Thursday 30 June 2016

Volable

VOLABLE

-adj.
quick-witted

























You turn around
And volable walls
Wink at you
You run but

There’s no escape

Wednesday 29 June 2016

Valency

VALENCY

-noun
1. chemistry a property of atoms or groups, equal to the number of atoms of hydrogen that the atom or group could combine with or displace in forming compounds
2. (linguistics) the number of satellite noun phrases with which a verb combines
3. (immunology)
a. the number of antigen-binding sites on an antibody molecule
b. the number of antigen-binding sites with which an antigen can combine

























Playing with fire
Looking for valency
In old books and

Alchemy burns

Tuesday 28 June 2016

Vilify

VILIFY

-verb (trans.)
1. to revile with abusive or defamatory language; malign
2. (rare) to make vile; debase; degrade



















Vilified in the book

Saved by humanity

Monday 27 June 2016

Forge

FORGE

-noun
1. a place in which metal is worked by heating and hammering; smithy
2. a hearth or furnace used for heating metal
3. a machine used to shape metals by hammering
-verb
4. (trans.) to shape (metal) by heating and hammering
5. (trans.) to form, shape, make, or fashion (objects, articles, etc.)
6. (trans.) to invent or devise (an agreement, understanding, etc.)
7. to make or produce a fraudulent imitation of (a signature, banknote, etc.) or to commit forgery

-verb (intr.)
1. to move at a steady and persevering pace

2. to increase speed; spurt

























Exhausted, they forge through the night

Focusing on the light in their hands

Sunday 26 June 2016

Papillote

PAPILLOTE

-noun
1. a paper frill around cutlets, etc.
2. Preceded by “en” . (of food) cooked in oiled greaseproof paper or foil

























Delicate fish and tender greens
En papillote for greater taste

And easy transportation

Saturday 25 June 2016

Miss

MISS

-verb
1. to fail to reach, hit, meet, find, or attain (some specified or implied aim, goal, target, etc.)
2. (trans.) to fail to attend or be present for
3. (trans.) to fail to see, hear, understand, or perceive
4. (trans.) to lose, overlook, or fail to take advantage of
5. (trans.) to leave out; omit
6. (trans.) to discover or regret the loss or absence of
7. (trans.) to escape or avoid (something, especially a danger), usually narrowly
-noun
8. a failure to reach, hit, meet, find, etc.

-noun
1. informal an unmarried woman or girl, especially a schoolgirl

-noun
1. a title of an unmarried woman or girl, usually used before the surname or sometimes alone in direct address




























Missing in action
Taken up by summer
And asthma

Friday 24 June 2016

Swaddle

SWADDLE

-verb (trans.)
1. to wind a bandage round
2. to wrap (a baby) in swaddling clothes
3. to restrain as if by wrapping with bandages; smother
-noun
4. (mainly US) swaddling clothes

























Swaddled hands
Was all his protection
Copper blood still fresh

On his brow, his lips

Thursday 23 June 2016

White

WHITE

-adj.
1. having no hue due to the reflection of all or almost all incident light.
2. (of light, such as sunlight) consisting of all the colours of the spectrum or produced by certain mixtures of three additive primary colours, such as red, green, and blue
3. comparatively white or whitish-grey in colour or having parts of this colour
4. (of an animal) having pale-coloured or white skin, fur, or feathers
5. bloodless or pale, as from pain, emotion, etc.
6. (of hair, a beard, etc.) silvery or grey, usually from age
7. benevolent or without malicious intent
8. colourless or transparent
9. capped with or accompanied by snow
10. (sometimes capital) counterrevolutionary, very conservative, or royalist.
11. blank, as an unprinted area of a page
12. (of wine) made from pale grapes or from black grapes separated from their skins
13. (of coffee or tea) with milk or cream
14. (physics) having or characterized by a continuous distribution of energy, wavelength, or frequency
15. (informal) honourable or generous
16. (of armour) made completely of iron or steel
17. (rare) morally unblemished
18. rare (of times, seasons, etc.) auspicious; favourable
19. (poetic or archaic) having a fair complexion; blond
-noun
20. a white colour
21. the condition or quality of being white; whiteness
22. the white or lightly coloured part or area of something
23. (anatomy) the white part (sclera) of the eyeball
24. any of various butterflies of the family Pieridae.
25. chess, draughts
a. a white or light-coloured piece or square
b. (usually capital) the player playing with such pieces
26. anything that has or is characterized by a white colour, such as a white paint or pigment, a white cloth, a white ball in billiards
27. an unprinted area of a page
28. archery
a. the outer ring of the target, having the lowest score
b. a shot or arrow hitting this ring
29. (poetic) fairness of complexion
-verb
30. (usually followed by “out”) to create or leave white spaces in (printed or other matter)
31. (obsolete) to make or become white

























She stirs winds
Her white coat and hair whipping about
Frost in her smile

Blooms dying  in her hand

Wednesday 22 June 2016

Swad

SWAD

-noun
1. a loutish person
2. mining a layer of worthless material at the base of a seam
3. a thick bunch (of grass)
4. a large number (of people)



















Yesterday
Today & tomorrow

Angry swads

Tuesday 21 June 2016

Sumptuous

SUMPTUOUS

-adj.
1. expensive or extravagant
2. magnificent; splendid

























A rather
Sumptuous meal

For a toddler

Monday 20 June 2016

Martext

MARTEXT

-noun
(obsolete) a preacher who makes many mistakes

























Mark that a martext
Isn’t someone butchering

Orthography with a SMS

Sunday 19 June 2016

Orthorexia

ORTHOREXIA

-noun
a disorder characterized by a morbid obsession with eating healthy foods only

























She disguises
Her orthorexia
With fine dining


Saturday 18 June 2016

Mercy

MERCY

-noun 
1. compassionate treatment of or attitude towards an offender, adversary, etc., who is in one's power or care; clemency; pity
2. the power to show mercy
3. a relieving or welcome occurrence or state of affairs


























Morning light being too sharp
He cries for mercy

And another ten minutes nap

Friday 17 June 2016

Alimony

ALIMONY

-noun
law (formerly) an allowance paid under a court order by one spouse to another when they are separated but not divorced.

























At the mere notion
Of alimony

He hid and fled

Thursday 16 June 2016

Dispute

DISPUTE

-verb
1. to argue, debate, or quarrel about (something)
2. (may take a clause as object) to doubt the validity, etc., of
3. (trans.) to seek to win; contest for
4. (trans.) to struggle against; resist
-noun
5. an argument or quarrel

















This awkward moment when
She turns her despondent lover

Into a statue in the heat of a dispute

Wednesday 15 June 2016

Twin

TWIN

-noun
1. either of two persons or animals conceived at the same time
2. either of two persons or things that are identical or very similar; counterpart
3. Also called: macle . a crystal consisting of two parts each of which has a definite orientation to the other
-verb
4. to pair or be paired together; couple
5. (intr.) to bear twins
6. (intr.) (of a crystal) to form into a twin
7. (intr.) archaic to be born as a twin
8. (trans.)
a. to create a reciprocal relation between (two towns in different countries); pair (a town) with another in a different country
b. (intr.) (of a town) to be paired with a town in a different country

























Held in place by fate
Twins yet different

Looking in the same direction

Tuesday 14 June 2016

Amidmost

AMIDMOST

-adv.
1. (poetic) in the middle or centre
-preposition
2. (poetic) in the centre of















Night cloak
Amidmost light

Flickering ghosts

Monday 13 June 2016

Recalescence

RECALESCENCE

-noun

a sudden spontaneous increase in the temperature of cooling iron resulting from an exothermic change in crystal structure occurring at a particular temperature

























Spring goes everywhere
Following its fancy
For recalescence and
Untimely frost

Sunday 12 June 2016

Moist

MOIST

-adj.
1. slightly damp or wet

2. saturated with or suggestive of moisture

























Moist is the cup
A great abundance
Of interrupted legends
As shadow grow longer
During evening conversation
Loose spirals

Saturday 11 June 2016

Delve

DELVE

-verb (mainly intr.; often followed by “in” or “into”)
1. to inquire or research deeply or intensively (for information, etc.)
2. to search or rummage (in a drawer, the pockets, etc.)
3. (especially of an animal) to dig or burrow deeply (into the ground, etc.)
4. (also trans.) (archaic or dialect) to dig or turn up (earth, a garden, etc.), as with a spade

























She likes to hide
To delve into her basket
To dream the world away

Purrs give her away

Friday 10 June 2016

Uphold

UPHOLD

-verb  (trans.)
1. to maintain, affirm, or defend against opposition or challenge
2. to give moral support or inspiration to
3. (rare) to support physically
4. to lift up


























It is such a headache
To uphold the world

Thursday 9 June 2016

Effloresce

EFFLORESCE

-verb (intr.)
1. to burst forth into or as if into flower; bloom
2. to become powdery by loss of water or crystallization
3. to become encrusted with powder or crystals as a result of chemical change or the evaporation of a solution


























Spring strikes and
Pavements effloresce
Before summer comes
And nature effloresces

Wednesday 8 June 2016

Hurdle

HURDLE

-noun
1. (athletics) one of a number of light barriers over which runners leap in certain events
2. a low barrier used in certain horse races
3. an obstacle to be overcome
4. a light framework of interlaced osiers, wattle, etc., used as a temporary fence
5. (British) a sledge on which criminals were dragged to their executions
-verb
6. to jump (a hurdle, etc.), as in racing
7. (trans.) to surround with hurdles
8. (trans.) to overcome




















Hurdles on the ceiling

To trap/trip ghosts and angels 

Tuesday 7 June 2016

Stickler

STICKLER

-noun
1. (usually followed by “for”) . a person who makes insistent demands
2. a problem or puzzle

























Without wanting
To act as stickler
But wondering

If this is straight

Monday 6 June 2016

Sully

SULLY

-verb
1. to stain or tarnish (a reputation, etc.) or (of a reputation) to become stained or tarnished
-noun
2. a stain
3. the act of sullying

























How could anyone

Call this sully? 

Sunday 5 June 2016

Roe

ROE

-noun
1. Also called: hard roe the ovary of a female fish filled with mature eggs
2. Also called: soft roe the testis of a male fish filled with mature sperm

3. the ripe ovary of certain crustaceans, such as the lobster
























Tender flash
Roe on oats
Matcha coat

Saturday 4 June 2016

Scatty

SCATTY

-adj.
(British, informal)
1. empty-headed, frivolous, or thoughtless
2. distracted 




















Scatty cat
Concentrate

On snooze

Friday 3 June 2016

Pragmatize

PRAGMATIZE

-verb
1. (intr.) to act or view matters pragmatically
2. (trans.) to make (something) pragmatic or interpret (something) in a pragmatic way

























Not all clockwork artifices
Aim to pragmatize
In fact nobody knows

What this one was meant to be

Thursday 2 June 2016

Nixie

NIXIE

-noun
(German mythology) a female water sprite, usually unfriendly to humans

























Would you believe?
Tender nixies
Torn by storm

Plotting your demise

Wednesday 1 June 2016

Surrealism

SURREALISM

-noun
(sometimes capital) a movement in art and literature in the 1920s, which developed especially from dada, characterized by the evocative juxtaposition of incongruous images in order to include unconscious and dream elements

























Caught in the venomous charm
Of surrealism – that Platonic cavern -
Tied in darkness by their sole lack of will

In the arms of a video supernova