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WORD OF THE DAY DETAILS

# Title Description Date
1 Tantivy

used as a hunting cry when the chase is at full speed.

12-May-2022
2 colcannon

an Irish dish made of cabbage, kale, or other greens, and potatoes boiled and mashed together.

11-May-2022
3 Auriferous

yielding or containing gold.

10-May-2022
4 Porphyry

a very hard rock, anciently quarried in Egypt, having a dark, purplish-red groundmass containing small crystals of feldspar.

09-May-2022
5 Tatterdemalion

ragged; unkempt or dilapidated.

07-May-2022
6 Disambiguate

to remove the ambiguity from; make it unambiguous.

06-May-2022
7 Paso doble

a two-step, especially one done to Latin American rhythms.

05-May-2022
8 Saber

a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.

04-May-2022
9 Saturnian

prosperous, happy, or peaceful.

03-May-2022
10 Makai

toward or by the sea; seaward.

02-May-2022
11 Sardonic

characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; sneering; cynical.

30-Apr-2022
12 Teapoy

a small three-legged table or stand.

29-Apr-2022
13 Guerdon

a reward, recompense, or requital.

28-Apr-2022
14 Disjecta membra

scattered members; disjointed portions or parts.

27-Apr-2022
15 Paludal

of or relating to marshes.

26-Apr-2022
16 Euxinia

anoxia, or depletion of oxygen, in a body of water, along with a high level of hydrogen sulfide, a condition toxic to aquatic organisms.

25-Apr-2022
17 Caoutchouc

a highly elastic solid substance, light cream or dark amber in color, polymerized by the drying and coagulation of the latex or milky juice of rubber trees and plants.

23-Apr-2022
18 Ultramafic

(of rocks) containing iron and magnesium, with little or no silica.

22-Apr-2022
19 Carouse

to engage in a drunken revel.

21-Apr-2022
20 Harlequin

fancifully varied in color, decoration, etc.

20-Apr-2022
21 Ineluctable

incapable of being evaded; inescapable.

19-Apr-2022
22 Paschal

of or relating to Easter or to Passover.

18-Apr-2022
23 Almsgiving

the act of donating money, food, or other items to poor or needy people, especially as a spiritual practice.

16-Apr-2022
24 Ha?ek

a diacritic (ˇ) placed over a letter in some languages, as Czech and Lithuanian, and in some systems of phonetic transcription, especially to indicate that a sound is palatalized.

15-Apr-2022
25 Sennachie

a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.

14-Apr-2022
26 Defenestrate

to throw (a person or thing) out of a window.

13-Apr-2022
27 Chaparral

a dense growth of shrubs or small trees.

12-Apr-2022
28 Quasar

one of over a thousand known extragalactic objects, starlike in appearance and having spectra with characteristically large redshifts, that are thought to be the most distant and most luminous objects in the universe.

11-Apr-2022
29 Subgum

prepared with mixed vegetables, as with water chestnuts, mushrooms, and bean sprouts.

09-Apr-2022
30 Viscid

having a glutinous consistency; sticky; adhesive.

08-Apr-2022
31 Hieroglyphic

designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.

07-Apr-2022
32 Esemplastic

having the ability to shape diverse elements or concepts into a unified whole.

06-Apr-2022
33 Misnomer

a misapplied or inappropriate name or designation.

05-Apr-2022
34 Saccade

the series of small, jerky movements of the eyes when changing focus from one point to another.

04-Apr-2022
35 Reconnoiter

to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.

02-Apr-2022
36 Raillery

good-humored ridicule; banter.

01-Apr-2022
37 Septentrion

the north.

31-Mar-2022
38 Abient

tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.

30-Mar-2022
39 Jornada

a full day's travel across a desert without a stop for taking on water.

29-Mar-2022
40 Rosolio

a cordial flavored with rose petals, cloves, cinnamon, or the like, popular in southern Europe.

28-Mar-2022
41 Apparatus

any complex instrument or mechanism for a particular purpose.

26-Mar-2022
42 Rufescent

somewhat reddish; tinged with red; rufous.

25-Mar-2022
43 Philtrum

the vertical groove on the surface of the upper lip, below the septum of the nose.

24-Mar-2022
44 Polychromatic

having or exhibiting a variety of colors.

23-Mar-2022
45 Waka

a Japanese poem consisting of 31 syllables in 5 lines, with 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 in the others.

22-Mar-2022
46 Verdurous

rich in verdure; freshly green; verdant.

21-Mar-2022
47 Felicitous

well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate.

17-Mar-2022
48 Bucchero

an Etruscan black ceramic ware, often ornamented with incised geometrical patterns or figures carved in relief.

16-Mar-2022
49 Quagmire

an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.

15-Mar-2022
50 Transcendental

abstract or metaphysical.

14-Mar-2022