filigree
noun
5/18/23
ornamental work of fine wire, usually gold or silver.
passerine
noun
5/15/23
a bird of the order Passeriformes, commonly known as perching birds.
trunnion
noun
5/15/23
a point on which something can be rotated or tilted.
alluvium
noun
5/15/23
a deposit of sendiment left by flowing water; usually results in fertile soil.
lassitude
noun
5/15/23
physical or mental weariness.
atavistic
adj
5/15/23
relating to something ancient or ancestral.
lorgnette
noun
5/10/23
a pair of glasses held in front of the eyes via a long handle to one side.
redolent
adj
5/10/23
strongly reminiscent or suggestive of something.
stentorian
adj
5/9/23
loud and powerful; relating to the voice.
extirpate
verb
5/9/23
to destroy or remove completely.
frond
noun
4/25/23
the leaflike part of a palm or fern.
parturition
noun
4/17/23
the act of giving birth to young.
epistolary
adj
4/1/23
in the form of letters (literary works).
inchoate
adj
3/27/23
not fully formed or developed.
orrery
noun
2/23/23
an apparatus displaying the relative positions and motions of bodies in a solar system via clockwork.
penumbra
noun
2/11/23
something that covers or obscures.
fecundity
noun
2/11/23
the ability to produce ample offspring or ideas.
hors de combat
adj
2/11/23
out of combat; disabled.
augur
verb
2/11/23
to foretell events usually via omens.
massif
noun
2/11/23
a principal mountain pass.