Good Words

Adumbrate
(V) To render in shadow.
Allatrate
(V) To bark like a dog.
Antipodean
(Adj) Relating to Australia or New Zealand.
Apothegmatic
(Adj) Terse and witty and like a maxim.
Apophasis
(N) Bringing something up by saying you won't bring it up.
Asportation
(N) The act of moving something unlawfully.
Borborygmus
(N) The sound of gurgling from your intestines.
Bridewell
(N) A minimum security prison.
Brisance
(N) The shattering capability of a high explosive.
Callipygian
(Adj) Having shapely buttocks.
Columbarium
(N) An above-ground structure with niches to hold cremation urns.
Curate's Egg
(N) Something that is both bad and good.
Derecho
(N) A fast-moving line of powerful thunderstorms.
Discalceate
(V) To respectfully take off your shoes.
Disembogue
(V) To come out into the open sea from a river.
Eleemosynary
(Adj) Related to or dependent on charity.
Enchiridion
(N) A handbook or manual.
Extinction Burst
(N) Binging on a habit after loss of reinforcement.
Factotum
(N) A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities.
Gamine
(Adj) Attractively boyish.
Hapax Legomenon
(N) A term which only appears once in a given corpus.
Hirsute
(Adj) Hairy.
Karst
(N) Limestone-rich landscape conducive to cave formation.
Lodestar
(N) A star used for navigation.
Mimesis
(N) Imitation of the real world in art.
Nasothek
(N) A collection of sculpted noses.
Otium
(N) A Latin term for unstructured leisure time.
Petrichor
(N) The smell of earth after a rainstorm.
Propitiate
(V) Regain the favor of an entity by performing a pleasing act.
Rakehell
(N) A licentious or dissolute man.
Scoria
(N) Impurities removed while smelting metal.
Tapetum
(N) The part of an animal's eye that shines in the dark.
Thalweg
(N) The deepest point in a river or valley.
Uxorious
(Adj) Having the qualities of a Wife Guy.