/r/funwithwords
/r/FunWithWords is a community to help you expand your vocabulary. Every hour, we feature a new vocabulary word along with an English definition.
For simpler words, take a look at: /r/Word_of_The_Hour
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Please share anything related to words that you enjoy. For example, share a game, a word challenge, a meme, a pun, a funny use of a word, an interesting translation, just keep it safe and clean.
Recommended Subreddits:
Word of The Hour - /r/Word_of_The_Hour
Dictionary - /r/Dictionary
Spanish Vocabulary - /r/Vocabulario
French Vocabulary - /r/Traductions
German Vocabulary - /r/Sprache
Italian Vocabulary - /r/Lessico
Recommended Tools & Apps:
WordofTheHour.org - We share one vocabulary word every hour along with translations into French, German, Hindi, Italian, and Spanish.
Treegle - an interactive dictionary website for visualizing how the meaning of one word depends on the meaning of another.
/r/funwithwords
ambulacral: of or pertaining to ambulacra
See tree for ambulacral: https://treegledictionary.org/define/ambulacral
censor: one of two magistrates of rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct
See tree for censor: https://treegledictionary.org/define/censor
meniscus: a lens convex on one side and concave on the other
See tree for meniscus: https://treegledictionary.org/define/meniscus
popularize: to make suitable or acceptable to the common people
See tree for popularize: https://treegledictionary.org/define/popularize
cosmopolite: one who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place
See tree for cosmopolite: https://treegledictionary.org/define/cosmopolite
externality: state of being external
See tree for externality: https://treegledictionary.org/define/externality
urbanity: the quality or state of being urbane
See tree for urbanity: https://treegledictionary.org/define/urbanity
availableness: competent power; validity
See tree for availableness: https://treegledictionary.org/define/availableness
picul: a commercial weight varying in different countries and for different commodities. in borneo it is 135 lbs.
See tree for picul: https://treegledictionary.org/define/picul
pedigree: descent; lineage; genealogy
See tree for pedigree: https://treegledictionary.org/define/pedigree
squamosal: scalelike; squamous
See tree for squamosal: https://treegledictionary.org/define/squamosal
vindictive: disposed to revenge
See tree for vindictive: https://treegledictionary.org/define/vindictive
warrantable: authorized by commission, precept, or right
See tree for warrantable: https://treegledictionary.org/define/warrantable
inflective: characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.
See tree for inflective: https://treegledictionary.org/define/inflective
hymnology: also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body
See tree for hymnology: https://treegledictionary.org/define/hymnology
headquarters: the quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force
See tree for headquarters: https://treegledictionary.org/define/headquarters
yeomanry: the position or rank of a yeoman
See tree for yeomanry: https://treegledictionary.org/define/yeomanry
compile: to put together in a new form out of materials already existing
See tree for compile: https://treegledictionary.org/define/compile
bonito: the medregal (seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the united states and the west indies
See tree for bonito: https://treegledictionary.org/define/bonito
nobly: of noble extraction
See tree for nobly: https://treegledictionary.org/define/nobly
embattled: having the edge broken like battlements
See tree for embattled: https://treegledictionary.org/define/embattled
upholder: a broker or auctioneer
See tree for upholder: https://treegledictionary.org/define/upholder
context: knit or woven together
See tree for context: https://treegledictionary.org/define/context
batch: the quantity of bread baked at one time
See tree for batch: https://treegledictionary.org/define/batch
fritter: a fragment; a shred
See tree for fritter: https://treegledictionary.org/define/fritter
overtop: to make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence
See tree for overtop: https://treegledictionary.org/define/overtop
pseudomorph: an irregular or deceptive form
See tree for pseudomorph: https://treegledictionary.org/define/pseudomorph
parathesis: the placing of two or more nouns in the same case
See tree for parathesis: https://treegledictionary.org/define/parathesis
prepense: to weigh or consider beforehand
See tree for prepense: https://treegledictionary.org/define/prepense
untangle: to loose from tangles or intricacy
See tree for untangle: https://treegledictionary.org/define/untangle