Word Of The Day

Northpaw

with or for the right hand; right-handedly.



Posterity

the future and the people who will be alive then



Treacherous

(used about a person) that you cannot trust and who may do something to harm you



Plummet

to fall suddenly and quickly from a high level or position


Aurora

a radiant emission from the upper atmosphere that occurs sporadically over the middle and high latitudes of both hemispheres in the form of luminous bands, streamers, or the like.



Quadrivial

having four ways or roads meeting in a point.



Cakeage

a fee charged by a restaurant for serving a cake brought in from outside.



Insufferable

(used about a person or behaviour) extremely unpleasant or annoying



Careen

the process of pitching dangerously to one side



Singe

to burn the surface of something slightly, usually by accident; to be burned in this way