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Underused Words

Submitted by HorsePunchKid on Thu, 2007-12-27 15:25

These are some of the words and word variants in our lovely language that I feel have gotten less attention than they deserve. Please try to use them if you can. Newer additions to the list are in bigger type.

  • apotropaic
  • boustrophedonically
  • chthonic
  • connexion
  • cosmogonically
  • ctenoid
  • cwm
  • dephlogisticated
  • echolalia
  • enantiomer
  • flocculus
  • floquent
  • fluxionary
  • forcemeat
  • glomuliferous
  • gyrobifastigium
  • hellbox
  • indehiscent
  • lachrymation
  • lentiform
  • librate
  • longicorn
  • loxodromic
  • lysogeny
  • mooncalf
  • morosoph
  • neuroleptic
  • nuchal
  • nugatory
  • nutate
  • persiflage
  • plectognath
  • porcine
  • psychrometric
  • quincunx
  • retrosnub
  • somnolence
  • sorb
  • splanchnology
  • squamous
  • syntagmata
  • woolgathering
  • zygomatic
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