Word of the Day

Supporter of policy favouring war; a blustering patriot.

A form of decoration made by scratching through wet plaster on a wall or through slip on ceramic ware, showing a different-coloured under-surface.

Divination by means of small bones or dice.

The manufacture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing.

A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.

A word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs.

Ichorous; thin; limpid.

Desirous or eager to imitate, equal or excel another; desirous of like excellence with another.

A grotesque black doll.

To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others.

A singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive.

An early form of bicycle propelled by pressure from the rider's feet on the ground.

The act of leaping or starting asunder.

Antaeus, Atlas, Briareus, Brobdingnagian, Charles Atlas, Cyclops, Goliath, Hercules, Polyphemus, Samson, Superman, Tarzan, Titan, bruiser, bully, bullyboy, colossus, giant, goon, gorilla, gun, gunsel, hatchet man, hellion, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, mug, mugger, plug-ugly, powerhouse, rodman, roughneck, stalwart, strong man, strong-arm man, terror, the mighty, the strong, torpedo, tough, tough guy, tower of strength, trigger man, ugly customer

To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces.

To be in disorder.

Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal.

Abounding with a thick colored juice.

The part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).

Close or literal in translation.

A faint sketch; an imperfect representation of a thing.

Deprive of by deceit.

Reproach mingled with contempt or disdain.

To dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke.

Knowledge of wine, scientific or practical.

A dolt who is a habitual bungler.

A small inexpensive mass-produced article.

The fleshy excrescence that grows under the throat of a cock or turkey, or a like substance on a fish.

Relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections.

One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier.