Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Halesia, especially H. carolina, of the southeast United States, having drooping, bell-shaped white flowers and dry, oblong, four-winged fruit.
An ornament in a Doric frieze, consisting of a projecting block having on its face two parallel vertical glyphs or grooves and two half grooves or chamfers on either vertical end, that separates the metopes.
"Galactopoietic may be the most beautiful word in English. It comes from the Greek gala, for 'milk' or 'milky' (as in galaxy or milky way), plus poiesis—to 'make or create' (as in the word poet).
"My doe is galactopoietic; she has the ability to produce milk. Does that make her, like all nursing mothers, a poet of milk?" —Brad Kessler, Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese. pp. 122.
"A quodlibet is a piece of music combining several different melodies, usually popular tunes, in counterpoint and often a light-hearted, humorous manner."
"'So you had a sex change,' Marshall Gardiner said, dismissing it like he might brush off a wartime affair. 'We both have histories. You are and I am our mass apperceptions.'" - Kendrick Blackwood, 'A Woman Scorned,' The Pitch, 2001.
super-kawy commented on the word echinate
Bearing or covered with spines or bristles; prickly.
Sep 23, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word holozoic
Obtaining nourishment by the ingestion of organic material, as animals do.
Sep 23, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word bradylogia
Abnormally slow speech.
Sep 23, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word vitta
1. Zoology A streak or band of color, as on the bill of a bird.
2. Botany An oil tube in the fruit of certain plants, such as the carrot or parsley.
vitate adj.
Sep 23, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word vita
1. Zoology A streak or band of color, as on the bill of a bird.
2. Botany An oil tube in the fruit of certain plants, such as the carrot or parsley.
vitate adj.
Sep 23, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word graben
A usually elongated depression between geologic faults.
Sep 23, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word silverbell tree
Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Halesia, especially H. carolina, of the southeast United States, having drooping, bell-shaped white flowers and dry, oblong, four-winged fruit.
Sep 23, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word hyetal
Of or relating to rain or rainy regions.
Sep 23, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word mesclun
A mixture of young leafy greens, often including young lettuces, used as salad.
Sep 22, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word zibeline
A thick lustrous soft fabric of wool and other animal hair, such as mohair, having a silky nap.
Sep 22, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word triglyph
An ornament in a Doric frieze, consisting of a projecting block having on its face two parallel vertical glyphs or grooves and two half grooves or chamfers on either vertical end, that separates the metopes.
Sep 22, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word blivit
Something annoying or pointless; something difficult or impossible to name. (slang)
Sep 22, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word trialogue
A conversation or discussion in which three people or groups participate.
Sep 22, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word xyloid
Of or similar to wood.
Sep 22, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word trochal
Shaped like or resembling a wheel.
Sep 22, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word fantast
A visionary; a dreamer.
Sep 22, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word mortmain
The often oppressive influence of the past on the presence.
Sep 22, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word lucarne
A dormer window.
Sep 22, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word jacal
A thatch-roofed hut made of wattle and daub found in Mexico and the southwest United States.
Sep 22, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word onomastic
1. Of, relating to, or explaining a name or names.
2. Of or relating to onomastics.
Sep 22, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word jugate
adj. Joined in or forming pairs or a pair.
Sep 22, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word boscage
A mass of trees or shrubs; a thicket. (Middle English boskage from Old French boscage from bosc, forest of Germanic origin.)
Sep 22, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word cuesta
A ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a cliff on the other. (Spanish, from costa, side.)
Sep 22, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word galactopoietic
"Galactopoietic may be the most beautiful word in English. It comes from the Greek gala, for 'milk' or 'milky' (as in galaxy or milky way), plus poiesis—to 'make or create' (as in the word poet).
"My doe is galactopoietic; she has the ability to produce milk. Does that make her, like all nursing mothers, a poet of milk?"
—Brad Kessler, Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese. pp. 122.
Aug 28, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word quodlibet
"A quodlibet is a piece of music combining several different melodies, usually popular tunes, in counterpoint and often a light-hearted, humorous manner."
May 30, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word danshou
kanji: 男娼
Gigolo, manwhore, gay male prostitute.
男色を売る者 - someone who 'sells' gay sex.
May 18, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word apperception
"'So you had a sex change,' Marshall Gardiner said, dismissing it like he might brush off a wartime affair. 'We both have histories. You are and I am our mass apperceptions.'"
- Kendrick Blackwood, 'A Woman Scorned,' The Pitch, 2001.
May 13, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word goetsudoushuu
kanji: 呉越�?�舟
kana: �?��?��?��?��?��?�ゅ�?�
Bitter enemies (placed by fate) in the same boat.
May 10, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word supellectile
Of the nature of or relating to furniture.
May 7, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word yepsen
The amount that can be held in two hands cupped together; also, the two cupped hands themselves.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word utinam
An earnest wish or yearning.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word unasinous
Being equal to another in stupidity.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word tacenda
Things not to be mentioned; matters that are passed over in silence.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word sympatetic
A companion one walks with.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word subtrist
Slightly sad.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word sitzfleisch
The ability to endure in some activity.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word scrouge
To inconvenience or discomfort a person by pressing against him or her by standing too close.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word prend
A mended crack.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word postreme
He who is last.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word petecure
Modest cooking; cooking on a small scale.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word peristeronic
Suggestive of pigeons.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word pavonize
To behave as a peacock might.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word paracme
The point at which one's prime is past.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word palaeolatry
Excessive reverence for that which is old.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word onomatomania
Vexation at having difficulty in finding the right word.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word occasionet
A minor occasion.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word minionette
Small and attractive.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word materteral
Having the characteristics or qualities of an aunt.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word lectory
A place for reading.
May 1, 2009
super-kawy commented on the word fornale
(verb) To spend one's money before it has been earned.
May 1, 2009