Sunday, January 8, 2017

Testudinal


testudinal
Audio Pronunciation


\te-STOOD-n-l, -STYOOD-\
adjective
1. pertaining to or resembling a tortoise or tortoise shell.

Friday, January 6, 2017

Lodestone



lodestone
Audio Pronunciation

\LOHD-stohn\ noun
1. something that attracts strongly.
2. a variety of magnetite that possesses magnetic polarity and attracts iron.

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Eristic

eristic

Audio Pronunciation


\e-RIS-tik\
adjective
1. Also, eristical. pertaining to controversy or disputation; controversial.

noun
1. a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
2. the art of disputation.

Monday, January 2, 2017