Quiz 49 of 50 -- Obscure and Unusual Words

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 covering or canopy over a throne or altar 1 latitudinous
2 claustrophobia
3 baldaquin
4 disbosom
5 esbat
2 instrumental work that is melodious or song-like 1 canzone
2 workerist
3 thalassian
4 metage
5 japanophilia
3 a leather thong; a thick slice 1 subaltern
2 whang
3 syncategorematic
4 vociferate
5 coram
4 compound eye 1 ommateum
2 nemoricolous
3 reeve
4 jeton
5 tussock
5 instrument used to calculate time of photographic exposure 1 actinograph
2 spectroscope
3 kex
4 chad
5 heliology
6 the loss of civil rights for high treason 1 retrocede
2 somnolence
3 negrophobia
4 attainder
5 prore
7 corruption in office; corrupt administration; misconduct 1 diastomatic
2 orotund
3 muslin
4 malversation
5 cameriere
8 distinction; definition 1 diorism
2 deglutition
3 lunulate
4 iridize
5 textuary
9 single word expressing sentence or phrase 1 catadioptric
2 holophrase
3 watchglass
4 factitive
5 elenchus
10 farm equipment 1 deadstock
2 hetaerocracy
3 haruspication
4 priapism
5 catarolysis
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 first menstruation 1 naricorn
2 axiology
3 ailette
4 vaticinate
5 menarche
12 growth of organism influenced by heat 1 thermotropism
2 redound
3 renverse
4 ziggurat
5 anlace
13 board over a shop-front 1 fascia
2 ergo
3 stodge
4 kent-bugle
5 lucubration
14 correct or moral living 1 catenate
2 chasseur
3 upcast
4 seta
5 orthobiosis
15 having only one form 1 cromlech
2 laparoscope
3 lighterage
4 stythe
5 monomorphic
16 gilded; golden 1 siderose
2 spiraliform
3 revehent
4 microbiology
5 inaurate
17 curl or flourish in writing; summary of speeches 1 roseate
2 two-step
3 mittimus
4 dirigible
5 purlicue
18 ringing sound in the head 1 xyloglyphy
2 shallop
3 tinnitus
4 conchiform
5 catenarian
19 overcoming; overturning 1 wether
2 noxal
3 adenoid
4 tyrannicide
5 anatreptic
20 singly 1 singillatim
2 kobold
3 trouvaille
4 protolithic
5 stomatology
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 belief in universal salvation 1 herpetology
2 panduriform
3 universalism
4 leptochrous
5 dactyliomancy
22 to sing; to set to musical notation 1 floatant
2 solmisate
3 flƒnerie
4 whicker
5 raduliform
23 able to be cut; readily splitting 1 scissile
2 hagioscope
3 alveolate
4 saurophagous
5 diamantiferous
24 male homosexuality 1 voiturier
2 peristeronic
3 uranism
4 autocoprophagy
5 tautomerism
25 ill-tempered woman 1 xanthippe
2 chymiferous
3 hinnable
4 poophyte
5 polygoneutic
26 fluctuate in opinion or resolution 1 forsooth
2 simillimum
3 helminthology
4 vacillate
5 potager
27 vessel for holding holy water 1 fortalice
2 suctorial
3 stoup
4 steatopygous
5 misosophy
28 instrument for measuring electrical potential 1 trochal
2 technography
3 voltmeter
4 pannikin
5 trebuchet
29 shamefaced; prudish 1 ictus
2 pudibund
3 hawse
4 thanatoid
5 purfle
30 threefold rule 1 hackle
2 tridominium
3 lazaret
4 cryobiology
5 binate
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 instrument for measuring temperature variations due to sky conditions 1 aphnology
2 lardaceous
3 viatical
4 aethrioscope
5 intersidereal
32 expelling, causing or relieving flatulence 1 dilatory
2 albificative
3 supercrescent
4 epicedial
5 carminative
33 musical instrument with strings laid over horizontal board 1 ventifact
2 krypsis
3 paidonosology
4 zither
5 kore
34 dense fog of suspended ice particles 1 yowie
2 pogonip
3 prenarial
4 dammar
5 syncope
35 of or relating to branches 1 turophile
2 regulus
3 cremnophobia
4 rameal
5 cockloft
36 of, relating to or derived from amber 1 cosmism
2 succinic
3 victimology
4 isoclinal
5 vernal
37 obsession with tattooing or branding 1 stigmatophilia
2 apposite
3 colure
4 clepsydra
5 flammule
38 art of navigation 1 nautics
2 mariculture
3 theomancy
4 levigate
5 fluviology
39 loud ringing noise or clang 1 hetairism
2 calefactory
3 fain‚ant
4 clangor
5 dermatoglyphics
40 to confine or mew up 1 emmew
2 hesternopothia
3 chronopher
4 ductia
5 stupefacient
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 runner or shoot from base of a plant 1 mullet
2 parget
3 cercus
4 stolon
5 morbilliform
42 science concerned with improving living conditions 1 pseudolatry
2 vraisemblance
3 minacious
4 euthenics
5 poophyte
43 archaic sub-division of certain counties 1 punctate
2 malism
3 preceptive
4 schiller
5 wapentake
44 false vision; oversight 1 supercilious
2 blauwbok
3 malapert
4 parablepsis
5 flagelliferous
45 dairy farm or milking operation 1 victoria
2 lactarium
3 ovuliferous
4 acropodium
5 vis-a-vis
46 sore on a horse's hind ankle-joint 1 crepance
2 eyot
3 wurley
4 thermoscope
5 superannuate
47 half-eaten 1 ell
2 berceau
3 afterdeck
4 semese
5 thrum
48 fluctuation or nodding in movement of earth's pole 1 cachalot
2 thanatosis
3 nutation
4 nostopathy
5 riparian
49 spade with bent handle for tilling soil 1 jumart
2 caschrom
3 usucaption
4 chrysocracy
5 wheaten
50 government by eight people 1 ramentum
2 platiniferous
3 rivulose
4 octarchy
5 arete
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 external female reproductive organs 1 kitthoge
2 pudendum
3 functionalism
4 entropion
5 tremallose
52 reliance of an organism on another for environment 1 galeated
2 horary
3 arrect
4 metabiosis
5 cacoethes
53 not having given birth 1 telegony
2 bluepeter
3 nonparous
4 brachiotomy
5 telary
54 desk or stand from which church lessons are read 1 lectern
2 saltant
3 handsel
4 hyponychial
5 aught
55 officer in charge of royal forests 1 epizoic
2 lutescent
3 maltha
4 verderer
5 literose
56 stately carriage used on ceremonial occasions 1 caroche
2 retropulsion
3 theody
4 glossographer
5 nosocomial
57 of or pertaining to a chapter of an organization 1 raticide
2 capitulary
3 melismatic
4 septate
5 unwithdrawing
58 pun; play on words 1 androcracy
2 bandolier
3 annomination
4 shimmy
5 purlieu
59 nonsensical question given to Buddhist students for contemplation 1 flavescent
2 quena
3 crural
4 lam‚
5 koan
60 silky; covered with soft silky hairs 1 wurst
2 entoptic
3 sericieous
4 thermonous
5 hydropathy
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 small anchor to keep a ship steady 1 sedigitated
2 lionism
3 trema
4 balistraria
5 kedge
62 colourful wall painting 1 polydipsia
2 storge
3 prepotent
4 stereochromy
5 geoscopy
63 refreshment or relief; a meal 1 refection
2 urinator
3 coquillage
4 imbroglio
5 noometry
64 fear of going to the doctor 1 iatrophobia
2 somedeal
3 pretermit
4 viduous
5 statuary
65 sameness or similarity of origin 1 toxophilite
2 ectobatic
3 isogeny
4 jurisconsult
5 abampere
66 directional evolution of organisms 1 chirognomy
2 kalology
3 orthogenesis
4 nomogeny
5 kalyptra
67 curved architectural moulding like a brace 1 accolade
2 stithy
3 stauroscope
4 suffrutescent
5 hortatory
68 unquestioning or dogmatic religious devotion 1 incoronate
2 pietism
3 kerygma
4 cartophily
5 gambado
69 growing old 1 algolagnia
2 vesicant
3 senescent
4 connubial
5 ginglymus
70 pen or sty for animals 1 cruive
2 ptochocracy
3 hyetograph
4 accite
5 velate
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 loud; insistent; urgent 1 clamant
2 papillose
3 dolichocephalic
4 nunnation
5 masseter
72 badge or characteristic device; one of three extra Greek numeral-letters 1 episemon
2 lenify
3 loimic
4 ophic
5 webwheel
73 nodding; drooping 1 pandation
2 nutant
3 threnody
4 papule
5 paraclete
74 proper coordination of figures in a picture 1 dimity
2 ordonnance
3 vaccary
4 leprology
5 ere
75 indicating relation or a prepositional object 1 patagium
2 relative
3 r‚cit
4 mnemon
5 chthonian
76 sparkling 1 cwm
2 intellectualism
3 variform
4 dontopedalogy
5 scintillant
77 genre of writing poor mystery novels 1 volage
2 scazon
3 oenopoetic
4 wallflower
5 whodunitry
78 wide dominion; empire 1 agma
2 empery
3 vavasour
4 enzone
5 zonary
79 sweet flaky bread made with fine flour and butter 1 assoil
2 pernor
3 metallography
4 theorbo
5 wastel
80 unfaithful spouse 1 sesquipedalian
2 bedswerver
3 boyg
4 transvolation
5 ablegate
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 study of folk tales 1 storiology
2 defalcate
3 clysmian
4 sepia
5 kentledge
82 feeding of animals 1 thrombus
2 suable
3 terramara
4 gegenschein
5 zootrophy
83 having a musky odour 1 moschate
2 wharfinger
3 pica
4 nullibicity
5 eutrapely
84 to digress; wander about 1 cosmogenic
2 divagate
3 unifarious
4 pelology
5 decollate
85 having closely curled hair 1 inly
2 encomic
3 stridulous
4 kep
5 spiracle
86 fear of blacks 1 xenomancy
2 voiturier
3 negrophobia
4 skald
5 somnolescent
87 growing of trees 1 puce
2 ampliative
3 silviculture
4 chaetophorous
5 panegyric
88 solvent used in the preparation of drugs 1 olivaceous
2 puccoon
3 menstruum
4 poodle
5 bouillotte
89 a woollen shawl or blanket 1 phonophorous
2 vitrail
3 whittle
4 probang
5 virilescence
90 panacea 1 reviviscent
2 sward
3 diacatholicon
4 auceps
5 solenoid
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 one who divines sources of fresh water 1 hydroscopist
2 humect
3 amoret
4 semantology
5 quaestionary
92 to withdraw a rope from an opening 1 vocabularian
2 nocent
3 moresco
4 unreeve
5 electrology
93 oral; designative 1 commorant
2 papaverous
3 impostume
4 echoism
5 nuncupative
94 loss of eyelashes or eyebrows 1 oligochrome
2 madarosis
3 flagellantism
4 philogyny
5 roundel
95 living in marshes or moors 1 lar
2 scepsis
3 helobious
4 quadrivoltine
5 mull
96 composed of twigs 1 virgal
2 holland
3 euhemerism
4 angary
5 plimsoll
97 government by the aged 1 avolitional
2 scobiform
3 gerontocracy
4 multure
5 knarred
98 cucumber-shaped 1 cucumiform
2 soldatesque
3 karyokinesis
4 limnobiology
5 ouranomancy
99 four-wheeled two-horse carriage 1 pectize
2 hackney
3 cariogenic
4 sanative
5 caesious
100 study of newborn babies 1 idolothyte
2 neonatology
3 unigenous
4 solmisate
5 voluted
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