Letter G

Maj 21, 2019 | Franabeth

GAFTY

sly; tricky; cunning; not to be trusted

GALACTOPHOROUS

bearing or carrying milk

GAMOPHOBIA

an pathological fear of marriage

GASTROLOGY

good eating; cookery

GARGALESTHESIA

the sensation caused by tickling

Letter K

Apr 23, 2019 | Franabeth

KAINOTOPHOBIA

fear of change

KELTER

nonsense

KENOPHOBIA

fear of empty spaces

KIP

skin of a young animal

KREATOPHOBIA

eating of raw meat

Letter B

Apr 16, 2019 | Franabeth

BED-SWERVER

A word for an unfaithful lover, invented by Shakespeare.

BIBLIOMANIA

If you’re crazy about books, then you’re a bibliomaniac. In which case you probably best stay away from bibliokleptomaniacs, who are equally crazy about stealing books.

BROTICOLE

Rats, mice, spiders, house martins and swallows, foxes and raccoons are all broticoles—namely, organisms that like to live alongside humans, or around our houses and buildings.

BOOKSTAFF

An old name for a letter of the alphabet.

BLENKY

To blenky means “to snow very lightly.”

Letter O

Maj 7, 2018 | Franabeth

Obambulate: to wander about

Obolary: extremely poor

Obstreperous: noisy; unruly

Oakus: a wallet

Obeism: practice of West African magic

Letter U

Apr 23, 2018 | Franabeth

Ultimation: process of bringing to a conclusion

Uranophobia: fear of heaven

Urkingdom: taxonomic group of organisms larger than a kingdom

Uvid: moist; wet

Uromastix: spiky-tailed ground-dwelling lizard

Letter P

Apr 9, 2018 | Franabeth

Plagium: the crime of kidnapping

Planation: making level

Platiniferous: bearing platinum

Pluton: mass of rock solidified under earth’s surface

Poivrade: pepper sauce