Orphic

{
"data": [
	  {
         "word": "Apodyopsis",
		 "meaning": "(n.) The act of mentally addressing someone"
      },
	  {
         "word": "Lacuna",
		 "meaning": "(n.) An empty space or a gap."
      },
	  {
         "word": "Lulliloo",
		 "meaning": "(v.t. and v.i.) to welcome with a joyful song; to sing a joyful welcome."
      },
{
         "word": "Anfractuous",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) full of windings and intricate turnings: tortuous."
      },
{
         "word": "Gormless",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) lacking intelligence: stupid."
      },
{
         "word": "Ort",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a morsel left at a meal: scrap."
      },
{
         "word": "Famulus",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a private secretary or attendant."
      },
{
         "word": "Oneiric",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) of or relating to dreams."
      },
{
         "word": "Fantod",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a state of irritability and tension."
      },
{
         "word": "Lambent",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) 1: playing lightly on or over a surface: flickering. 2: softly bright or radiant. 3: marked by lightness or brilliance."
      },
{
         "word": "Lagniappe",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase, broadly: something given or obtained gratuitously, or by way of good measure."
      },
{
         "word": "Ophidian",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) of, relating to, or resembling snakes."
      },
{
         "word": "Mansuetude",
		 "meaning": "(n.) the quality or state of being gentle: meekness, tameness."
      },
{
         "word": "Orthoepy",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1: the customary pronunciation of a language. 2: the study of the pronunciation of a language."
      },
{
         "word": "Panjandrum",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a person of importance."
      },
{
         "word": "Internecine",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) 1: mutually destructive. 2: involving conflict within a group."
      },
{
         "word": "Mammon",
		 "meaning": "(n.) money personified as a false god."
      },
{
         "word": "Ambsase",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1. double aces, the lowest throw at dice. 2. misfortune; bad luck. 3. the smallest amount or most worthless thing possible."
      },
{
         "word": "Banausic",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) relating to or concerned with earning a living -- used pejoratively.  also: utilitarian, practical."
      },
{
         "word": "Ineffable",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) 1: beyond expression; indescribable or unspeakable. 2: not to be uttered, taboo."
      },
{
         "word": "Fulguration",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1: the act of flashing like lightning, or flashing with light. 2: the destruction of tissue with electric current."
      },
{
         "word": "Ebullition",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1: the bubbling or effervescence of a liquid. 2: a sudden outpouring, as of emotion or violence."
      },
{
         "word": "Kith",
		 "meaning": "(n.) friends and neighbors."
      },
{
         "word": "Panoply",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1: the complete arms and armor of a warrior. 2: something that covers or protects. 3: a magnificent array."
      },
{
         "word": "Inveigh",
		 "meaning": "(v.) to protest vehemently; rail."
      },
{
         "word": "Glabella",
		 "meaning": "(n.) the smooth area between the eyebrows just above the nose."
      },
{
         "word": "Ambry",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1. a storeroom or cupboard; pantry; closet. 2. in churches, a niche near the altar for keeping sacred vessels and vestments."
      },
{
         "word": "Fugacious",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) 1. passing away quickly; evanescent. 2. (Botany) withering or dropping off early."
      },
{
         "word": "Bibelot",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a small decorative object or trinket."
      },
{
         "word": "Inanition",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1. exhaustion, as from lack of nourishment. 2. the condition or quality of being empty."
      },
{
         "word": "Laconic",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) sparing of words; terse."
      },
{
         "word": "Busker",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a person who entertains esp. by singing or reciting on the street, in pubs, or in subway passages."
      },
{
         "word": "Froward",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) stubbornly contrary and disobedient; obstinate."
      },
{
         "word": "Keld",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1. a well, fountain, spring 2. a deep, still, smooth part of a river."
      },
{
         "word": "Gloze",
		 "meaning": "(v.t.) to minimize or underplay; to gloss. Used with 'over'."
      },
{
         "word": "Unctuous",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) 1. greasy; oily. 2. marked by affected, exaggerted, or insincere ernestness or courtesy."
      },
{
         "word": "Perfervid",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) marked by overwrought or exaggerated emotion; excessively fervent."
      },
{
         "word": "Nimiety",
		 "meaning": "(n.) excess, redundancy."
      },
{
         "word": "Sialagogue",
		 "meaning": "(n.) an agent that promotes the flow of saliva."
      },
{
         "word": "Ideate",
		 "meaning": "(v.t.) to from an idea of; imagine; conceive. v.i. to conceive mental images."
      },
{
         "word": "Glogg",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a hot punch made of red wine, brandy and sherry, flavored with almonds, raisins and orange peel, originally made in Sweden for serving during the Christmas holiday season."
      },
{
         "word": "Suspiration",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a long deep breath; sigh."
      },
{
         "word": "Futilitarian",
		 "meaning": "(n.) one who believes that human striving is futile."
      },
{
         "word": "Ennead",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a group of nine."
      },
{
         "word": "Screed",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1: a) a lengthy discourse. b) an informal piece of writing."
      },
{
         "word": "Duende",
		 "meaning": "(n.) the power to attract through personal magnetism and charm."
      },
{
         "word": "Throwster",
		 "meaning": "(n.) one who throws (twists) textile fibers (particularly silk or rayon) into thread or yarn."
      },
{
         "word": "Wiredrawn",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) excessively minute and subtle."
      },
{
         "word": "Ugsome",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) frightful, loathsome."
      },
{
         "word": "Yare",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) 1. set for action; ready. 2a. characterized by speed and agility; nimble; lively. 2b. (of a ship) easily handled; maneuverable."
      },
{
         "word": "Thyestean",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) of or relating to the eating of human flesh; cannibal."
      },
{
         "word": "Imbroglio",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1: a confused mass. 2a: an intricate or complicated situation (as in a drama or novel). 2b: an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding. 2c: a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation; embroilment."
      },
{
         "word": "Stroppy",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) touchy, belligierent [by shortening and alteration of obstreperous]."
      },
{
         "word": "Lovat",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a predominantly dusty color mixture in fabrics."
      },
{
         "word": "Imago",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1: an insect in its final, adult, sexually mature, and typically winged state. 2: an idealized mental image of another person or the self."
      },
{
         "word": "Lavalier",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a pendant on a fine chain that is worn as a necklace."
      },
{
         "word": "Obtund",
		 "meaning": "(v.) to reduce the edge or violence of; dull."
      },
{
         "word": "Sesquipedalian",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) 1: having many syllables 2: given to or characterized by the use of long words."
      },
{
         "word": "Numen",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a spiritual force or influence often identified with a natural object, phenomenon or locality."
      },
{
         "word": "Orotund",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) 1: marked by fullness, strength and clarity or sound; sonorous. 2: pompous; bombastic."
      },
{
         "word": "Twee",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) affectedly or excessively dainty, delicate, cute or quaint."
      },
{
         "word": "Hubble-Bubble",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1: a flurry or sound of activity; commotion. 2: a water pipe."
      },
{
         "word": "Pusillanimous",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) lacking courage and resolution; marked by contemptible timidity; cowardly."
      },
{
         "word": "Pyknic",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) characterized by shortness of stature; broadness of girth, and powerful muscularity; endomorphic."
      },
{
         "word": "Alegar",
		 "meaning": "(n.) sour ale; the acid of ale; vinegar resulting from the fermentation of ale."
      },
{
         "word": "Partagium",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a fold of skin between the fore and hind limbs of flying squirrels, flying lizards, etc., enabling them to glide through the air."
      },
{
         "word": "Isobront",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a line on a map passing though those points on the surface of the earth at which the first peal of thunder of a thunderstorm is heard at the same time."
      },
{
         "word": "Gory Dew",
		 "meaning": "(n.) bloodlike, gelatinous patches found on damp stones, and consisting of palmella cruenta, a red alga."
      },
{
         "word": "Seneschal",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a powerful official in the household of a medieval noble: he was in charge of administering justice and managing the domestic affairs of the estate, and he represented his lord in court."
      },
{
         "word": "Macaronic",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) 1: involving or characterized by a mixture of languages, especially burlesque verse in which real or coined words from two or more languages are mixed or vernacular words of modern language/s are Latinized and mixed with Latin words and hybrid forms. 2: having the nature of a medley; mixed; jumbled."
      },
{
         "word": "Dorp",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a small village, a hamlet."
      },
{
         "word": "Dornick",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a stone of a size suitable for throwing."
      },
{
         "word": "Delenda",
		 "meaning": "(n pl.) things to be blotted out or erased."
      },
{
         "word": "Cosher",
		 "meaning": "(v.t.) to feed with delicacies; to treat kindly and fondly; to fondle; to pet."
      },
{
         "word": "Dook",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a piece of wood inserted in a brick or stone wall for holding nails."
      },
{
         "word": "Triturate",
		 "meaning": "(v.t.) to grind; to rub; to crush; specifically, to grind to a powder; to pulverize."
      },
{
         "word": "Irredenta",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) unredeemed: said of a region or regions populated chiefly by the natives of a specified country which formerly held it and seeks to recover it."
      },
{
         "word": "Achilous",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) in anatomy and botany, possessing no lips or only rudimentary ones."
      },
{
         "word": "Fizgig",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1: a fishgig. 2: a giddy, flirting girl. 3: a kind of firework, made of damp powder, which gives a hissing or fizzing noise when ignited."
      },
{
         "word": "Flagitious",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) shamefully wicked; villainous; atrocious; scandalous; heinous; iniquitous; execrable"
      },
{
         "word": "Narghile",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water before reaching the lips; a hookah."
      },
{
         "word": "Palliate",
		 "meaning": "(v.t.) 1: to make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate. 2: to make less severe or intense; mitigate. 3: to relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder."
      },
{
         "word": "Humbug",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1a: something made or done to cheat or deceive; fraud; sham; hoax. 1b: misleading, dishonest, or empty talk. 2: a dishonest person; a person who does not live up to his claims; an impostor. 3: a spirit of trickery, deception, etc."
      },
{
         "word": "Chirm",
		 "meaning": "(v.i.) to twitter. warble, or hum, as birds, insects, etc. n. a twittering, warbling, or humming sound."
      },
{
         "word": "Dulcorate",
		 "meaning": "(v.t.) to sweeten, to make less acrimonious. n. form: dulcoration."
      },
{
         "word": "Crankle",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a bend or turn, a crinkle. v.i. to bend, wind, or twist; to move in a zig zag course. v.t. to break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle."
      },
{
         "word": "Asperse",
		 "meaning": "(v.t.) to spread false rumors concerning, or damaging charges against; besmirch the reputation of; to slander or calumniate; traduce; malign; defame; slander; vilify."
      },
{
         "word": "Agnail",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1: a whitlow; an inflammation around a fingernail or toenail. 2: a hangnail; a piece of half-severed skin beside, or at the base of a nail."
      },
{
         "word": "Frittle",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a temporary mark on the skin caused by the impression of a textured surface. [prob. inspired by the similar close patterning on the flower or butterfly called Frittilary, for its checkered markings, from Latin fritillus"
      },
{
         "word": "Decrescent",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) 1: decreasing gradually. 2: waning, as the moon. n. form: decrescence."
      },
{
         "word": "Invidious",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) 1: calculated to create ill will; causing resentment or envy. 2: offensively or unfairly discriminating; injurious."
      },
{
         "word": "Planogram",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a diagram that shows how and where specific retail products should be placed on retail shelves or displays in order to increase customer purchases."
      },
{
         "word": "Looby",
		 "meaning": "(n.) an awkward person, especially one who is lazy or stupid; lout; lubber."
      },
{
         "word": "Xerosis",
		 "meaning": "(n.) an abnormal dryness of the skin, eyeballs, or mucous membranes."
      },
{
         "word": "Miscegenation",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1: the interbreeding of different races or of persons of different racial backgrounds. 2: cohabitation, sexual relations, or marriage involving persons of different races. 3: a mixture or hybridization."
      },
{
         "word": "Ditty Bag",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a small bag used esp. by sailors to hold sewing implements, toiletries, etc. see also ditty box: same thing, but a box."
      },
{
         "word": "Brickbat",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1: a piece of broken brick, esp. one used as a missile. 2: any rocklike missile. 3: an unkind or unfavorable remark; caustic criticism."
      },
{
         "word": "Dirl",
		 "meaning": "(v.t.) to vibrate or tingle  n. a vibration or tingling sensation."
      },
{
         "word": "Pridian",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) pertaining or belonging to the previous day."
      },
{
         "word": "Prolegomenon",
		 "meaning": "(n.) An introductory discourse, especially a formal essay introducing a work of considerable length or complexity. pl. prolegomena preliminary remarks or observations."
      },
{
         "word": "Pulvinar",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) of, relating to, or like a pillow or pad; resembling a cushion or pillow."
      },
{
         "word": "Exigent",
		 "meaning": "(adj.) 1: urgent; critical; pressing; requiring immediate aid or action. 2: requiring more than is reasonable, demanding; exacting."
      },
{
         "word": "Embrangle",
		 "meaning": "(v.t.) to mix up in confusion; to make complicated; to bewilder."
      },
{
         "word": "Psilanthropy",
		 "meaning": "(n.) the doctrine that Jesus was merely a human being."
      },
{
         "word": "Kakistocracy",
		 "meaning": "(n.) government by the worst people."
      },
{
         "word": "Zeugma",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1: the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words, usu. in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense, or makes sense with only one."
      },
{
         "word": "Pleonasm",
		 "meaning": "(n.) 1: redundance of words in speaking or writing; the use of more words than necessary in expressing ideas. 2: an instance of this. 3: the redundant word or expression."
      },
{
         "word": "Mimesis",
		 "meaning": "(n.) imitation; specifically a) in art and literature, imitation or representation, especially of speech or behavior etc. b) in biology, mimicry."
      },
{
         "word": "Misoneism",
		 "meaning": "(n.) hatred or fear of change or innovation."
      },
{
         "word": "Patzer",
		 "meaning": "(n.) an inept chess player. "
      },
{
         "word": "Chorine",
		 "meaning": "(n.) a chorus girl."
      }
   ]
}