http://www.wordnik.com/lists/the-favourites.xml These are words that I like; either because they sound amazing, mean pretty things, seem particularly suited to their assigned definition, or just have good mouthfeel. The best ones embody some combination of the above. Yay words! http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/recherche Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:45:25 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/recherche http://www.wordnik.com/words/milquetoast Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:30:53 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/milquetoast http://www.wordnik.com/words/viscid Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:30:01 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/viscid http://www.wordnik.com/words/junoesque Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:28:59 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/junoesque http://www.wordnik.com/words/stammer Thu, 21 May 2009 05:08:35 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/stammer http://www.wordnik.com/words/bibliosphresiophilia Wed, 20 May 2009 08:16:36 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/bibliosphresiophilia http://www.wordnik.com/words/dreck Wed, 20 May 2009 08:13:12 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dreck http://www.wordnik.com/words/floriography Wed, 20 May 2009 08:10:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/floriography http://www.wordnik.com/words/nosegay Wed, 20 May 2009 08:10:25 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/nosegay http://www.wordnik.com/words/amygdala Mon, 18 May 2009 07:57:42 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/amygdala http://www.wordnik.com/words/tendril Sat, 16 May 2009 05:04:47 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/tendril http://www.wordnik.com/words/owlet Sat, 09 May 2009 02:52:55 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/owlet http://www.wordnik.com/words/chickpea Sat, 09 May 2009 02:52:47 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/chickpea http://www.wordnik.com/words/elbow Sat, 09 May 2009 02:51:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/elbow http://www.wordnik.com/words/sectumsempra Sat, 09 May 2009 02:48:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sectumsempra http://www.wordnik.com/words/wingardium leviosa Sat, 09 May 2009 02:48:26 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/wingardium leviosa http://www.wordnik.com/words/meadowlark Sat, 09 May 2009 02:47:06 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/meadowlark http://www.wordnik.com/words/imbroglio Sat, 09 May 2009 02:46:01 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/imbroglio http://www.wordnik.com/words/hypnopompic Fri, 08 May 2009 12:36:13 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/hypnopompic http://www.wordnik.com/words/hirudinoid Fri, 08 May 2009 12:34:46 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/hirudinoid http://www.wordnik.com/words/amomaxia Fri, 08 May 2009 12:34:08 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/amomaxia http://www.wordnik.com/words/belgard Fri, 08 May 2009 12:33:58 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/belgard http://www.wordnik.com/words/terse Fri, 08 May 2009 12:31:10 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/terse http://www.wordnik.com/words/droll Fri, 08 May 2009 10:58:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/droll http://www.wordnik.com/words/profundity Fri, 08 May 2009 10:58:46 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/profundity http://www.wordnik.com/words/syzygy Fri, 08 May 2009 10:55:09 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/syzygy http://www.wordnik.com/words/abscond Fri, 08 May 2009 10:53:56 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/abscond http://www.wordnik.com/words/pomp and circumstance Fri, 08 May 2009 10:53:47 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pomp and circumstance http://www.wordnik.com/words/akimbo Fri, 08 May 2009 10:51:40 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/akimbo http://www.wordnik.com/words/ghoul Fri, 08 May 2009 10:27:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ghoul http://www.wordnik.com/words/sasquatch Fri, 08 May 2009 10:23:30 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sasquatch http://www.wordnik.com/words/commonsensical Fri, 08 May 2009 10:23:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/commonsensical http://www.wordnik.com/words/sealace Thu, 07 May 2009 13:51:38 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sealace http://www.wordnik.com/words/duplicitous Thu, 07 May 2009 13:51:30 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/duplicitous http://www.wordnik.com/words/froggery Mon, 04 May 2009 09:47:00 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/froggery http://www.wordnik.com/words/moue Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:50:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/moue http://www.wordnik.com/words/scintillating Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:50:04 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/scintillating http://www.wordnik.com/words/catharsis Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:49:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/catharsis http://www.wordnik.com/words/sobriquet Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:48:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sobriquet http://www.wordnik.com/words/sacrebleu Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:47:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sacrebleu http://www.wordnik.com/words/ménage à trois Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:46:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ménage à trois http://www.wordnik.com/words/schism Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:46:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/schism http://www.wordnik.com/words/muslin Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:46:25 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/muslin http://www.wordnik.com/words/eponymous Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:44:26 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/eponymous http://www.wordnik.com/words/nonplussed Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:44:04 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/nonplussed http://www.wordnik.com/words/ire Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:43:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ire http://www.wordnik.com/words/espouse Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:43:44 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/espouse http://www.wordnik.com/words/glee Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:43:17 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/glee http://www.wordnik.com/words/lazybones Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:42:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/lazybones http://www.wordnik.com/words/feminism Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:42:20 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/feminism http://www.wordnik.com/words/piscine Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:41:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/piscine http://www.wordnik.com/words/prussian blue Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:36:01 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/prussian blue http://www.wordnik.com/words/suss Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:31:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/suss http://www.wordnik.com/words/pipsqueak Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:31:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pipsqueak http://www.wordnik.com/words/spleen Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:28:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/spleen http://www.wordnik.com/words/latent Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:27:50 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/latent http://www.wordnik.com/words/sotto voce Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:27:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sotto voce http://www.wordnik.com/words/synchronicity Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:27:24 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/synchronicity http://www.wordnik.com/words/egads Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:27:09 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/egads http://www.wordnik.com/words/golly gee Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:27:01 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/golly gee http://www.wordnik.com/words/shambles Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:26:51 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/shambles http://www.wordnik.com/words/skyclad Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:26:40 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/skyclad http://www.wordnik.com/words/stegosaurus Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:26:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/stegosaurus http://www.wordnik.com/words/sphagnum Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:26:23 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sphagnum http://www.wordnik.com/words/sensibility Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:26:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sensibility http://www.wordnik.com/words/shocking pink Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:25:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/shocking pink http://www.wordnik.com/words/mauve Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:25:12 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/mauve http://www.wordnik.com/words/watchet Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:24:55 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/watchet http://www.wordnik.com/words/biscuit Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:24:21 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/biscuit http://www.wordnik.com/words/dun Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:23:41 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dun http://www.wordnik.com/words/taupe Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:23:30 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/taupe http://www.wordnik.com/words/cerise Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:20:59 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cerise http://www.wordnik.com/words/epistemology Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:20:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/epistemology http://www.wordnik.com/words/moribund Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:20:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/moribund http://www.wordnik.com/words/verbatim Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:20:12 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/verbatim http://www.wordnik.com/words/transmogrification Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:19:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/transmogrification http://www.wordnik.com/words/willow Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:28:21 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/willow http://www.wordnik.com/words/schlep Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:38:23 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/schlep http://www.wordnik.com/words/powdery Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:32:03 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/powdery http://www.wordnik.com/words/matryoshka Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:18:46 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/matryoshka http://www.wordnik.com/words/dingle Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:57:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dingle http://www.wordnik.com/words/lachrymose Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:06:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/lachrymose http://www.wordnik.com/words/flummox Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:45:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/flummox http://www.wordnik.com/words/hopple Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:46:06 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/hopple http://www.wordnik.com/words/throat Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:18:03 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/throat http://www.wordnik.com/words/dirge Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:44:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dirge http://www.wordnik.com/words/russet Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:37:04 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/russet http://www.wordnik.com/words/skullduggery Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:26:18 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/skullduggery http://www.wordnik.com/words/inky Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:25:53 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/inky http://www.wordnik.com/words/cad Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:16:59 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cad http://www.wordnik.com/words/perchance Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:15:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/perchance http://www.wordnik.com/words/rakish Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:15:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/rakish http://www.wordnik.com/words/verily Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:13:32 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/verily http://www.wordnik.com/words/whorl Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:12:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/whorl http://www.wordnik.com/words/disproportionate Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:42:44 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/disproportionate http://www.wordnik.com/words/idiolect Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:42:17 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/idiolect http://www.wordnik.com/words/cut-glass Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:35:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cut-glass http://www.wordnik.com/words/mist Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:34:12 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/mist http://www.wordnik.com/words/glimmer Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:33:58 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/glimmer http://www.wordnik.com/words/eggshell Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:32:54 +0000 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