Word of the day

Tribology (noun)

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

Neolithic (adj)

1. Of or relating to the New Stone Age, from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE.

Avatar (noun)

1. (Hinduism) The incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu.
2. The physical embodiment of an idea or concept; a personification.
4. A digital representation or handle of a person or being
5. An American media franchise created by James Cameron, which consists of a planned series of epic science fiction films produced by Lightstorm Entertainment and distributed by 20th Century Studios.

slapdash (adverb)

1. In a hasty or careless manner.
2. Directly, right there

Slapdash (noun)

1. The name Slapdash / Slap Dash has been applied to multiple Transformers characters.

a. 1988 — Slapdash, the Autobot Powermaster from Generation 1.
b. 2010 — Slap Dash, the Autobot from Revenge of the Fallen.
c. 2010 — Slapdash, the Autobot from Animated.

Contronym (noun)

1. A word with two opposite meanings.

Logomachy (noun)

1. Dispute over the meaning of words.
2. A conflict waged only as a battle of words.

unseldom (adverb)

1. Not seldom; frequently, regularly.

Gatekjøkken (noun, Norwegian Bokmål)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡaː.te.çø.ken/, [ˈɡaː.tə.ˌçœ.kən]

1. Fast food restaurant (literally, “street kitchen”).

Sibibusi (noun, Sranan Tongo)

1. Cloudburst, sudden torrential tropical rainstorm.

Hecatomb (noun)

1. (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) A great public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen; also, a great number of animals reserved for such a sacrifice.
2. (by extension, religion, historical) A great public sacrifice in other religions; also, a great number of animals or people reserved for such a sacrifice.
3. (figuratively, literary and poetic) A great number of animals, people, or things that are sacrificed or destroyed; any great sacrifice; also (generally), a large amount.

hecatomb (verb)

1. To provide (someone or something) with a hecatomb (noun senses).

Asunder (adverb)

1. Into separate parts or pieces.

Asunder (adjective)

1. Apart from each other.

proteranthous (adj)

1. Of a plant: having flowers that appear earlier than the leaves.
2. Of a plant: having leaves that appear earlier than the flowers.

Phial (noun)

1. A bottle or other vessel for containing a liquid; originally any such vessel, especially one for holding a beverage; now (specifically), a small, narrow glass bottle with a cap used to hold liquid chemicals, medicines, etc.

phial (verb)

1. To keep or put (something, especially a liquid) in, or as if in, a phial (noun sense).

Coenobium (noun)

1. A conventual or monastic community; also, a convent or monastery.
2. (botany) A fruit of a plant from either of the families Boraginaceae (the borages) or Lamiaceae which has small loculi or compartments, reminiscent of the cells in a convent or monastery.
2. (botany) A colony of algae which acts as a single organism; a coenobe.
3. (zoology) A colony of unicellular organisms (such as protozoa) which acts as a single organism.

tutelary (adj)

1. Having guardianship or protection.
2. Of or pertaining to guardians.
3. Having the qualities of a tutor.

Linguistics (noun)

1. The systematic and scholarly study of language.

Geodesy (noun)

1. Scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of earth, its gravitational field and geodynamic phenomena (polar motion, earth tides, and crustal motion) in three‐dimensional, time‐varying space.

Auton (noun)

1. A machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being, designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.

Isomer (noun)
1. Any of two or more compounds with the same molecular formula but with different structure.

Concoction (noun)

1. The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
2. A mixture prepared in such a way.
3. Something made-up, an invention.

aflutter (adj)

1. In a state of excited anticipation or confusion.

supervacaneous (adj)

1. Added beyond what is necessary; superfluous, redundant.

Vila (noun)

1. A type of fairy or nymph in Slavic mythology.

biotic (adj)

1. Of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms.

Redunculous (noun)

1. Beyond ridiculous. Ridculously ridiculous.
2. An idea which is so totally inconceivable that it would seem redundant to all to even bother suggesting.

redunculous (adv)

1. Given to using made up words, often due a desire to seem intelligent despite suffering from a lack of formal education.

prolix (adj)

1. Tediously lengthy.
2. Tending to use large or obscure words that few understand.