http://www.wordnik.com/lists/amber-words.xml <a href="/words/amber words">amber words</a> is the term I use for words that are all but fossilized, in the sense that their use is always in the context of a single expression. Examples include <a href="/words/caboodle">caboodle</a>, <a href="/words/dudgeon">dudgeon</a>, <a href="/words/umbrage">umbrage</a> http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/lucre Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:11:41 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/lucre http://www.wordnik.com/words/suasion Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:00:40 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/suasion http://www.wordnik.com/words/alack Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:59:10 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/alack http://www.wordnik.com/words/aggrandizement Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:59:02 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/aggrandizement http://www.wordnik.com/words/neap Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:58:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/neap http://www.wordnik.com/words/circadian Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:57:56 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/circadian http://www.wordnik.com/words/pyrrhic Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:57:30 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pyrrhic http://www.wordnik.com/words/reflux Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:57:01 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/reflux http://www.wordnik.com/words/unquote Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:56:53 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/unquote http://www.wordnik.com/words/barefaced Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:56:41 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/barefaced http://www.wordnik.com/words/wishful Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:56:28 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/wishful http://www.wordnik.com/words/ill-gotten Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:56:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ill-gotten http://www.wordnik.com/words/misspent Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:56:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/misspent http://www.wordnik.com/words/briny Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:56:00 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/briny http://www.wordnik.com/words/unsung Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:55:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/unsung http://www.wordnik.com/words/vantage Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:55:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/vantage http://www.wordnik.com/words/lam Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:55:32 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/lam http://www.wordnik.com/words/red-handed Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:04:38 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/red-handed http://www.wordnik.com/words/wherefores Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:02:20 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/wherefores http://www.wordnik.com/words/deaf ears Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:02:09 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/deaf ears http://www.wordnik.com/words/curiouser Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:59:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/curiouser http://www.wordnik.com/words/unbeknownst Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:58:36 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/unbeknownst http://www.wordnik.com/words/dint Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:56:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dint http://www.wordnik.com/words/light fantastic Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:56:24 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/light fantastic http://www.wordnik.com/words/run-around Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:54:56 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/run-around http://www.wordnik.com/words/retrospect Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:54:46 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/retrospect http://www.wordnik.com/words/gunpoint Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:54:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/gunpoint http://www.wordnik.com/words/cropper Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:53:51 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cropper http://www.wordnik.com/words/wend Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:53:02 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/wend http://www.wordnik.com/words/trice Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:52:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/trice http://www.wordnik.com/words/snook Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:52:21 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/snook http://www.wordnik.com/words/grist Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:51:17 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/grist http://www.wordnik.com/words/craw Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:33:55 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/craw http://www.wordnik.com/words/yore Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:33:48 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/yore http://www.wordnik.com/words/wrack Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:15:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/wrack http://www.wordnik.com/words/pottage Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:13:48 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pottage http://www.wordnik.com/words/pimpernel Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:11:15 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pimpernel http://www.wordnik.com/words/fangled Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:40:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/fangled http://www.wordnik.com/words/scantily Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:32:09 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/scantily http://www.wordnik.com/words/ulterior Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:31:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ulterior http://www.wordnik.com/words/sheep's clothing Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:33:56 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sheep's clothing http://www.wordnik.com/words/doggo Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:56:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/doggo http://www.wordnik.com/words/cranny Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:25:55 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cranny http://www.wordnik.com/words/arrant Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:23:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/arrant http://www.wordnik.com/words/drabs Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:21:12 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/drabs http://www.wordnik.com/words/dribs Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:21:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dribs http://www.wordnik.com/words/hunker Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:18:58 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/hunker http://www.wordnik.com/words/beck Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:55:01 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/beck http://www.wordnik.com/words/fro Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:54:47 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/fro http://www.wordnik.com/words/muchness Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:39:55 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/muchness http://www.wordnik.com/words/duress Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:08:42 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/duress http://www.wordnik.com/words/knoll Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:26:20 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/knoll http://www.wordnik.com/words/fritz Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:43:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/fritz http://www.wordnik.com/words/umbrage Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:38:55 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/umbrage http://www.wordnik.com/words/edgewise Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:03 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/edgewise http://www.wordnik.com/words/aspersions Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:59:50 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/aspersions http://www.wordnik.com/words/dander Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:59:24 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dander http://www.wordnik.com/words/shrift Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:59:01 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/shrift http://www.wordnik.com/words/fettle Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:58:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/fettle http://www.wordnik.com/words/turpitude Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:58:35 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/turpitude http://www.wordnik.com/words/wreak Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:24:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/wreak http://www.wordnik.com/words/aweigh Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:23:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/aweigh http://www.wordnik.com/words/pinking Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:22:46 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pinking http://www.wordnik.com/words/dragout Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:22:21 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dragout http://www.wordnik.com/words/raring Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:21:59 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/raring http://www.wordnik.com/words/graven Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:21:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/graven http://www.wordnik.com/words/sleight Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:21:25 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sleight http://www.wordnik.com/words/foregone Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:20:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/foregone http://www.wordnik.com/words/thataway Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:18:28 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/thataway http://www.wordnik.com/words/spick Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:17:41 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/spick http://www.wordnik.com/words/roughshod Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:16:25 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/roughshod http://www.wordnik.com/words/breakneck Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:16:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/breakneck http://www.wordnik.com/words/lickety Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:15:55 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/lickety http://www.wordnik.com/words/haywire Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:15:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/haywire http://www.wordnik.com/words/loggerheads Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:14:26 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/loggerheads http://www.wordnik.com/words/bumpkin Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:13:36 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/bumpkin http://www.wordnik.com/words/cahoots Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:13:00 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cahoots http://www.wordnik.com/words/aback Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:12:03 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/aback http://www.wordnik.com/words/escutcheon Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:11:06 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/escutcheon http://www.wordnik.com/words/betwixt Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:18:44 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/betwixt http://www.wordnik.com/words/brimstone Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:18:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/brimstone http://www.wordnik.com/words/jetsam Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:18:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/jetsam http://www.wordnik.com/words/flotsam Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:18:00 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/flotsam http://www.wordnik.com/words/aforethought Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:54:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/aforethought http://www.wordnik.com/words/bygones Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:53:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/bygones http://www.wordnik.com/words/shebang Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:53:06 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/shebang http://www.wordnik.com/words/kith Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:52:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/kith http://www.wordnik.com/words/gainful Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:50:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/gainful http://www.wordnik.com/words/askance Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:49:40 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/askance http://www.wordnik.com/words/swaddling Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:49:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/swaddling http://www.wordnik.com/words/dudgeon Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:48:38 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dudgeon http://www.wordnik.com/words/blithering Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:48:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/blithering http://www.wordnik.com/words/immemorial Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:48:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/immemorial http://www.wordnik.com/words/caboodle Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:47:59 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/caboodle http://www.wordnik.com/words/trove Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:47:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/trove http://www.wordnik.com/words/druthers Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:47:34 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/druthers http://www.wordnik.com/words/riddance Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:47:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/riddance http://www.wordnik.com/words/amok Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:47:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/amok http://www.wordnik.com/words/akimbo Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:46:55 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/akimbo http://www.wordnik.com/words/sanctum Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:46:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sanctum