12 new words everyday

08/06/2026

#4802

FAIR

Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth;fowing; -- said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, waterlines, and other lines.

#42447

PIX

See Pyx.

#11612

APANAGE

Same as Appanage.

#66823

SUPERORDINATION

The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied;especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during hislifetime, of his successor. Fuller.

#26266

CONDOLER

One who condoles.

#35917

DOEGLING

The beaked whale (Balænoptera rostrata), from which doeglingoil is obtained.

#196

ERYSIPELOUS

Erysipelatous.

#25451

HAVOC

Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. Acts viii. 3.Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! Addison.

#72279

SYNOPTIC

One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. SeeSynoptist.

#6613

HOURS

Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.Lo! where the rosy-blosomed Hours, Fair Venus' train, appear. Gray.

#1867

UNDYING

Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal; as, the undyingsouls of men.

#14699

INSTOP

To stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams.[Obs.] Dryden.