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DEMISE –noun 1. death or decease. 2. termination of existence or operation. 3. Law . a. a death or decease occasioning the transfer of an es...

ENGRAM -noun 1. The supposed physical basis of an individual memory in the brain. 2. A presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a ph...

TOIL –noun 1. hard and continuous work; exhausting labour or effort. 2. a laborious task. 3. Archaic . battle; strife; struggle. –verb (used...

THUMB –noun 1. the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger. 2. the corresponding digit in other animals; pollex....

DIVAGATE -verb 1. To wander; stray. 2. To digress in speech. Here our road divagates into nothingness Strangled silences and dire hesitation...

FULSOME -adj. 1. Effusive; lavish. 2. Excessive to the point of being offensive. Fulsome clouds Painting summer's end. New ink scent.

HALCYON -adj. 1. calm; peaceful; tranquil. 2. rich; wealthy; prosperous. 3. happy; joyful; carefree. 4. of or pertaining to the halcyon or k...

TATTLE –verb (used without object) 1. to let out secrets. 2. to chatter, prate, or gossip. –verb (used with object) 3. to utter idly; disclo...

EBULLIENT -adj. 1. boiling, agitated 2. characterized by ebullience; having or showing liveliness and enthusiasm Ebullient times Hard on the...

OROGRAPHY –noun the branch of physical geography dealing with mountains. Lavishing orography attention I survey your valleys and summits Loo...

PNEUMA -noun Spirit, soul. Pneuma filled places Haunting rather than haunted Wind moving shadows

STROOT -v. trans. To swell out; to strut. (obsolete) Autumn showers Overtaking the lawn Strooting mushrooms

PRONE –adj. 1. having a natural inclination or tendency to something; disposed; liable. 2. having the front or ventral part downward; lying ...

CRAPULOUS -adj. 1. marked by intemperance especially in eating or drinking 2. sick from excessive indulgence in liquor I fear crapulous time...

PRECATORY -adj. 1. Expressing a request. 2. Nonbinding: only expressing a wish or giving a suggestion. Precatory angels Offering expiation B...

NOVERCAL –adj. of, like, or befitting a stepmother. I attempt novercal attention Applying best behaviour to the cats Only to be branded as e...

ONTOLOGY –noun 1. philosophy the branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being 2. logic the set of entities presupposed by a t...

BISTRE -noun 1. a yellowish-brown to dark-brown pigment made from the soot of burned wood 2. any of various colors in this range Bistre stat...

GONIOMETER –noun an instrument for measuring solid angles, as of crystals. Women are fabled For using secret goniometers To judge a man'...

DILETTANTE –noun 1. a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; d...