Word of the day

Tribology (noun)

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

Ubiety (noun)

1. The state of existing in a specific point in space, thereness.
2. Omnipresence; ubiquity.

Magianism (noun)

1. Teachings or philosophy of the Magi.
2. Zoroastrianism.

Diagometer (noun)

1. A kind of electroscope in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conductive power.

Gabbro (noun)

1. Originally, a kind of serpentine; now generally a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene and labradorite.

Xylan (noun)

1. A polysaccharide, consisting of xylose residues, found in the cell walls of some algae and plants.
2. A gelatinous compound found in wood.

deoppilate (verb)

1. To free (something) from obstructions; to clear a passage through (something).

Verselet (noun)

1. A little verse or poem.

Xenodocheionology (noun)

t. The lore or history of hotels and inns.

Temulence (noun)

1. Intoxication, drunkenness, temulency.

Frondescence (noun)

1. The time at which a plant unfolds its leaves.
2. The act of bursting into leaf.

Roundelay (noun)

1. A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals, a refrain.
2. A dance in a circle.
3. Anything having a round form; a roundel.

favonian (adj)

1. of, like or pertaining to the west wind; mild and favorable.

tectonic (adj)

1. Of or relating to construction or to architecture.
2. Structural.
3. Of, relating to, or caused by large-scale movements of the Earth's (or a similar planet's) lithosphere.
4. Momentous, utter, vast.

Gatefold (noun)

1. A document folding method that uses two parallel folds to create six panels; the left and right panels are half the width of the center panels and fold inward to meet in the middle without overlapping.
2. An oversized page in a book.

paideutic (adj)

1. Educational method or theory.

Epiploce (noun)

1. A figure of speech by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; escalation to a climax.
2. Synonym of anaclasis.

mystacial (adj)

1. Having a fringe of hairs suggestive of a moustache.
2. Pertaining to the area around the vibrissae on either side of the muzzle of a mammal such as a rodent or cat.

nepheligenous (adj)

1. Discharging smoke in clouds.

Koniology (noun)

The study of dust, pollen and other airborne particles.

gromatic (adj)

1. Of, like or pertaining to surveys or surveying.

trisulcate (adj)

1. Having three sulci or grooves.
2. Having three ridges or forks.

Helix (noun)

1. A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.
2. A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.
3. The incurved rim of the external ear.
4. An upside down midair 360° spin in playboating.

helix (verb)

1. To form or cause to form a helix.

Jactation (noun)

1. A tossing or shaking of the body; physical agitation, especially while asleep or confined to bed by illness.
2. The action of throwing.
3. Boasting; bragging; showing off.

xerophobous (adj)

1. Unable to thrive in dry conditions.
2. Unable to survive drought.

Zygology (noun)

1. The science of joining and fastening things together.