– Unique Words –
There are certain Unique Words that give joy and confidence that come with being able to use unique words to express your thoughts and opinions. Proper communication and articulation require that you make use of the best expressions. Thus, unique words are useful when you wish to accurately state a point or opinion.
There are a lot of catchy and lovely, unique words. Have you ever heard someone say something, and I leave you in total awe? I leave you wondering where those unique words came from and what they mean. This is what you can achieve by knowing the exact unique word to use at a particular time.
Speaking and writing are arts. Just like in most endeavors, you can develop your writing and speaking skills by using perfect, unique words. If you are hoping to do better with your vocabulary, you have the perfect tool here. Below are some unique words that will boost your expressions.
Cool Unique Words from Letter A to E and their Meanings
Let us look at nice unique words that begin with the letters A to E
1. Aa – a kind of volcanic lava that forms jagged masses with a light frothy texture; in an unrelated sense (‘a stream’) aa is the first entry in the oxford english dictionary
2. Abaya – a full-length, sleeveless outer garment worn by arabs
3. Abomasum – the fourth stomach of a ruminant, such as a cow or sheep
4. Absquatulate – to leave somewhere abruptly
5. Adscititious – additional
6. Afreet – a powerful jinn or demon in arabian and muslim mythology
7. Agastopia – If you are familiar with ancient greek roots, this word should not present any problem … it expresses fascination or love (we could even speak of fetishism without mincing words, much less in an article like this) for a particular part of the human body. It first appeared in the book depraved english…
8. Albertopolis – a group of museums and other cultural institutions in south kensington in london, named after prince albert
9. Alcazar – a spanish palace or fortress
10. Alliteration – Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
11. Ambiguous – Having more than one possible meaning
12. Amphibology – a phrase or sentence that is grammatically ambiguous, such asshe sees more of her children than her husband
13. Amphisbaena – a mythical serpent with a head at each end
14. Anfractuous – winding or circuitous
15. Anguilliform – resembling an eel
16. Apoptosis – the death of cells which occurs as a normal part of an organism’s growth or development
17. Apple-knocker – us informal an ignorant or unsophisticated person
18. Argle-bargle – copious but meaningless talk or writing
19. Argus-eyed – vigilant, referring to argos, a greek mythological watchman with a hundred eyes
20. Argute – shrewd
21. Ariel – a gazelle found in the middle east and north Africa
22. Aristotle – Rhyming slang a bottle
23. Aspergillum – an implement used for sprinkling holy water in religious ceremonies
24. Astrobleme – an eroded remnant of a large, ancient crater made by the impact of a meteorite or comet
25. Attic salt – refined, incisive wit
26. Aurora – The dawn in the early morning. Example: the aurora over the skyline was too beautiful not to photograph.
27. Autotomy – the casting off of a limb or other part of the body by an animal under threat, such as a lizard
28. Badmash – indian a hooligan
29. Baloney – Do you know what this word means? Hint: it has nothing to do with balloons. According to merriam-webster, it was first used almost 100 years ago. Baloney (noun) simply means nonsense and is often used when you disagree with someone.
30. Bamboozle – According to merriam-webster, this word was first used around 300 years ago. That’ s really old! Any idea what it means? Hint: it has nothing to do with bamboo. To bamboozle (verb) someone means to trick or confuse them.
31. Bandoline – a sticky preparation used for setting hair
32. Bardolatry – humorous excessive admiration of shakespeare (‘the bard of avon’)
33. Barmecide – illusory or imaginary and therefore disappointing
34. Barn burner – A very exciting or dramatic event, especially a sports contest; first used of an exceptionally good hand at bridge.
35. Bashment – a large party or dance
36. Bawbee – a coin of low value
37. Benevolent – Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
38. Benthos – the flora and fauna on the bottom of a sea or lake
39. Bergschrund – a type of crevasse
40. Bezoar – a small hard, solid mass which may form in the stomachs of animals such as goats or sheep
41. Bibliopole – a person who buys and sells books, especially rare ones
42. Bichon Frise – a breed of a toy dog with a fine, curly white coat
43. Bilboes – an iron bar with sliding shackles used to fasten prisoners’ ankles
44. Bindlestiff – A tramp
45. Bingle – Informal a collision
46. Blatherskite – a person who talks at great length without making much sense
47. Bleeding edge – the very forefront of technological development
48. Blind pig – n. Amer. Informal a place where alcoholic drinks are sold illegally
49. Bobsy-die – a great deal of fuss or trouble
50. Boffola – Informal a joke that gets a loud or hearty laugh
51. Boilover – Informal a surprise result in a sporting event
52. Borborygmus – a rumbling or gurgling noise in the intestines
53. Breatharian – a person who believes that it is possible, through meditation, to reach a level of consciousness where one can exist on air alone
54. Brobdingnagian – gigantic, from brobdingnag, a country in jonathan swift’sgulliver’s travels
55. Brouhaha – Now here’s an old-fashioned, informal word, according to the cambridge dictionary, with a funny pronunciation too. Are you laughing now? I bet you are. Ha-ha! Brouhaha (noun) simply means an uproar (upset) or a lot of anger and complaining.
56. Bruxism – involuntary and habitual grinding of the teeth
57. Bumbo – a drink of rum, sugar, water, and nutmeg
58. Burnsides – a moustache in combination with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin
59. Bypass – Avoid something
60. Cacoethes – an urge to do something inadvisable
61. Callipygian – having shapely buttocks
62. Callithumpian – like a discordant band or a noisy parade
63. Camisado – a military attack carried out at night
64. Canorous – melodious or resonant
65. Cantillate – to chant or intone a passage of religious text
66. Capricious – Determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
67. Carphology – convulsive or involuntary movements made by delirious patients, such as plucking at the bedclothes
68. Catoptromancy – foretelling the future by means of a mirror
69. Cereology – the study or investigation of crop circles
70. Cerulean – deep sky blue
71. Chad – a piece of waste paper produced by punching a hole
72. Chalkdown – informal a teachers’ strike
73. Chanticleer – a rooster in a fairy tale
74. Chiliad – a thousand things or a thousand years
75. Chump change – a small or insignificant sum of money
76. Claggy – Dialect sticky or able to form sticky lumps
77. Clepsydra – an early clock using the flow of water into or out of a container
78. Clinomania – Excessive desire to stay in bed. Example: i definitely have clinomania; i love sleeping, making mornings a struggle for me.
79. Colporteur – a person who peddles books, newspapers, or other writings, especially bibles and religious tracts
80. Comess – a confused or noisy situation
81. Commensalism – an association between two organisms in which one benefits from the relationship and the other derives neither harm nor benefit
82. Comminatory – threatening, punitive, or vengeful
83. Concinnity – elegance or neatness of literary or artistic style
84. Congius – an ancient roman liquid measure equal in modern terms to about 6 imperial pints
85. Conniption – a fit of rage or hysterics
86. Constellate – to gather together in a cluster or group
87. Coprolalia – the involuntary repetitive use of obscene language
88. Coriaceous – like leather
89. Couthy – (of a person) warm and friendly; (of a place) cosy and comfortable
90. Criticaster – a minor or incompetent critic
91. Crore – indian ten million
92. Crottle – a lichen used in scotland to make a brownish dye for wool
93. Croze – a groove at the end of a cask or barrel in which the head is fixed
94. Cryptozoology – the search for and study of animals whose existence is unproven, such as the loch ness monster and the yeti
95. Cudbear – a purple or violet powder used for dyeing, made from lichen
96. Cupreous – of or like copper
97. Cyanic – blue; azure
98. Cybersquatting – the practice of registering well-known names as internet domain names, in the hope of reselling them at a profit
99. Cynical – Believing the worst of human nature and motives
100. Dariole – a small round metal mould used in french cooking for an individual sweet or savoury dish
101. Deasil – clockwise or in the direction of the sun’s course
102. Decubitus – medicine the posture of someone who is lying down or lying in bed
103. Deedy – industrious or effective
104. Defervescence – medicine the lessening of a fever
105. Deglutition – the action or process of swallowing
106. Degust – to taste food or drink carefully, so as to fully appreciate it
107. Deipnosophist – a person skilled in the art of dining and dinner-table conversation
108. Deracinate – to tear something up by the roots
109. Deterge – to cleanse something thoroughly
110. Didi – an older sister or female cousin
111. Digerati – people with expertise or professional involvement in information technology
112. Dight – clothed or equipped; also, to make something ready for use
113. Discobolus – a discus thrower in ancient greece
114. Disembogue – to emerge or pour out (used of a river or stream)
115. Disenthral – to set someone free from enslavement
116. Disposition – Your usual mood
117. Divagate – to stray or digress
118. Divaricate – to stretch or spread apart
119. Donkey – engine a small auxiliary engine on a ship
120. Donkeyman – a man working in a ship’s engine room
121. Doryphore – a pedantic and annoyingly persistent critic of others
122. Dotish – stupid or silly
123. Douceur – a financial inducement or bribe
124. Dowdy – This word looks simple but it’s unique in that it’s a pretty old word that’s not used often these days. Dowdy (adjective) is used to describe something that’s old and shabby, not modern or stylish.
125. Draff – dregs or refuse
126. Dragoman – an interpreter or professional guide for travellers, especially one in countries in which arabic, turkish, or persian is spoken
127. Dubious – Fraught with uncertainty or doubt
128. Dumbsize – to reduce the staff numbers of a company to such low levels that work can no longer be carried out effectively
129. Dwaal – a dreamy, dazed, or absent-minded state
130. Dyllic – Like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque. Example: the blossom growing in the courtyard created such an idyllic setting.
131. Ecdysiast – a striptease performer
132. Edacious – having to do with eating or fond of eating
133. Effable – able to be described in words. Its opposite, ineffable, is more widely used.
134. Emacity – fondness for buying things
135. Emmetropia – the normal condition of the eye: perfect vision
136. Empasm – a perfumed powder sprinkled on the body to prevent sweating or for medicinal purposes
137. Empathy – Understanding and entering into another’s feelings
138. Ensorcell – to enchant or fascinate someone. “Unique Words”
139. Entomophagy – the eating of insects, especially by people
140. Erf – a plot of land
141. Ergometer – an apparatus which measures energy expended during physical exercise
142. Erubescent – reddening or blushing
143. Esoteric – Understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
144. E-tailer – a retailer who sells goods on the internet
145. Etui – a small ornamental case for holding needles, cosmetics, and other articles
146. Eucatastrophe – a happy ending to a story
147. Euphoria – A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness. Example: the euphoria of passing my final exam is a feeling i will never forget.
148. Eurhythmic – in harmonious proportion
149. Eviternity – eternal existence or everlasting duration
150. Exequies – funeral rites
151. Exsanguine – bloodless or anaemic
152. Extramundane – outside or beyond the physical world
153. Eye candy – visual images that are superficially attractive and entertaining but intellectually undemanding
154. Eyewater – tears
Cool Unique Words from Letter F to J and their Meanings
Here we bring you very unique words from the letters F to J
1. Famulus – an assistant or attendant, especially one working for a magician or scholar
2. Fankle – to tangle or entangle something
3. Fervent – Characterized by intense emotion
4. Fipple – the mouthpiece of a recorder or similar wind instrument
5. Flatline – to die
6. Flews – the thick pendulous lips of a bloodhound or similar dog
7. Flimflam – Now here’s a cute and funny word that’s been around since the 16th century, according to merriam-webster. Can you guess its meaning? Flimflam (noun) refers to a trick or a ploy to deceive someone.
8. Floccinaucinihilipilification – the action or habit of estimating something as worthless (a word generally only quoted as a curiosity)
9. Flocculent – having or resembling tufts of wool
10. Flummox – When you read this word, does it jump out and make you a little confused? If so, you were right to be confused and puzzled! That’s exactly what flummox (verb) means.
11. Force-ripe – old or mature in certain respects without having developed fully in others
12. Forehanded – chiefly n. Amer. Prudent or thrifty.
13. Fortitude – Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity
14. Frondeur – a political rebel
15. Fugacious – transient or fleeting
16. Funambulist – a tightrope walker
17. Furuncle – a boil
18. Fuscous – dark and sombre in colour
19. Futhark – the scandinavian runic alphabet
20. Futz – to waste time or busy oneself aimlessly
21. Gaberlunzie – archaic a beggar
22. Gaita – a kind of bagpipe played in northern spain and portugal
23. Galligaskins – a type of loose breeches worn in the 16th and 17th centuries
24. Gallivant – Wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
25. Gallus – bold or daring
26. Gasconade – extravagant boasting
27. Glabrous – (of skin) hairless or (of a leaf) having no down
28. Glaikit – stupid, foolish, or thoughtless
29. Gnathic – having to do with the jaws
30. Gobbledygook – The word was invented by maury maverick, a united states politician and was first used in 1944 when he gave a speech to qualify a text riddled with official jargon and particularly complicated sentence structures.
31. Gobemouche – a gullible or credulous listener
32. Goodfella – a gangster, especially a member of a mafia family
33. Guddle – to fish with one’s hands by groping under the stones or banks of a stream
34. Guise – An artful or simulated semblance
35. Habile – deft or skilful
36. Halfpace – It is a landing, certainly, but not just any landing. It refers to that small landing at the top of a flight of stairs where you have to turn and take another flight of stairs whether going up or down.
37. Hallux – anatomy the big toe
38. Haruspex – a religious official in ancient rome who inspected the entrails of sacrificial animals in order to foretell the future
39. Higgler – a person who travels from place to place selling small items
40. Hinky – us informal dishonest, suspect, or unreliable
41. Hoddy-noddy – a foolish person
42. Hodiernal – of today
43. Hoggin – a mixture of sand and gravel, used especially in road-building
44. Hongi – a traditional maori greeting or salutation made by pressing or touching noses
45. Howdy – This word rhymes with the previous word but means something completely different. Howdy is a casual greeting that is not commonly used, but can add some flavor to your english.
46. Howff – a favourite meeting place or haunt, especially a pub
47. Humdudgeon – an imaginary illness
48. Hunt-and-peck – using only one or two fingers on a computer keyboard
49. Hwyl – a stirring feeling of emotional motivation and energy which is associated with the welsh people
50. Hyperbole – Extravagant exaggeration
51. Hypnosis – A state that resembles sleep induced by suggestion
52. Illywhacker – Informal a small-time confidence trickster. “Unique Words”
53. Impignorate – Why make life difficult when it could be easy? One could say “to hypothecate” or “to mortgage”, but not “to impignorate”. This word certainly has all the charm of another era that truly makes you want to pawn something…
54. Incrassate – thickened in form or consistency
55. Incunabula – books printed before 1501
56. Ingurgitate – to swallow something greedily
57. Inspissate – to thicken or congeal
58. Integrity – An undivided or unbroken completeness with nothing wanting
59. Inunct – to apply ointment to someone or something
60. Irony – Incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
61. Jejune – Lacking interest or significance or impact
62. Jentacular – If when you are getting out of bed in the morning, you are offered a “jentacular” cup of tea, don’t be offended: it means just about anything (in this case, tea) related to breakfast.
63. Jumbuck – Informal a sheep
64. Jumentous – resembling horse’s urine
65. Jungli – uncultured or wild
66. Jurisdiction – The territory within which power can be exercised
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Cool Unique Words from Letter K to N and their Meanings
From letter K to N there are also some sweet and unique words.
1. kakorrhaphiophobic – If you suffer from this, then you would very much rather not have this word appear in a spelling bee, since it describes the fear of failure .
2. Karateka – a person who performs karate. “Unique Words”
3. Karma – Effects of one’s actions that determine his or her destiny
4. Keek – to peep surreptitiously
5. Ken – Range of what one can know or understand
6. Kenspeckle – conspicuous or easily recognizable
7. Kinnikinnick – a substance consisting of dried sumac leaves and willow or dogwood bark, smoked by north american indians
8. Kylie – A boomerang
9. Labarum – a banner or flag bearing symbolic motifs
10. Lablab – a tropical Asian plant of the pea family
11. Lactarium – a dairy
12. Lethargic – Deficient in alertness or activity
13. Liripipe – the long dangling tail of a medieval academic hood
14. Loblolly – a north american pine tree with very long slender needles
15. Lobola – among southern african peoples, the money or cattle given by a bridegroom’s family to the bride’s family
16. Logomachy – an argument about words
17. Lollygag – to spend time in an aimless or lazy way
18. Lucid – Transparently clear; easily understandable
19. Luculent – (of speech or writing) clearly expressed
20. Lycanthropy – the supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf
21. Macushla – an affectionate form of address
22. Mallam – a learned man or scribe in nigeria and other parts of africa
23. Mamaguy – to try to deceive someone by flattering them or telling them lies
24. Martlet – heraldry a small, swallow-like bird with tufts of feathers in place of legs and feet
25. Mazel tov – a Jewish expression used to congratulate someone or wish them good luck
26. Meacock – a coward or effeminate person
27. Melancholy – A constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed. “Unique Words”
28. Merkin – an artificial covering of hair for the pubic area
29. Merrythought – a bird’s wishbone
30. Mim – modest or demure in an affected or priggish way
31. Mimsy – rather feeble and prim or over-restrained (coined by lewis carroll in through the looking glass)
32. Minacious – menacing or threatening
33. Minibeast – Informal a small invertebrate animal such as an insect or spider
34. Misanthrope – Someone who dislikes people in general
35. Misogamy – the hatred of marriage
36. Mistigris – a joker or other extra card played as a wild card in some versions of poker
37. Mixologist – a person who is skilled at mixing cocktails and other drinks
38. Mollitious – luxurious or sensuous
39. Momism – excessive attachment to or domination by one’s mother
40. Monkey’s wedding – simultaneous rain and sunshine
41. Monorchid – having only one testicle
42. Moonraker – a native of the county of Wiltshire
43. Mouse potato – a person who spends large amounts of their leisure or working time on a computer
44. Mudlark – a person who scavenges in riverside mud at low tide for anything of value
45. Muesli – Notice the unusual spelling and pronunciation of this word, which came into use some 80 years ago, according to Merriam-webster. Muesli (noun) is a cereal consisting of rolled oats, fruits and nuts. It’s popular breakfast food in Switzerland.
46. Muktuk – the skin and blubber of a whale, eaten by the Inuit people
47. Mumpsimus – a traditional custom or notion that is adhered to although it has been shown to be unreasonable
48. Myopic – You may find this word unique because of its unusual spelling. Myopic (adjective) is the scientific word for nearsightedness, an eye condition in which you’re unable to see objects or images that are far away from you.
49. Nacarat – a bright orange-red colour
50. Nagware – computer software which is free for a trial period and thereafter frequently reminds the user to pay for it
51. Nainsook – a fine, soft cotton fabric, originally made in the indian subcontinent
52. Narrative – An account that tells the particulars of an act or event
53. Natation – swimming
54. Nesh – Dialect weak, delicate, or feeble
55. Netizen – a habitual or keen user of the internet. “Unique Words”
56. Nincompoop – Here’s a word that not only looks funny but sounds funny too when you say it out loud. Try it! What even funnier is that nincompoop (noun) means a silly person and is sometimes used jokingly to refer to someone who is not very smart.
57. Noctambulist – a sleepwalker
58. Nostalgic – Unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things
59. Noxious – Words with the letter “x” are also quite interesting. Note the pronunciation of this word, as it’s not usually how you would pronounce the letter “x.” Noxious (adjective) often refers to something that’s dangerous, destructive to living things.
60. Noyade – an execution carried out by drowning
61. Nudiustertian – You may have a friend of armenian origin with that name, but this isn’t about him or her: nudiustertian simply refers to two days ago (the day before yesterday, in fact). Unfortunately, this expression has fallen into disuse, although it is far more melodious than the day before yesterday.
62. Nugacity – triviality or frivolity
63. Nympholepsy – passion or rapture aroused in men by beautiful young girls
Cool Unique Words from Letter O to S and their Meanings
There are also unique words from the letter O to S
1. Obnubilate – to darken, dim, or obscure something
2. Ogdoad – a group or set of eight
3. Omophagy – the eating of raw food, especially meat
4. Omphalos – the centre or hub of something
5. Onolatry – the worship of donkeys or asses
6. O-o – and endangered hawaiian bird, a species of honeyeater
7. Operose – involving or displaying a lot of effort
8. Opsimath – a person who begins to learn or study late in life
9. Optimistically With- optimism; in an optimistic manner
10. Orectic – having to do with desire or appetite
11. Orrery – a clockwork model of the solar system, or the sun, earth, and moon
12. Ortanique – a cross between an orange and a tangerine
13. Otalgia – earache
14. Oxter – a person’s armpit
15. Oxymoron – Conjoined contradictory terms
16. Paludal – living or occurring in a marshy habitat
17. Pantagruelian – enormous
18. Panurgic – able or ready to do anything
19. Paradigm – A standard or typical example
20. Parapente – an aerofoil parachute, used for gliding. “Unique Words”
21. Paraph – a flourish after a signature
22. Patulous – (of the boughs of a tree, for example) spreading
23. Pavonine – to do with or resembling a peacock
24. Pedicular – to do with lice
25. Peely-wally – looking pale and unwell
26. Peever – hopscotch
27. Periapt – an item worn as a charm or amulet
28. Petcock – a small valve in a steam engine or boiler, used for drainage or for reducing pressure
29. Peterman – a person who breaks open and robs safes
30. Petrichor – The pleasant, earthy smell after rain. For example: although I love the pleasant, dewy petrichor of the post-rain afternoon, I still hope the weather stays sunny.
31. Pettitoes – pig trotters, especially as food
32. Phlegm – This word is unusual in that its spelling doesn’t reflect how it’s pronounced. Phlegm (noun) is the viscous (thick) fluid that blocks your nose and throat when you have the flu.
33. Phyllo – Now, this is a pretty unique word not only because of the way it’s spelled but also because of how it’s pronounced. Phyllo (noun) is a very thin dough that pastry chefs layer together to form a flaky pastry.
34. Piacular – making or requiring atonement
35. Pilgarlic – a bald-headed man, or a person regarded with mild contempt
36. Pinguid – resembling fat; oily or greasy
37. Pique – Call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
38. Piscatorial – connected with fishermen or fishing
39. Pleurodynia – severe pain in the muscles between the ribs or in the diaphragm
40. Plew – a beaver skin
41. pluviophile – A lover of rain; someone who finds joy and peace of mind during rainy days. Example: my sister is a real pluviophile; she really enjoys the weather in the rainy season.
42. Pneumatic – Does this word look unusual to you? I believe it’s because of its spelling. It’s not common for the letter “p” to be followed by “n.”Pneumatic (adjective) is used to describe something that’s filled with air or gas or that uses air pressure.
43. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis – and invented term said to mean ‘a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust, but rarely used except for its curiosity value
44. Pogey – canadian informal unemployment or welfare benefit
45. Pollex – anatomy the thumb
46. Pooter – a suction bottle for collecting insects and other small invertebrates
47. Portolan – a book containing sailing directions with hand-drawn charts and descriptions of harbours and coasts
48. Posology – the branch of medicine concerned with the size and frequency of doses of a medicine or a drug
49. Possident – a possessor, i.e. A person who owns something.
50. Pother – a commotion or fuss
51. Pre-loved – second-hand
52. Presenteeism – the compulsion to spend longer at work than is required or to continue working despite illness
53. Previse – to foresee or predict an event
54. Probang – a strip of flexible material with a sponge or tuft at the end, used to remove a foreign body from the throat or to apply medication to it
55. Prosopagnosia – an inability to recognize the faces of familiar people, typically as a result of brain damage
56. Puddle – jumper is a small, light aircraft that is fast and highly maneuverable and used for short trips
57. Puddysticks – children’s word very easy
58. Pyknic – a technical description of a stocky physique with a rounded body and head, thickset trunk, and a tendency to fat
59. Pyroclastic – relating to fragments of rock erupted by a volcano
60. Quell – Suppress or crush completely
61. Quire – You must have surely, at one time or another, wanted to order 24 or 25 sheets of paper in english without having to say “i would like 24 or 25 sheets of paper, please”. Right? Problem solved: ask for a quire.
62. Quixotic – Not sensible about practical matters
63. Ragtop – a convertible car with a soft roof
64. Rambunctious – Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline. “Unique Words”
65. Ratite – (of a bird such as the ostrich or emu) unable to fly because of having a flat breastbone, to which no flight muscles are attached
66. Rawky – foggy, damp, and cold
67. Razzia – a raid carried out by moors in north africa
68. Rebirthing – a form of therapy involving controlled breathing and intended to simulate the trauma of being born
69. Resurrection man – a person who, in past times, illicitly exhumed corpses from burial grounds and sold them to anatomists for dissection
70. Retiform – resembling a net
71. Rhetorical – Relating to using language effectively
72. Rhinoplasty – plastic surgery performed on the nose
73. Rubiginous – rust-coloured
74. Rubricate – to add elaborate capital letters (typically red ones) or other decorations to a manuscript
75. Rude boy – a lawless or rebellious unemployed urban youth who likes ska or reggae music
76. Rug rat – A child
77. Rumpot – A habitual or heavy drinker
78. Sangoma – a traditional healer or witch doctor in southern africa
79. Saquinavir – A weak protease inhibitor used in treating HIV
80. Sarmie – informal a sandwich
81. Saucier – a sauce chef
82. Saudade – a feeling of longing or melancholy that is supposedly characteristic of the portuguese or brazilian temperament
83. Scofflaw – a person who flouts the law
84. Screenager – a person in their teens or twenties who has an aptitude for using computers and the internet
85. Scrippage – one’s baggage and belongings
86. Scrumptious – This word is virtually an onomatopoeia and designates an especially delicious morsel or dish.
87. Selkie – a mythical sea creature like a seal in water but human on land
88. sequoia – (a 7 letter word that has the letter q and all 5 vowels) a redwood tree, especially the california redwood. Example: i love visiting forests where you can see a sequoia.
89. Serac – a pinnacle or ridge of ice on the surface of a glacier
90. Serendipity – The chance occurrence of events in a beneficial way. Example: we all have experienced the serendipity of important information arriving just when we were least expecting it.
91. Serene – Not agitated
92. Sesquipedalian – (of a word) having many syllables or (of a piece of writing) using many long words
93. Shallop – a light sailing boat used chiefly for coastal fishing
94. Shamal – a hot, dry north-westerly wind that blows across the Persian gulf in summer and causes sandstorms
95. Shavetail – us military slang for a newly commissioned officer, or any inexperienced person
96. Shippon – Dialect cattle shed
97. Shofar – a ram’s-horn trumpet used in jewish religious ceremonies and, in ancient times, to sound a battle signal
98. Skanky – Informal revolting
99. Skelf – a splinter or sliver of wood. “Unique Words”
100. Skimmington – a kind of procession once undertaken to make an example of a nagging wife or an unfaithful husband
101. Skycap – a porter at an airport
102. Snakebitten – Informal unlucky or doomed to misfortune
103. Snollygoster – a shrewd or unprincipled person
104. Sockdolager – is informal a heavy blow
105. Solander – a protective box made in the form of a book, for holding items such as botanical specimens, maps, and colour plates
106. solitude – A state of seclusion or isolation. Example: we enjoyed the beauty and solitude of the quiet beach more than ever.
107. Soucouyant – a kind of witch, in eastern caribbean folklore, who is believed to shed her skin by night and suck the blood of her victims
108. Soul case – the human body
109. Soul catcher – a hollowed bone tube used by a north American Indian medicine man to keep a sick person’s soul safe while they are sick
110. Spaghettification – the process by which (in some theories) gravitational forces would stretch an object and ripped apart on falling into a black hole
111. Spitchcock – an eel, split and then grilled or fried
112. Splanchnic – having to do with the viscera or internal organs, especially those of the abdomen
113. Spurrier – a person who makes spurs
114. Stercoraceous – consisting of or resembling dung or feces
115. Sternutator – something that causes sneezing
116. Stiction – the frictional force which hinders an object from being moved while in contact with another
117. Strappado – a punishment or torture in which the victim was hoisted in the air on a rope and then allowed to fall almost to the ground before being stopped with an abrupt jerk
118. Strigil – an instrument with a curved blade used by ancient Greeks and Romans to scrape sweat and dirt from the skin in a hot-air bath or after exercise
119. Struthious – having to do with or resembling an ostrich
120. Studmuffin – Humorous a sexually attractive, muscular man
121. Stylite – an early Christian ascetic who lived standing on top of a pillar
122. Subfusc – the dark formal clothing worn for examinations and ceremonial or formal occasions at some universities.
123. Submontane – passing under or through mountains, or situated on the lower slopes of a mountain range
124. Succuss – to shake something vigorously, especially a homeopathic remedy
125. Sudd – an area of floating vegetation that impedes navigation in a stretch of the white nile
126. Suedehead – a youth like a skinhead but with slightly longer hair and smarter clothes
127. Sun-grazing – (of a comet) having an orbit which passes close to the sun
128. Superbious – proud and overbearing
129. Superette – A small supermarket
130. supine – lying face upwards example: she was lying supine on the beach chair looking at the sky.
Cool Unique Words from Letter T to Z and their Meanings
These unique words from letter T to Z will make you re-evaluate your vocabulary.
1. Tangible – Perceptible by the senses, especially the sense of touch
2. Taniwha – a mythical monster which, according to maori legend, lives in very deep water
3. Tappen – the plug by which the rectum of a bear is closed during hibernation
4. Tellurian – of or inhabiting the earth, or an inhabitant of the earth
5. Tenacious – Stubbornly unyielding
6. Testudo – a device used in siege warfare in ancient rome, consisting of a wheeled screen with an arched roof (literally a ‘tortoise’)
7. Thalassic – relating to the sea
8. Thaumatrope – a scientific toy devised in the 19th century. It consisted of a disc with a different picture on each of its two sides: when the disc was rotated rapidly about a diameter, these pictures appeared to combine into one image.
9. Thirstland – a desert or large arid area
10. Thrutch – a narrow gorge or ravine
11. Thurifer – a person carrying a censer, or thurible, of burning incense during religious ceremonies
12. Thwart – According to thefreedictionary, this word dates back to the 13th century. Indeed, its spelling is similar to how some old english words are spelled, and it’s unique because it’s still being used quite often today. To thwart (verb) means to ruin (spoil) someones efforts or to prevent a plan from becoming successful.
13. Tiffin – chiefly indian a light meal, especially lunch. “Unique Words”
14. Tigon – the hybrid offspring of a male tiger and a lioness (the offspring of a male lion and a tigress being a liger)
15. Tittynope – Let us be precise: the scattering of crumbs left on one side of the plate, the dozen or so grains of rice sitting at the bottom of the bowl, the few drops remaining in the glass, are not mere leftovers and dregs. They are tittynopes.
16. Tokoloshe – in african folklore, a mischievous and lascivious hairy water sprite
17. Toplofty – haughty and arrogant
18. Transpicuous – transparent
19. Triskaidekaphobia – extreme superstition about the number thirteen
20. Triskelion – a celtic symbol consisting of three radiating legs or curved lines, such as the emblem of the isle of man
21. Tsantsa – a human head shrunk as a war trophy by the jivaro people of ecuador
22. Turbary – the legal right to cut turf or peat for fuel on common ground or on another person’s ground
23. Ulotrichous – It’s always the same: men and women (particularly women) who are ulotrichous don’t want to be like this while those (women) who are not, would like to be. Of course! Ulotrichous refers to people with curly hair.
24. Ulu – a short-handled knife with a broad crescent-shaped blade, used by Inuit women.
25. Umbriferous – shady
26. Uncanny – Surpassing the ordinary or normal
27. Uncinate – (of a part of the body) having a hooked shape
28. Uniped – a person or animal with only one foot or leg
29. Unique – The single one of its kind
30. Uroboros – a circular symbol depicting a snake (or a dragon) swallowing its tail, intended as an emblem of wholeness or infinity
31. Ustad – an expert or highly skilled person, especially a musician
32. Vagarious – erratic and unpredictable in behaviour or direction
33. Vague – Lacking clarity or distinctness
34. Velleity – a wish or inclination which is not strong enough to lead one to take action
35. Verjuice – a sour juice obtained from crab apples or unripe grapes
36. Vermillion – Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
37. Vicinal – neighbouring or adjacent
38. Vidiot – Informal a habitual, undiscriminating watcher of television or videotapes
39. Vomitous – Nauseating or repulsive
40. Wabbit – exhausted or slightly unwell
41. Waitron – A waiter or waitress
42. Wakeboarding – the sport of riding on a short, wide board while being towed behind a motorboat
43. Wanton – A lewd or immoral person
44. Wayzgoose – an annual summer party and outing that used to be held by a printing house for all its employees
45. Winebibber – a heavy drinker
46. Winklepicker – If someday you ever manage to prepare mollusc skewers using pointy shoes, this will illustrate perfectly the sense of a winklepicker. Not clear about this yet? Winklepickers are shoes with such a sharp point that they evoke the utensils used to prise winkles from their shells.
47. Wishbook – Informal a mail-order catalogue
48. Wittol – a man who knows of and tolerates his wife’s infidelity
49. Wonky – Turned or twisted toward one side
50. Woopie – an affluent retired person able to pursue an active lifestyle (from the initials of well-off older person)
51. Wowser – chiefly austral./nz a puritanical, prudish person or a killjoy
52. X-axis – The horizontal axis in a plane coordinate system
53. Xenology – the scientific study of extraterrestrial phenomena
54. Xenophobia – A fear of foreigners or strangers
55. Xertz – Who would have thought it? This is not the name of the villain in a bad science fiction movie, but the act of gulping something down in haste.
56. Yarborough – Another particularly useful term for daily life, particularly if you play bridge, in which case you may already be familiar with it. At all events, you probably know that unpleasant feeling of having a hand where no card is higher than .
57. Yawner – A person who yawns
58. Yearn – desire strongly or persistently
59. Ylem – (in big bang theory) the primordial matter of the universe
60. Zeal – Words that begin with the letter “z” are always interesting. This one is also unique because, as merriam-webster tells us, it comes from latin and greek and was first used in the 14th century. Zeal (noun) refers to a strong interest or eagerness in pursuing something.
61. Zealot – A fervent and even militant proponent of something
62. Zenith – The highest point of something
63. Zetetic – proceeding by inquiry or investigation
64. Zoolatry – the worship of animals
65. Zopissa – a medicinal preparation made from wax and pitch scraped from the sides of ships
66. Zorro – kind of fox
67. Zyrian – a former term for komi, a language spoken in an area of Russia west of the Urals; at present the last entry in the oxford english dictionary
I have to tell you that putting this article together was really fun for me. I could both entertain and educate myself. I literally gasp at seeing some of these unique words. Many unique words are totally strange to me. I hope you had fun too.
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