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| incabinate | to enclose in a cabin; to confine The solution to her writer’s block was to incabinate herself at her country villa. |
| excutient adj | shaking off The excutient dog showered the topless sunbathers, causing them to rise in alarm. |
| gardeviance | chest for valuables; a travelling trunk She kept her linens in that old gardeviance for over sixty years. |
| commendaces npl | funeral orations; prayers for the dead At his funeral, his brother delivered a set of exquisite commendaces. |
| vocitate | to name or call I can understand giving a name to a dog, but who vocitates their houseplants? |
| ruricolous | living in the country or in fields Though the city has its attractions, I much prefer the quiet ruricolous life. |
| phalerate | ornamented; decorated The phalerate umbrella |
| jungible | that may be joined The trailers are jungible by means of a complex hitching system. |
| uviferous adj | bearing grapes or vines The uviferous hills of Champagne are still renowned for their quality produce. |
| bumposopher n | one learned in bumps; a phrenologist Craniology has progressed greatly since the days of bumposophers. |
| adnascentia npl | rootEvery winter, the adnascentia would shift around, destroying the lawn’s even texture. |
| tornatil adj | made with a wheel; turned on a wheel The potter was a master of his tornatil work, but many of his pots broke during firing. |
| odynometer n | instrument for measuring pain Suspecting his patient’s illness to be feigned, he pulled out his trusty odynometer. |
| pecuarious | serving or belonging to beasts or cattle The children tossed the pecuarious leavings at one another, to their parents’ dismay. |
| ficulnean | of fig |
| roomthily | spatially; with respect to space His bachelor apartment is roomthily challenged, to say nothing of the smell. |
| latibule | hiding place The girl emerged triumphantly from her latibule, only to find her friends had already left. |
| fallaciloquence | deceitful speech Your fallaciloquence, though charming, will not convince the jury to acquit. |
| privign n | stepson Though he was only her privign, she always treated him as if he were her own child. |
| cloakatively ad | superficially These reforms have only cloakatively made the situation better for the poor. |
| stigmatypy n | printing portraits using dots of different sizes The use of stigmatypy takes enormous effort, but provides little artistic benefit. |
| welmish adj | of a pale or sickly colour Her welmish complexion was the first clue that she had become a fullblown addict. |
| cecograph n | writing device for the blind The development of computers has made the cecograph entirely obsolete. |
| ejurate | to renounce; to abjure I ejurate this entire organization and its principles, which I now see to be corrupt. |
| penarious | of or pertaining to victuals or provisions |
| jobler | one who does small jobs We’ve found a great jobler who takes care of our repairs quickly and cheaply. |
| circumbilivagination n | going around in a circular motion; circumambulation |
| dicaearchy n | just government While we dream of living in a dicaearchy, in truth, we’re governed by dicks. |
| stagma n | any distilled liquor I will touch neither wine nor stagma, though I do occasionally partake of ale. |
| utible adj | serviceable; useful While the new system is much more expensive, at least it is utible. |
| soleated adj | shod like a horse Because his steed was poorly soleated, he was unable to make good time on the trip. |
| irredivivous | unable to be revived Despite Dr. House’s best effort, the patient remained irredivivous. |
| pamphagous | eating everything; all |
| montivagant | wandering over hills and mountains The montivagant hiker crossed the Alps with ease but was stymied by the Andes. |
| tollation n | act of lifting The tollation of the child from the well required special equipment to be imported. |
| prebition n | act of offering, showing or setting before The prebition of his treasure |
| desarcinate | to unload; to unburden She haughtily ordered her butler to desarcinate her baggage from the car. |
| tudiculate | to bruise or pound; to work as with a hammer He was brutally tudiculated by the bullies, so he started to work out. |
| patration n | perfection or completion of something The patration of my dissertation will be an occasion for great merriment. |
| portmantologist n | one who studies or coins portmanteau words Rather than being a portmantologist, why not use perfectly good existing words |
| ecstasiate | to go into an ecstasy; to cause to become ecstatic The arrival of the boy |
| apanthropinization n | withdrawal from human concerns or the human world |
| albedineity n | whiteness The monotonous albedineity of the snow |
| crocitation n | croaking; cawing The crocitation of the gulls meant that I got no sleep last night. |
| gaudiloquent | speaking joyfully or on joyful matters Her gaudiloquent tone was thought excessively perky by the stodgy faculty. |
| avunculize | to act as an uncle; to behave like an uncle I often avunculize to my younger friends, which no doubt annoys them. |
| bromography n | a treatise on food It’s not enough to write a bromography |
| lampistry | art of decorating lamps The church bazaar is always full of skilled needlework, lampistry and other crafts. |
| quercivorous | feeding on oak trees The proliferation of quercivorous insects is a boon rather than a bane to the ecosystem. |
| rupography n | art of taking impressions of coins or medals in sealing wax |
| canitude n | greyness; hoariness; whiteness The first snowfall of the year gave the field a pleasant canitude. |
| yelve n | dungfork; gardenfork; to use such a fork With her yelve and hoe never far from hand, she grew her crops the oldfashioned way. |
| deartuate | to dismember He cunningly hoped that if he deartuated the body, he could hide it in the hole. |
| jumperism | principles of a jumping Methodist sect While snake |
| roblet v | to lead astray He roblets his intended victims in the old part of the city before mugging them. |
| eveniency n | coming to pass His mother thought that the eveniency of her son’s marriage was inevitable. |
| viliorate | to make less good; to worsen The presence of gangs viliorates the quality of life for everyone in the neighbourhood. |
| miliaceous | like millet or the millet |
| palmoscopy n | observation of heartbeat or pulse as part of medical diagnosis |
| synallactic adj | reconciliatory A synallactic dinner was a good idea, and helped them save their marriage. |
| famelicose | often or very hungry The tribe’s crops frequently fail, and their children are famelicose. |
| prescited | foreknown or predestined for damnation; condemned |
| pyroleter n | double |
| bajulate | to bear a heavy burden Their Sherpa aides were vexed by the demand that they bajulate as well as guide. |
| bimarian adj | pertaining to two seas Some think that America needs to improve its bimarian naval defenses. |
| paterophobia n | fear of the early Church fathers The Romans’ paterophobia mellowed over time, until Christianity was fully accepted. |
| molrowing | caterwauling; cavorting with prostitutes Her son is a molrowing vagabond without any social graces, much to her shame. |
| agonarch n | judge of a contest or activity Our competition will require six agonarchs to ensure fairness |
| vanmost ad | in the front; foremost The vanmost brigade is expected to take very high casualties, unfortunately. |
| venalitious adj | of the sale of humans as slaves Despite universal condemnation, venalitious practices abound in the Third World today. |
| brephophagist n | one who eats babies The character Fat Bastard is a disgustingly obese Scottish brephophagist. |
| ipsographic | self |
| sparsile adj | of a star, not included in any constellation The prevalence of sparsile stars today reflects technical advances in telescopy. |
| amarulence n | bitterness; spite After losing her job to a less qualified man, she was full of amarulence. |
| gnathonize | to flatter I can tell that you’re just trying to gnathonize me, you sycophantic buffoon! |
| obstrigillate v | to oppose; to resist I will not obstrigillate the efforts of my opponent to besmirch my good name. |
| palintocy n | repayment of interest paid on a loan I understand you can’t pay me everything, but I demand a palintocy, at the very least. |
| papicolist n | one who worships the pope; a papist Today, even papicolists grudgingly admit that papal infallibility cannot be literally true. |
| oncethmus n | braying The oncethmus of most politicians is far worse than that given off by any beast. |
| sagittiferous adj | bearing arrows The general ordered that some of his footsoldiers should thereafter be sagittiferous. |
| cameranious adj | of or relating to a chamber The social gathering benefited from the cozy, cameranious setting. |
| scaevity n | unluckiness; lefthandedness She attributed her failure to evil forces, but her family felt it was a matter of scaevity. |
| vappous adj | flat; insipid This chili has a vappous and unpleasant taste, unlike the other offerings. |
| coquinate | to behave as a cook Martha may seem to be able to coquinate, but her actions are highly scripted. |
| namelings n | persons bearing the same name The namelings Martin Luther and Dr. King shared a concern with political reform. |
| cibosity n | store of food; plenty of food supplies The cibosities of those paranoid about YK are still rotting in their cellars. |
| vellicle n | something that pinches or holds fast You need some sort of vellicle to keep the papers from falling all over the place. |
| penintime | second from inmost Venus, our solar system’s penintime planet, is Earth’s twin in many regards. |
| diloricate | to rip open a sewn piece of clothing She deloricated his silk shirts so she could use them as dishrags. |
| cestuan adj | of or pertaining to a boxer’s gloves or cesti No cestuan improvements can negate the damage of such blows to the head. |
| hypenemious | full of wind; windy; of an egg, malformed Let us protect ourselves against the hyenemious assault of the hurricane. |
| utlegation n | legal process by which someone is outlawed The gunslinger’s utlegation was no impediment to his efforts to find work. |
| citharize | to play the harp If you plan to citharize, prepare to build up calluses on your fingers. |
| nidifice n | a nest The lizard climbed into the nidifice, only to be eaten by the mother eagle. |
| aretaloger n | braggart; one who boasts about his own accomplishments |
| summotion n | removal The summotion of the unruly committee members was itself an unruly occasion. |
| scathefire n | great destructive fire; conflagration Despite the scathefire that razed the town, its citizens were determined to rebuild. |
| sturionic adj | of or pertaining to the sturgeon With its great sturionic strength, it leapt off the hook, never again to be seen. |
| quibbleism n | practice of quibbling His carping and quibbleism earned him much scorn, a fact of which he was oblivious. |
| sodalitious adj | of or belonging to society or to fellowship Sodalitious camaraderie is the basis for gentlemanly life in this civilized era. |
| adimpleate | to fill up The new technique adimpleates the cans with milk through injection. |
| suffarcinate | to load up; to stuff His daughter suffarcinated the moving van with a hoard of old clothing, to his chagrin. |
| mulomedic | relating to the medical care of mules The doctor’s mulomedic abilities were of enormous importance to the trek’s success. |
| hercotectonic | of or pertaining to the construction of fortifications or walls The fort’s hercotectonic strength was insufficient to repel cannon |
| airgonaut n | one who journeys through the air Balloonists, skydivers and other airgonauts are all a little mad, if you ask me. |
| vargeous adj | resembling a rod; rodlike He twirled his vargeous billyclub menacingly at the peaceful protesters. |
| sinapistic adj | consisting of mustard The chef’s sinapistic sauces delighted connoisseurs of French cuisine. |
| teterrimous adj | most foul The fiend’s teterrimous visage alarmed the librarian, who quickly closed the dark tome. |
| rhodologist n | one who studies and classifies roses Any rhodologist knows that a rose by any other name does not smell as sweet. |
| caprizant adj | of the pulse, uneven or irregular While he hadn’t had a full |
| pregnatress n | female power that generates or gives birth to something |
| vadiation n | act of requiring a pledge The secret society insisted that he must attend the vadiation ceremony before entering. |
| antipelargy n | reciprocal or mutual kindness; love and care of children for their parents |
| orgiophant n | one who presides over orgies The orgiophant had dozens of hangers |
| homerkin | old liquid measure for beer “I’m so thirsty I could drink a homerkin of beer,” Simpson lamented. |
| maleolent | having an ill odour His maleolent recipe was avoided by all but the most courageous or polite guests. |
| cagastric adj | of diseases, originating under an ill star We no longer believe in cagastric causes for illness and deformity. |
| tenellous adj | somewhat tender Their tenellous relationship, which was never strong, came under great strain. |
| leporicide | or rabbits Elmer Fudd’s futile attempts at leporicide were always foiled by his intended prey. |
| brabeum n | reward or prize Without some brabeum, the students will have no incentive to work harder. |
| redamancy n | act of loving in return Despite his lack of redamancy, her passion for him was unabated for several years. |
| coherentific adj | causing to become coherent; causing cohesion |
| philargyrist n | lover of money; covetous person I am no philargyrist, but I like to live well, so charity isn’t in my best interest. |
| morsicant | producing the sensation of repeated biting or pricking After sitting for several hours, I had a terrible morsicant pain in my rear end. |
| hiulcity | an opening or cleft They stepped into the hiulcity in the cliff face, unaware of the danger within. |
| ptochology n | study of beggars and unemployment If we want to understand the roots of poverty, we must undertake work in ptochology. |
| boscaresque adj | picturesque; scenically wooded Despite northern England’s industrial pollution, parts of it remain boscaresque. |
| sermonolatry n | excessive devotion to sermons We moved to a church across town because of our pastor’s excessive sermonolatry. |
| sevous adj | like tallow or suet The sevous mixture wouldn’t harden, and so the whole batch of candles was ruined. |
| mancation | maiming; mutilation The general would suffer no mancation or execution of fallen enemy troops. |
| ovablastic | making eggs burst open in the womb The doctor rejected the ovablastic technique, finding it to violate his moral principles. |
| rhedarious | of or serving as a carriage or chariot His fancy for rhedarious transport was seen as old |
| tabernarious adj | belonging to shops or taverns Our tabernarious citizens have put before us their preposterous demands. |
| halatinous | saline; salty The halatinous mist brought back memories of his childhood at the seashore. |
| krioboly | sacrifice of many rams; bath in blood of rams Contrary to rumour, pagan rituals do not involve krioboly or baby |
| improcerous | low; short The coffee table was much too improcerous to be of any real use. |
| snobographer n | one who describes or writes about snobs The editors scrapped the society page because it was full of pretentious snobographers. |
| mitescent | growing mild You’re becoming mitescent in your old age, and can hardly stomach conflict any more. |
| historiaster | petty or contemptible historian While Foucault is widely praised today, he was no more than a historiaster. |
| parepochism n | error in dating or assigning time period The antique dealer was well known for his parepochisms, so we didn’t feel too bad. |
| agonyclite n | member of a heretical sect that stood rather than kneeled while praying |
| devalgate adj | bow |
| phasianic | of or pertaining to pheasants Our phasianic hunting |
| gypsation | action or process of plastering with gypsum The gypsation of the room took much too long and irritated his allergies. |
| diribitory n | place where pay is distributed to soldiers Directly deposited salaries for soldiers obviate the need for diribitories. |
| stibogram n | graphic record of footprints The detective took stibograms from the scene, hoping they would lead to the culprit. |
| lignatile | living or growing on wood She collected lignatile mushrooms on her hike, confident in her identifications. |
| viduifical adj | widowmaking It is often said that golf is just as viduifical as war, and twice as pointless. |
| sevidical adj | speaking cruel and harsh words; threatening I will not tolerate your sevidical tone and manner, you filthy peasant! |
| pigritude n | slothfulness Despite the college student’s pigritude, he continued to maintain a ‘B’ average. |
| gumfiate | to cause to swell; to puff up He just had his wisdom teeth extracted, so his cheeks are gumfiated. |
| chermadic adj | of a heavy weight used as a projectile Wile E. Coyote continues to be crushed by his own chermadic snares. |
| bubulcitate | to act as a cowherd; to cry like a cowherd When their cat went missing, they were on the street bubulcitating for weeks. |
| trabeal adj | like a beam; of the nature of a horizontal beam This trabeal support for the roof won’t last more than a decade. |
| magophony | massacre of magi or priests The acts of magophony that accompany religious intolerance are simply unacceptable. |
| findible | able to be cleft or split This pie is perfectly findible, if we can agree to some simple rules for cutting it. |
| omniregency n | universal rulership; state of complete authority The principle of omniregency is now seriously mistrusted, and not only by radicals. |
| brochity n | projecting or crooked quality of teeth His parents later regretted that they did not correct his brochity in his youth. |
| prandicle n | small meal In those years, she would take several prandicles during the course of each day. |
| nerterology n | learning relating to the dead or the underworld Her inquiries into nerterology were inspired by a youthful visit to a medieval crypt. |
| riviation n | fishing While anglers are the sort who enjoy quiet contemplation, I find riviation to be boring. |
| inveteratist | opponent of reform; one who inveterately holds to tradition The golf course’s manager, being an inveteratist, continued to refuse women entry. |
| gardevisure | visor of a helmet as shown on heraldic devices Since you’re so ugly, why not place a gardevisure on your coat of arms? |
| poliadic | of the nature of a local or tutelary god Respect for poliadic spirits and deities continued long after the region converted. |
| plenisphere n | a perfect sphere The iridescent plenispheres in the sky told him that someone was blowing bubbles. |
| keleusmatically | adv imperatively; in an imperative mood “Sit down!” the teacher instructed his wife keleusmatically, to her chagrin. |
| alabandical adj | barbarous; stupefied from drink His behaviour after the party was positively alabandical. |
| modernicide | killing or killer of modern people While the Luddites were radical traditionalists, they never engaged in modernicide. |
| nequient | not being able While the other students understand algebra, you are still nequient in this simple art. |
| ducenarious adj | pertaining to two hundred The ducenarious diversion of the bicentennial brought the countrymen together. |
| embolimaeal adj | intercalary; inserted into the calendar The addition of embolimaeal days caused calendrical confusion in the past. |
| pomarious | of or belonging to an orchard or fruit |
| chronanagram n | an anagram of a chronogram Jacobites used chronanagrams to cryptically express support for their cause. |
| gipseian | belonging or pertaining to gypsies The gipseian rhythms made her feel as if she were in the Middle East. |
| ichorescent | growing or becoming ichorous After several months, the carrots were disgustingly ichorescent. |
| siagonology n | study of jawbones Reliance on siagonology alone led to the proliferation of the Piltdown Man hoax. |
| sputcheon n | metal lining of the mouth of a scabbard The blade rang against the sputcheon as he drew it, eliminating the element of surprise. |
| phlyarologist n | one who talks nonsense He was a petty phlyarologist who could rarely hold an intelligent conversation. |
| squiriferous adj | having the character or qualities of a squire The squiriferous youth squandered his inheritance with astonishing rapidity. |
| phylactology n | science of counter |
| exipotic | purgative; cleansing the body of illness While the medicine was exipotic to his body, it made a mess of his bathroom. |
| eternitarian n | one who believes in the eternity of the soul Though she held to no particular faith, she remained a hopeful eternitarian. |
| pedegorize v | to construct a pedigree; to derive through a pedigree |
| pilimiction n | |
| eicastic adj | imitative The comedian’s wit is limited to his considerable eicastic abilities. |
| sceptriferous adj | bearing a scepter The court’s sceptriferous seneschal had a primarily symbolic function. |
| veprecose adj | full of brambles When they moved onto the estate, the grounds were veprecose and untended. |
| kalotypography | beautiful printing Medieval manuscripts are attractive, but modern kalotypography surely surpasses them. |
| plebicolar | courting or appealing to the common people |
| rendling n | curdling or setting of cheese Seeing the realization slowly dawn upon her was like witnessing the rendling of cheese. |
| obarmate v | to arm against Let us obarmate ourselves for the upcoming battle against the Mongols! |
| medioxumate | of gods of intermediate rank between those of heaven and of hell Medioxumate deities such as those of the Greek pantheon are rarely worshipped today. |
| melanochalcographer | engraver of copper printing plates No melanochalcographer can match a photographic print in quality of reproduction. |
| macellarious | pertaining to butchers or meat markets Some practitioners of the macellarious arts are more humane to animals than vegans. |
| diffibulate | to unbutton; to unbuckle He found it difficult to diffibulate her blouse using only one hand. |
| quotientive | indicating how often She set up the schedule using a quotientive formula to ensure fairness. |
| mulcible | able to be appeased Despite his promises of food, the crowd was not mulcible and began to riot. |
| ascoliasm n | boys’ game of beating each other with gloves or leather while hopping |
| pseudisodomous | style of wall construction using stones of different thickness |
| habroneme | having the appearance of fine threads Her habroneme hair was admired by many hairstylists for its fine texture. |
| myriander | consisting of ten thousand men Her myriander host of suitors never figured out that she was a lesbian. |
| stiricide n | falling of icicles from a house The untended tenement was very dangerous in winter due to stiricide. |
| gutturniform | shaped like a water pitcher She was never able to mould the clay into a proper gutturniform shape. |
| mingent | discharging urine The mingent dog amused the children but not the owner of the flower garden. |
| filicology | study of ferns Filicology is a discipline for which paleontological training is a great asset. |
| obrumpent | breaking; bursting The guests were startled to attention by the sound of obrumpent balloons. |
| novaturient | desiring changes or alterations The novel’s author rightly rejected the novaturient wishes of the screenwriters |
| mariturient | eager to marry He was beset with offers from several distant cousins who were desperately mariturient. |
| schismarch n | founder of a schism The schismarch of the People’s Front of Judea was hated by his former allies. |
| logarithmotechny | the art of calculating logarithms But sir, without my calculator, I will be reduced to painful logarithmotechny! |
| xenization n | fact of travelling as a stranger This period of youthful xenization was the source of his later cultural tolerance. |
| egrote | to feign an illness He was a master of egroting in order to find more time to study for tests. |
| labascate | v to begin to fall or slide He watched with helpless horror as the baby carriage labascated down the stairs. |
| slimikin adj | small and slender She was a slimikin young woman who often flirted with the schoolboys at the academy. |
| epalpebrate adj | lacking eyebrows If you don’t stop plucking, soon you’ll be epalpabrate! |
| tecnolatry n | worship or idolization of children Despite her infertility, or perhaps because of it, she was known for her tecnolatry. |
| virtival n | metal support for an axle Though he added virtivals to the cart, it fell to pieces at the first major jolt. |
| secability n | capability of being cut The limited secability of Kevlar makes it an ideal material for modern armour. |
| quaeritate v | to question; to inquire If I might quaeritate, why are we headed in the wrong direction on the trail? |
| casitive adj | having grammatical cases The casitive nature of Finnish and Hungarian makes them difficult to learn. |
| celeberrimous adj | very or most highly celebrated Her celeberrimous accomplishments were lauded by her colleagues. |
| hymnicide | killing of hymns through alterations Many accused the revisionists in the Church of committing hymnicide. |
| frenigerent | bearing a bridle The frenigerent filly flew fast from the fire. |
| boreism n | behaviour of a boring person The professor, while brilliant, was afflicted by boreism when lecturing. |
| fabrefaction | act of fashioning or making a work of art The sculptor felt that fabrefaction was more important than the end result. |
| vacivity n | emptiness The vacivity of her mind can hardly be a consequence of her blonde hair. |
| radicarian | pertaining to the roots of words A radicarian knowledge of Latin is of central importance for English etymology. |
| succisive adj | of time, spare or in excess Because I worked so much harder than them, they envied my succisive rests. |
| woundikins int | diminutive form of “wounds”; mild oath He shouted, “Great woundikins!” upon striking his toe, much to their amusement. |
| ichthyarchy | the domain or rule of fishes Despite his ichthyarchy, Aquaman is really a very pitiful superhero. |
| hecatologue | code consisting of 100 rules The teen whined that her parents’ list of rules was practically a hecatologue. |
| vampirarchy n | set of rulers comparable to vampires Some believe that we are secretly ruled by the Illuminati or a similar vampirarchy. |
| celeripedean adj | swift |
| noscible | knowable; well |
| phoenigm n | reddening of the skin; reddish medical application The phoenigm of his cheeks after the race testified both to his fatigue and his elation. |
| castaldy n | stewardship His castaldy over the manor was dependent on his good relations with the lord’s sons. |
| binoternary adj | combining binary and trinary aspects The dots on the “ face of a die are arranged in a binoternary fashion. |
| vultuous adj | having a sad or solemn countenance The child’s vultuous visage was the key to the team’s successful con game. |
| autexousious adj | exercising or possessing free will If we are truly autexousious, then why do we so often feel powerless? |
| archiloquy n | first part of a speech We stopped paying attention during his talk due to his monotonous archiloquy. |
| aeipathy n | continued passion; an unyielding disease Her aeipathy for stamp collecting bordered at times on the pathological |
| panchymagogue n | medicine purging all the humours from the body |
| mecography | measurement of the dimensions and weight of body parts The condom company used mecography to obtain necessary data about its clientele. |
| impigrity | quickness; speed The impigrity of the contract’s signing led to vexing legal wranglings. |
| vinitorian adj | of or pertaining to tending vines Though the orchard was more profitable, her vinitorian skills earned her respect. |
| lardlet | small piece of bacon to put into meat to enrich with fat The secret to her pot roasts is the use of lardlets to enhance the flavour of the meat. |
| jussulent | full of broth or soup The bubbling of the jussulent cauldron and the crackling of the campfire soothed her. |
| dipsopathy n | medical treatment involving abstinence from liquids The new antibiotics he was taking required him to practice strict dipsopathy. |
| trajectitious adj | characterized by oversea transport The trajectitious movement of sugar cane allowed the merchants to grow rich. |
| sireniform adj | having the lower legs abnormally joined into a single limb |
| tremefy | to cause to tremble His words tremefied the more gullible of onlookers, while others shook their heads. |
| hemerine | daily; quotidian The hemerine ritual of walking her dog kept her in good physical shape. |
| ingordigious | greedy; avaricious Your ingordigious ways are cruel and heartless; charity is the path to joy. |
| ingeniculation | bending of the knee His ingeniculation was in vain, and she turned away in disgust, never to return. |
| weequashing n | spearing of fish or eels by torchlight from canoes The Scouts went out weequashing, but they forgot to obtain the proper permit. |
| divinipotent adj | having strong divinatory powers While the TV psychic claims to be divinipotent, he’s clearly a charlatan. |
| tristifical adj | causing to be sad or mournful His tristifical wailing got the best of us, and we also were reduced to tears. |
| ephydriad n | water |
| soloecal adj | provincially incorrect His soloecal Southern dialect cost him more than one job. |
| dodrantal adj | of nine inches in length The male stripper’s dodrantal instrument impressed the ladies greatly. |
| vicambulate | to walk about in the streets Would you care to vicambulate with me on this fine evening, my dear? |
| scandiscope n | machine for cleaning chimneys The scandiscope removed soot, but also what might have been reindeer droppings. |
| vadosity n | fact of being fordable The limited vadosity of the river presented an enormous barrier to the pioneers. |
| archigrapher n | principal or head secretary or clerk The archigrapher efficiently designated transcription duties to her underlings. |
| venundate | to buy and sell The farmer went to town once a month to venundate, but was otherwise solitary. |
| auturgy n | self |
| lubency | willingness; pleasure My lubency to help you in this matter will not be increased by your paltry bribes. |
| tussicate | to cough He tussicated throughout the opera, annoying nearby audience members. |
| magastromancy | magical astrology Her reliance on magastromancy to decide the students’ grades got her in trouble. |
| tolfraedic adj | of reckoning one hundred as ; duodecimal Unfortunately, our measures still have a strong component of tolfraedic reckoning. |
| bonifate adj | lucky; fortunate The gambler was too bonifate, and attracted the casino manager’s attention. |
| thural adj | of or pertaining to incense The mysteries of the ancient order involved the burning of thural herbs. |
| triclavianism n | belief that only three nails were used at Christ’s crucifixion |
| hyometer | rain gauge Her homemade hyometer was overwhelmed and destroyed by the deluge. |
| pugnastics n | displays of pugilistic ability Ali’s pugnastics were much more impressive than his overly boastful showmanship. |
| cynicocratical adj | pertaining to rule by cynics When people mistrust government, our leaders become cynicocratical. |
| occulcation n | act of treading on or trampling Repeated occulcations of this field by soldiers have left it useless for agriculture. |
| cosmogyral adj | whirling round the universe The great cosmogyral peregrinations of galaxies follow simple physical laws. |
| crebrity n | frequency; period between two occurrences Old Faithful is a natural clock, and its invariant crebrity continues to amaze. |
| hirculation | disease of vines where they grow no fruit Despite a fantastic growing season, the vineyard was crippled by hirculation. |
| venialia n | minor sins or offences Though he had done nothing heinous, all of his friends had been victims of his venialia. |
| ramifactive | |
| graocracy | government by an old woman or women High voter turnout among elderly women may soon lead us into a graocracy. |
| tauroboly n | slaughter of a bull or bulls; pagan bull sacrifice The cruelty of the matador led her to fight against tauroboly as an inhumane practice. |
| amandation n | act of sending away or dismissing His rude amandation of his guests earned him a reputation for curtness. |
| isangelous | equal to the angels I’ve had just about enough of her isangelous and self |
| blateration n | chatter; babbling I’ve had just about enough of your garrulous blateration, you clod! |
| inocciduous | of a star, never setting Polaris was his inocciduous guide as he trekked across the Great Plains. |
| lambition | act of licking or lapping The child’s lambition of the ice cream was interrupted by gravity, the cruellest master. |
| foppotee | simpleton What a pitiful foppotee he was, always oblivious to our jeers! |
| psephograph n | machine for automatically recording votes These newfangled computers are no more reliable than an old |
| veteratorian adj | crafty; subtle Your veteratorian villainy is no match for the might of my armies of men! |
| pudify v | to cause to be ashamed Your remarks do not pudify me, for you are as guilty of such offenses as I am! |
| murklins | in the dark She stumbled murklins about the house until she found the light switch. |
| embaphium n | small vessel for measuring or serving medicine She employed an embaphium to ensure the correct dose was given. |
| resarciate v | to mend; to make amends She wanted to resarciate their friendship before it was damaged irreparably. |
| drollic adj | of or pertaining to puppet shows Computer graphics are rapidly replacing the drollic puppet |
| amorevolous adj | affectionate; loving Our father, though amorevolous, could be a strict taskmaster at times. |
| pessundate v | to cast down or ruin The Roman Empire was pessundated by its economic woes rather than moral decline. |
| sedecuple n | quantity sixteen times another She enjoyed the Slinky, though her age was the sedecuple of her granddaughter’s. |
| aporrhoea n | a bodily emanation; an effluvium The evening’s revelries were followed by an unfortunate episode of aporrhoea. |
| mochlic | drastic purgative medicine This mochlic remedy is worse than the disease, but at least it will be over quickly. |
| speustic adj | made or baked in haste At the last minute, he thought to throw together a speustic pie for the gathering. |
| decutient adj | shaking down; beating down Their decutient technique for getting apples from trees annoyed the farmer. |
| flosculation | an embellishment or ornament in speech The speaker’s lecture was rendered laughable by ridiculous flosculations. |
| Lutherolatry | worship of Martin Luther and his teachings The priest was poorly received for his denunciation of Lutherolatry and paganism. |
| theomeny n | the wrath of God I may suffer theomeny for my beliefs, but at least I will have been consistent. |
| pannuscorium n | soft leather cloth used on the tops of shoes and boots |
| interfation | act of interrupting another while speaking His boorish interfations were ill |
| circuland n | that which is to be circulated Here we have the circuland, as opposed to our internal earnings report. |
| leeftail | in great demand; having a quick sale The new Corvettes are a leeftail product, no doubt because of the economic boom. |
| primifluous | that which flows first The primifluous wines of the evening were excellent, unlike the plonk served later. |
| operiment n | a covering If you don’t get an operiment for your classic car, it will rust away in a brief time. |
| sacricolist n | devout worshipper She was a skeptic, but became a sacricolist after her father’s death. |
| rogitate v | to ask frequently “Are we there yet?”, the kids rogitated, apparently unaware of their parents’ frustration. |
| cacatory adj | accompanied by loose bowels For the diners, the effects of the chicken cacciatore, alas, were cacatory. |
| rogalian | of or pertaining to a great fire The books’ authors were rightly incensed at their works’ rogalian fate under the censors. |
| ulvose adj | full of reeds or weeds The ulvose marsh was drained, damaging the habitat of several species of waterfowl. |
| famigerate | to carry news from abroad The bloggers famigerated about the conditions in the war |
| scelidate adj | having legs; legged The legless dragon of Eastern myth contrasts with its scelidate Western counterpart. |
| psalloid | resembling a harp or stringed instrument Her renown as a maker of psalloid instruments led to a position at the royal court. |
| lugent | weeping; mourning After hearing of the attack, her brothers were lugent at first, then enraged. |
| pullarian | of or pertaining to chicken or fowl Our pullarian mascot was trampled by the opposing team’s offensive line. |
| sophronize | to imbue with sound moral principles or selfcontrol It is important that we sophronize children, not merely teach them facts. |
| plegnic | acting by a blow; striking like a hammer; percussive |
| austerulous adj | somewhat or slightly harsh The austerulous monks were rarely lenient with their pupils. |
| recineration n | second reduction to ashes The recineration of his book manuscript in the second fire drove him over the edge. |
| fumificate | to make or cause smoke or incense The only problem with the new grill is its tendency to fumificate. |
| perantique | very antique or ancient She treasured the perantique mirror even though the glass was somewhat warped. |
| gleimous | slimy; full of phlegm Its gleimous tongue slipped between its teeth and ensnared the moose. |
| defedate | to defile; to pollute The toxic chemicals continue to defedate our town’s water supply. |
| nepheliad n | cloudLike a nepheliad, the skydiver dove gracefully through the clouds. |
| vectarious adj | belonging to a wagon or carriage At the end of their vectarious voyage, he pulled out the engagement ring. |
| urette n | dried animal urine absorbed into calcareous soil The only sign it had ever been a pasture were the patches of urette and dried dung. |
| dromograph n | instrument for measuring velocity of blood flow The dromograph readings from his elderly patient alarmed the doctor. |
| colaphize | to beat or buffet His lawyer claimed that police had colaphized him, which confused the judge. |
| ectylotic adj | removing warts or calluses Use this ectylotic bandage on your finger and you’ll be cured in a week or two. |
| starrify | to decorate with stars; to make into a star She would often starrify her high school students’ work, thereby infantilizing them. |
| cacozealous adj | imitating badly; poorly affected Her cacozealous attempt at mimicking her boss bordered on being offensive. |
| occaecation n | the act of blinding After his occaecation, he was unable to enjoy simple pleasures such as reading. |
| helctic | acting to drag or draw out; drawing While leechcraft is derided, it is medicinally useful from a helctic perspective. |
| gelicide | a frost Unfortunately, the flowers were killed too soon by an early gelicide. |
| sigilism n | act of revealing the secrets of the confessional After learning of such atrocities, it is only natural that he would consider sigilism. |
| tetanothrum n | cosmetic for removing wrinkles The proliferation of tetanothrums reflects the concerns of aging baby boomers. |
| jecorary | of or relating to the liver The alcoholic’s refusal to seek treatment caused him no end of jecorary trouble. |
| surgation n | erection of the penis His surgation caused him embarassment when he had to speak in front of the class. |
| zygostatical adj | pertaining to a market official in charge of weights His zygostatical training allowed him to cheat the scales undetected |
| magistricide | the killing or killer of a teacher or master While many have considered magistricide, few are bold or wicked enough to do so. |
| inobligality | quality of not being obligatory Granting the inobligality of bringing a gift to the party, it is still polite to do so. |
| quadragintireme n | vessel with forty rows of oars |
| saburrate | to put sand or gravel in a ship as ballast Fortunately, the ship was thoroughly saburrated, or else it would surely have capsized. |
| sagittipotent adj | having great ability in archery The sagittipotent hunter found himself unable to kill the beautiful white stag. |
| ponask v | to cook game by splitting it and roasting it on a spit |
| venustation n | act of causing to become beautiful or handsome The cream’s manufacturer fraudulently promised venustation to those who used it. |
| obacerate v | to stop one’s mouth When he swore onstage, several audience members obacerated themselves. |
| dignorate | to mark or brand an animal He was glad he had dignorated his horse, or else he couldn’t have claimed it. |
| alogotrophy n | excessive nutrition of part of body resulting in deformity Was he born with that huge head, or is it the result of alogotrophy? |
| volgivagant adj | pertaining to the common people; poor or base; inconstant Her political fortunes were tied to her ability to appeal to her volgivagant constituents. |
| rimestock n | old almanac with runic writings He bought the old rimestock at auction, but was unaware of its calendric function. |
| misqueme | to displease; to offend If my actions misqueme you or your friends, you need only leave me alone. |
| sospital adj | keeping safe and healthy; preserving from danger The bodyguard’s sospital functions were compromised by his love for his charge. |
| affuage n | right to cut wood in a forest for family firThe family’s right of affuage ensured they would have enough wood for winter.e |
| telligraph n | charter outlining boundaries of landholdings Fortunately, he still possessed the telligraph given to his greatgrandfather. |
| lococession | place for giving Deposit your alms in the lococession we have provided, and you will be rewarded. |
| piladex n | game where an inflated bag is hit with hand to keep aloft across a table |
| pication n | application of warm pitch to the skin as medical treatment |
| pocilliform | shaped like a little cup The golf ball hardly budged from its pocilliform resting |
| ebaptization n | declaring that someone has not been properly baptized They feared the priest’s heterodoxy would lead to charges of ebaptization. |
| kexy | dry, brittle, withered The rustling of the kexy leaves alerted the campers to the bear’s presence. |
| addecimate | to tithe They addecimated regularly but were not otherwise known for their charity. |
| buccellation n | act of dividing into small morsels The buccellation and apportionment of their rations was the subject of heated |
| traboccant adj | superabundant; excessive Your traboccant generosity will no doubt be repaid twice over by the award recipients. |
| visotactile adj | involving both touch and vision The deaf man learned to make better use of visotactile input in his daily life. |
| essomenic adj | showing things as they will be in the future The essomenic properties of crystal balls are very much in dispute. |
| supellectile adj | of the nature of furniture Our apartment is full of knickknacks, but is lacking in supellectile necessities. |
| temerate | to break a bond or promise; to profane She would not compromise, for doing so would force her to temerate her vows. |
| quadrimular | lasting for four years The quadrimular interval between Olympiads is a long wait in terms of athletes’ careers. |
| oporopolist n | fruit |
| lagenarious | flagon |
| sarcinarious adj | serving to carry a burden or load His sarcinarious draughthorse could take no more, and collapsed on the desert sands. |
| mowburnt | of crops, spoiled by becoming overheated The heat wave last August left us with heaps of mowburnt and useless crops. |
| teliferous adj | bearing darts or missiles The teliferous battalion of soldiers advanced, kowing that they had the upper hand. |
| icasm | figurative expression He protested at his trial that the death threat he delivered was only an icasm. |
| seplasiary n | seller or producer of perfumes and ointments She had an allergic reaction after the seplasiary sprayed her in the eyes. |
| aquabib n | water |
| tortiloquy n | crooked speech I will not tolerate such tortiloquy in my court! |
| crassulent adj | very fat; grossly obese While some point to Brando’s crassulent state, others focus on his acting. |
| lignicide | woodcutter We will not tolerate the lignicides who would despoil our old |
| ictuate | v to emphasize; to put metrical stress on She preferred free verse over carefully |
| hirquitalliency | strength of voice The wrestler’s hirquitalliency compensated for his lack of strength and talent. |
| solennial adj | occurring once a year; annual Welcome to our solennial celebration of the birth of our illustrious institution. |
| artigrapher n | writer or composer of a grammar; a grammarian |
| locupletative | tending to enrich Your locupletative contributions have helped furnish the new stadium lavishly. |
| somandric adj | pertaining to the human body Today’s athletes frequently exceed natural somandric limits with anabolic steroids. |
| spiscious adj | of a thick consistency Her soups are both spiscious and delicious, though perhaps overladen with salt. |
| sementine adj | pertaining to sowing; of the time of seeding fields This year’s drought means that our springtime sementine efforts were in vain. |
| legatarian | of or pertaining to a deputy or legate The vice |
| trophaeal adj | pertaining to or adorned with trophies Her trophaeal treasure trove was the only thing undamaged by the fire. |
| assectation n | act of following after something else |
| nubivagant | moving throughout or among clouds The glider flew like a nubivagant bird before emerging out of the clouds and into view. |
| affictitious adj | feigned; counterfeit The forger was caught despite his masterfully |
| ossifragant | bone |
| senticous adj | prickly; thorny He pricked himself on a senticous bush as he searched about for his golf ball. |
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