Word of the Day

[PKMKII]

nostoc
-noun
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.

[Ravi Oli]

Vladi nostoc [sp]

a vampiric species of blue-green algae known for impaling it's victims

[Ravi Oli]

Vladinostoc

Ancestral home of the Nosferatu Blue-green Algae

[DavidH]

nostic
-n.

A nasal twitch

[PKMKII]

slake
-verb
1. to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying.
2. to cool or refresh: He slaked his lips with ice.
3. to make less active, vigorous, intense, etc.: His calm manner slaked their enthusiasm.
4. to cause disintegration of (lime) by treatment with water. Compare slaked lime.
5. Obsolete. to make loose or less tense; slacken.

[Roy Hunter]

slake
-noun
A sinland sbody of swater.

[ET, the Extra Terrestrial]

Bruit
-noun
A brand of Scottish after-shave.

agnostoc
-noun
one who is uncertain about whether freshwater blue-green algae might simply be jelly.

sleak
-verb
a gradual diminishing of satisfaction with one's previously-allayed thirst, desire, wrath, etc.

[Ravi Oli]

agnostoc
-noun
a freshwater blue-green algae that believes it evolved from protoplasmic jelly but won't discount it was set in a mould by it's Creator.

ftfy

Bruit... I think Roy's wearing it.

[PKMKII]

flense
-verb
1. to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
2. to strip off (blubber or skin).

[Ravi Oli]

flense
-verb
1. to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
2. to strip off (blubber or skin).

3. the state of the anal sphincter when one is unsure of the viscosity of what waits to pass.

[ET, the Extra Terrestrial]

flense
-verb
1. to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
2. to strip off (blubber or skin).

I actually have a flensing knife. It's a nasty bit of work, a two-handed hooked blade on a three-foot handle, with the sharp edge on the inside of the hook and extending a good foot or more up along the handle. Similar to this, only the sharp edge is on the inside. It seems there are quite a few different types.

[PKMKII]

cacodemon
-noun
an evil spirit; devil; demon.

[DavidH]

cocoademon
-n.

a small gremlin which flenses cocoa beans with a loud bruit.

[ET, the Extra Terrestrial]

cacademon
-noun
Before medical science fully understood the digestive process, people needed a way to explain where poop came from.

[PKMKII]

lenticular
-adjective
1. of or pertaining to a lens.
2. biconvex; convexo-convex.
3. resembling the seed of a lentil in form; lentil-shaped.