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Grammalogue (noun) gram-a-log (in shorthand) a word represented by a single sign or symbol. Mid…

Cloaca (noun) (archaic) klo-ak-a A sewer Late 16th century (in the sense ‘sewer’): from Latin,…

Onymous (adj) (rare) on-i-mus Having a name; Named Late 18th century: shortening of anonymous. (more…)

Gracile (adj) gras-ail/gras-il Attractively slender or thin. Early 17th century: from Latin gracilis ‘slender’. (more…)

Antipodes (plural noun) an-tip-o-deez Diametrically opposite. Or if you're in the Northern Hemisphere, Australia and…

Jennet (noun) jen-nit A female donkey/ A small type of Spanish horse Late Middle English:…

Maleficium (noun) mal-eh-fik-ee-um An act of witchcraft performed with the intention of causing damage or…

Slub (noun) slub A lump or uneven thick place in yarn or thread. Early 19th…

Ylem (noun) ee-lem (in the Big Bang theory) the primordial matter of the universe, originally…