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Archives 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 2009 Jan 2009 Miscellaneous words liminal avenaceous span-new etesian ecumenical "New" words pneuma nugatory newel neuston nubilous Words from Obama cohere syncretic endemic abrogate sui generis Latin terms in English ex libris in medias res dramatis personae lares and penates ex parte Feb 2009 Words from Darwin and Lincoln propinquity conduce interdict sanguine irascible Words derived from birds columbarium pied roustabout crestfallen canard Whose what? fool's gold sword of damocles mug's game dog's age God's acre Words to describe people contumacious lachrymose peripatetic obstreperous coeval Mar 2009 Terms from French bon ton moue au fait clou pied-a-terre 15-letter words infundibuliform subintelligitur lepidopterology mathematicaster dermatoglyphics Words with no repeating letters quodlibet epistolary schwerpunkt gramineous overslaugh Double trouble diptych snake_eyes portmanteau zwieback dicephalous A random walk through the dictionary diaphanous lucubrate acarpous coetaneous pellucid Apr 2009 People who have more than one word coined after them ciceronian maudlin hermetic Cadmean victory pickwickian Terms from French passe-partout tranche beau monde bien-pensant pas de deux There's a word for it perendinate moirologist prosopagnosia xanthodontous borborygmus Words for him and her maritorious patrocliny misogyny materfamilias pseudandry May 2009 Forgotten positives evitable wieldy exorable gainly corrigible Verbs dissimulate cadge pretermit wend brachiate Fabric words used metaphorically tweedy flannel woolly cotton plushy Words derived from numbers decussate hecatomb atone tessera decuman Jun 2009 Words having many unrelated meanings purlicue trammel grig growler gaff Eponyms churrigueresque Mata Hari rachmanism mausoleum martinet Medicinal words to describe people choleric phlegmatic sanguine melancholic bilious Miscellaneous words eleemosynary obloquy palliate countervail excoriate Slang jake rhubarb grift jive dibs Jul 2009 Words with three letters in alphabetic sequence defenestrate limnology panoply somnolent Sturm und Drang Words from geology yardang pingo scree inselberg karst Miscellaneous words equanimity assiduous disinter minatory expatiate Combining forms stenotopic menticide eurybathic exogenous cacography Aug 2009 Eponymous pairs Alphonse and Gaston Tweedledum and Tweedledee Jekyll and Hyde Mutt and Jeff Darby and Joan Short words ort fug birl bap cwm Words that exercise all your fingers diastrophism micropsia supplicatory adiaphorism simpatico Illustrated words smalto agnosia chouse cobber rimy Animal words bird-dog wildcatter frogmarch mawkish shrew Sep 2009 Yours to discover odious asinine cagey arcadian devious Eponyms Beau Brummell termagant pleiad Gordon Bennett pasquinade Words about censorship and destruction of books comstockery imprimatur bowdlerize nihil obstat grangerize Words derived from hands and feet prestidigitation antipodal legerdemain expediency mortmain Oct 2009 Autumn colors ecru russet sorrel umber subfusc Terms from law curtilage vis major barratry res gestae novation Miscellaneous words otiose mendicant peremptory encomium gimcrack Eponyms byronic orwellian manichean machiavellian draconian Nov 2009 There is a word for it acnestis daymare nihilarian lentiginous spurtle Words related to horses horse-and-buggy horse latitudes stalking horse hobbyhorse Trojan horse Verbs homologate convoke expiate subserve nettle Adverbs Your theme here? 2008 Jan 2008 Whose what? (animal edition) mare's nest dog's letter sheep's eyes donkey's years cat's paw Miscellaneous words dingle supererogatory scorbutic jobbernowl kerfuffle Words with color as metaphor cordon bleu redbrick purple prose white-shoe blue streak What does that company name mean? cingular lucent prudential vanguard suppurate Feb 2008 Words related to sleep somniloquy diurnation soporose hypnopompic lychnobite Words related to medicine sequela nosology idiopathy sternutation nosocomial Short words cairn wax weald echt lea Whose what? (named after specific persons) Buckley's chance Pandora's box Job's comforter Buggin's turn Pele's hair Mar 2008 Lesser-known counterparts of common words prepone nocebo dystopia inhume prequel Words to mark the quadridecennial of the founding of Wordsmith.org: 14-letter words, 14-letter definitions acritochromacy tintinnabulate tinctumutation brobdingnagian circumbendibus Words from guest wordsmith Matt Ball, founder of Vegan Outreach vegan speciesism factory farming cartesian karuna Words from Yiddish schnorrer megillah schnook meshuga schlump Words formed by contraction druthers prithee willy-nilly blimey hidalgo Apr 2008 Words to describe people ebullient tremulous pusillanimous pavid piker Words made using combining forms cenotaph endogamy setiform noctilucent geoponic Verbs suspire indurate yammer extirpate spall Words derived from the names of mythical creatures chimera argus centaur sphinx harpy May 2008 Eponyms lilliputian pantagruelian simon legree gargantuan babbitt Words related to beards sideburns dundrearies vandyke bluebeard jericho Eponyms cicerone svengali lucullan jeremiah tartuffe Archaic words garboil point-device scrannel sweven ween Jun 2008 Insults jackanapes gundygut praetorian quisquilian flibbertigibbet Words borrowed from Irish shebeen dornick hubbub cosher smithereens Toponyms balbriggan brummagem sardonic waterloo fescennine Whose what? deadman's hand yeoman's service bum's rush devil's advocate widow's walk Words from medicine costive roborant catholicon atrabilious linctus Jul 2008 Words made using combining forms orthography coprolite iatrogenic misoneism callipygian Words related to royalty magna carta royal we morganatic king's ransom queen regnant Words about words and language grammatolatry catachresis parapraxis lingua franca orthoepy Words with hidden connections to animals popinjay croupier boustrophedon sommelier haggard Aug 2008 Metaphorical descriptions of people paper tiger loose cannon sacred cow tenderfoot dark horse Miscellaneous words loquacious austral nugacity epiphenomenon fugacious Words for physical characteristics used to describe people figuratively louche clochard myopic dexterous ambisinister Why use a simple word? dactylogram apograph argillaceous maquillage pleonexia Sep 2008 Words that appear to be misspellings therefor prorogue dissert ressentiment recision Toponyms chinese puzzle toronto blessing bristol fashion roman nose glasgow kiss Words with nautical origins mainstay figurehead steerage limpet keelhaul Words from geology and geography archipelago monadnock shoal col isthmus Insults politicaster quidnunc analphabet wifty gormandizer Oct 2008 There is a word for it hypergelast skeuomorph hey rube snood serein Words about words epeolatry univocalic paragoge semasiology cacology Words that appear to have been coined after the 2008 US presidential candidates obambulate bidentate palinode meeken barrack Contranyms cleave continuance asperse copemate quiddity Nov 2008 Prepositions pace maugre ere circa chez Portmanteaux advertorial cultivar exurb spokesmodel rollick Miscellaneous words logy prolix cadastral corpulent mythologem Unusual conjunctions argal sobeit whencesoever albeit forwhy Dec 2008 Americanisms skedaddle absquatulate discombobulate flummadiddle hornswoggle Words related to the shaping of trees espalier topiary pleach bonsai pollard Toponyms from India golconda doolally jodhpurs calico tamarind Words related to the names of fish minnow gudgeon remora inconnu tope Uncommon adverbs seriatim pell-mell withal imprimis shilly-shally 2007 Jan 2007 Odd-looking words hootenanny teetotum tohubohu snuggery hullabaloo Words that have many unrelated meanings malkin os gammon speculum fizgig Eponyms Garrison finish Rip Van Winkle Talmi gold jarvey eonism Yours to discover livid vim vivid dilli immix Words with hidden animals cynosure chatoyant coxcomb dragoon bulimia Feb 2007 Miscellaneous words proscribe umbrage prepossessing taciturn profligate Words that are homophones of everyday words tocsin annalist butte boll cede Porcine words to mark the Chinese new year pignus epigamic pigsney epigeal epigone There is a word for it misology virga incunabulum omphaloskepsis paraph Mar 2007 Latin terms in English de novo pari passu floruit ipso facto sine qua non Words related to the number 13 to mark the thirteenth anniversary of Wordsmith.org tridecennary triskaidekaphobia baker's dozen rondeau trecento Hair today, gone tomorrow piliferous calvous pogonotrophy pilgarlic hirsutulous Miscellaneous words omnifarious acescent sessile paludal embrocation Apr 2007 Professions of the past catchpole napier zanjero ostiary bowyer Words that seem risque testaceous titivate vomitorium cockshut turdiform Words for odds and ends albedo dewlap chaplet gnomon finial Words having vowels aeiou once and only once, and in order abstemious caesious anemious facetious annelidous Words about words haplography obiter dictum asyndeton verbigeration brachylogy May 2007 Expressions coined after the names of birds stormy petrel kibitz clay pigeon jaywalk catbird seat Eponyms mesmeric penelope Alford plea selenography Freudian slip Words borrowed from Spanish peccadillo ramada cabana mesa cay Words to describe people pawky lowering sequacious tatterdemalion scrutator Jun 2007 Words that turn into other words when beheaded premorse testate previse strident educe Archaic words stalworth selcouth peradventure dehort latchet Toponyms coined after places in Ireland donnybrook limerick blarney shillelagh carrageen Miscellaneous words pudibund agrestic moiety compossible ataraxia Jul 2007 Words from theater deuteragonist ingenue breeches part fourth wall greenroom Words about diplomacy detente plenipotentiary extraterritoriality demarche identic Words from the writing of Judge Bruce M. Selya aposematic pleochroic pastiche haboob resipiscent Unusual words used in famous quotations anecdotage circumambulate dictatress gladsome supramundane Words with double connections diplopia didymous mackle double entendre doppelganger Aug 2007 Red-herring words malefactor incommode axenic hardscrabble breastsummer Words related to calendar ides intercalary bissextile greek calends menology Words with hidden animals dentigerous perihelion forbearance welkin interregnum Miscellaneous words bedswerver eyeservice malacia transpontine rasorial Sep 2007 Words derived from Indo-European roots facetiae puissant junta syllogistic hypergolic Words formed by false splitting eyas ouch atomy auger nonce Fabric words used metaphorically linsey-woolsey buckram grog bombast fustian Toponyms abderian artesian hessian vaudeville brigadoon Oct 2007 Miscellaneous words deleterious oligarchy moliminous lugubrious multeity Terms from law gravamen force majeure per stirpes venireman stare decisis Words for bosses, officials, and leaders archon pasha fugleman vizier hierarch There is a word for it famulus caruncle lexiphanes dewclaw nosism Words related to food verjuice jentacular cibarious macaronic xerophagy Nov 2007 Adjectives riant aliterate contumelious perfervid habile Words to describe people mystagogue patrician recalcitrant platitudinarian macroscian Eponyms pinchbeck bunbury ragamuffin titian Darby and Joan Words with a built-in definite article lagniappe alcove El Dorado azimuth algorithm Dec 2007 Miscellaneous words vilipend adscititious interpellate serotine superficies Whose what? busman's holiday friar's lantern curate's egg widow's peak shank's mare Yours to discover anthropomorphize kafkaesque dysphagia excursive jabberwocky Words borrowed from other languages lahar adobe catamaran moniker kahuna Newly coined words wiki adultescent commentariat chav carbon-neutral 2006 Jan 2006 Words related to time hesternal perennial anachronism yestreen bimester Words to describe people fussbudget rident rangy frowzy looby Words better known in their negative forms sipid pervious vincible requite trepid Words related to repartee repartee ad lib rejoinder bon mot badinage Less-known synonyms of everyday words athenaeum tokology debark sartorial cancrine Feb 2006 Loanwords from Sanskrit dharma mantra ahimsa sutra nirvana Coined words eustasy pangaea mcjob locust years prehensile Red-herring words sextet potatory gyrovague discommode obsequy Miscellaneous words volitant adit palisade bagatelle mulligrubs Mar 2006 Words borrowed from German clerisy putsch zeitgeber gegenschein weltschmerz Words related to number 12, to mark the 12th anniversary of the founding of Wordsmith.org. duodecennial duodenum dodecagon duodecimal unciary Words about war pyrrhic victory casus belli fetial polemology spoliation Words related to archery Parthian shot fletcher bulls-eye toxophilite best gold Apr 2006 Terms imported from other languages apparatchik au contraire feng shui gestalt papabile Words related to death and taxes publican thanatopsis impost anabiosis capitation Words about books belles-lettres orihon amphigory conspectus magnum opus Uncommon words with common suffixes or prefixes oniomania garbology onychophagia philography theophany May 2006 Words from games and sports sticky wicket dipsy doodle hat trick wild card standpatism Yours to discover aphotic plashy procellous scrabble balsamic Unusual words proceleusmatic pulchritude terpsichorean succedaneum margaritaceous Short words erg lee heft tor ret Adjectives used postpositively manque redux redivivus emeritus regnant Jun 2006 Long words internationalization honorificabilitudinity antidisestablishmentarianism floccinaucinihilipilification pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Fear and Desire erythrophobia nostomania gynophobia theomania nosophobia Professions that exist mainly as surnames chapman baxter mercer lorimer sutler Words related to shoes calced slipshod gumshoe cordwainer goody two-shoes Jul 2006 Yours to discover scintillescent vetitive rapparee bilabial froufrou Words related to the eyes iris vitreous dendriform cataract spectral Words from Yiddish yenta schmooze maven schlub shtick Eponyms roscian bunyanesque adamite hermeneutic galen Verbs ensorcell guttle chaffer dehisce debouch Aug 2006 Words related to forecasting and divination arithmancy bibliomancy necromancy clairvoyance haruspicy Miscellaneous words clinquant agnomen quaggy exiguous strait There is a word for it pollicitation nudiustertian dandle phatic tarantism Words about poetry epithalamion palinode epopee monody ode Sep 2006 Words from chemistry bromide acidulous caustic miscible vitriolic Slang/informal terms boodle paisano skosh goombah vamoose Words related to pirates buccaneer filibuster Jolly Roger false colors avast Miscellaneous words prelapsarian senectitude diacritical theriac prevenient Oct 2006 Words related to teaching, learning, and schools abecedarian graduand parietal swot andragogy Words that aren't what they appear to be panmixia officinal firmament disgregate slaver Words about books bibliopegy auctorial fascicle hornbook pericope Words to describe people pertinacious pixilated oscitant punctilious pococurante Ordinal words fifth column fourth estate third degree second fiddle first water Nov 2006 Blend words bodacious jounce tween vespiary wangle Words with a built-in definite article alchemy lariat albatross hoi polloi amalgam Miscellaneous words exigent subjacent invidious circumscribe effrontery Words that appear to be misspellings prise virtu pencel divers delate Dec 2006 Desserts used metaphorically flummery cakewalk chocolate-box ambrosia cookie-cutter Words for body parts used figuratively jugulate forehanded white-knuckle leadfoot skinflint Reduplicatives bling-bling arsy-varsy jimjams pooh-pooh razzmatazz Adjectives used postpositively agonistes prepense akimbo galore regent 2005 Jan 2005 Words borrowed from other languages skookum chaparral bosh nark peri Words related to movie making grip gaffer best boy foley stuntman Miscellaneous words odium presentism repine diriment animus Reduplicatives airy-fairy hubble-bubble riprap niminy-piminy holus-bolus Words that aren't what they appear to be diglot feme covert tribology nonplus pedology Feb 2005 Words related to art chiaroscuro collage grisaille encaustic trompe l'oeil Feminine and masculine forms of words matrocliny muliebrity misandry sororal matriarch Words borrowed from Spanish mano a mano hoosegow temblor pistolero incommunicado Words related to eating and drinking ebrious sitophobia polyphagia bibacious postprandial Mar 2005 Toponyms gamboge vernissage finlandization Fleet Street hackney Words related to the number eleven undecennary elevenses hendecagon eleventh hour hendecasyllabic Words to describe people fractious subdolous incogitant execrable refractory Words about wordplay antanaclasis paralipsis antiphrasis oxymoron esprit d'escalier Apr 2005 Words derived from mythical creatures halcyon cerberus cyclopean minotaur dragon's teeth Words relating to religion pontificate colporteur catholicity hagiarchy latitudinarian Words about books festschrift feuilleton roman a clef variorum chrestomathy Verbs temporize adduce perpend animadvert palter May 2005 Allusions and personifications gordian mammon gorgonize cain phoenix Miscellaneous words delitescent comedogenic provender bindlestiff persiflage Eponyms abigail Gresham's law rubenesque Apgar score Lady Bountiful Insults fustilugs rampallion effete sudoriferous scut Words from music bravura crescendo gamut coda finale Jun 2005 Words from the 2005 Spelling Bee terete hodiernal oligopsony peccavi agio Slang spruik hubba-hubba spondulicks shellac mopery Words from The Devil's Dictionary kleptomaniac dissemble mendacious resolute pandemonium Archaic words caliginous quotha cark crasis enow Jul 2005 Terms from Latin lex talionis flagrante delicto vox populi nolens volens stet Words from movie titles gaslight mondo stepford zelig mitty Words derived from Italian landmarks pantheon coliseum palatine rialto lido Words related to forecasting oneiromancy cassandra fatidic dowse sortilege Aug 2005 Biblical allusions gadarene potter's field crown of thorns widow's cruse golden calf Words to describe people prospicient chapfallen recusant insouciant inveterate Words that appear to be misspellings invious physis apposite secund renumerate Miscellaneous words propitious legerity malversation axiomatic sodality Words related to medicine rhinorrhea alexiteric atretic fomites styptic Sep 2005 Metaphorical terms having origins in New York Madison Avenue tenderloin Tin Pan Alley Bronx cheer Wall Street Collective nouns sounder covey skein bevy skulk Words about words (nyms) autonym backronym ananym charactonym anonym Words for colors filemot incarnadine fuscous glaucous taupe Oct 2005 Words formed using combining forms autotomy trichology chirography algophobia leptodactylous Eponyms benjamin maxwellian cereologist Heath Robinson vulcanian Words about words lipogram godwottery allonym heterography neologist There is a word for it accismus vagitus parrhesia nychthemeron velleity Words that aren't what they appear to be parisology woebegone undecimal sufferance apian Nov 2005 French terms for food hors d'oeuvre amuse-bouche macedoine vinaigrette saute Words from the plant kingdom tropism ecesis dendrochronology palmy indehiscent Uncommon homophones of common words bight copse succor auricle bourn Assorted words shenanigan velitation anathema nival somnific Dec 2005 Eponyms prufrockian dryasdust cringeworthy schmendrik poindexter Terms from French degringolade carte blanche frisson lese majesty qui vive Words related to words, writing, and language mogigraphia sprachgefuhl verso epos curlicue Words to describe the Earth's features moulin fumarole couloir lithosphere peneplain 2004 Jan 2004 Earls who became words (or places that became words) orrery cadogan oxfordian derby yarborough Words related to medicine bariatrics materia medica contraindicate antipyretic iatric Words that aren't what they appear to be alienist crapulent missish fencible funicular Assorted words swivet illation allocution empyreal balneal Feb 2004 Words with variant spellings finis mesne rumbustious parlous passel Words borrowed from Yiddish schlock nudnik kvell schmaltz tsuris Yours to discover orotund draggle trunnel pinnate lability Words for insults potvaliant excerebrose blunderbuss benighted zoophyte Mar 2004 Words for body parts used figuratively jawbone chinwag toothsome palmary flatfoot Words related to writing urtext eclogue epigram lection epilogue Words related to elections hustings brass-collar acclamation psephology blackball Descriptive words to apply to people walleyed tub-thumper landloper snowbird jackboot Unusual words bushwa resistentialism cock-a-hoop gadzookery petrichor Apr 2004 Words from law amicus curiae nisi embracery champerty bright-line Contranyms: words with opposite meanings chuffed sententious endsville excrescence simon-pure Eponyms drawcansir thersitical antaean mirandize pompadour Miscellaneous words gregarious bedizen indigent contemn salutary May 2004 Words that appear contradictory preposterous idiot savant spendthrift pianoforte passive-aggressive Words to describe people polyhistor heteroclite apostate polyvalent clodhopper Words about relations paterfamilias novercal filial materteral enate Coined words momism slice-of-life phraseology heebie-jeebies whodunit Words from French causerie dernier cri au naturel bouleversement entente Jun 2004 Unusual verbs amerce deracinate wamble embrangle obtund Words to describe physical characteristics of people napiform labrose papuliferous unguinous gauche Words to highlight rankism disparage denigrate deride deign dis Eponyms klieg light brainiac Socratic irony zany anacreontic Jul 2004 Miscellaneous words tchotchke eidetic mimesis bootless malarkey Words to describe people incult verecund philodox facile polyglot Expressions derived from pet animals running dog Kilkenny cats stool pigeon charley horse guinea pig Unusual words hibernaculum devoir irrefragable matutinal candent Aug 2004 Words derived from Old English hearken anent gloaming whilom forsooth Toponyms or words derived from place names New York minute Boston marriage China syndrome Indian summer roman holiday Latin expressions stat ceteris paribus qua terra firma via media Words from Greek trochal mantic threnody stratocracy theanthropic Words that are also names alexia julienne tommyrot merry-andrew garth Sep 2004 Miscellaneous words gulosity synesthesia anagnorisis bricolage shivaree Archaic words trow verily mayhap howbeit levin Words borrowed from other languages schadenfreude agitprop ananda soupcon schlimazel Slang wonk ducat boffo frag boffin Oct 2004 Miscellaneous words lassitude calefacient salubrious armillary bonhomie Words to describe people hebetudinous polyonymous magisterial heretic fogram Words from politics and elections stump speech spin doctor October surprise ward heeler ostracize Eponyms Cook's tour Horatio Alger sardoodledom cyprian darbies Nov 2004 Toponyms neanderthal zabernism macedoine cilice corinthian What do those car names mean? prelude caprice protege pinto tercel Words to describe women sylph giglet milady minx feme sole Miscellaneous words veridical entelechy condign profluent liniment Short words hie vet sic scry tog Dec 2004 Words from the world of money and finance contango danegeld usance sumptuary backwardation Hair today, gone tomorrow crinite atrichia pileous lissotrichous calvity Eponyms crispin darwinian goldwynism rasputin gallup poll Words to describe people operose reprobate renitent pinguid wroth 2003 Jan 2003 Words about words dysphemism paradox pathetic fallacy holophrastic hypercorrection Words from the word game Derivation acid test gerrymander humble pie scuttlebutt tantalize Eponyms ciceronian flack goth pharaoh mandarin Verbs ensorcell guttle chaffer dehisce debouch Feb 2003 What does that company name mean? cingular lucent prudential vanguard suppurate Toponyms canossa tartarean dunkirk solecism rubicon Words with interesting etymologies sobriquet erudite indite pentimento cockamamie Words to describe people scrofulous ugsome gormless scalawag sciolist Mar 2003 Words from mathematics that have other meanings as well elliptical hyperbolic tangential circular parabolic Words about collecting and study of things scripophily deltiology exonumia notaphily vexillology Miscellaneous words instauration douceur quietus emprise dudgeon Words from the world of law voir dire en banc parol depone distrain Words based on numbers coadunate redoubtable travail carillon quintessence Apr 2003 Words to describe poetic forms cento haiku triolet clerihew concrete poetry Words derived from many different languages sangfroid dragoman hinterland apparat blighty Toponyms xanadu jericho Star Chamber Bronx cheer boeotian Words to describe people nonesuch eristic rainmaker lumpen naif May 2003 Words to describe words exonym mononym cryptonym teknonym matronym Miscellaneous words brumal potamic retromingent intenerate impuissance Words borrowed from African languages zombie veld juju spoor mumbo jumbo Metal words used as metaphors goldbrick silver bullet brassy leaden tin ear Jun 2003 Numeric terms sixty-four dollar question eighty-six twenty-twenty deep-six catch-22 Yours to discover extemporize impresario macroscopic postdiluvian plausive Anglo-Saxon words meed lief fain wight fen Slang/informal terms muggle gearhead fress vibe bumf Miscellaneous words telic saltant conurbation trade-last tardigrade Jul 2003 Abbreviations and acronyms rx snafu gulag kayo gestapo Words from architecture charrette buttress eaves pergola quoin Words that aren't what they appear to be beestings pythoness lambent redoubt archimage Words of horse-related origins desultory equitant tattersall spavined hors de combat Aug 2003 Words of horse-related origins cheval-de-frise Hobson's choice harridan cheval de bataille cavalier Eponyms: Words coined after someone's name madeleine wellerism foley vandyke Davy Jones's locker Portmanteau or blend words stagflation bumbershoot avigation futilitarian mingy Words to describe your opponents facinorous ventripotent dasypygal saponaceous yegg Sep 2003 Words with origins in war nom de guerre antebellum polemic bellicose casus belli Terms from Latin sui generis tu quoque ipse dixit a fortiori ad lib Words related to the solar system areology sublunary phoebus terrestrial saturnian Words originating in Cantonese wok chop suey typhoon chow yen Words originating in Southeast Asian countries siamese white elephant amok boondocks batik Oct 2003 Words based on numbers sextant septentrion octothorpe ennead doyenne Words originating in Australia furphy fossick wowser yabber dinkum Words from the works of Gwendolyn Brooks lorgnette garniture occlude dolor platitudinous Words derived from Sanskrit karma avatar nirvana pundit juggernaut Nov 2003 Eponyms Potemkin village corybantic colonel blimp Simple Simon rover boy Archaic words clepe sennight anon gainsay hearken Miscellaneous words armamentarium banausic rapprochement codswallop extramundane Words formed in error derring-do internecine faineant sand-blind aught Dec 2003 Words borrowed from Native American languages sachem wampum high-muck-a-muck manitou powwow Words borrowed from Spanish amigo loco duende disembogue armada Words from aviation canard contrail mach empennage aileron Words to describe people sansculotte oleaginous rebarbative debonair ninnyhammer Words related to movies bogart cinematheque jeune premier mcguffin cineaste 2002 Jan 2002 Words from sports sticky wicket dipsy doodle hat trick wild card cheap shot Words to describe people opsimath hellkite hangdog winebibber cruciverbalist Words with Italian connection ultramontane alfresco spaghetti western condottiere camorra Coined words esemplastic gonzo hotsy-totsy psychobabble ethology Feb 2002 Toponyms or words derived from place names chautauqua pax romana gibraltar seltzer Kilkenny cats Miscellaneous words eximious apodictic fetor nitid haver >li>Words with presidential connections sockdolager bloviate watergate pocket veto throttlebottom Words from theater impresario buskin dramaturg proscenium odeum Mar 2002 Words to describe people philomath catechumen ithyphallic mooncalf iracund Words from Russian ukase troika samizdat glasnost nyet Eponyms uriah heep circe corybantic methuselah mogul Words that seem unreal ha-ha aa thank-you-maam la-di-da papilionaceous Apr 2002 Loanwords from Spanish salver ramada cabana mesa cay Terms with origins in food baker's dozen red herring flavor of the month banana republic chew the fat You guess the theme ecdemic anopsia deflagrate insomnolent fastuous Words about books and writing roman a clef orihon amphigory conspectus magnum opus Words from Yiddish chutzpah mensch zaftig kvetch schlep May 2002 Words from law estoppel laches solatium sui juris mittimus Toponyms doolally siberia lido Rosetta stone pharos Words that appear misspelled eagre imprest endue biennial quacksalver Words from Arabic alembic nadir jihad houri talisman Jun 2002 Words formed erroneously niddering obsidian helpmeet zenith derring-do What's in a name? randy tony ted bobby brad Words based on fish names minnow gudgeon remora inconnu tope Words that appear misleading triolet attic salt prick-song histrionic mense Jul 2002 Eponyms from fiction sad sack sherlock life of riley punchinello yellow journalism Yours to discover ubiety irade ambit estival lanate Terms employing various nationalities french leave chinese wall roman holiday irish bull dutch auction Words with double connections diplopia double entendre ambsace satchel doppelganger Words related to calendar ides bissextile greek calends menology fin de siecle Aug 2002 False cognates (words that appear to be related but aren't) sacrilegious scission oust impregnable mellifluous Red-herring words undulate fartlek conversant assize valorize Terms related to the body nares oxter pollex nevus glossal Words about buying and selling oniomania duopoly monopsony nummary emptor Sep 2002 AEIOU words armigerous epuration inquorate ossuary uvarovite Miscellaneous words astrobleme pudency aporia remontant loricate Words that have changed meaning with time demagogue decimate feisty egregious officious Words about wordplay logology acrostic anagram palindrome pangram Eponyms Bobbsey twins labanotation doubting Thomas goliath brodie Oct 2002 Words from Gulliver's Travels weal pernicious glutinous suborner approbation Words about words hapax legomenon metaphor vulgate hyperbole metaplasm Lesser-known antonyms of everyday words philogyny exoteric levity diurnal dysphoria Words to describe people agelast illeist wisenheimer strepitant blatherskite Nov 2002 Words `borrowed' from other languages cumshaw smorgasbord baksheesh taboo honcho Words from medicine sequela nosology idiopathy placebo nyctalopia Words from poetry cataract dreary nosegay collyrium tarry Kangaroo words indolent rapscallion amicable frangible scion Dec 2002 Toponyms Philadelphia lawyer ghetto chartreuse good Samaritan calico Words from the major source languages of English eudemonia sabulous agita betise katzenjammer Short words erg lee heft tor ret Miscellaneous words hobbledehoy spatchcock idoneous fantod noetic Words from the military anabasis kriegspiel katabasis mufti brevet 2001 Jan 2001 Words better known in their negative forms sipid pervious vincible furl requite Yours to discover dekko ait bijou horst dotty Words from Dante's Inferno, a verse translation by Jean Hollander and Robert Hollander quartan barrator wain woof escarpment Words from "Made in Japan", by Sony co-founder Akio Morita zaibatsu blase boondocks monaural litigious Less well-known synonyms of everyday words athenaeum tokology debark sartorial cancrine Feb 2001 Words from speeches manacle chasm attainder sentient mirabile dictu Words with all the vowels armigerous epuration inquorate ossuary uvarovite Coined words eustasy pangaea mcjob locust years prehensile English as a global language nous dyscalculia timorous pecuniary morose Mar 2001 Eponyms fletcherize grinch John Bull aristarch Chicken Little Words from AWAD archives mondegreen malapropism spoonerism paronomasia rodomontade Words about words haplography obiter dictum asyndeton verbigeration brachylogy Uncommon words with common suffixes oniomania garbology onychophagia philography theophany Apr 2001 Words to describe people pertinacious pixilated oscitant punctilious pococurante Words to describe odds and ends crossbuck hallux ocellus newel septum Words formed by metathesis or transposing letter (false splitting) scart prad bort gride scrimmage Eponyms Annie Oakley Maginot line addisonian Young Turk daltonism Wordpix verboten supernumerary epicene diastema ullage May 2001 Wordpix chevron oology maverick pecuniary pariah Ordinal words fifth column fourth estate third degree second fiddle first water Words for odds and ends albedo dewlap chaplet gnomon finial Words to describe people philosophaster autocrat adamantine satrap anchorite Jun 2001 Words from the names of newspapers picayune excelsior laconic sentinel argus Red-herring words sextet potatory gyrovague discommode obsequy Yours to discover mecca redd ogee vug plica New words in the OED full monty bad hair day nutraceutical retail therapy webliography Jul 2001 Words ending in "eric" generic choleric congeneric neoteric suberic Words from war pyrrhic victory casus belli fetial polemology spoliation Words for physical characteristics used to describe people figuratively louche clochard myopic dexterous ambisinister Less-known counterparts of everyday words epizootic anile estivate thegosis trilemma Words evolved using folk etymologies humble pie kickshaw wiseacre rakehell chaise longue Aug 2001 Words from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's writings warren inculpate vexatious scud cormorant Words about words hobson-jobson dittography eye dialect epenthesis idiolect Words formed using combining forms misocainea piliform ichnology steganography chiromancy Words related to places ultima thule El Dorado timbuktu stoic brigadoon Sep 2001 Words related to body parts that are used metaphorically visceral liverish adrenalize phlegmatic jugular Eponyms Cadmean victory zelig tommy atkins Benedict Arnold knickerbocker Latin terms quid pro quo rara avis sine die annus mirabilis sub rosa Verbs assuage commiserate ameliorate resile vivify Oct 2001 Words from chess zugzwang checkmate gambit stalemate endgame Unusual words cecity lollygag chichi tantivy horrent Words with color as metaphor blue rinse greenmail brown study purple passage pink collar Animal words crabwise testudinate gadfly kangaroo court waspish Red-herring words debridement escheat antiphony limpid sexcentenary Nov 2001 Words to describe people eminence grise cunctator neophyte faineant shirty Words from mathematics osculate singularity congruent vinculum tangential Words that appear to be mis-spellings of everyday words passible monestrous cloture nutriment assoil Wordpix procrustean pendulous acclivity kowtow inebriety Dec 2001 Eponyms Potemkin village furphy colonel blimp Simple Simon rover boy Nyms retronym heteronym aptronym capitonym contronym Irregular plurals occiput opus numen chrysalis virtuoso Archaic words clepe sennight anon gainsay hearken Words about words epistrophe vox barbara patronym inkhorn term euphemism 2000 Jan 2000 Words for miscellany tittle wattle bollard flews reeding halyard hyoid Coined words grok frabjous galumph hobbit newspeak bandersnatch doublethink Words often used in a sense different from their established definitions showstopper fortuitous fulsome factoid enormity luxuriant literally Words that have reversed their meaning egregious officious notorious sycophant obsequious harbinger garble Yours to discover catacomb rotund facade perambulate precipitation salvage exhilaration Feb 2000 Words about words sniglet omnibus orthography florilegium lexeme concordance holograph Words not to put on a resume manque distrait recreant misanthrope garrulous truculent unctuous Verbs obturate imprecate portend objurgate exuviate conflate clamber Eponyms Simon Legree munchkin Mrs. Grundy Dolly Varden man Friday Mickey Mouse big brother Mar 2000 Toponyms xanadu boeotian byzantine Pearl Harbor Trojan horse bridewell tabby Words from newspapers of the world alacrity vicissitude denouement mammonism inchoate concomitant soporific Loanwords from German kulturkampf ersatz lebensraum strafe zeitgeber clerisy wunderkind Eponyms Ponzi scheme Ockham's razor Jim Crow Prince Charming mumpsimus pied piper amazon Apr 2000 Miscellaneous words misopedia lacustrine coriaceous penetralia fanfaronade osmic acephalous Words to describe people polyhistor reticent heterodox janissary valetudinarian hypochondriac coxcomb Words about words autonym anthroponym tautonym hyponym charactonym retronym eponym Words with unusual etymologies pedigree ramble psephology paraphernalia pamphlet ciao buff May 2000 Words with animals dentigerous blasphemy cladogenesis concatenate spigot benevolent forbearance Words from classical mythology Gordian knot cloud-cuckoo-land Achilles' heel aphrodisiac maecenas pander morpheus Words about words haplology verbicide lexis analects metathesis anadiplosis anagoge Words that sprout other words when beheaded erose ligneous scop junto sallow vaward pelf Words from medicine sternutation nosocomial antitussive prophylaxis aperient emetic auscultation Jun 2000 Words from government, politics, and elections kakistocracy stalking-horse enfranchise filibuster suffrage stemwinder autarchy Words about book-lovers bibliophage bibliophile bibliolater bibliotaph biblioklept bibliophobe biblioclast Feminine and masculine forms of words caryatid telamon lamia warlock gynarchy androcracy nymphomania Red-herring words malefactor incommode diplomatics axenic sundog breastsummer hardscrabble Jul 2000 Unusual, esoteric, preposterous words horripilation quaquaversal jejune paranymph gemutlich interrex pandiculation Words to drop into conversation with a therapist trichotillomania cathexis arctophile symbiosis nisus acedia thanatophobia Words for ailments and afflictions amusia dysesthesia acalculia hypogeusia anhedonia paramnesia anosmia Eponyms throttlebottom goody two-shoes Munchausen syndrome thespian hawkshaw derby therblig You discover the themes of the words previse luculent endogenous Don Juanism atticism fantabulous aerious Aug 2000 Words about books and writing longueur locus classicus opisthograph prosateur interleaf pandect variorum Words that make one say, "I didn't know there was a word for that." dol mora thalweg ylem murdrum panopticon scurf Words from Italian risorgimento condottiere aggiornamento omerta fata morgana fiasco imbroglio Words from the world of learning sophomoric graduand pedantic didactic pedagogue aegrotat andragogy Sep 2000 Syndromes, principle, rule, law, corollary Stockholm Syndrome Zeno's paradox Murphy's Law Peter Principle empty nest syndrome Russell's paradox Parkinson's law Words from the hackers' jargon hacker spam abend gigo beta cookie kludge Words about words elliptical parataxis ghost word eisegesis palilogy hyperbaton battology Brand names that have entered the dictionary band-aid simonize moxie gunk teflon excelsior tarmac Oct 2000 Words from Gandhi's autobiography ahimsa satyagraha iniquity stripling obeisance abjure actuate Words with ambigrams (we reduced to five words a week starting this week) ambiguity philosophy energy gravity syzygy Semordnilaps, or words that spell other words when reversed avid debut ogre strop nonet Words to describe people indolent malingerer scullion smarmy arriviste Words to mark Halloween charnel diablerie necropolis perdition netherworld Nov 2000 Eponyms faustian solander ocker dauphin miltonic Words from German aufklarung leitmotif anschluss kitsch gemutlichkeit Words from the world of literature deus ex machina raisonneur prosopopoeia tractate hysteron proteron Animal words that are used figuratively albatross buffalo canary octopus white elephant Dec 2000 Fictional characters who live on in the dictionary Walter Mitty gnathonic bovarism Dr. Strangelove griselda Words from poetry cataract dreary nosegay tarry collyrium Animal-related words that are used metaphorically asinine anserine viperine pavonine bovine Words about words antanaclasis antiphrasis paralipsis oxymoron ploce 1999 Jan 1999 Tree words topiary deciduous bosky coppice arborescent sylvan pollard Reduplicatives argy-bargy dilly-dally tittle-tattle fiddle-faddle palsy-walsy slipslop ticky-tacky Words about people and food epicurean gastronome glutton gourmand gourmet cellarer victualer Words about books bibliolatry libretto frontispiece antiquarian pseudepigrapha recto belles-lettres Feb 1999 Words related to eating and food ambrosia carnivore herbivorous bain-marie brasserie bulimarexia prandial Nautical words limpet flotsam jetsam jettison scupper rostrum landlubber Words about words cognate verbalism homograph verbalist epigraph kenning logograph Words from the names of newspapers picayune excelsior beacon repository tribune sentinel laconic Mar 1999 Words derived by adding suffixes ailurophile pyromania acarophobia geomancy misogamy agrostology kleptocracy Pi words to mark Pi Day (March 14) piacular picante pizzicato piddle pianissimo pissoir pilose Words derived by adding prefixes algolagnia misoneism phillumenist megalopolis georgic pyrophoric cosmopolis Words about punctuation and diacritics interrobang apostrophe circumflex tilde virgule ampersand diaeresis Words that go out of their way to not apply to themselves phonetic abbreviation monosyllabic hemidemisemiquaver descender diminutive opuscule Apr 1999 Eponyms hoyle judas gargantua tarzan manichean jeremiad nemesis Toponyms ruritanian rubicon parthian laodicean lazaretto coventry magenta Words from Greek mythology terpsichorean eolian herculean elysian promethean dionysiac bacchic Words with slightly different spellings from some everyday words compellation calender redound quean dragoon peremptory navvy May 1999 Words with slightly different spellings from some everyday words impassible wether hight angary stile specie demur Words about diplomacy demarche extraterritoriality legation detente derecognize referendum identic Readers to discover the theme (answer) tessera hypolimnion decerebrate homonym extravasate minim reverberate Words from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce asperse pillory proboscis longanimity mugwump plebiscite abdicate Loanwords from Hindi and Sanskrit guru pundit swami sannyasi maharajah mahatma nabob Jun 1999 Collective nouns sounder nide covey pod skein skulk bevy What would you ask words if you could speak with them? synonym thesaurus mnemonic dyslexic onomatopoeia anagram palindrome Eponyms guyot doily cimmerian galvanize hansard rhadamanthine algorism Words to describe people costive percipient querulous corky clamant distingue simpatico Jul 1999 Verbs cogitate decoct perorate shamble ruminate redact rusticate Words with variant spellings parlous alarum cultus compeer frangible renascence extensile Eponyms orwellian berserk macadam mansard stakhanovite euhemerism argonaut Words about teeth edentulous diastema dentifrice malocclusion bruxism dentate irredentist Aug 1999 Words from Greek and Roman mythology hydra vulcanian cornucopia labyrinth bacchant boreas muse Words or phrases from the titles of fictional works fedora Sturm und Drang ugly duckling Jekyll and Hyde last hurrah tobacco road tar baby Eponyms croesus adonis lavaliere sword of Damocles Job's comforter Hobson's choice peeping tom Words with no theme talion analphabetic theomachy transpicuous malediction lodestar demotic Loanwords from Japanese origami haiku ikebana sensei bonsai nisei sayonara Sep 1999 Words with no theme eremite cognomen aleatory handsel lickerish supernal fardel Eponyms Rube Goldberg Mae West homeric John Hancock Typhoid Mary Molotov cocktail kafkaesque Words about words chiasmus antonomasia macaronic trope syllepsis litotes epopee Words about numbers sexagesimal decuple ennead myriad bimillenary googolplex quinquagenarian Oct 1999 Words about colors testaceous tawny versicolor puce cerulean subfusc grizzle Words about relations agnate enate miscegenation polyphyletic progenitor primogenitor phyletic Greek words coryphaeus isohyet limnology panoply omphalos hamartia topos Toponyms or words derived from place names Grand Guignol parnassian bayonet dunkirk Grub Street solecism meander Nov 1999 Words for everyday things and anatomical features aglet philtrum chad thenar grommet tragus pintle Words from Greek and Roman mythologies Pandora's box aesculapian junoesque satyr titan siren song eros Words for animal offspring cygnet polliwog fawn leveret gosling eyas whelp Words to describe people schnorrer suasive petulant nincompoop raffish dotard pettifogger Words to describe people acolyte gerent senescent juvenescent impetuous circumspect pusillanimous Dec 1999 Foreignisms tabula rasa soi-disant hoi polloi dolce vita satori olla podrida megillah Words related to the human body, its actions and conditions flatulent enuresis coprolalia eructate priapism steatopygia borborygmus Coined words mondegreen teetotal booboisie ekistics agnostic meme bombinate Words to describe people from particular places neapolitan mancunian nauruan glaswegian tellurian cantabrigian hibernian 1998 Jan 1998 Words from chess zugzwang gambit stalemate checkmate counterplay endgame patzer Words about forts and castles machicolation postern rampart entresol garderobe groin oratory Words with numbers catch-22 eighty-six two-fisted twenty-twenty foursquare two-time four-flush Words about pregnancy primipara gravid parity couvade natality parturition postpartum Feb 1998 Words about body parts glabella lunula uvula frenum axilla canthus gular Words from Joseph Heller's "Catch-22" motile mellifluous obstreperous rubicund expurgate rancor subcutaneous Hair today, gone tomorrow piliferous pilgarlic hispid glabrous hirsute alopecia chevelure Poison words mephitic envenom bane cyanosis toxicant noxious lavage Mar 1998 Words from the 3rd vol. of OED Additions affluential mediocracy luggable ableism animatronics exfiltrate maudit Words from Faulkner's "Mule in the Yard" suspiration burlesque celerity apotheosis hap indomitable bucolic Words with weird pronunciations chaos oeuvre segue rendezvous victual contretemps Words from Scott Joplin songs' titles knurl paragon euphony heliotrope felicity kismet nonpareil augustan Short words vim fey gest kip dun purl maw Apr 1998 People and places that became words dunce baedeker casanova caucus aceldama babel shillelagh Words with interesting histories prude debunk apartheid cabal dicker midwife maroon Words with interesting histories comstockery seersucker rankle trump fizzle sleuth vogue Words about the quality of speech jape badinage confabulate snivel importune implore bluster May 1998 Words about symbols caduceus chevron escutcheon totem ideogram oriflamme hieroglyphic Words with interesting histories earwig chaperon impeach dirge ennui acrostic exorcise Words with interesting histories kaput embargo lucre superman sarcophagus iconoclast typhoon Words with interesting histories ombudsman diatribe posthumous mascot bigot goatee chivalry Jun 1998 Words from 1998 Spelling Bee daedal maieutic sang-froid seriatim assonance integument codicil Words with novel pluralizations numen opus virtuoso occiput trousseau chrysalis stigma Words with novel pluralizations os calcar arcanum gravamen corpus lemma cherub Words that make you say, "Eschew obfuscation" splendiferous philoprogenitive comestible pulchritude apothegm cerumen pronunciamento Words with interesting origins bootleg haywire logrolling southpaw credenza supercilious red-letter Jul 1998 Words from "The Figured Wheel" a collection of poetry by Robert Pinsky marmoreal ichor brogan mullion mattock mortmain souk Words to describe people atrabilious cockalorum rock-ribbed troglodyte duplicitous caitiff ambidextrous To need or not to need desideratum bounden obviate behoove gratuitous substantive superfluous Aug 1998 Words of all kinds schadenfreude ormolu panspermia labret muliebrity discombobulate micturate Words of all kinds opuscule phantasmagoria coprolite grig fugacious tyro tocsin People and places that became words boycott shangri-la bluestocking ritzy leotard jodhpurs limerick People and places that became words rialto karst psyche spa bobby pantaloon jesuit Words from math osculate vinculum singularity annulus protract involution congruent Sep 1998 Words with synonyms that appear suspiciously like their antonyms flammable personate tegument criminate privation filiation candescence Reduplicatives tussie-mussie herky-jerky knickknack wishy-washy shilly-shally pell-mell mishmash Eponyms chauvinism tattersall titian simony romeo pinchbeck jacobin Places that became words laputan vesuvian siamese canter geyser tenderloin alpine Oct 1998 Words derived from place names orrery capitol piedmont balkanize monadnock mocha sodom Meta words or words about words heteronym pangram toponym word-hoard etymon logogram wordmonger Portmanteaux or blend words cremains pennant fruitarian cinematheque blaxploitation carmine birl Words about writing bildungsroman palinode litterateur palimpsest peripeteia excursus roman-fleuve Nov 1998 Words that violate the "i before e" rule meiosis poltergeist plebeian reveille mythopoeic allogeneic henotheism Back-formations sass emote admix accrete immix aesthete adulate A verbal zoo welkin aphelion endogamy vamoose epigone moratorium amulet Words to describe people dyspeptic nebbish meshuga strident losel crapehanger tetchy Words with an unusual arrangement of letters verisimilitude yob kine syzygy gyp spendthrift brougham Dec 1998 Words about oceans and seas benthos firth thalassic doldrums bathyscaph pelagic bathypelagic Idioms stick-in-the-mud hole-in-the-wall bred-in-the-bone down-at-the-heel straight-from-the-shoulder catch-as-catch-can hail-fellow-well-met Eponyms platonic hadal mausoleum derrick priapean sideburns cesarean False splitting nickname aught apron adder atomy nuncle umpire 1997 Jan 1997 Eponyms Loanwords from Spanish Eponyms Things Are Seldom What They Seem Feb 1997 Slang Valentine's Day: words of affection, passion, and romance Cold words Eponyms Mar 1997 Eponyms AWAD's third anniversary: Words from AWAD archives Incubus, and what else to avoid while shopping for shoes Words from Rabindranath Tagore's "Geetanjali" Eponyms Apr 1997 Words from Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" Portmanteau words "It was a dark and stormy night..." Similar sounding ten* words that can be confusing May 1997 Loanwords from Spanish Looong words Arthur Conan Doyle's "A Study in Scarlet" Dickensian characters who have turned into eponyms Jun 1997 Words from 1997 Spelling Bee Words from Patrick O'Brian's novels Words pertaining to animals Professions of yesterday that now exist mostly as surnames Jul 1997 AWAD's recommendations for some unusual areas to work in Tongue twisters "These are all real words." Twin words Aug 1997 Words from chemistry Eponyms Coined words Words about laughing Sep 1997 Trademarks that are often used figuratively Eponyms from fiction Fear and desire Figures of speech Words about stamps Oct 1997 Toponyms Positional words Aeiou words or words with all the vowels Skywatchers' watchwords Nov 1997 Oeuvres of nature Words that seem risque Words from Gibran's Sand and Foam Eponyms from fictional characters Dec 1997 Much Ado About Nothing Topology words Words from Tintin Comics Words from Tintin Comics Words from Maya Chandrasekaran's novel 1996 Jan 1996 Words of hope, peace and wisdom Words from German Eponyms Miscellaneous words Words from Greek mythology Feb 1996 Portmanteaux or blend words Miscellaneous words Back-formations Miscellaneous words Mar 1996 Miscellaneous words Miscellaneous words Words about books Miscellaneous words Apr 1996 Words about words Miscellaneous words Miscellaneous words Number words May 1996 Eponyms from fiction Miscellaneous words Miscellaneous words Miscellaneous words Jun 1996 Words from Greek mythology Bird words Jul 1996 Loanwords from Hindi Words to mark the 1996 Summer Olympics Bad people in history who got a word after themselves Words about marriage Aug 1996 Savory words AWAD's guide to life on other planets Eponyms Eponyms Sep 1996 Words after names of cities Weather words Eponyms Words about colors to mark the autumn Oct 1996 Loanwords from Sanskrit Flip-flop words Odds and ends Halloween words Nov 1996 Verbs Book words Words about words Words of nautical origins Dec 1996 Eponyms Eponyms from fiction Forgotten Positives Forgotten Positives Picturesque expressions 1995 (Weekly themes did not become a regular feature until Jun 1996) Jan 1995 Feb 1995 Mar 1995 Apr 1995 May 1995 Jun 1995 Jul 1995 Aug 1995 Sep 1995 Oct 1995 Nov 1995 Dec 1995 1994 (Weekly themes did not become a regular feature until Jun 1996. 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