Aa absquatulate - flee, make off; abscond. agelast - one who never laughs. aglet - the plastic tip on the end of a shoelace. agrestic - characteristic of the country, rustic; also, unpolished or uncouth. akimbo - of the arms, with the hands on the hips and elbows bent outward. "He stood akimbo and surveyed the wreckage." anadromous - of fish, migrating up rivers from the sea to spawn in fresh water. anile - like a doddering, foolish old woman. anserine - goose-like; also, silly, foolish, or stupid. anthropophagy - cannibalism. apolaustic - wholly devoted to the seeking of enjoyment. arcadian - idyllically pastoral, simple, or untroubled. avuncular - of or pertaining to an uncle; also, uncle-like. Bb barratry - the offense of frequently stirring up lawsuits or quarrels; also, in maritime law, fraud or gross criminal negligence by a captain or crew at the expense of a ship's owner or of the owner of a ship's cargo. bastinado - torture by beating on the soles of the feet. bezonian - a scoundrel. bibcock a faucet that is bent downward bibliobibuli - those who read too much. biffy - a toilet or outhouse. bodewash - dried buffalo dung, used as fuel for fire. boeotian - stupid, dull, obtuse; also, such a person. bolus - a large medicinal pill; also, a mass of chewed food. boondoggle - an unnecessary activity or wasteful expenditure. borborygmic - pertaining to the rumbling of one's stomach or intestines. bosky - having an abundance of trees or shrubbery. brobdingnagian - enormous, immense. brummagem - cheap and showy but inferior and worthless. buccal - of or pertaining to the cheek or the mouth. bugaboo - something that causes baseless fear or worry; also, a false belief used to intimidate. bumf - toilet paper; also, worthless paperwork, literature, or junk mail. Cc callipygian - having shapely buttocks. See also: steatopygic. captious - apt to raise objections to trivial faults or defects; given to fault-finding; difficult to please. caryatid - a draped female figure supporting an entablature. caseifaction - the act of turning into cheese. cataglottism - kissing with the tongue. cerumen - earwax. chatoyant - changing in luster or color, as cat's eyes. chiaroscuro - distribution of light and shade in a picture chthonic - dwelling in the underworld. cicisbeo -a male escort or lover of a married woman. collation - a light meal. contumelious - insolently abusive and humiliating. corrigendum - a mistake to be corrected, especially an error in a printed book. corybantic - frenzied or agitated. crapulous - given to, characterized by, or suffering from gross excess in eating and drinking. cynosure - a center of attraction or admiration. Dd dandle - to dance (a child) on one's knees; the action taken by a dandler. deasil - clockwise. See also: widdershins. defenestrate - to throw out of a window dendrochronology - the study of growth rings on trees. dipsomania - uncontrollable craving for alcohol. discalced - barefooted. doddle - something easy or requiring little effort. donnybrook - a brawl or heated public dispute. dottle - the plug of unburned tobacco left in a pipe after smoking. draggle - make wet and dirty by dragging on the ground. duff - decaying matter in a forest Ee ecdysiast - stripper. edacious - devouring, consuming, voracious. eesome - pleasing to the eye. emollient - characteristic of that which softens or soothes the skin. enantiodromic - characteristic of something that has become its opposite. energumen - one who is possessed by a demonic entity. epeolatry - worship of words. epigone - an undistinguished imitator or descendant of an illustrious person or family. eructation - belching; also, discharge of a volcano. esprit d'escalier - a remark that occurs to someone later, after it should have been said (often a witty retort that occurs after the moment to use it has passed). estivate - to spend the summer. esurient - hungry. evancalous - pleasant to embrace. expiscate - to learn through laborious investigation. exsanguinate - to drain blood from. Ff factotum - employee or assistant who does just about everything. fantods - a state of nervous irritability; the fidgets; the willies. "Waiting for this semester's report card is giving me the fantods." fernticle - freckle. fescue - a small stick used to point out letters to a child learning to read. flews - the pendulous corners of the upper lip of certain dogs, such as the bloodhound. floccinaucinihilipilification - the categorizing of something as worthless. flummery - meaningless chatter; also, deceptive language. footle - to talk or act foolishly; to waste time. foudroyant - dazzling, flashing; also, thunderous, noisy. friable - easily crumbled; crumbly. frisson - an emotional thrill; a shudder of emotion. frowzy - ill-smelling, musty; also, slovenly, unkempt. fugacious - fleeting, transitory; difficult to capture. funambulist - a tightrope walker Gg gallimaufry - jumble or medley; hodgepodge. geck - a dupe. genuflect - bend the knee and lower the body, especially in reverence. gleek - to joke or jest. gobbledygook - windy gibberish or jargon. gorbellied - corpulent. gormless - dull, stupid, clumsy. gound - the gunk that collects in the corners of the eyes during sleep. gowpen - two hands placed together to form a bowl-shape; also, the amount that can be contained in a pair of cupped hands. graustark - an imaginary place of high romance. grimthorpe - remodel or restore an old building without proper grounding or knowledge of its authentic character or without exercising care to remain faithful to its original quality and uniqueness; after Baron Grimthorpe, English lawyer and architect, restorer of St. Alban's cathedral. Hh hallux - big toe. hangdog - shamefaced, browbeaten, or intimidated. hebdomedal - weekly. hircine - goat-like; also, lustful. hirple - to hobble or walk lamely. hornswoggle - bamboozle, deceive. hoyden - a boisterous, carefree girl; a tomboy. Ii infucate - to apply cosmetics. inglenook - a nook by a fireplace. insouciant - blithely unconcerned. insufflate - to blow on or breathe into. izzat - honor, prestige, reputation. Jj jillick - to skip a stone across water. jocoserious - combining serious and humorous matters. jugulate - to slit the throat. Kk kalopsia - the delusion that things are more beautiful than they really are. katzenjammer - a loud, discordant noise; also, a hangover; also, a state of depression or bewilderment. kibitz - to look on and offer unsolicited, meddlesome advice; to make wisecracks when others are trying to work or speak seriously. kickshaw - a trinket or bauble; a culinary delicacy. Ll lambent - softly radiant; of a light or flame, playing on a surface without burning it; also, dealing lightly and gracefully with a subject of discussion. lapidate - to stone to death. latrinalia - graffiti found in restrooms. legerdemain - slight of hand; magic tricks. liripipe - a long scarf or cord attached to and hanging from a hood. ludic - characterized by playfulness. Mm macerate - to make or become soft by steeping in a liquid; also, to waste away by fasting. madefy - moisten. maffick - to rejoice with an extravagant and boisterous public celebration. malinger - pretend to be ill in order to avoid work or shirk duty. marmoreal - resembling marble. mawkish - excessively or feebly sentimental; also, having a faint, sickly taste. meldrop - a drop of mucus at the end of the nose. mendacious - telling lies, especially habitually; untruthful. miasma - a noxious atmosphere or influence; unpleasant or unwholesome air. misprision - neglect or wrongful action committed by a public official. moiety - about half of something. monomania - obsession with one idea or interest. moonglade - the bright reflection of the moon on a body of water. mordant - bitingly sarcastic. mosh - to engage in uninhibited, frenzied activities with others near the stage at a rock concert. See also: mosh pit. mosh pit - the place near the stage at a rock concert where moshing occurs. See also: mosh. mulct - to take money from, by taxation or by trickery. mundungus - stinky tobacco. myrmidon - an unscrupulously faithful follower; henchman. Nn napiform - resembling a turnip. neologist - one who makes up new words. nidify - to build a nest. noctambulist - a sleepwalker; somnambulist. nosocomephrenia - depression due to a prolonged hospital stay. nothosonomia - the act of calling someone a bastard. nudiustertian - pertaining to the day before yesterday. nyctalopia - night blindness. Oo obdormition - numbness caused by pressure on a nerve, as when one's foot is "asleep." obnubilate - cloud over, darken, or obscure. ochlocracy - mob rule. octothorpe - the '#' symbol; also, "octothorp." omphalopsychite - one who contemplates his navel. See also: omphaloskepsis. omphaloskepsis - contemplation of one's navel. See also: omphalopsychite. opsimath - one who begins to learn late in life. ort - a scrap of food left after a meal is completed. osculate - kiss. ovoviviparous - producing eggs that hatch within the female's body without obtaining nourishment from it. oxter - armpit. Pp pandiculation - the stretching that accompanies yawning. panjandrum - a pompous official or pretender; also, the mock title of a self-important person. pantaloon - a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century pate - top of the head, usually a bald head. penny-farthing - an old-fashioned kind of bicycle with a huge front wheel. penultimate - next to last. perendinate - to put off until the day after tomorrow; also, to keep postponing from day to day. peripatetic - going from place to place; itinerant. philtrum - the vertical groove between the nose and upper lip. picaresque - of fiction, dealing with the adventures of a rogue. pilose - covered with hair. pilpul - a nitpicking, unproductive argument. pinguid - fat; also, greasy. placebo - a harmless substance given as medicine, usually to humor a patient. poetaster - an inferior poet. popinjay - a talkative and conceited person. popliteal - of or pertaining to the back of the knee. preponderate - to surpass others in numbers, intensity, force, or prowess. prescind - turn aside. psithurism - a low whispering sound, such as the rustle of leaves. puckeroo - useless, broken. pulchritude - attractiveness. purulent - containing, consisting of, or discharging pus. pusillanimous - timid, faint-hearted, or cowardly. Qq quidnunc - a busybody or a gossip. quincunx - the pattern of five objects arranged such that four of the five objects form a square, while the fifth is positioned in the middle. "The dots on the '5' side of a die are arranged in a quincunx." quisquilious - like rubbish; trashy, worthless. Rr raconteur - one skilled in telling stories. rebarbative - causing aversion or irritation. recension - an editorial revision of a literary work. recidivist - one who continually commits crime and seems incurable of criminal tendencies. recrudesce - of a disease, sore, or hostile feeling, to break out again. renitent - resistant to pressure. retroussé - turned up at the tip, especially a nose. rhabdomantist - one who practices divination by means of a rod to locate underground water; a dowser. riant - smiling. Ss sanguinary - bloodthirsty; murderous. sanguine - cheerfully confident or optimistic; also, having a healthy, reddish color. saturnine - characteristic of a person having a gloomy or forbidding appearance. scuttlebutt - gossip. seersucker - a light, thin fabric, such as cotton or rayon, with a crinkled surface and a usually striped pattern. serendipity - the faculty of accidentally making happy, unexpected discoveries. sericate - silky. simous - having a very flat or snub nose, with the end turned up. skosh - a small amount; a tad. smithereens - fragments or splintered pieces. snollygoster - a shrewd, unprincipled person. sockdolager - a conclusive blow or remark; also, something outstanding. somnambulist - a sleepwalker; noctambulist. spanghew - to cause a frog or toad to fly up in the air. spartle - to move the body or limbs in a sprawling or struggling manner. specious - seeming good or sound at first but lacking real merit. squabash - to crush with criticism. squidger - the huge disc, or wink, used to propel other winks in the game of Tiddly-Winks. squiffed - intoxicated. steatopygic - having fat buttocks. See also: callipygian. sternutation - the act of sneezing; also, a sneeze. stymie - to thwart, stump, or obstruct. subderisorious - ridiculing in moderation. subfusc - drab, dusty. suppurate - to form pus; to fester. susurration - whispering, murmuring, or rustling. sycophant - one who attempts to gain a personal advantage by servile flattery. Tt tantalolagnia - arousal caused by teasing. tantivy - a headlong dash or rapid gallop; also, characteristic of one in a tantivy; also, the blare of a trumpet or horn. "The man was running tantivy after the thief." tauromachy - the art of bullfighting. tenebrific - producing darkness; obscuring. tergiversate - to turn one's back on one's party or cause; also, to make evasive statements or equivocate. termagant - a shrewish, bullying woman. thewy - muscled, brawny. tintinnabulous - of or relating to bells or the ringing of bells. tizzy - a state of nervous excitement or confusion; a dither. tohubohu - a state of chaos, disorder, and confusion. tonsure - the shaving of the head of those entering certain priesthoods or monastic orders; also, the part of the head left bare after such a shaving. tragus - the little flap of cartilage that projects over the hole in one's ear. trollop - a promiscuous woman. twee - affectedly cute or quaint; overly precious or nice. Uu ultra-crepidarian - giving opinions or criticism beyond one's own range of experience. ululate - lament loudly and shrilly; wail. umbrage - the feeling of being offended. undulate - sway in place. uvula - the thing that hangs down in the back of one's throat. Vv vermiculate - having wavy, wormlike lines or motion; sinuous, tortuous. vexillologist - one who studies flags. vicarious -characteristic of feelings or emotions felt or shared imaginatively through the feelings or emotions of another person. vicissitude - a change of circumstances affecting one's life. Ww walla-walla - the unintelligible sound made by many people talking at once. welter - wriggle, writhe. whelm - to cover or engulf completely, usually with disastrous effect. whinge - complain fretfully, whine. widdershins - counterclockwise; also, in a contrary direction. Same as "withershins." See also: deasil. withershins I have found and used materials of this following page : http://www.rinkworks.com/words/funwords.shtml