Word of the day

Tribology (noun)

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

Debauch (verb)

1. (transitive) To morally corrupt (someone); to seduce.
2. (transitive) To debase (something); to lower the value of (something)

Capias (noun)

1. (law) An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody.

Crosswordese (noun)

1. The jargon of crossword puzzle answers, classically consisting of rare, archaic, or dialectal words.

Bardolator (noun)

1. (usually pejorative) One who loves or worships the works of William Shakespeare

bridge the gap (verb)

1. (idiomatic) To serve as or create a connection between two disconnected or disparate things.

Capacious (adjective)

1. Having a lot of space inside; roomy.

fons honorum (noun)

1. A person who, by virtue of sovereignty, holds the exclusive right to create and confer legitimate titles of nobility and orders of chivalry.

Fuzzword (noun)

1. A term that is deliberately vague or euphemistic in meaning.

Cymotrichous (adjective)

1. (anthropology) Having wavy hair.

Deskfast (noun)

1. Breakfast eaten at work, particularly while sitting at a desk.

Morpheme (noun)

1. (linguistics) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable".

Cloudburst (noun)

1. A sudden heavy rainstorm.
2. A fictional character from the Transformers series. He turns into a jet and has a "shell" that looked like an armored human.

Thagomizer (noun)

1. (anatomy) An arrangement of spikes found on the tails of various Stegosaurus.

Masterly Inactivity (noun)

1. (politics) A policy of deliberate inactivity.

Apothegm (noun)

1.  A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.

Have Van Gogh's ear for music (verb)

1.  (humorous) To be tone-deaf.

Omnishambles (noun)

1.  (UK, chiefly politics)  A situation that is bad or mismanaged in every way.

Progeny (noun)

1. (uncountable) Offspring or descendants.
2. (countable) Result of a creative effort.

Superannuate (verb)

1. (transitive) To retire or put out of use dues to age.
2. (intransitive) To become obsolete or antiquated.

Guardian Angel (noun)

1. A spirit believed to protect and to guide a particular person.

Enfranchise (verb)

1. To grant the franchise to an entity, generally meaning to grant the privilege of voting to a person.

Trendite (noun)

1. (slang) A person given to following trends.

Tenebrous (adjective)

1.  Dark and gloomy.

Caisson (noun)

1. (military) A two-wheeled, horse-drawn military vehicle used to carry ammunition.
2. (engineering) A watertight retaining structure used in the construction of bridges.
3. (architecture) A sunken panel used as decoration for a ceiling or a vault; a coffer.

White Whale (noun)

1. A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas.
2. (figuratively) An obsession; monomania.
3. (trading cards) A printing plate, for a sports card, that is then issued as a collectible itself.