Rodomontade: Pretentious boasting or bragging: bluster.
Used in a Sentence: It is not rodomontade; I am simply the best person I know.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Daily Definition: Micturate
Micturate: To urinate.
Used in a Sentence: Have you ever noticed that when you are halfway home, driving in your car, you suddenly have the strong urge to micturate?
Used in a Sentence: Have you ever noticed that when you are halfway home, driving in your car, you suddenly have the strong urge to micturate?
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Daily Definition: Batophobia
Batophobia: An abnormal fear of being near an object of great height, such as a skyscraper or a mountain.
Used in a Sentence: When I stand next to Shakeel O'Neil I get batophobia.
Used in a Sentence: When I stand next to Shakeel O'Neil I get batophobia.
Labels:
abnormal fear,
Batophobia,
mountain,
object of great height,
skyscraper
Friday, June 27, 2008
Daily Definition: Coruscant
Coruscant: Glittering.
Used in a Sentence: Not all that is coruscant is gold.
Used in a Sentence: Not all that is coruscant is gold.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Daily Definition: Anfractuous
Anfractuous: Full of twists and turns; winding; tortuous.
Used in a Sentence: The path of my life is anfractuous.
Used in a Sentence: The path of my life is anfractuous.
Labels:
Anfractuous,
toruous,
turns,
twists,
winding
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Daily Definition: Butyraceous
Butyraceous: Resembling butter in appearance, consistency, or chemical properties.
Used in a Sentence: Isn’t it interesting that the more butter you eat the more butyraceous your backside becomes.
Used in a Sentence: Isn’t it interesting that the more butter you eat the more butyraceous your backside becomes.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Daily Definition: Fantoccini
Fantoccini: Puppets animated by moving wires or mechanical means.
Used in a Sentence: When politicians speak, sometimes I think they look like fantoccini.
Used in a Sentence: When politicians speak, sometimes I think they look like fantoccini.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Daily Definition: Dissilent
Dissilent: Bursting apart.
Used in a Sentence: After eating too many cup cakes my pants are dissilent.
Used in a Sentence: After eating too many cup cakes my pants are dissilent.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Daily Definition: Urceolate
Urceolate: Urn-shaped.
Used in a Sentence: I tend to like women that are urceolate.
Used in a Sentence: I tend to like women that are urceolate.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Daily Definition: Theriomorphic
Theriomorphic: Having the form of a beast.
Used in a Sentence: Some women are theriomorphic once a month.
Used in a Sentence: Some women are theriomorphic once a month.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Daily Definition: Orbicular
Orbicular: 2. Circular and flat, as a leaf.
Used in a Sentence: Some of the women that I have gone out with have been orbicular.
Used in a Sentence: Some of the women that I have gone out with have been orbicular.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Daily Definition: Arriere-Pensee
Arriere-Pensee: An ulterior motive.
Used in a Sentence: Do not trust someone who says, “Trust me.” They probably have an arriere-pensee.
Used in a Sentence: Do not trust someone who says, “Trust me.” They probably have an arriere-pensee.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Daily Definition: Stellify
Stellify: To transform into a star.
Used in a Sentence: Too many people think they are going to stellify, without any effort on their part.
Used in a Sentence: Too many people think they are going to stellify, without any effort on their part.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Daily Definition: Metaplasia
Metaplasia: The metamorphosis of tissue from one type to another, as in ossification.
Used in a Sentence: The older we get the more susceptible we are to metaplasia.
Used in a Sentence: The older we get the more susceptible we are to metaplasia.
Labels:
aging,
metamorphosis,
Metaplasia,
ossification
Monday, June 16, 2008
Daily Definition: Dodecahedron
Dodecahedron: A polyhedron with twelve faces.
Used in a Sentence: A politician cannot be two-faced, they must be a dodecahedron.
Used in a Sentence: A politician cannot be two-faced, they must be a dodecahedron.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Daily Definition: Tacet
Tacet: Be silent. It is silent.
Used in a Sentence: If politicians only spoke when they were telling the truth, they would all be tacet.
Used in a Sentence: If politicians only spoke when they were telling the truth, they would all be tacet.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Daily Definition: Juvenocracy
Juvenocracy: Rule or influence by young people.
Used in a Sentence: When I go to other people’s homes, that have a lot of kids, they seem to be a juvenocracy.
Used in a Sentence: When I go to other people’s homes, that have a lot of kids, they seem to be a juvenocracy.
Labels:
influence,
Juvenocracy,
rule by young people
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Daily Definition: Guerdon
Guerdon: A reward.
Used in a Sentence: I think that all of us are hoping for a guerdon.
Used in a Sentence: I think that all of us are hoping for a guerdon.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Daily Definition: Telegony
Telegony: The supposed influence of one sire on offspring sired by subsequent males of the same female.
Used in a Sentence: Politics seems to be widespread with telegony.
Used in a Sentence: Politics seems to be widespread with telegony.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Daily Definition: Bugbear
Bugbear: An object of obsessive dread.
Used in a Sentence: For many people the bathroom scale has become a bugbear.
Used in a Sentence: For many people the bathroom scale has become a bugbear.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
Daily Definition: Tellurian
Tellurian: An inhabitant of earth.
Used in a Sentence: There are many celebrities that are not tellurian.
Used in a Sentence: There are many celebrities that are not tellurian.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Daily Definition: Tautology
Tautology: Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
Used in a Sentence: When most people give their opinion they are guilty of tautology, not me of course, I would never do that, needlessly repeating myself would be something I would not do.
Used in a Sentence: When most people give their opinion they are guilty of tautology, not me of course, I would never do that, needlessly repeating myself would be something I would not do.
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