A list of Extraordinary Words

Harsh and sharp, or bitter and not pleasant to the taste; acrid, pungent.

With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.

A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.

A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

The policy of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.

A verbal argument.

for the sake of argument; assuming without deciding; identifying the premises of a hypothetical argument while making it clear that no finding is being made on whether the premises are true.

Of the recurrence of a trait reappearing after an absence of one or more generations due to a chance recombination of genes.

To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.

Worship of the king.

To sully with mud or dung.

Of or relating to biology.

Having an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars traditionally placed as a "second sixth" day before March 1st.

A braggart.

Alternative letter-case form of Brobdingnagian.

A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.

To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.

To join into a single mass or whole.

The set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place. A group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope. The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively. A closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope.

An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions, often an older man.

An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window.

To take delight; to revel or enjoy.

A great flood or rain.

In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.

simple past and past participle of dragoon

To enlarge; to make or become bigger.

A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.

A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehog.

Formerly; in the past.

Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.

Bloodletting.

A cone or pyramid whose tip has been truncated by a plane parallel to its base.

A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.

To make a verbal attack.

Who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.

A dealer in ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods.

A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.

A gap in a series, making it incomplete.

Alternative spelling of hypnagogic.

That imprecates or invokes evil.

Out of proportion (in size, degree or extent) with something else.

Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.

A period of time between the end of one monarch's reign and the accession of their successor.

A bin or enclosure in which fish or skins are salted.

An improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before implementing a finished design.

Relating to lexicography.

A lover of words, especially in word games, puzzles, anagrams, palindromes, and so on; synonym of logophile.

The state or property of being liquid.

Talkative; chatty.

sportive; wanton

A situation in which all participants want something to be done, but none want to do it.

The (often sexual) enjoyment of receiving pain or humiliation.

To chew (usually food).

ISO 639-3 language code for Mampruli.

A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.

Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness.

An environment or setting; a medium; environs

Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.

A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.

Existing in multitudes or great numbers; very numerous; innumerable. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.

Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.

Having an odor or fragrance.

Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.

the state of being opalescent

An aging buffoon.

Disparaging, belittling or derogatory. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.

Clarity, lucidity, especially in expression; the state or characteristic of being perspicuous.

The status or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex.

A very steep cliff.

Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.

A manifesto or formal public declaration, originally political; a proclamation. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing an audience and furthering an agenda.

A swampy, soggy area of ground.

A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement.

To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality.

A rascal, scamp, rogue, or scoundrel.

An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.

To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.

A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.

Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.

present participle and gerund of scintillate.

A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.

To run with quick light steps, to scamper.

Chaotic, disorganised or mismanaged. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

To (cause something to) move sideways. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate.

US spelling of skulduggery.

The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it.

A device used to measure blood pressure.

Onomatopoeia for a plop or splash.

Pertaining to the fatty layer under the skin.

To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.

Arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.

Attractively thin; gracefully slender. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (religious, cultural, or otherwise cosmologic or ontologic).

An appetizer made from yogurt, cucumber, garlic, olive oil and dill or mint; usually served with pita bread and as a meze

A tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass.

Having hooves.

The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.

The act of vituperating; severely blaming or censuring.

Characterized or marked by full, generous, pleasurable sensation.

The ability and means required to accomplish some task.