12 new words everyday

01/04/2025

#8688

PYROMORPHOUS

Having the property of crystallizing by the agency of fire.

#51487

TARGET

The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

#32378

SALIVA

The secretion from the salivary glands.

#47711

EN-

A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words,chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words arewritten indifferently with en- or in-. For ease of pronunciation itis commonly changed to em- before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody,emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable,enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimesmerely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-.

#83952

DISFURNITURE

The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.[Obs.]

#48447

BEARHOUND

A hound for baiting or hunting bears. Car

#77193

SHEETING

A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protectingan embankment.

#2702

PROCURABLE

Capable of being procured; obtainable. Boyle.

#66846

INAUGURATION DAY

The day on which the President of the United States isinaugurated, the 4th of March in every year next after a yeardivisible by four.

#71131

PHOLADEAN

Pholad.

#83209

ACETABLE

An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint. [Obs.] Holland.

#25753

SEGGAR

A case or holder made of fire clay, in which fine pottery isinclosed while baking in the kin. [Written also saggar, sagger, andsegger.] Ure.