Word definition game

[Aphos]

vulponiture - a style of furniture featuring stuffed raptors mounted above the seated person's head


colferist

[Griffin NoName]

colferist - the tendancy to name one's pet ferrits Colin

bastlast

[Aphos]

bastlast - huge weights that were affixed to the top of ships' masts.  Since this tended to cause ships to capsize, the practice was discontinued after several years.


cotletary

[Swatopluk]

cotletary (formally: cotletary use) - official term for the practice of 'hot bunking' where 3 people have to share two cots (common on smaller ships, esp. submarines)

knovash

[pieces o nine]

knovash  crumbage accruing in the bottom of the toaster.


kliegdarque

[Aphos]

kliegdarque - a type of cummerbund use only in the German court


derfender 

[Swatopluk]

derfender - first/last house in a linear village. It's one of those misspelled loan words from German (like the infamous 'burgomaster' <Bürgermeister = mayor>). Correct spelling would be Dorf|en|der.

dulfractometry

[Griffin NoName]

dulfractometry  -  the art of measuring levels of boredom and irritation

pasquitch

[Swatopluk]

pasquitch - the smaller cousin of the sasquatch.

quillpas

[Griffin NoName]

quillpas = writing implement manufatured from the feathered quills of the smaller cousin of the sasquatch.

ok, who is not trying now?

lombic

[Swatopluk]

Well, there IS a sasquatch and it is (to our knowledge) mammalian and thus not feathered (unless it got tarred)

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lombic - belonging to the prehistoric culture on Lombok (island separated from Bali by the Lombok Strait). The Aboriginal culture in Australia can be traced back to there.


repherdic

[Aphos]

repherdic - a medical treatment for sore muscles where hot taffy is applied to the effected region

stickplating

[Swatopluk]

stickplating - tiling with selfadhesive tiles

rhonafelt

[Opsa]

rhonafelt- a flocked material so overused in mid-1960's America that it's mention has been banned in the fashion world.

sporgled

[Swatopluk]

sporgled - overfed with root vegetables

sloonhet