Macquarie Dictionary

#WordoftheDay affranchise: to free from a state of dependence, servitude, or obligation. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay costoclavicular: relating to both the ribs and the collarbone. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay powerhouse: a person, group, place, etc., exhibiting or being the focus of great energy, strength, talent or influence. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay encephalogram: an X-ray photograph of the ventricles and subarachnoid space of the brain. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay nunchaku: a Japanese martial arts weapon consisting of two hardwood sticks joined by a chain or thick cord. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay sphygmomanometer: an instrument for measuring the pressure of the blood in an artery. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay dekerugmatise: to attempt to express divine truths without such distortion as may have been introduced by the form of their proclamation, as in divine acts, miracles, etc. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay collunarium: a solution for application to the nose; nose drops. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay thallophyte: any member of the Thallophyta, a phylum of plants (including the algae, fungi, and lichens) in which the plant body of larger species is typically a thallus. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay radiogenic: resulting from radioactive decay. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay materfamilias: the mother of a family. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay saccharise: to convert into sugar; saccharify. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay lanyard: a short rope or cord for securing or holding something, especially a rope passed through deadeyes to secure and tighten rigging. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay orrery: an apparatus for representing the motions and phases of the planets, etc., in the solar system. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay caliph: the head of a Muslim state. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay turdine: belonging or relating to the thrushes, birds of the family Muscicapidae (formerly Turdidae). #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay groundling: a plant or animal that lives on or close to the ground. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay chamaedorea: a small palm, Chamaedorea elegans, with thin leaflets, greenish flowers and berries; parlour palm. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay consonance: accord or agreement. #MacquarieDictionary

#WordoftheDay cavatina: a simple song or melody, properly one without a second part and a repeat; an air. #MacquarieDictionary