Coolest Words
Logodaedalus: someone skilled in the employment or manipulation of words
Cicatrix: deep, permanent scar resultant of serious injury
Anabibazon: a node of the moon’s orbit
Zyzzyva: type of weevil
Mnemonic: relating to, assisting, or intended to assist the memory
Orrery: device that shows the relative positions and motions of the planets and moons
Welkin: the vault of the sky, heavens, celestial abode of the gods
Subfusc: of a dark, dull, or somber color, dingy, drab, dull
Chimerical: created by or as if by a wildly fanciful imagination, highly improbable
Apotheosis: deification, quintessence, exaltation to divine rank or stature
Plasma: distinct phase of matter, separate from the traditional solids, liquids, and gases
Exuviate: to shed a shell, molt, unsheathe
Vivisepulture: the act of being buried alive or burying alive
Cosmogony: astrophysical study of the origin and progress of the universe and its theories
Gelignite: a gelatin dynamite with specific components
Oneiric: of, relating to, or suggestive of dreams
Tourbillion: whirlwind, whirlpool, vortex, tornado
Accismus: rhetoric, affected or false refusal when the item in question is actually wanted
Braggadocio: arrogant person, braggart, arrogant or boastful behavior
Leviathan: very large animal, especially a whale, something of unusually large size
Abacination: torture, blinding the victim with a heated metal plate
Coruscate: sparkle, reflect brightly, shimmer
Esclavage: a necklace having several rows of chains, beads, or jewels
Quixotic: foolishly impractical, especially in the pursuit of ideals, excessively romantic
Maximum: greatest possible amount, greatest value of function
Xyresic: sharp as a razor, razor-sharp
Aeviternal: eternal, endless, never-ending
Delitescent: hidden, concealed, kept secret
Reliquary: receptacle, such as a coffer or shrine, for keeping or displaying sacred relics
Obloquy: abusively detractive language or utterance, calumny, censure
Catalyst: that which affects or causes activity in something without being affected itself
Apothecary: one who prepares and sells drugs and other medicine, pharmacy
Eldritch: strange or unearthly, eerie, terrifying, alien
Wight: creature, a human being, living being, entity
Omphaloskepsis: contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation, navel-gazing
Embryo: organism in its early stages of development
Catachresis: inappropriate use of one word for another
Mitochondrion: organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production
Hyperborean: of the far north, very cold, frigid, gelid
Psithurisma: whisper, sound of wind through the trees, sound of wind-rustled leaves
Metempsychosis: reincarnation, transmigration of souls
Opusculum: minor work of literature
Fulminate: to issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation, to explode, detonate
