Word Of The Day

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.



Ultramafic

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



Carouse

to engage in a drunken revel.



Harlequin

fancifully varied in color, decoration, etc.



Ineluctable

incapable of being evaded; inescapable.



Paschal

of or relating to Easter or to Passover.



Almsgiving

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



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.



Sennachie

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



Defenestrate

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