English Words

Liquescent (adj) lik-wes-ant (literary) Becoming or apt to become liquid. Early 18th century from Latin…

Cultigen (noun) (botany) kul-ti-jen A plant species or variety known only in cultivation, especially one…

Coracle (noun) kor-ak-l (especially in Wales and Ireland) a small round boat made of wickerwork…

Pobblebonk (noun) pob-l-bonk Either of two Australian frogs of the genus Limnodynastes (family Myobatrachidae) having…

Preterition (noun) pree-ter-ish-un The action of passing over or disregarding a matter, especially the rhetorical…

Inherent (adj) in-her-ent Existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute. Late 16th…

Maven (noun) (US Eng) May-ven An expert or connoisseur. Early 20th century Yiddish meyvn, from…

Peripediment (noun) (geology) per-ee-ped-e-ment A broad, gently sloping surface on detrital alluvium that either extends…