ABACOT

ABACOTthe name of an ancient cap of state worn by the kings of England, the upper part whereof was in the form of a double crown

ABSQUATULATE

ABSQUATULATE To make off, decamp, or abscond.

ACRONYCHAL

ACRONYCHAL Happening in the evening or at nightfall.

AUTOHAGIOGRAPHY

AUTOHAGIOGRAPHY Writing about oneself in an adulatory way.

BALDERDASH

BALDERDASHSenseless talk or writing; nonsense.

BOONDOGGLE

BOONDOGGLE An unnecessary or wasteful project.

BOUSTROPHEDONIC

BOUSTROPHEDONIC Of or relating to text written from left to right and right to left in alternate lines.

BRIMBORION

BRIMBORION A thing without value or use.

BORBORYGMUS

BORBORYGMUS Rumbling in the guts.

CACHINNATORY

CACHINNATORY Relating to loud or immoderate laughter.

CALLITHUMPIAN

CALLITHUMPIAN Relating to a band of discordant instruments or a noisy parade.

COLLYRIUM

COLLYRIUM A medicated salve for the eyes.

COULROPHOBIA

COULROPHOBIA An irrational fear of clowns.

CRUCIVERBALIST

CRUCIVERBALIST A compiler or solver of crossword puzzles.

DAFT-DAYS

DAFT-DAYS The days of mirth and amusement at Christmas.

DEASIL

DEASIL Righthandwards; in the direction of the sun; clockwise.

DIGLADIATION

DIGLADIATION Strife or bickering.

DUMBLEDORE

DUMBLEDORE A type of bee

EDACIOUS

EDACIOUS Relating to eating.

ELEEMOSYNARY

ELEEMOSYNARY Of or pertaining to alms or almsgiving; charitable.

EMPASM

EMPASM A perfumed powder once used in medicine.

ENGASTRIMYTH

ENGASTRIMYTH A ventriloquist

EPEOLATRY

EPEOLATRY The worship of words.

ERGOPHOBIA

ERGOPHOBIA Fear of work.

FANFARONADE

FANFARONADE Arrogant or boastful talk.

FLAGITIOUS

FLAGITIOUS Criminal; villainous.

FLIBBERTIGIBBET

FLIBBERTIGIBBET A frivolous, flighty, or excessively talkative person.

FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION

FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION The action or habit of judging something to be worthless.

FRIGORIFIC

FRIGORIFIC Causing cold; chilling.

FUNAMBULIST

FUNAMBULIST A tight-rope walker or rope dancer.

FUSTILUGS

FUSTILUGS A grossly fat or slovenly woman.

GABERLUNZIE

GABERLUNZIE A beggar.

GALLIGASKINS

GALLIGASKINS Wide, very loose breeches.

GARGALESIS

GARGALESIS Forceful tickling.

GAZUMP

GAZUMP to unfairly acquire a property by bidding more than an offer that has already been accepted.

GELOTOLOGIST

GELOTOLOGIST A researcher into humor.

GOMER

GOMER An undesirable hospital patient.

GONGOOZLER

GONGOOZLER An idle spectator.

HAPTIC

HAPTIC Of, or relating to, the sense of touch or tactile sensations.

HOKEY-POKEY

HOKEY-POKEY An inferior type of ice cream.

HEBESPHENOMEGACORONA

HEBESPHENOMEGACORONA An irregular solid figure with 21 faces, 18 of them triangular and the other three square.

HUMDUDGEON

HUMDUDGEON An imaginary illness.

IGNIVOMOUS

IGNIVOMOUS Vomiting fire.

IMPIGNORATE

IMPIGNORATE To place in pawn; to pledge or mortgage.

INCARNADINE

INCARNADINE Relating to a blood-red or crimson colour.

INTERROBANG

INTERROBANG A combined exclamation mark and question mark.

ISABELLINE

ISABELLINE Of a grayish-yellow color.

JACKANAPES

JACKANAPES A cheeky or impertinent person.

JINGOISM

JINGOISM Aggressive or warlike patriotism.

JOBBERNOWL

JOBBERNOWL A stupid person, a blockhead.

JOCUND

JOCUND Cheerful and light-hearted.

KATZENJAMMER

KATZENJAMMER A hangover.

KERFUFFLE

KERFUFFLE A commotion or fuss.

LAGNIAPPE

LAGNIAPPE Something given over and above what is purchased or earned.

LATROCINY

LATROCINY Robbery

LEIOTRICHOUS

LEIOTRICHOUS Having straight hair.

LEXIPHANIC

LEXIPHANIC Of people who use pretentious language.

LIPPITUDE

LIPPITUDE Soreness of the eyes.

LOLLAPALOOSA

LOLLAPALOOSA Something outstandingly good of its kind.

MACILENT

MACILENT Lean, shriveled, or excessively thin.

MAKEBATE

MAKEBATE A person who creates contention or strife.

MALAPERT

MALAPERT Boldly disrespectful or impudent.

MALLEMAROKING

MALLEMAROKING The carousing of seamen on board Greenland whaling ships.

MARITORIOUS

MARITORIOUS Being fond of one's husband.

MIMSY

MIMSY Prim or affected; over-refined.

MITHRIDATE

MITHRIDATE An antidote.

MONGO

MONGO An object retrieved from rubbish; a scavenger.

MORTSAFE

MORTSAFE An iron frame put over a coffin to prevent the body being stolen.

MUDLARK

MUDLARK Someone who scavenges in river mud for items of value.

MUGWUMP

MUGWUMP A person who remains aloof from controversial issues.

MULLIGRUBS

MULLIGRUBS A state of depression or low spirits.

NEPENTHES

NEPENTHES A drug or potion bringing welcome forgetfulness.

NIHILARTIKEL

NIHILARTIKEL A deliberately erroneous entry in a dictionary or other reference book.

NINNYHAMMER

NINNYHAMMER A fool or simpleton.

NOSTOC

NOSTOC A gelatinous mass.

NYCHTHEMERON

NYCHTHEMERON A day and a night, a period of 24 hours.

OBDIPLOSTEMONOUS

OBDIPLOSTEMONOUS A flower having two sets of stamens, with the outer series opposite the petals and the inner series alternating with them.

OBNUBILATE

OBNUBILATE To darken, dim, cloud over, or obscure.

OCHE

OCHE The line behind which darts players stand when throwing.

OCTOTHORPE

OCTOTHORPE Another name for the telephone handset symbol #.

OMPHALOSKEPSIS

OMPHALOSKEPSIS Contemplating ones navel as an aid to meditation.

ONOMATOPOEIA

ONOMATOPOEIA The formation of a word from a sound.

ONYCHOPHAGIST

ONYCHOPHAGIST A person who bites his or her nails.

OOJAH

OOJAH A thingumabob, doohickey or whatchamacallit.

ORISMOLOGY

ORISMOLOGY The science of defining technical terms.

OXTER

OXTER The armpit.

PANTECHNICON

PANTECHNICON A furniture removal van.

PASTINACEOUS

PASTINACEOUS Of the nature of or relating to the parsnip.

PECKSNIFFIAN

PECKSNIFFIAN Extremely hypocritical.

PELF

PELF Money, especially when gained dishonestly or dishonorably.

PICAYUNE

PICAYUNE Something of small value; of something petty or worthless.

PILGARLIC

PILGARLIC A bald-headed man.

PILLALOO

PILLALOO A cry of lamentation or distress.

PLENILUNE

PLENILUNE The full moon or the time of a full moon.

POGONOTROPHY

POGONOTROPHY Cultivation of a beard; beard-growing.

POPPYSMIC

POPPYSMIC Produced with smacking of the lips.

PROTOLOGISM

PROTOLOGISM A word newly coined in the hope it will become accepted.

PULCHRITUDINOUS

PULCHRITUDINOUS Beautiful.

PUSILLANIMOUS

PUSILLANIMOUS Faint-hearted, cowardly.

PYKNIC

PYKNIC Short and fat.

QUIDNUNC

QUIDNUNC An inquisitive person; a gossip.

QUINCUNX

QUINCUNX Five objects arranged so that four are at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth is at its center.

QUODLIBET

QUODLIBET A light-hearted medley of well-known tunes.

RANTIPOLE

RANTIPOLE Wild, disorderly; a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person.

REBARBATIVE

REBARBATIVE Unattractive and objectionable.

RHAPSODOMANCY

RHAPSODOMANCY The seeking of guidance through the chance selection of a passage in literature.

RHINOTILLEXOMANIA

RHINOTILLEXOMANIA Habitual or obsessive nose-picking.

ROBINSONADE

ROBINSONADE A novel with a theme similar to that of Robinson Crusoe.

SABERMETRICIAN

SABERMETRICIAN A person who studies baseball statistics.

SARDOODLEDOM

SARDOODLEDOM A play with an overly contrived and melodramatic plot.

SCIOLIST

SCIOLIST A superficial pretender to knowledge.

SESQUIPEDALIAN

SESQUIPEDALIAN Relating to a long word; characterized by using long words.

SIMOLEON

SIMOLEON One dollar.

SLUBBERDEGULLION

SLUBBERDEGULLION A filthy, slobbering person.

SMELLFEAST

SMELLFEAST A parasite, a greedy sponger, a freeloader.

STULTILOQUY

STULTILOQUY Foolish babbling.

TANTIVY

TANTIVY Riding at full gallop.

TETRAPYLOCTOMY

TETRAPYLOCTOMY The act of splitting a hair four ways.

TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA

TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA Fear of the number 13.

ULTIMO

ULTIMO Relating to last month.

ULTRACREPIDARIAN

ULTRACREPIDARIAN Of somebody who gives opinions on matters beyond his knowledge.

UNOBTANIUM

UNOBTANIUM A material that is unobtainable, often because it doesn't exist.

VACCARY

VACCARY A cow pasture.

VACCIMULGENCE

VACCIMULGENCE The milking of cows.

VEXILLOLOGY

VEXILLOLOGY The study of flags.

WAYZGOOSE

WAYZGOOSE A printers annual dinner or excursion.

WOBBEGONG

WOBBEGONG A type of shark found in Australia.

XENOGLOSSY

XENOGLOSSY The ability to speak a language without having learned it.

YAFFLE

YAFFLE A green woodpecker.

ZENZIZENZIZENZIC

ZENZIZENZIZENZIC The eighth power of a number.

ABACOT

ABACOTthe name of an ancient cap of state worn by the kings of England, the upper part whereof was in the form of a double crown

ABSQUATULATE

ABSQUATULATE To make off, decamp, or abscond.

ACRONYCHAL

ACRONYCHAL Happening in the evening or at nightfall.

AUTOHAGIOGRAPHY

AUTOHAGIOGRAPHY Writing about oneself in an adulatory way.

BALDERDASH

BALDERDASHSenseless talk or writing; nonsense.

BOONDOGGLE

BOONDOGGLE An unnecessary or wasteful project.

BOUSTROPHEDONIC

BOUSTROPHEDONIC Of or relating to text written from left to right and right to left in alternate lines.

BRIMBORION

BRIMBORION A thing without value or use.

BORBORYGMUS

BORBORYGMUS Rumbling in the guts.

CACHINNATORY

CACHINNATORY Relating to loud or immoderate laughter.

CALLITHUMPIAN

CALLITHUMPIAN Relating to a band of discordant instruments or a noisy parade.

COLLYRIUM

COLLYRIUM A medicated salve for the eyes.

COULROPHOBIA

COULROPHOBIA An irrational fear of clowns.

CRUCIVERBALIST

CRUCIVERBALIST A compiler or solver of crossword puzzles.

DAFT-DAYS

DAFT-DAYS The days of mirth and amusement at Christmas.

DEASIL

DEASIL Righthandwards; in the direction of the sun; clockwise.

DIGLADIATION

DIGLADIATION Strife or bickering.

DUMBLEDORE

DUMBLEDORE A type of bee

EDACIOUS

EDACIOUS Relating to eating.

ELEEMOSYNARY

ELEEMOSYNARY Of or pertaining to alms or almsgiving; charitable.

EMPASM

EMPASM A perfumed powder once used in medicine.

ENGASTRIMYTH

ENGASTRIMYTH A ventriloquist

EPEOLATRY

EPEOLATRY The worship of words.

ERGOPHOBIA

ERGOPHOBIA Fear of work.

FANFARONADE

FANFARONADE Arrogant or boastful talk.

FLAGITIOUS

FLAGITIOUS Criminal; villainous.

FLIBBERTIGIBBET

FLIBBERTIGIBBET A frivolous, flighty, or excessively talkative person.

FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION

FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION The action or habit of judging something to be worthless.

FRIGORIFIC

FRIGORIFIC Causing cold; chilling.

FUNAMBULIST

FUNAMBULIST A tight-rope walker or rope dancer.

FUSTILUGS

FUSTILUGS A grossly fat or slovenly woman.

GABERLUNZIE

GABERLUNZIE A beggar.

GALLIGASKINS

GALLIGASKINS Wide, very loose breeches.

GARGALESIS

GARGALESIS Forceful tickling.

GAZUMP

GAZUMP to unfairly acquire a property by bidding more than an offer that has already been accepted.

GELOTOLOGIST

GELOTOLOGIST A researcher into humor.

GOMER

GOMER An undesirable hospital patient.

GONGOOZLER

GONGOOZLER An idle spectator.

HAPTIC

HAPTIC Of, or relating to, the sense of touch or tactile sensations.

HOKEY-POKEY

HOKEY-POKEY An inferior type of ice cream.

HEBESPHENOMEGACORONA

HEBESPHENOMEGACORONA An irregular solid figure with 21 faces, 18 of them triangular and the other three square.

HUMDUDGEON

HUMDUDGEON An imaginary illness.

IGNIVOMOUS

IGNIVOMOUS Vomiting fire.

IMPIGNORATE

IMPIGNORATE To place in pawn; to pledge or mortgage.

INCARNADINE

INCARNADINE Relating to a blood-red or crimson colour.

INTERROBANG

INTERROBANG A combined exclamation mark and question mark.

ISABELLINE

ISABELLINE Of a grayish-yellow color.

JACKANAPES

JACKANAPES A cheeky or impertinent person.

JINGOISM

JINGOISM Aggressive or warlike patriotism.

JOBBERNOWL

JOBBERNOWL A stupid person, a blockhead.

JOCUND

JOCUND Cheerful and light-hearted.

KATZENJAMMER

KATZENJAMMER A hangover.

KERFUFFLE

KERFUFFLE A commotion or fuss.

LAGNIAPPE

LAGNIAPPE Something given over and above what is purchased or earned.

LATROCINY

LATROCINY Robbery

LEIOTRICHOUS

LEIOTRICHOUS Having straight hair.

LEXIPHANIC

LEXIPHANIC Of people who use pretentious language.

LIPPITUDE

LIPPITUDE Soreness of the eyes.

LOLLAPALOOSA

LOLLAPALOOSA Something outstandingly good of its kind.

MACILENT

MACILENT Lean, shriveled, or excessively thin.

MAKEBATE

MAKEBATE A person who creates contention or strife.

MALAPERT

MALAPERT Boldly disrespectful or impudent.

MALLEMAROKING

MALLEMAROKING The carousing of seamen on board Greenland whaling ships.

MARITORIOUS

MARITORIOUS Being fond of one's husband.

MIMSY

MIMSY Prim or affected; over-refined.

MITHRIDATE

MITHRIDATE An antidote.

MONGO

MONGO An object retrieved from rubbish; a scavenger.

MORTSAFE

MORTSAFE An iron frame put over a coffin to prevent the body being stolen.

MUDLARK

MUDLARK Someone who scavenges in river mud for items of value.

MUGWUMP

MUGWUMP A person who remains aloof from controversial issues.

MULLIGRUBS

MULLIGRUBS A state of depression or low spirits.

NEPENTHES

NEPENTHES A drug or potion bringing welcome forgetfulness.

NIHILARTIKEL

NIHILARTIKEL A deliberately erroneous entry in a dictionary or other reference book.

NINNYHAMMER

NINNYHAMMER A fool or simpleton.

NOSTOC

NOSTOC A gelatinous mass.

NYCHTHEMERON

NYCHTHEMERON A day and a night, a period of 24 hours.

OBDIPLOSTEMONOUS

OBDIPLOSTEMONOUS A flower having two sets of stamens, with the outer series opposite the petals and the inner series alternating with them.

OBNUBILATE

OBNUBILATE To darken, dim, cloud over, or obscure.

OCHE

OCHE The line behind which darts players stand when throwing.

OCTOTHORPE

OCTOTHORPE Another name for the telephone handset symbol #.

OMPHALOSKEPSIS

OMPHALOSKEPSIS Contemplating ones navel as an aid to meditation.

ONOMATOPOEIA

ONOMATOPOEIA The formation of a word from a sound.

ONYCHOPHAGIST

ONYCHOPHAGIST A person who bites his or her nails.

OOJAH

OOJAH A thingumabob, doohickey or whatchamacallit.

ORISMOLOGY

ORISMOLOGY The science of defining technical terms.

OXTER

OXTER The armpit.

PANTECHNICON

PANTECHNICON A furniture removal van.

PASTINACEOUS

PASTINACEOUS Of the nature of or relating to the parsnip.

PECKSNIFFIAN

PECKSNIFFIAN Extremely hypocritical.

PELF

PELF Money, especially when gained dishonestly or dishonorably.

PICAYUNE

PICAYUNE Something of small value; of something petty or worthless.

PILGARLIC

PILGARLIC A bald-headed man.

PILLALOO

PILLALOO A cry of lamentation or distress.

PLENILUNE

PLENILUNE The full moon or the time of a full moon.

POGONOTROPHY

POGONOTROPHY Cultivation of a beard; beard-growing.

POPPYSMIC

POPPYSMIC Produced with smacking of the lips.

PROTOLOGISM

PROTOLOGISM A word newly coined in the hope it will become accepted.

PULCHRITUDINOUS

PULCHRITUDINOUS Beautiful.

PUSILLANIMOUS

PUSILLANIMOUS Faint-hearted, cowardly.

PYKNIC

PYKNIC Short and fat.

QUIDNUNC

QUIDNUNC An inquisitive person; a gossip.

QUINCUNX

QUINCUNX Five objects arranged so that four are at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth is at its center.

QUODLIBET

QUODLIBET A light-hearted medley of well-known tunes.

RANTIPOLE

RANTIPOLE Wild, disorderly; a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person.

REBARBATIVE

REBARBATIVE Unattractive and objectionable.

RHAPSODOMANCY

RHAPSODOMANCY The seeking of guidance through the chance selection of a passage in literature.

RHINOTILLEXOMANIA

RHINOTILLEXOMANIA Habitual or obsessive nose-picking.

ROBINSONADE

ROBINSONADE A novel with a theme similar to that of Robinson Crusoe.

SABERMETRICIAN

SABERMETRICIAN A person who studies baseball statistics.

SARDOODLEDOM

SARDOODLEDOM A play with an overly contrived and melodramatic plot.

SCIOLIST

SCIOLIST A superficial pretender to knowledge.

SESQUIPEDALIAN

SESQUIPEDALIAN Relating to a long word; characterized by using long words.

SIMOLEON

SIMOLEON One dollar.

SLUBBERDEGULLION

SLUBBERDEGULLION A filthy, slobbering person.

SMELLFEAST

SMELLFEAST A parasite, a greedy sponger, a freeloader.

STULTILOQUY

STULTILOQUY Foolish babbling.

TANTIVY

TANTIVY Riding at full gallop.

TETRAPYLOCTOMY

TETRAPYLOCTOMY The act of splitting a hair four ways.

TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA

TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA Fear of the number 13.

ULTIMO

ULTIMO Relating to last month.

ULTRACREPIDARIAN

ULTRACREPIDARIAN Of somebody who gives opinions on matters beyond his knowledge.

UNOBTANIUM

UNOBTANIUM A material that is unobtainable, often because it doesn't exist.

VACCARY

VACCARY A cow pasture.

VACCIMULGENCE

VACCIMULGENCE The milking of cows.

VEXILLOLOGY

VEXILLOLOGY The study of flags.

WAYZGOOSE

WAYZGOOSE A printers annual dinner or excursion.

WOBBEGONG

WOBBEGONG A type of shark found in Australia.

XENOGLOSSY

XENOGLOSSY The ability to speak a language without having learned it.

YAFFLE

YAFFLE A green woodpecker.

ZENZIZENZIZENZIC

ZENZIZENZIZENZIC The eighth power of a number.

ABACOT

ABACOTthe name of an ancient cap of state worn by the kings of England, the upper part whereof was in the form of a double crown

ABSQUATULATE

ABSQUATULATE To make off, decamp, or abscond.

ACRONYCHAL

ACRONYCHAL Happening in the evening or at nightfall.

AUTOHAGIOGRAPHY

AUTOHAGIOGRAPHY Writing about oneself in an adulatory way.

BALDERDASH

BALDERDASHSenseless talk or writing; nonsense.

BOONDOGGLE

BOONDOGGLE An unnecessary or wasteful project.

BOUSTROPHEDONIC

BOUSTROPHEDONIC Of or relating to text written from left to right and right to left in alternate lines.

BRIMBORION

BRIMBORION A thing without value or use.

BORBORYGMUS

BORBORYGMUS Rumbling in the guts.

CACHINNATORY

CACHINNATORY Relating to loud or immoderate laughter.

CALLITHUMPIAN

CALLITHUMPIAN Relating to a band of discordant instruments or a noisy parade.

COLLYRIUM

COLLYRIUM A medicated salve for the eyes.

COULROPHOBIA

COULROPHOBIA An irrational fear of clowns.

CRUCIVERBALIST

CRUCIVERBALIST A compiler or solver of crossword puzzles.

DAFT-DAYS

DAFT-DAYS The days of mirth and amusement at Christmas.

DEASIL

DEASIL Righthandwards; in the direction of the sun; clockwise.

DIGLADIATION

DIGLADIATION Strife or bickering.

DUMBLEDORE

DUMBLEDORE A type of bee

EDACIOUS

EDACIOUS Relating to eating.

ELEEMOSYNARY

ELEEMOSYNARY Of or pertaining to alms or almsgiving; charitable.

EMPASM

EMPASM A perfumed powder once used in medicine.

ENGASTRIMYTH

ENGASTRIMYTH A ventriloquist

EPEOLATRY

EPEOLATRY The worship of words.

ERGOPHOBIA

ERGOPHOBIA Fear of work.

FANFARONADE

FANFARONADE Arrogant or boastful talk.

FLAGITIOUS

FLAGITIOUS Criminal; villainous.

FLIBBERTIGIBBET

FLIBBERTIGIBBET A frivolous, flighty, or excessively talkative person.

FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION

FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION The action or habit of judging something to be worthless.

FRIGORIFIC

FRIGORIFIC Causing cold; chilling.

FUNAMBULIST

FUNAMBULIST A tight-rope walker or rope dancer.

FUSTILUGS

FUSTILUGS A grossly fat or slovenly woman.

GABERLUNZIE

GABERLUNZIE A beggar.

GALLIGASKINS

GALLIGASKINS Wide, very loose breeches.

GARGALESIS

GARGALESIS Forceful tickling.

GAZUMP

GAZUMP to unfairly acquire a property by bidding more than an offer that has already been accepted.

GELOTOLOGIST

GELOTOLOGIST A researcher into humor.

GOMER

GOMER An undesirable hospital patient.

GONGOOZLER

GONGOOZLER An idle spectator.

HAPTIC

HAPTIC Of, or relating to, the sense of touch or tactile sensations.

HOKEY-POKEY

HOKEY-POKEY An inferior type of ice cream.

HEBESPHENOMEGACORONA

HEBESPHENOMEGACORONA An irregular solid figure with 21 faces, 18 of them triangular and the other three square.

HUMDUDGEON

HUMDUDGEON An imaginary illness.

IGNIVOMOUS

IGNIVOMOUS Vomiting fire.

IMPIGNORATE

IMPIGNORATE To place in pawn; to pledge or mortgage.

INCARNADINE

INCARNADINE Relating to a blood-red or crimson colour.

INTERROBANG

INTERROBANG A combined exclamation mark and question mark.

ISABELLINE

ISABELLINE Of a grayish-yellow color.

JACKANAPES

JACKANAPES A cheeky or impertinent person.

JINGOISM

JINGOISM Aggressive or warlike patriotism.

JOBBERNOWL

JOBBERNOWL A stupid person, a blockhead.

JOCUND

JOCUND Cheerful and light-hearted.

KATZENJAMMER

KATZENJAMMER A hangover.

KERFUFFLE

KERFUFFLE A commotion or fuss.

LAGNIAPPE

LAGNIAPPE Something given over and above what is purchased or earned.

LATROCINY

LATROCINY Robbery

LEIOTRICHOUS

LEIOTRICHOUS Having straight hair.

LEXIPHANIC

LEXIPHANIC Of people who use pretentious language.

LIPPITUDE

LIPPITUDE Soreness of the eyes.

LOLLAPALOOSA

LOLLAPALOOSA Something outstandingly good of its kind.

MACILENT

MACILENT Lean, shriveled, or excessively thin.

MAKEBATE

MAKEBATE A person who creates contention or strife.

MALAPERT

MALAPERT Boldly disrespectful or impudent.

MALLEMAROKING

MALLEMAROKING The carousing of seamen on board Greenland whaling ships.

MARITORIOUS

MARITORIOUS Being fond of one's husband.

MIMSY

MIMSY Prim or affected; over-refined.

MITHRIDATE

MITHRIDATE An antidote.

MONGO

MONGO An object retrieved from rubbish; a scavenger.

MORTSAFE

MORTSAFE An iron frame put over a coffin to prevent the body being stolen.

MUDLARK

MUDLARK Someone who scavenges in river mud for items of value.

MUGWUMP

MUGWUMP A person who remains aloof from controversial issues.

MULLIGRUBS

MULLIGRUBS A state of depression or low spirits.

NEPENTHES

NEPENTHES A drug or potion bringing welcome forgetfulness.

NIHILARTIKEL

NIHILARTIKEL A deliberately erroneous entry in a dictionary or other reference book.

NINNYHAMMER

NINNYHAMMER A fool or simpleton.

NOSTOC

NOSTOC A gelatinous mass.

NYCHTHEMERON

NYCHTHEMERON A day and a night, a period of 24 hours.

OBDIPLOSTEMONOUS

OBDIPLOSTEMONOUS A flower having two sets of stamens, with the outer series opposite the petals and the inner series alternating with them.

OBNUBILATE

OBNUBILATE To darken, dim, cloud over, or obscure.

OCHE

OCHE The line behind which darts players stand when throwing.

OCTOTHORPE

OCTOTHORPE Another name for the telephone handset symbol #.

OMPHALOSKEPSIS

OMPHALOSKEPSIS Contemplating ones navel as an aid to meditation.

ONOMATOPOEIA

ONOMATOPOEIA The formation of a word from a sound.

ONYCHOPHAGIST

ONYCHOPHAGIST A person who bites his or her nails.

OOJAH

OOJAH A thingumabob, doohickey or whatchamacallit.

ORISMOLOGY

ORISMOLOGY The science of defining technical terms.

OXTER

OXTER The armpit.

PANTECHNICON

PANTECHNICON A furniture removal van.

PASTINACEOUS

PASTINACEOUS Of the nature of or relating to the parsnip.

PECKSNIFFIAN

PECKSNIFFIAN Extremely hypocritical.

PELF

PELF Money, especially when gained dishonestly or dishonorably.

PICAYUNE

PICAYUNE Something of small value; of something petty or worthless.

PILGARLIC

PILGARLIC A bald-headed man.

PILLALOO

PILLALOO A cry of lamentation or distress.

PLENILUNE

PLENILUNE The full moon or the time of a full moon.

POGONOTROPHY

POGONOTROPHY Cultivation of a beard; beard-growing.

POPPYSMIC

POPPYSMIC Produced with smacking of the lips.

PROTOLOGISM

PROTOLOGISM A word newly coined in the hope it will become accepted.

PULCHRITUDINOUS

PULCHRITUDINOUS Beautiful.

PUSILLANIMOUS

PUSILLANIMOUS Faint-hearted, cowardly.

PYKNIC

PYKNIC Short and fat.

QUIDNUNC

QUIDNUNC An inquisitive person; a gossip.

QUINCUNX

QUINCUNX Five objects arranged so that four are at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth is at its center.

QUODLIBET

QUODLIBET A light-hearted medley of well-known tunes.

RANTIPOLE

RANTIPOLE Wild, disorderly; a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person.

REBARBATIVE

REBARBATIVE Unattractive and objectionable.

RHAPSODOMANCY

RHAPSODOMANCY The seeking of guidance through the chance selection of a passage in literature.

RHINOTILLEXOMANIA

RHINOTILLEXOMANIA Habitual or obsessive nose-picking.

ROBINSONADE

ROBINSONADE A novel with a theme similar to that of Robinson Crusoe.

SABERMETRICIAN

SABERMETRICIAN A person who studies baseball statistics.

SARDOODLEDOM

SARDOODLEDOM A play with an overly contrived and melodramatic plot.

SCIOLIST

SCIOLIST A superficial pretender to knowledge.

SESQUIPEDALIAN

SESQUIPEDALIAN Relating to a long word; characterized by using long words.

SIMOLEON

SIMOLEON One dollar.

SLUBBERDEGULLION

SLUBBERDEGULLION A filthy, slobbering person.

SMELLFEAST

SMELLFEAST A parasite, a greedy sponger, a freeloader.

STULTILOQUY

STULTILOQUY Foolish babbling.

TANTIVY

TANTIVY Riding at full gallop.

TETRAPYLOCTOMY

TETRAPYLOCTOMY The act of splitting a hair four ways.

TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA

TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA Fear of the number 13.

ULTIMO

ULTIMO Relating to last month.

ULTRACREPIDARIAN

ULTRACREPIDARIAN Of somebody who gives opinions on matters beyond his knowledge.

UNOBTANIUM

UNOBTANIUM A material that is unobtainable, often because it doesn't exist.

VACCARY

VACCARY A cow pasture.

VACCIMULGENCE

VACCIMULGENCE The milking of cows.

VEXILLOLOGY

VEXILLOLOGY The study of flags.

WAYZGOOSE

WAYZGOOSE A printers annual dinner or excursion.

WOBBEGONG

WOBBEGONG A type of shark found in Australia.

XENOGLOSSY

XENOGLOSSY The ability to speak a language without having learned it.

YAFFLE

YAFFLE A green woodpecker.

ZENZIZENZIZENZIC

ZENZIZENZIZENZIC The eighth power of a number.