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"Hell, I'll kill a man in a fair fight... or if I think he's gonna start a fair fight, or if he bothers me, or if there's a woman, or if I'm gettin' paid - mostly only when I'm gettin' paid." - Jayne, Firefly

"I am like a being thrown from another planet on this dark terrestrial ball, an alien, a pilgrim among its possessors." - Thomas Carlyle

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  • acersecomic: a person whose hair has never been cut
  • adventitious
  • ageusia: the absence of the sense of taste
  • ambeer: the juice that forms in the mouth as a result of chewing tobacco
  • Amorphous: indefinite, shapeless
  • anathema - something dedicated to evil and thus accursed
  • anosmia: the absence of the sense of smell
  • anthroparion - little guy
  • aspe
  • avaricious
  • Beguile: deceive
  • biblioclasm: the practice of destroying, often ceremoniously, books or other written material or media
  • cacodemonomania: the pathological belief that one is inhabited by an evil spirit
  • Cacophony: confused noise
  • Caprice: impulse
  • caravansary
  • Cascade: steep waterfall
  • Cashmere: fine, delicate wool
  • Cataclysm: flood, catastrophe, upheaval
  • catholicon: a cure-all, a panacea, a supposedly universal remedy
  • cecaelia: octo-mermaid
  • Chafe: irritate, abrade
  • Chrysalis: protective covering
  • chrysopoeia - transmutation into gold
  • Cinnamon: an aromatic spice; its soft brown color
  • claret
  • Coalesce: unite, or fuse
  • Coarse: common, crude, rough, harsh
  • commensurate
  • corrugated
  • Crepuscular: dim, or twilit
  • Crystalline: clear, or sparkling
  • cucurbit
  • Cynical: distrustful, self-interested
  • Decrepit: worn-out, run-down
  • Desultory: half-hearted, meandering
  • Diaphanous: gauzy
  • Disgust: aversion, distaste
  • Dulcet: sweet
  • Ebullient: enthusiastic
  • Effervescent: bubbly
  • Elision: omission
  • enantiodromia: the changing of something into its opposite
  • Enchanted: charmed
  • Encompass: surround
  • Enrapture: delighted
  • Ephemeral: fleeting
  • Epiphany: revelation
  • Epitome: embodiment of the ideal
  • epopt: one instructed in the mysteries of a secret system
  • espalier: a plant trained to grow flat against a wall (i.e. on a trellis)
  • Ethereal: celestial, unworldly, immaterial
  • Etiquette: proper conduct
  • Evanescent: fleeting
  • Evocative: suggestive
  • Exuberant: abundant, unrestrained, outsize
  • Felicity: happiness, pleasantness
  • Filament: thread, strand
  • fissilingual: possessing a forked tongue
  • gorgonize: to have a paralyzing or mesmerizing effect on (i.e. stupefy or petrify).
  • Grimace: expression of disgust or pain
  • Grotesque: distorted, bizarre
  • Halcyon: care-free
  • haltlose - selfish, irresponsible and hedonistic. They have many similarities with dissocial personality disorder and its DSM counterpart antisocial personality disorder. Haltlose people have a strong present time orientation with no long-term goals. They have no conscientiousness or concentration; they do not feel remorse or learn from experience. They are typically overoptimistic. They have charm and are easily persuaded, features in common with histrionic personality disorder. Many haltlosen are alcoholics and associate with antisocials. "Haltlos" is a German word which means drifting, aimless, irresponsible.
  • hamartia: the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall.
  • Harangue: rant
  • Harpocrates
  • Hirsute: hairy
  • Hoarse: harsh, grating
  • homonucleus - little guy
  • Idyllic: contentedly pleasing
  • ignivomous: fire-breathing
  • Incandescent: glowing, radiant, brilliant, zealous
  • Incorporeal: without form
  • Ineffable: indescribable, unspeakable
  • Inexorable: relentless
  • infandous: unspeakable, too odious to be expressed or mentioned.
  • Insouciance: nonchalance
  • Iridescent: luster
  • jamais vu: the opposite of déjà vu; 1. a disorder of memory characterized by the illusion that the familiar is being encountered for the first time. 2. the temporary sensation that a familiar experience is being encountered for the first time.
  • jettatura: the casting of an evil eye
  • knipperdollin: a fanatical idiot
  • ktenology: the science of putting people to death
  • Languid: slow, listless
  • Lassitude: fatigue
  • Leech: parasite,
  • leptosome: a person with a thin, slender or frail body.
  • Lilt: cheerful or buoyant song or movement
  • Lithe: flexible, graceful
  • Lullaby: soothing song
  • Luminescence: dim chemical or organic light
  • lustreless
  • malacia: softening of the organ or tissue
  • Maladroit: clumsy
  • Mediocre: ordinary, of low quality
  • Mellifluous: smooth, sweet
  • ministerial
  • Mist: cloudy moisture, or similar literal or virtual obstacle
  • montivagant: wandering over the hills and mountains
  • Murmur: soothing sound
  • Myriad: great number
  • Nebulous: indistinct
  • neogenesis: the production of knowledge
  • neurasthenia: burnout
  • nihilartikel: a deliberately fictitious entry in an encyclopedia or dictionary, which is intended to be more or less quickly recognized as false by the reader.
  • nobiliary particle: one of those prefixes such as “de” or “von” which, before a personal name, indicate noble ancestry.
  • Obstreperous: noisy, unruly
  • Opulent: ostentatious
  • ordured: covered, spattered or filled with dung
  • orgastic - same as orgiastic
  • orgone (energy) - hypothetical universal life force originally proposed in the 1930s by Wilhelm Reich. Orgone was seen as a massless, omnipresent substance, similar to luminiferous aether, but more closely associated with living energy than inert matter. It could coalesce to create organization on all scales, from the smallest microscopic units—called bions in orgone theory—to macroscopic structures like organisms, clouds, or even galaxies.
  • osteniferous: bringing omens or unnatural, supernatural manifestations
  • pasquinade
  • Penumbra: shade, shroud, fringe
  • perspicacity
  • petrichor: the smell of rain or dry earth
  • Plethora: abundance
  • poseuse
  • prandial
  • quacksalver: an ignorant pretender to medical skills
  • querulant (from the Latin querulus - "complaining") - a person who obsessively feels wronged, particularly about minor causes of action. In particular the term is used for those who repeatedly petition authorities or pursue legal actions based on manifestly unfounded grounds. These applications include in particular complaints about petty offenses.
  • Quiescent: peaceful
  • Quintessential: most purely representative or typical
  • quockerwodger: a 19th century wooden puppet toy that briefly became a political insult
  • Radiant: glowing
  • Rancid: offensive, smelly
  • redacted
  • Redolent: aromatic, evocative
  • Repugnant: distasteful
  • Repulsive: disgusting
  • Resonant: echoing, evocative
  • Resplendent: shining
  • Rhapsodic: intensely emotional
  • salmagundi: 1. a salad plate of chopped meats, anchovies, eggs, and vegetables arranged in rows for contrast and dressed with a salad dressing 2. a food consisting of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper and onions. 3. any mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.
  • Sapphire: rich, deep bluish purple
  • Scintilla: trace
  • scripturient: possessing a violent desire to write
  • Serendipitous: chance
  • Serene: peaceful
  • Shriek: sharp, screeching sound
  • Shrill: high-pitched sound
  • Shun: avoid, ostracize
  • Slaughter: butcher, carnage
  • Somnolent: drowsy, sleep inducing
  • Sonorous: loud, impressive, imposing
  • sophistry
  • Spherical: ball-like, globular
  • Sublime: exalted, transcendent
  • Succulent: juicy, tasty, rich
  • Suffuse: flushed, full
  • supercilious
  • Susurration: whispering
  • Symphony: harmonious assemblage
  • Talisman: charm, magical device
  • tarantism: a disorder characterized by an uncontrollable urge to dance
  • Tessellated: checkered in pattern
  • Tranquility: peacefulness
  • ulster
  • ultracrepidarian: a person who gives opinions and advice on matters outside of his/her knowledge.
  • umbrage - shadow (esp. by tree folige), being snubbed
  • Unctuous: smug, ingratiating
  • veneficial: 1) acting by poison, or poisoning; 2) acting by, or used in, witchcraft or sorcery; 3) relating to the doings of Venus, the goddess of love
  • verdigris: 1. A blue or green powder consisting of basic cupric acetate used as a paint pigment and fungicide. 2. A green patina or crust of copper sulfate or copper chloride formed on copper, brass, and bronze exposed to air or seawater for long periods of time
  • Vestige: trace
  • Visceral: crude, anatomically graphic
  • williwaw: a sudden violent gust of cold land air common along mountainous coasts of high latitudes; a sudden violent wind.
  • xenization: the act of traveling as a stranger
  • yonderly: mentally or emotionally distant; absent-minded
  • Zenith: highest point
  • zugzwang: a position in which any decision or move will result in problems.
nov 15 2012 ∞
may 28 2016 +