Swivet

It's the first starring role for the young actress. As the crowd pours in, filling the theater, she paces about backstage in a swivet.

Pharonic

When I become the consultant who helps billionaires spend their money on really cool stuff, I'm going to recommend a pharonic aquarium spanning the entire mansion length, winding under the floor and along the ceiling.

Wrest

It was a sudden and tragic occurrence, and it is so tempting to examine and wrest some type of meaning from it.

Marmoreal

In dreams she saw it. A game played on an endless marmoreal surface.

Primeveral

Every year, when the seasons have shifted and the cold has left us, we conduct the primeveral ritual of seedy rastering.

Furl

Blue skies, steady breezes, and clear sailing met us every day for the past week. As the boat neared the land, Harris carefully furled the sail, and we switched to manual thrust.

It would only be a few hours before the world changed. I said my prayers.

Truant

The past few days have seen no posts on this blog - I am a truant, confessing my failure.

Shilly-shally

Hurry up! We don't have any time for to shilly-shally! You need to remember which path takes us out of this volcano, pronto!

Linchpin

Davis had to be very careful in describing the next segment. This would be the linchpin of the entire argument. If he failed, Sean John would be cast out of society.

Tertiary

Sean John made care not to respond impulsively to threats from the local Ka'Wa'Aila - the youngest of the islands. He knew to plod carefully in any political dealings with the rulers of the Pacific nation. They were all one big family, related in some primary or secondary degree, or a tertiary familial connection at the most.

Sean John thought it best to let his sharks reply.

Rialto

The aisle extended over the hill, flanked on each side by stalls, customers r about the narrow aisle like mildly excited electrons. Oysters steamed in a pot made of bone. Skewered fish rotated over coals. Hand woven baskets displayed proudly the traditional colors of K'Fufu.

A disguised Sean John slunk through the rialto, keeping his eye out for anything unusual.

Panoptic

It's easy to get stuck in the present tense - to focus on the immediate and the now. It's tough to take a metaphorical step back and look at things from the full perspective - fly 20,000 feet in the air and get a panoptic view of your life.

Mazuma

Darin spat in front of the man. "Look, guy, I ain't gonna go anywhere NEAR that place unless you feed me the cheddar"
"Cheddar?"
"cheddar, old man! The cheese! The moolah! The mazuma! The money! Give me that cold hard cash and we'll be gravy, baby. "
" Gravy? "

Leeward

The whole ship was sinking because they didn't believe the captain. The mutinous crew trusted Sally. The captain said to travel leeward. She chose to go windward. The ravenous crew, led by the impudent Sally, hastened in their direction. And now they are all doomed.