Word of the day

Tribology (noun)

1. (physics, engineering) The science and technology of friction, lubrication, and wear.

Forethoughtful (adjective)

1. Having or full of forethought; provident; proactive; visionary.

itchy trigger finger (noun)

1. (idiomatic) A tendency to act in haste or without consideration

perfusion (noun)

1. (medicine) The introduction of a drug or nutrients through the bloodstream in order to reach an internal organ or tissues.

siesta (noun)

1. An afternoon nap, especially the one taken after lunch in some cultures

in a pig's eye (prep. phrase)

1. (idiomatic) Very unlikely; probably never

Eyrie (noun)

1. A Bird of prey's nest.
2. Any high and remote but commanding place.

fan death (noun)

1. The urban legend originating in South Korea that if an electric fan is left running overnight in a closed room it can cause the death of those inside.

lacrimae rerum (noun plural)

1. The “tears of things”; the inherent tragedy of existence

otorhinolaryngology (noun)

1. (medicine) The study of diseases of the ear, nose and throat

eat crow (verb)

1. (chiefly US, idiomatic) To recognize that one has been shown to be mistaken or outdone, especially by admitting that one has made a humiliating error.

wry (adjective)

1. Turned away, contorted (of the face or body)
2. Dryly humorous; sardonic or ironic.
3. Twisted, bent, crooked.

jape (verb)

1. (intransitive) To jest; play tricks; joke; jeer.

snail mail (noun)

1. (retronym) Postal mail, especially as compared to email.

Roundabout (adjective)

1. Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary; that does not do something in a direct way.

Reptilianness (noun)

1. The quality of the embodiment of reptile characteristics

Fartlek (Noun)

An athletic training technique, used especially in running, in which periods of intense effort alternate with periods of less strenuous effort in a continuous workout.

Lollapalooza (noun)

1. (informal)  An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind.
2. A music festival.

cross swords (verb)

1. (idiomatic) To quarrel or argue with someone, to have a dispute with someone.

Unheralded (adjective)

1. Without prior warning; unexpected or unannounced

Ungulate (adjective)

1. Having Hooves

Pink Slime

1. (paper manufacture) An undesirable pink-colored microbial mass occurring in the slurry used in making paper.
2. (informal) A meat byproduct produced from otherwise unusable material such as skin and connective tissue, spinal bones, and digestive tissue by heating and then mixing with ammonia in a centrifuge to produce a food additive.

Heir Apparent (noun)

1. (usually monarchy) Someone who will definitely inherit, assuming he survives the one from whom he is inheriting.

Kasha (noun)

1. A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.

Oubliette (noun)

1. A dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top.