was to spew forward) vaunting April 8, 2024 #words of a boastful nature desiderium April 6, 2024 #words an ardent desire or longing, especially a feeling of loss or grief bellwether April 5, 2024 #words one who sets the pace, guiding others in the process; something that indicates future trends purple April 5, 2024 #words (of language) extravagantly ornate in situ April 4, 2024 #words on site; in the original place protean April 2, 2024 #words tending or able to change frequently or easily; able to do many different things, versatile licentious March 30, 2024 #words lacking legal or moral restraints, especially sexual. myopia March 24, 2024 #words nearsightedness; lack of imagination, foresight or intellectual insight edentulism March 24, 2024 #words toothlessness autophagous March 23, 2024 #words self-devouring logocidal March 23, 2024 #words the destruction or perversion of meaning, something deadly to reason and communication Byronic March 19, 2024 #words alluringly dark, mysterious and moody (typically used of a man); characteristic of Lord Byron or his poetry blowzy March 18, 2024 #words having a sloppy or unkempt appearance or aspect plotz March 16, 2024 #words be strongly affected with frustration, excitement or other strong emotion descry March 14, 2024 #words to catch sight of, or to find out/discover globuliferous March 13, 2024 #words having or containing globules impresario March 13, 2024 #words a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas feckless March 13, 2024 #words lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible somnific March 11, 2024 #words tending to induce sleep carouse March 10, 2024 #words to drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way; a lively, noisy drinking party hirsutism March 9, 2024 #words hairy mélange March 9, 2024 #words a collection or mixture of various things akimbo March 7, 2024 #words with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward august March 5, 2024 #words (adjective) impressive & respected contretemps March 3, 2024 #words a minor dispute or disagreement; an unexpected unfortunate circumstance; an instance that occurs at an unfortunate time risible March 2, 2024 #words provoking laughter through being ludicrous. (derivs: risibility, risibly) ambrosial March 2, 2024 #words pertaining to or worthy of the gods; succulently sweet or fragrant; balmy; divine fritillary February 29, 2024 #words any of several orange-brown nymphalid butterflies, usually marked with black lines and dots and with silvery spots on the undersides of the wings. limerence February 28, 2024 #words the state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person, typically experienced involuntarily and characterized by a strong desire for reciprocation of one's feelings but not primarily for a sexual relationship. grotesquerie February 22, 2024 #words [mass noun] grotesque quality or grotesque things collectively (ex.: "the necessity for the grotesquerie of the space race") asperity February 22, 2024 #words something that is harsh or difficult to endure, especially something that is harsh to the senses ampoule February 17, 2024 #words a sealed glass capsule containing a liquid, especially a measured quantity ready for injecting atraxia February 17, 2024 #words absence of mental disturbance; abundance, serenity, and tranquility colophon February 17, 2024 #words a publisher's emblem or imprint, especially one on on the title page or spine of a book inimical February 14, 2024 #words tending to obstruct or harm ennui February 12, 2024 #words a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from lack of occupation or excitement; boredom seriocomic February 12, 2024 #words combining the serious and the comic; serious in intention but jocular in manner or vice versa anodyne February 11, 2024 #words (adjective) not likely to provoke offense or dissent; inoffensive, often deliberately so nymphalid February 10, 2024 #words an insect of a large family of strikingly marked butterflies that have small forelegs not used for walking scordatura February 9, 2024 #words the technique of altering the normal tuning of a stringed instrument to produce particular effects dolour February 6, 2024 #words a painful grief or suffering; a difficult or unpleasant situation copybook February 5, 2024 #words (adjective) free from flaws, defects or errors; serving as the ideal model or example for something mirth February 3, 2024 #words amusement which you express by laughing calendrics January 31, 2024 #words the reckoning and recording of time over long periods; the creation and maintenance of a calendar cromulent January 28, 2024 #words of a level that just barely meets one's needs or standards foment January 28, 2024 #words to stir up, to rouse, to instigate nakba January 26, 2024 #words an event resulting in great loss chicanery January 25, 2024 #words the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose stultify January 24, 2024 #words to cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, especially as a result of a tedious or restrictive routine fixity January 24, 2024 #words the state of being unchanging or permanent equanimity January 22, 2024 #words the state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress aplomb January 19, 2024 #words self-confidence or assurance, especially when in a demanding situation cordiform January 19, 2024 #words heart-shaped collywobbles January 18, 2024 #words intense anxiety or nervousness, especially with stomach queasiness sybaritic January 14, 2024 #words to do with sensuous luxury élan January 12, 2024 #words energy, style, and enthusiasm kismet January 12, 2024 #words destiny, fate majolica January 12, 2024 #words earthenware covered with an opaque tin glaze and decorated on the glaze before firing