Word Of The Day

Nickelodeon

an early movie theater where a film or a variety show could be seen, usually for the admission price of a nickel.



Supergiant

an exceptionally luminous star whose diameter is more than 100 times that of the sun.



Filament

a thin wire in a light bulb (= the glass part of an electric lamp) that produces light when electricity is passed through it



Chryselephantine

made of or overlaid with gold and ivory, as certain objects made in ancient Greece.



Pervicacious

extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.



Lilapsophobia

an irrational or disproportionate fear of tornadoes or hurricanes.



Quincunx

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.



Telekinesis

the purported ability to move or deform inanimate objects, as metal spoons, through mental processes.



Nearlywed

a person whose wedding day is very soon to occur.



Mauka

toward the mountains; inland.