UNUSUAL WORDS AND PHRASES XXIX

Words with no repeated letters:

AMBIDEXTROUSLY 

UNCOPYWRIGHTABLE

Five vowels in reverse order:

UNCOMPLIMENTARY

SUBCONTINENTAL

Words that have two of every letter (Isograms):

TEAMMATE

CAUCASUS

REAPPEAR

INTESTINES

APPEASES

SIGNINGS

ARRAIGNING

HORSESHOER

HAPPENCHANCE

 

One who loves the rain

PLUVOPHILE

 

Get the better of someone by cheating or deception/scam

HORNSWOGGLE

 

Saying romantic things/courting

PITCHING WOO

Shoe with a very sharp and long pointed toe

WINKLEPICKER

Purported capability of a magician to work magic or other paranormal events or a saint to perform miracles - sometimes called Wonderworking.

THAUMATURGY

The empty space on a newspaper page or poster with no print or pictures. The area of thinking for new ideas and strategies - as in how to make a business grow

WHITE SPACE

With no basis in fact or reality - totally made up and untrue

CUT FROM WHOLE CLOTH 

Herd of saddle-broken horses from which ranch hands select their mounts

REMUDA

Hypochondriac/Overly concerned about one's health

VALETUDINARIAN

Excessive use of words/Talkativeness

LOGORRHEA

Contemptible, cowardly person

CAITIFF

Speak disrespectfully, insult someone, "dis"

THROW SHADE

COVID 19 Vaccination

FAUCI  OUCHIE

 

Of the branch of zoology that studies fishes

ICHTHYOLOGICAL  (ik thee e LA ji kel) [e is schwa]

(of an inhabitant of a place) indigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists

AUTOCHTHONOUS  (o tak THenes)  [e is schwa]

Incessantly reading bad news online

DOOM SCROLLING

Longest word without A, E, I, O, or U:

RHYTHMS