Word Of The Day

Pantoum

a Malay verse form consisting of an indefinite number of quatrains with the second and fourth lines of each quatrain repeated as the first and third lines of the following one.



Democracy

government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.



Vote

to express or signify will or choice in a matter, as by casting a ballot.



Baetyl

a meteorite or stone held sacred or believed to be of divine origin.



Calash

a light vehicle pulled by one or two horses, seating two to four passengers, and having two or four wheels, a seat for a driver on a splashboard, and sometimes a folding top.



Yeuk

verb (used without object)

to itch.



Rhotacize

to change a sound to an r.



Samhain

a festival of the ancient Celts, held around November 1 to celebrate the beginning of winter.



Preternatural

out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal.



Pishogue

an evil spell; hex.