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abacinate
To blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes
abderian
Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.
abecedarian
One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.
abligurition
Prodigal expense for food.
accubation
The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
adoxography
Good writing on a minor subject.
agelast
one who never laughs; a mirthless person
agerasia
An outward appearance more youthful than one's true age
agraffe
A clasp consisting of a hook which fastens on to a ring.
autolatry
The worship of oneself.
bathykolpian
deep bosomed.
blandiloquent
Describing mild, flattering speech
borborygmus
A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines heard from a distance.
brevirostrate
Short-beaked; having a short bill.
bromidrosis
Fetid or foul-smelling perspiration. Also called osmidrosis.
cachinnation
Convulsive, loud laughter.
cacoethes
compulsion; mania
charientism
A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
cheiloproclitic
having an erotic attraction to a person's lips
cruciverbalist
A person who constructs crosswords
dactylonomy
The use of one's fingers to express numbers.
decubitis
Inflammations cause by a reclined position of the body; it often refers to the complications of bed-ridden patients such as bed sores.
defenestrate
To eject or throw (someone or something) from a window.
dehisce
To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, or pollen, or other contents, as the ripe pods of some plants.
dephlogisticate
To take away the phlogiston, i.e. ability to burn, which is now understood to be chemically impossible
emunction
The act of blowing one's nose.
farctate
The state of having overeaten.
filipendulous
Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
floccinaucinihilipilification
The act or habit of describing or regarding something as worthless.
gambrinous
Drunk; full of beer.
gongoozler
Someone who gongoozles (who watches boats go by, or stands by and watches things without participating.)
gossypiboma
A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body during surgery.
gowpen
A bowl made of two hands cupped together.
hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian
Of or pertaining to extremely long words[1].
honorificabilitudinitatibus
The state of being able to achieve honours
inaniloquent
Tending to speak profusely; loquacious; garrulous
jentacular
Of or pertaining to a breakfast taken early in the morning, or immediately on getting up.
jumentous
Of, relating to, or smelling like horse urine.
lethologica
The inability to remember the correct word.
maledicent
((archaic)) one who enjoys using slanderous language
mallemaroking
carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.
mammothrept
a spoilt child
mulligrubs
colic
mumpsimus
A person who obstinately adheres to old ways in spite of clear evidence that they are wrong; an ignorant and bigoted opponent of reform.
mytacism
excessive or incorrect use of the letter M
nelipot
? One without shoes.
nudiustertian
Of the day before yesterday.
onychophagy
the habit of biting one's nails
pandiculation
A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy or on waking, often accompanied by yawning.
petrichor
The scent of rain on earth after a dry spell
preantepenultimate
[1]preantepenult[1]
prosopography
a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships
pyknic
A short, thickset person characterised by thick neck, large abdomen and relatively short limbs; a mesomorph.
qualtagh
the first individual a person meets after exiting his or her house
quidnunc
Someone who attempts to know all that happens, but who is not careful of the facts.
sabrage
The opening of a bottle, normally of champagne, by slicing off the bottle's neck with a sabre sword.
scacchic
Of or related to chess
slubberdegullion
A filthy, slobbering person; a sloven, a villain, a fiend, a louse.
sphallolalia
Flirtatious talk that leads nowhere.
tachyphagia
Excessively rapid eating or bolting of food
tarantism
An extreme urge to dance, popularly thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula and prevalent in southern Italy in the 15th through 17th centuries.
ulotrichous
Having woolly or crispy hair
ultracrepidarian
Of a critic, giving opinions on something beyond his or her knowledge.
usufructuary
Of or pertaining to a usufruct.
ventripotent
Having a big belly.
xerophagy
A restrictive diet (of bread and water, for example) as a punishment or religious form of discipline.
xylopolist
A seller or purveyor of fine woods.
yclept
Called, named.