auburn /`ō.bərn/…adjective: Having a reddish, brown color.[ultimately fr. Latin]
deflagrable /də`flā.grə.bəl/…adjective: Burning, often with sudden and snapping sparks or flames.[fr. Latin]
rechauffe /rā.shō`fā/…noun: Left-over food that has been warmed. 2. Something old that is brought up again or rehashed.[fr. French]
enkindle /ən`kĭn.dəl/…transitive verb: 1. To set fire to. 2. To make aglow. 3. To arouse.[fr. Old English]
dulcify /`dəl.sə.fī/…transitive verb: To sweeten, or to make more suitable; to soothe.[fr. Latin]
wharfinger /`hwōr.fĭn.jər/
…noun: One who owns or runs a wharf.
[fr. Old English]
somniloquy /sɑm`nĭl.ə.kwēē/
…noun: Speech uttered during sleep.
[fr. Latin]
jannock /`jăn.ək/…adjective: Honest; just; frank.[unknown origin]
nychthemeron /nĭk`thĕm.ər.ɑn/
…noun: A period of twenty-four hours, or night and day.
[fr. Greek]
auriform /`ōr.ə.fōrm/
…adjective: Having the shape of an ear.
[fr. Latin]
atrabilious /ăt.rə`bĭl.ēē.əs/
…adjective: 1. Melancholy; gloomy. 2. Sullen and ill-tempered.
[fr. Latin]
gomerel /`gɑm.ər.əl/
…noun: A foolish person.
[fr. obsolete gome, meaning man]
android /`ăn.droyd/
…adjective: Having the characteristics and features of a human.
[fr. Latin]
flout /flout/
…transitive verb: To disdain haughtily; scorn.
…intransitive verb: To show haughty disdain.
…noun: A scornful remark.
[cf. flute]
haliphagia /hăl.ĭ`fā.jēē.ə/
…noun: The eating of an excessive amount of salts.
[fr. Greek]
rigmarole /`rĭg.mə.rōl/
…noun: 1. A procedure of complex and unnecessary steps. 2. Incoherent or meaningless speech; nonsense.[fr. earlier ragman roll, meaning catalogue]
acerbity /ə`sər.bĭ.tēē/
…noun: Sourness and dryness in taste or behavior.
[fr. Latin]
brummagem /`brə.mə.jəm/
…adjective: Cheap, gimmicky, or worthless.
[after Birmingham, England where counterfeit coins used to be made]
curmudgeon /kər`mŭ.jən/
…noun: An irritable and cantankerous person with stubborn opinions.
[unknown origin]
somnambulist /sɑm`năm.byū.lĭst/
…noun: One who sleepwalks.
[fr. Latin]