WotD

Pradakshina (noun) (Hinduism) pra-dak-shi-na The action of walking clockwise round a person or deity as…

Macrolepidoptera (noun) mak-ro-lep-id-op-te-ra The families of butterflies and moths whose members are large enough to…

Vestigial (adj) ves-tidj-ee-al Forming a very small remnant of something that was once greater or…

Porangi (adj) (NZ) (informal) por-ang-ee Mad; crazy. Maori. (more…)

Flory (also Fleury) (adj) flo-ree Decorated with fleurs-de-lis. Late Middle English: from Old French floure,…

Hinterland (noun) hin-tu-land The remote areas of a country away from the coast or the…

Potentiate (verb) po-ten-she-ayt Increase the power, effect, or likelihood of (something, especially a drug or…

Tor (noun) taw A hill or rocky peak. Old English torr, perhaps of Celtic origin…