7/11/2023 0 Comments Obscure words pubisure![]() Divination and Fortune-Telling: Divination using different objects or elements '-mancy'.Dance Styles: Forms of classical, modern, traditional, and Latin dance.Contour Lines: Scientific terms describing contour lines using the prefix 'iso-'. ![]() Colour Terms: Words for obscure or unusual colours or colour combinations.Causation and Formation: Words for causation, formation, origination, production, or generation '-genesis', '-genous'.Carriages and Chariots: List of two-wheeled or four-wheeled animal-drawn vehicles.Bearing and Carrying: Adjectives indicating bearing or carrying '-gerous', '-ferous'.Adjectives of Relation: Adjectives of possession or relation, 'of or relating to' some noun.If you have ideas for new lists, or corrections to any of the lists below, please feel free to contact me I welcome submissions and comments. I also keep a running list of ideas for new glossaries that I might write in the future. Some of these lists are extremely complete, while others have just been collected haphazardly and I make no guarantee that they are systematic. Also, note that the definitions on these pages are derived from those in major dictionaries like the Oxford English Dictionary and the Chambers Dictionary, rather than directly from experts in the subjects, so corrections and additions are welcome. ![]() Note that I'm an expert on words, not any of the individual subjects below, so if you want to know more about some philosophical worldview or type of fabric, I'm not your guy. But what if you want to know a whole lot of words that relate to a single theme or that have the same ending? The pages below are topical word-lists or glossaries relating to individual subjects of interest. ![]() Everyone has access to a dictionary for finding single words, or a thesaurus for finding synonyms. ![]()
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