Quiz 48 of 50 -- Obscure and Unusual Words

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 diminished susceptibility to pain 1 ostler
2 semelincident
3 subnubilar
4 hypalgesia
5 pyretology
2 term which is a member of a larger class 1 platypodia
2 hyponym
3 plagiary
4 antemundane
5 nomancy
3 to breed individuals of different strains of a species 1 tormentum
2 pheretrer
3 outcross
4 aliped
5 videtur
4 lack of similarity or affinity 1 diffinity
2 zoopathology
3 gig
4 timbromania
5 tactual
5 root-eating 1 bogan
2 adytum
3 rhizophagous
4 vervelle
5 planchet
6 of unknown origin 1 sottisier
2 hygroscope
3 drap-de-Berry
4 cryptogenic
5 ruridecanal
7 the melting of one thing into another 1 coprophemia
2 doramania
3 trachyphonia
4 illiquation
5 tog
8 medieval troubadour or poet 1 cucumiform
2 minnesinger
3 ophidiophobia
4 lintel
5 crotaline
9 coarsely hilarious 1 Rabelaisian
2 apostasy
3 paramatta
4 minauderie
5 claver
10 relating to cobbling or sewing 1 trichosis
2 cervine
3 parastatic
4 psammite
5 sutorian
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 of a sulcus; grooved; furrowed 1 audile
2 sulcal
3 admeasurement
4 institorial
5 adamitism
12 instrument to measure strength of wine 1 kakistocracy
2 coronoid
3 alcovinometer
4 crateriform
5 misopaedia
13 a firm grip; a contract 1 handfast
2 limaciform
3 recrement
4 nematology
5 stigmatic
14 turned outward 1 matachin
2 thanatoid
3 extrorse
4 ramage
5 dicaeology
15 sinfulness; transgression 1 marocain
2 subjacent
3 syrinx
4 peccancy
5 mechanism
16 habitual grinding of the teeth 1 romal
2 deiform
3 bavian
4 bruxism
5 gyromancy
17 the whole number of one's clients 1 antibasilican
2 monture
3 theologoumenon
4 marc
5 clientage
18 science of breeding domestic animals and plants 1 hierurgy
2 electuary
3 metabasis
4 thremmatology
5 thearchy
19 dramatic work in which one actor plays many roles 1 essive
2 acaulescent
3 monopolylogue
4 cancrizans
5 subinfeudate
20 a sheep in its second year; the fleece of such a sheep 1 parthophobia
2 simity
3 saltationism
4 teg
5 pervious
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 perpetual but conditional lease of property 1 premove
2 emphyteusis
3 interjacent
4 jennet
5 dynamometer
22 thousandth; consisting of thousandth parts 1 avaunt
2 muslin
3 pathognomic
4 polymath
5 millesimal
23 doubling of ordinarily single organ or part 1 pregustation
2 lachrymose
3 maidan
4 prosodemic
5 diplogenesis
24 shaped like a horn 1 occipital
2 gyve
3 nomic
4 vettura
5 corniform
25 study of proper names 1 onomastics
2 needlecord
3 shuftiscope
4 somatognosis
5 demogenic
26 caused by the breaking down of cells 1 postil
2 lysigenic
3 biddery
4 caret
5 pergola
27 running down; decurrent 1 defluent
2 paradromic
3 lepidopterous
4 hydrodynamics
5 iconography
28 having a circumflex accent on the final syllable 1 discigerous
2 redact
3 supersolid
4 perispomenon
5 gasiform
29 ship's sail above the lowermost sail 1 fairlead
2 pluviometer
3 topsail
4 fluviology
5 lunation
30 promoting growth of the milk glands 1 lucriferous
2 lacuna
3 mammogenic
4 surcingle
5 catastrophism
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 group of hired applauders or sycophants 1 vagile
2 claque
3 outjet
4 helminthiasis
5 decastich
32 large rope for mooring or towing a ship 1 monarchy
2 paracentral
3 munificence
4 hawser
5 isocephaly
33 crest of helmet; removable heraldic device or favour of courtly love 1 suberous
2 paroemiology
3 limicolous
4 storiology
5 cimier
34 attested copy; inspection of accounts 1 maliferous
2 kantar
3 vidimus
4 reginal
5 phenogenesis
35 small dish used for holding small amounts of a solution 1 fulgurate
2 typhlology
3 kinetoscope
4 watchglass
5 typtology
36 living together for mutual benefit 1 afforce
2 sufflate
3 symphily
4 mensuration
5 pneumatolith
37 the back of the hand 1 sic
2 interrex
3 opisthenar
4 photometer
5 gradgrind
38 study of place-names 1 laniferous
2 enation
3 remonstrate
4 lithodomous
5 toponymics
39 to place around 1 prolix
2 colluvies
3 centrobaric
4 lido
5 circumpose
40 curling of one's hair with curling iron 1 cachexic
2 spiralism
3 burke
4 croquinole
5 existentialism
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 something which reduces fever 1 erotomania
2 lingual
3 febrifuge
4 aphotic
5 maritage
42 perforated plate through which wire drawn to make thinner 1 regreet
2 remigate
3 kedge
4 wortle
5 stethometer
43 study of mites 1 grabble
2 defilade
3 gemmation
4 acarology
5 gulosity
44 instrument for measuring power of magnification 1 cratometer
2 nutrice
3 tendentious
4 cremnophobia
5 muniment
45 unconscious; abstracted 1 flagelliform
2 inconscient
3 allotropy
4 ped
5 apanage
46 use of deception or camouflage as military stratagem 1 inexpugnable
2 sarcotic
3 maskirovka
4 trabecula
5 cacolet
47 of or relating to garlic; garlicky 1 rhizoid
2 eructate
3 alliaceous
4 christophany
5 quipu
48 having a level or mutual relationship 1 equiparent
2 gib
3 accubitum
4 fermi
5 barology
49 abbreviations, symbols and signs 1 whipcat
2 zootheism
3 acultomancy
4 diluent
5 sigla
50 guiding 1 troilism
2 cosmoplastic
3 dirigent
4 fusiform
5 polynesic
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 growing red; blushing 1 hipped
2 drumlin
3 astrut
4 sigmate
5 rubescent
52 away; hence 1 psychogony
2 chronosynchronicity
3 schottische
4 fortalice
5 avaunt
53 of abnormal or monstrous form 1 telegony
2 klendusic
3 teramorphous
4 enow
5 glossology
54 tip of the chin 1 rhomboid
2 cortinate
3 gnathion
4 periegesis
5 thiasus
55 gift or cake made on New Year's Eve 1 decrassify
2 hogmanay
3 metropolitan
4 eriometer
5 coralliferous
56 of or relating to heaven; sublime; skyward 1 empyreal
2 captation
3 transcendentalism
4 sphygmophone
5 jejune
57 inhabiting a tube 1 substantialism
2 vitriolic
3 monergism
4 cathisophobia
5 tubicolous
58 instrument for measuring tiny quantities of heat 1 pseudacusis
2 coulombmeter
3 denary
4 microcalorimeter
5 cockloft
59 reversing or inverting word order as rhetorical device 1 cheliferous
2 anastrophe
3 hawkshaw
4 xerasia
5 limnology
60 side by side; in pairs; overlapping 1 emiction
2 jugate
3 caryatid
4 cacotopia
5 attrite
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 to laugh loudly and inappropriately 1 epistoler
2 cachinnate
3 seismometer
4 podagra
5 odontomancy
62 milky iridescence 1 opalescence
2 chorisis
3 bradawl
4 novity
5 jubate
63 dash of water 1 oniscoid
2 spile
3 pseudologia
4 plash
5 proctor
64 the unifying power of imagination 1 lamina
2 dendrochronology
3 gamin
4 parallelism
5 esemplasy
65 lawyer specializing in medical cases 1 confirmand
2 bonzery
3 nomiatrist
4 reel
5 prelate
66 study of viruses 1 pulicide
2 formant
3 synoeciosis
4 virology
5 dendrophilous
67 giving birth to larvae 1 kincob
2 one-step
3 larviparous
4 hypotaxis
5 wisent
68 use of degrading diction regarding a topic 1 taperer
2 astragalomancy
3 pentalogy
4 tapinosis
5 scopic
69 authority to inquire into something 1 lenity
2 steganograph
3 platiniferous
4 inquirendo
5 ooidal
70 repentance; fundamental change in character 1 metanoia
2 falciform
3 psychobiology
4 spissated
5 thesmothete
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 unnecessary word used to extend line of verse 1 cheville
2 unipotent
3 erotomania
4 parviscient
5 flabelliform
72 drawing together; astringent 1 imprimatur
2 adeniform
3 percheron
4 styptic
5 nates
73 a person who fasts and becomes emaciated 1 tetragrammaton
2 delignate
3 anaudia
4 rubiginous
5 macerator
74 adaptable; unstable 1 paedobaptism
2 coalize
3 olivetta
4 labile
5 setose
75 shaped like an ear 1 adytum
2 auriform
3 whitecoat
4 crosstrees
5 quackle
76 showy or worthless article 1 vitrics
2 pilcrow
3 trangam
4 quipu
5 balatron
77 instrument for measuring small thicknesses 1 declinometer
2 securiform
3 pachymeter
4 opalescence
5 hemiolic
78 extinct giant deer 1 pharos
2 megacerine
3 pediculous
4 abele
5 nephoscope
79 of or relating to butterflies 1 quadroon
2 kurtosis
3 schottische
4 papilionaceous
5 agma
80 unhealthy; unwelcome 1 mixotrophic
2 epinosic
3 fretum
4 dowlas
5 ibidem
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 structural modification by arrested development 1 pointel
2 bolar
3 tabouret
4 ladronism
5 stasimorphy
82 producing cancerous tumours 1 epanodos
2 dation
3 mandarism
4 alcoholometer
5 oncogenesis
83 instrument for measuring distance travelled 1 waywiser
2 heliotaxis
3 barmkin
4 exsiccate
5 judder
84 balloon using fire for propulsion 1 montgolfier
2 hippology
3 swag
4 attaint
5 hidrotic
85 to awaken or rouse 1 abraid
2 marrano
3 deobstruent
4 villatic
5 scullion
86 twice; in two places 1 poculiform
2 antithesis
3 zoetrope
4 stirps
5 bis
87 journey leading upwards; first phase of an illness 1 peracute
2 anabasis
3 abluent
4 seton
5 troglodytic
88 having a honey-like colour 1 simillimum
2 multifid
3 evanish
4 melichrous
5 exode
89 soft-voiced 1 prolegomenon
2 epinician
3 lecanoscopy
4 furfuraceous
5 malacophonous
90 experiment by trial and error 1 bimetallism
2 tentation
3 wrackful
4 tenue
5 dromestoners
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 shaped like an eye 1 threpsology
2 oculiform
3 parabiosis
4 ornithon
5 sepulchre
92 of or concerning hospitality towards guests 1 delenda
2 hypnagogic
3 puniceous
4 xenial
5 pyretic
93 having the shape of a hand 1 ley
2 maniform
3 palpebral
4 staphyline
5 supernal
94 unit for expressing ratio of two currents or voltages 1 boutade
2 dation
3 trumeau
4 ebeneous
5 neper
95 volatile; fluctuating 1 lorgnon
2 dormition
3 serific
4 rubescent
5 mercurial
96 belief that moral edicts are merely orders with no truth value 1 prescriptivism
2 hercogamy
3 assurgent
4 hesychastic
5 pavage
97 riches; the wealthy; the upper classes 1 neophobe
2 dysphoria
3 dolioform
4 rhytidectomy
5 mammon
98 exclamation 1 variform
2 infandous
3 entomophagous
4 malfeasance
5 ecphonensis
99 ringed strap tied to leg of falcon or hawk 1 champaign
2 ciborium
3 jess
4 bosselated
5 gymnophobia
100 linen helmet-cover for armour 1 lunette
2 valence
3 terriginous
4 septenary
5 wondermonger
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