constringent, adjective.
causing constriction; constringing.



dacoit, noun, verb.
noun a member of a gang of robbers in
India or Burma, who plunder in armed bands.
v.i. to plunder or rob in an armed band.



tractile,
adjective.that can be drawn out in length; ductile.



requiescat in pace,(Latin.)
"May he (or she) rest in peace,"
a wish or prayer for the repose
of the dead. (Abbr:) R.I.P.


tournure, noun.
1. turn, contour, or form.
2. figure; appearance; bearing.

So if you wanted to criticise someone else's appearance, ;you coulld say
he exhibited "maltournure".


An oldie but goodie:
Peripatetic, adjective, noun.
adj. having to do with the philosophy of
Aristotle, Greek philosopher, who taught
while walking; Aristotelian.
noun one of Aristotle's disciples.

And an energetic learned person seen in many different places may be described as peripatetic.


speleology or spelaeology, noun.the scientific study of caves.
Which reminds me, why is Milum so long absent?



unlay, verb, -laid, -laying.
v.t. to untwist (a rope) into separate strands.
v.i. to untwist; unravel. Ex. an unlaid rope.

For instance, before you can splice two ropes together, about three inches of each must be unlaid, and each of the six strands have the ends whipped, so that they do not become
unlaid.
Of course there are things that once laid cannot be unlaid.


Here's a dilly I never heard before. I wonder why it did not become widly current"
posslq, noun.(U.S.) a person of the
opposite sex sharing living quarters.
Ex. The Census Bureau invented the word
"posslq" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).
What's more, "Posslq" is so simple to
pronounce, so non-judgmental and pleasing
to the ear (Ann Landers). Love will stay
forever new, If you will be my posslq
(Charles Osgood).
I wish I still had the posslq I was married to.

Heere's a URL about posslq:
http://www.tiu.edu/bridge/Voices/beforegod(win-82).htm

bill, if you OneLook posslq you find that it is covered by 3 or 4 varied and distinguished sources now, including AHD4.

another version I heard is that it stems from the CA tax code..

Origin of the name:
Eyre:
1) The right of the king (or justices acting in his name) to visit and inspect the holdings of any vassal.
This is done periodically, usually at irregular intervals of a few years.
(MEDIEV-L. Medieval Terms)

2) English circuit court.
(Gies, Joseph and Francis. Life in a Medieval Castle, 230)

3) From the Latin iter, a journey; usually applied to circuit of royal judges.
(Frame, Robin. Colonial Ireland, 1169-1369, 144)

4) A periodic visitation of a county or group of counties by the king's court.
(Waugh, Scott. England in the Reign of Edward III, 238)

5) A travelling court of royal justices, periodically sent round the country in circuits to enquire into royal
administration and to hear both civil and criminal cases.
(Reynolds, Susan. An Introduction to the History of English Medieval Towns, 198)

Note: in itinere (Latin) = on a journey