Again, thanks to POSP stringer Tim...the "word man".
alate
EY-leyt
adjective
1. Having wings, winged.
2. Having membranous expansions like wings.
noun
The winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
anamnesis
an-am-NEE-sis
noun
1. The recollection or remembrance of the past.
2. Platonism. Recollection of the Ideas, which the soul had known in a previous existence, especially by means of reasoning.
3. The medical history of a patient.
4. Immunology. A prompt immune response to a previously encountered antigen, characterized by more rapid onset and greater effectiveness of antibody and T cell reaction than during the first encounter, as after a booster shot in a previously immunized person.
5. (Often initial capital letter) a prayer in a Eucharistic service, recalling the Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ.
arbalest
AHR-buh-list
noun
A crossbow especially of medieval times.
bleb
bleb
noun
1. A bubble.
2. Medicine/medical: A blister or vesicle.
birr
bur
noun
1. A whirring sound.
2. Emphasis in statement, speech, etc.
3. A whirring sound.
bright-line
BRYTE-lyne
adjective
Providing an unambiguous criterion or guideline especially in law.
calvous
KAL-vuhs
adjective
Lacking all or most of the hair on the head, bald.
canticle
KAN-ti-kuhl
noun
1. A song, poem, or hymn especially of praise.
2. One of the non-metrical hymns or chants, chiefly from the Bible, used in church services.
conciliate
kuhn-SIL-ee-eyt
verb
1. To overcome the distrust or hostility of, placate, win over.
2. To win or gain (goodwill, regard, or favor).
3. To make compatible, reconcile.
4. To become agreeable or reconciled.
desinence
DES-uh-nuhns
noun
1. A termination or ending, as the final line of a verse.
2. Grammar. A termination, ending, or suffix of a word.
deucedly
DOO-sid-lee
adverb
Devilishly, damnably.
doyenne
doi-EN
noun
1. A woman who is the senior member of a group, class, or profession.
2. Main bitch in charge.
duckboard
DUK-bord
noun
A boardwalk or slatted flooring laid on a wet, muddy, or cold surface -- usually used in plural.
elixir
ih-LIK-ser
noun
1a. A substance held to be capable of changing metals into gold.
1b. A substance held to be capable of extending life.
1c. Cure-all.
1d. A medicinal concoction.
2. A sweetened usually alcoholic liquid.
expostulate
ik-SPOS-chuh-leyt
verb
To reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done.
fetial
FEE-shuhl
adjective
Concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace.
fustian
FUSS-chun
noun
1. A strong cotton and linen fabric.
2. High-flown or affected writing or speech; broadly; anything high-flown or affected in style.
fusty
FUHS-tee
adjective
1. Having a stale smell; moldy, musty.
2. Old-fashioned or out-of-date, as architecture, furnishings, or the like.
3. Stubbornly conservative or old-fashioned, fogyish.
gasconade
gas-kuh-NEYD
noun
Extravagant boasting, boastful talk.
verb
To boast extravagantly, bluster.
heterotelic
het-er-uh-TEL-ik
adjective
Having the purpose of its existence or occurrence apart from itself.
hiemal
HAHY-uh-muhl
adjective
Of or pertaining to winter, wintry.
idoneous
ahy-DOH-nee-uhs
adjective
Appropriate, fit, suitable, apt.
intercalate
in-TER-kuh-layt
verb
1. To insert (as a day) in a calendar.
2. To insert between or among existing elements or layers.
interpolation
in-tur-puh-LEY-shuhn
noun
1. The act or process of introducing something additional or extraneous between other parts.
2. Something interpolated, as a passage introduced into a text.
3. Mathematics:
A. The process of determining the value of a function between two points at which it has prescribed values.
B. A similar process using more than two points at which the function has prescribed values.
C. The process of approximating a given function by using its values at a discrete set of points.
malversation
mal-ver-sat-shun
noun
Misconduct or malfeasance in public office, at one time also known asjobbery.
mettle
MET-l
noun
1. Courage and fortitude.
2. Disposition or temperament.
mordant
MOR-dunt
adjective
1. Biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style, incisive.
2. Burning, pungent.
neoterism
nee-OT-uh-riz-uhm
noun
1. An innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
2. The use of new words, terms, or expressions.
novation
noh-VEY-shuhn
noun
1. The introduction of something new; innovation.
2. Law: The substitution of a new obligation for an old one, usually by the substitution of a new debtor or of a new creditor.
ort
ort
noun
1. Leftover, scrap of food that remains after a meal is finished.
2. A scrap, a piece of trash that is left over from any job, as cleaning up the orts on a construction site.
ostensible
ah-STEN-suh-bul
adjective
1. Intended for display, open to view.
2. Being such in appearance, plausible rather than demonstrably true or real.
panegyrize
PAN-i-juh-rahyz
verb
1. To eulogize; to deliver or write a panegyric about.
2. To indulge in panegyric, bestow praises.
paregmenon
puh-REG-muh-non
noun
The juxtaposition of words that have a common derivation, as in “sense and sensibility.”
perspicacious
pur-spi-KEY-shuhs
adjective
1. Having keen mental perception and understanding, discerning.
2. Archaic. Having keen vision.
portmanteau
port-men-to
noun
1. A suitcase that opens into two compartments connected at the bottom by a hinge.
2. (Language) A blend, two words or morphemes that have been smushed together, as smog is a portmanteau word made up of smoke and fog.
profligacy
PROF-li-guh-see
noun
1. Reckless extravagance.
2. Shameless dissoluteness.
3. Great abundance.
raffish
raef-ish
adjective
1. Vulgarly showy, cheap and tacky, tawdry.
2. Rakish, devilishly attractive, seductively disreputable with a 'devil-may-care' attitude .
rapporteur
ra-por-TER
noun
A person who gives reports (as at a meeting of a learned society).
remora
REM-er-uh
noun
1. An obstacle, hindrance, or obstruction.
2. Any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
solatium
soh-LEY-shee-uhm
noun
1. Something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss or injury.
2. Law. Damages awarded to a plaintiff as compensation for personal suffering or grief arising from an injury.
solecism
SOL-uh-siz-uhm
noun
1. A breach of good manners or etiquette.
2. A nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
3. Any error, impropriety, or inconsistency.
thole
THOHL
verb
Chiefly dialect, endure.
viscid
VIS-id
adjective
1. Having a glutinous consistency, sticky, adhesive.
2. Botany: Covered by a sticky substance.
weltschmerz
VELT-shmairts
noun (often capitalized)
1. Mental depression or apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state.
2. A mood of sentimental sadness.
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