Word of the day

Tribology (noun)

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

ukase (noun)

1. An authoritative proclamation; an edict.
2. Any absolutist order or arrogant proclamation.

lexicology (noun)

1. The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
2. A specific theory concerning the lexicon.

quindecasyllabic (adj)

1. Having fifteen syllables.

lipogram (noun)

1. A piece of writing in which a certain letter is excluded.
2. A word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols.

encampment (noun)

1. A place where people (such as displaced people, soldiers, or travelers) encamp, that is, stay in tents or other temporary structures; a camp or campsite.
2. A place where people or things stay temporarily.
3. An enclosed or fortified prehistoric site, especially a European Iron Age hill-fort.
4. A meeting of Freemasons.
5. The act of encamping or setting up a camp; also, the state of being encamped or in a camp.

repugn (verb)

1. To oppose or resist.

isobathytherm (noun)

1. An isoline connecting the points on the Earth's surface where a certain temperature is found at the same depth.

flagitious (adj)

1. Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
2. Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.