12 new words everyday

08/04/2024

#52494

DYSMENORRHEA

Difficult and painful menstruation.

#42675

AMPLIFICATION

The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity ofdescription, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect;diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all theparticulars of a subject.Exaggeration is a species of amplification. Brande & C.I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in whatmanner defects have been supplied. Sir J. Davies.

#82603

LAMINARIA

A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, ordevil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and aresometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp.

#11515

AMRITA

Immorality; also, the nectar conferring immortality.-- a. Ambrosial; immortal.

#32635

DURAL

Pertaining to the dura, or dura mater.

#68663

SURFBOAT

A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with apronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and ofcontact with the beach.

#71495

MARRAM

A coarse grass found on sandy beaches (Ammophila arundinacea).See Beach grass, under Beach.

#64023

FITTER

A little piece; a flitter; a flinder. [Obs.]Where's the Frenchman Alas, he's all fitters. Beau. & Fl.

#23112

BORACOUS

Relating to, or obtained from, borax; containing borax.

#84149

THENCEFROM

From that place. [Obs.]

#61657

OBTRUNCATION

The act of lopping or cutting off. [R.] Cockeram.

#75512

SNORER

One who snores.