Yes and no. Hard liquor comes to mind first. But if the etymology come from the excessive quantity of drink, any alchoholic beverage fits the bill.

I thought the leeches were the administrators of the insurance companies the docs have to work with.

quarters "military dwelling place," 1590s, from quarter (n.) in sense of "portion of a town." The military sense is in quartermaster (mid-15c.) and might be behind the phrase give (no) quarter (1610s), on the notion of "to provide a prisoner with shelter." The verb qua...

I foresee that words and concepts that deal with the future will always be relevant.

Don't leave home without your nitens.

Considering the date of the original post, you were a tad late in responding, weren't you lad?

An odd word, since the shoulders are surely above the humerus.

I grew up in Michigan (but haven't lived there since 1976). I say lee-vur. But I also say lev-er-uge. I don't know if this is just me, or typical for Michiganders.

...grant our prayer, for which we yearnal.

Here is a very funny quote about commas.

The older I grow, the less important the comma becomes. Let the reader catch his own breath.
-Elizabeth Clarkson Zwart

Laureate is a word that can also stand independently, as far as i know.

I would have said the same, but you beat me to it.

"We're just a bunch of old sough-ties", he wispered.

One could be scalded by a scathing scolding...

I find nothing pragmatic about meddlesome people, but that's just me.