Word of the Day

Hovel (noun) hov-l A small squalid or simply constructed dwelling. Late Middle English of unknown…

Septuagenarian (adj) Sept-ua-jen-air-ee-an A person who is between 70 and 79 years old. Late 18th…

Churrasco (noun) chu-ras-ko A South American dish of steak barbecued over a wood or charcoal…

Labret (noun) lay-bret An object such as a small piece of shell, bone, or stone…

Jarl (noun) (historical) ya-rl A Norse or Danish chief. Old Norse, literally ‘man of noble…

Velarisation (noun) (phonetics) vel-ar-ais-ay-shun A secondary articulation involving movement of the back of the tongue…

Viridescent (adj) (literary) vi-ree-des-ent Greenish or becoming green. Mid 19th century from late Latin viridescent-…

Dammar (noun) dam-ar Resin obtained from any of a number of tropical, chiefly Indo-Malaysian trees,…