12 new words everyday

09/09/2026

#10862

DESTRUIE

To destroy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

#51671

PROFITING

Gain; advantage; profit.That thy profiting may appear to all. 1 Tim. iv. 15.

#1885

DUCK-BILLED

Having a bill like that of a duck..

#35752

AMPHINEURA

A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry ofthe organs and the arrangement of the nerves.

#9143

AUTO-INFECTION

Poisoning caused by a virus that originates and develops in theorganism itself.

#28316

HEXASTYLE

Having six columns in front; -- said of a portico or temple.-- n.

#82583

CAUF

A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water. Philips.

#69581

TYE

A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, andis made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to atackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.

#86029

SEXTO

A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into sixleaves.

#84771

BLOODSHOT

Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vesselsturgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated.His eyes were bloodshot, . . . and his hair disheveled. Dickens.

#71776

INTRAFUSION

The act of pouring into a vessel; specif. (Med.), the operationof introducing a substance into a blood vessel; as, intrafusion ofblood.

#17595

MARINED

Having the lower part of the body like a fish. Crabb.