astriferous
adj. bearing or containing stars; starry
stelliferous
adj. filled with stars; starry
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crepuscule
n. twilight
(Stanislaw Straszkiewicz, Zmierzch, 1910.)
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bibliobibuli
n. the sort of people who read too much
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peisant
adj. having great weight
dissight
n. an unsightly object, an eyesore
bonification
n. the action of making something good or better
subrident
adj. accompanied by a smile
In 1959, a cement mixer rolled off a road in northeastern Oklahoma. The owners retrieved the truck, but the mixer held tons of concrete and was too heavy to move. Plans to bury it on the spot were eventually abandoned, and the disused mixer lay for decades beside Winganon Road. In 2008 Heather Thomas and her husband, Barry, decided to celebrate their fifth anniversary by finally attending to the matter — they disguised in as a space capsule.
(Thanks, Colin.)
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thalassic
adj. of or relating to seas and oceans
dégringolade
n. a quick deterioration or breakdown, as of a situation or circumstance
supersalient
adj. leaping upon
sperate
adj. hoped for; not hopeless
Shipwreck With a Surviving Dog, by the Danish artist Carl Bille (1815–1898).
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prasophagy
n. the eating of leeks
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sybotism
n. the tending of swine
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philobiblist
n. a lover of books
Created by Slovakian artist Matej Kren, the Idiom Installation in Prague’s municipal library seems to present an infinite tower of books, thanks to some conveniently placed mirrors.
It debuted at the São Paulo International Biennial in 1995 and moved permanently Prague in 1998.
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imperspicable
adj. that cannot be seen or discerned; invisible
acerbate
v. embitter
resarciate
v. to make amends for, compensate for
ultion
n. revenge
From geographer Simon Kuestenmacher: a world map centered on New Zealand.
Also: Maps without New Zealand, maps with New Zealand, maps with too much New Zealand.
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quadragenarian
n. one in her forties
repentine
adj. sudden
monomachy
n. a duel; single combat
labefaction
n. overthrow, downfall
The longest-lived spider on record is Number 16, a wild female trapdoor spider that lived on the North Bungulla Reserve near Tammin, Western Australia. She’d reached age 43 when ecologist Leanda Mason discovered that something, probably a parasitic wasp, had pierced the silk door of her burrow, which was now empty.
“She was cut down in her prime,” Mason told the Washington Post. “It took a while to sink in, to be honest.”