My first thought was on the aquatic side: small eels.

Electrifying!

For the bookies out there, see this additional oddity: Conger. Quite a different definition, eh?

And let us not forget the crossword puzzle standard, alee.

Its opposite is aweather.

Two questions:

1) whence cometh that British "u"?
2) is there any real difference between mold and mould, or is it just the British "u"?

Slava thought,
As perhaps he ought,
That the few
Would write their own Clerihew.



Moo. Milk it for all it's worth.

There is something quite dulcet about "lilt".

I agree wholeheartedly. Isn't it interesting, too, that dulcet tones and lilting tones aren't quite the same?

I do need to use the dictionary more often, even for words I know. I don't always know them as they should be known. I've always thought a salient point was a "good point" in a discussion or debate. I was wrong: 1562, "leaping," a heraldic term, from L. salientem (nom. saliens ),...

Yep, this is a fighting word. Thankfully one we don't have to fight over. It's used in several other posts, but has never been tackled on its own. Will it be someday? I guess we'll find out if we stick around long enough.

You hit the nail on he head, and did it with a poem from this thread's theme. Congrats. And remember I was criticized highly for digging up dead posts to get the site moving. Actually, that was not what you were criticized for: ...a stream of self-indulgent incoherency that serves only to dilute re...

The scrivener Slava,
Filled with palava',
Who posts to the Agora board,
Hopes you aren't too bored.

Oui, oui, monsieur.

Just call me Paderewski.

An excellent word for the close of summer. Now that the students, especially those of college age, are back in the classroom, they'll have brought back many loverly viruses and odd sicknesses to share with their teachers and fellow students. Hack, hack.

Not sure if she's still out there and with us, but let's hope Ms. McCune roots out more interesting words.

You learn something new every day, at least you should.

I have always pronounced this one as tro-pee. Come to find out it's all of one syllable.

Montazh also has a Russian usage. Along the lines of both the definitions, it means putting parts together according to a plan. As in a pre-fab house, or bookcase. A Tab A into Slot B kind of thing.