• plimsoll
    noun
    a British term for a flat, light, canvas sneaker with a rubber sole.
  • consarned
    adj
    damned or confounded (used as a mild imprecation).
  • frottage
    noun
    the practice of touching or rubbing against the clothed body of another person in a crowd as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
  • secateurs
    noun
    a pair of pruning clippers for use with one hand.
  • importune
    verb
    harass someone persistently for or to do something; also, approach someone to request or offer sexual services.
  • solenoid
    noun
    a coil of wire that acts as an electromagnet when an electric current passes through it, creating a magnetic field that can move a movable core to produce mechanical motion.
  • obdurate
    adj
    stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.
  • didoes
    noun
    a mischievous trick or prank.
  • nebbish
    noun
    a person, especially a man, who is regarded as pitifully ineffectual, timid, or submissive.
  • mendacious
    adj
    not telling the truth; lying.
  • landau
    noun
    a four-wheel carriage with a top divided into two sections that can be folded away or removed and with a raised seat outside for the driver.
  • munificent
    adj
    more generous than usual or necessary.
  • propinquity
    noun
    the state of being close to someone or something; proximity. Or a close kinship.
  • fuller
    noun
    a grooved or rounded tool used to shape iron on.
  • effluvium
    noun
    an unpleasant or harmful odor, secretion or discharge.
  • fantod
    noun
    an emotional outburst.
  • tautology
    noun
    a phrase in which the same thing is said twice in different words.
  • punctilious
    adj
    showing great attention to detail and or correct behavior.
  • trammel
    noun
    a restriction or impediment to someone's freedom of action.
  • redoubt
    noun
    a temporary military fortification that has no flanking defenses.