Word List / Nature & Wildlife :.
1. allergize (ăl'ə'r-jīz)
- a. (v.) To cause your allergies to act up.
Example: The fresh grass clippings are allergizing my eyes.
2. arachnijig (ə-răk-nĭ'jĭg)
- a. (n.) The involuntary dancing motion one makes when one accidentally walks into a spider web, or is told there's a spider on them.
3. bambombatong (băm-bŏm-bə'tông)
- a. (n.) Some form of an ape.
4. bovacious (bō'vā'shĕs)
- a. (adj.) Of or pertaining to a cow; having cow-like characteristics.
Example: Yes, it's like your hair is kind of bovacious. - b. (adj.) Dull or boring; the life of a cow.
5. brog (brôg)
- a. (n.) Any dog whose general nutrition consists mostly of any kind of bread, usually excluding wheat bread.
6. bu-fly (bŭ-flī)
- a. (n.) A child's word for butterfly.
Example: "Bu-fly! wook at th pwetty bu-fly!"
7. butter flutter (bŭt'ər flŭt'ər)
- a. (n.) A child's term for a butterfly.
- b. (n.) a butterfly or other insect that has wandered into one's buttered sandwich.
8. catastrotree (kăt-ăs'trə-trē)
- a. (n.) When a cat or kitten knocks over or pulls down a Christmas tree.
Example: My cat, Jewel, caused a huge catastrotree.
9. catjam (kăt-jăm)
- a. (n.) A situation in which one or more pet cats are blocked from moving to another location because they don't want to pass too closely to another cat.
Example: A catjam occurred when Sylvester didn't have enough room to pass Tommy in the hallway.
10. crabbit (krăb'ĭt)
- a. (n.) A furry crustacean characterized by fluffy long ears and menacing-looking pincers.
11. croctopus (krŏk'tə-pəs)
- a. (n.) A fantasy creature which has the head and partial body of a crocodile connected to eight tentacles similar to those of an octopus.
- b. (n.) A Caribbean Reef Octopus.
12. dinophobia (dī'nə-fō'bē-ə)
- a. (n.) Extreme fear of dinosaurs.
13. disgreenimation (dĭs-grēn'ə-mā'shən)
- a. (n.) Requiring meticulous analysis to verify the environmental credentials of "green" products or services, while not applying the same or greater level of rigor in assessing the environmental impact of all other products or services.
- b. (n.) Expecting green technologies to compete on an uneven playing field.
Example: I sense a bit of disgreenimation in that infrastructure for electricity from conventional sources was funded by the state via the tax system, solar photovoltaic/hot water systems are installed at the expense of householders who choose to install them, only sometimes with partial subsidy. - c. (n.) Using economic or social arguments in isolation to justify a particular action which has a range of negative environmental consequences.
Example: Senator John Doe expressed extreme disgreenimation when he told voters that, "Building this gas-powered plastic refinery plant creates jobs and earns export revenue."
14. dogelation (dŏg'ē-lā'shən)
- a. (n.) The ridiculously enthusiastic joy with which one's canine friend greets oneself at the door, expressed by tail wagging, running in circles, spreading dog germs across one's face with its tongue, and the like.
15. dracosaurus (drā'kō-sôr'əs)
- a. (n.) A fictional, flightless dragon native to other universes.
- b. (n.) The dinosaur from which mythological dragons descended.
16. dremble (drĕm'bəl)
- a. (v.) The action of a spider when it slowly descends on its web, especially a spider of the daddy longlegs order.
17. eeb (ēb, ĕb)
- a. (interj.) The noise made by a retarded bee, based on the fact that bees with a full mental capacity give off a 'bee' sound.
Example: "Eeb?" "No, BEE!" "Eeb?!" - b. (interj.) The noise made by a bee flying backwards, possibly to get into a tight parking space.
18. firwood (fûr-wud)
- a. (n.) Firewood cut from a fir tree.
Example: I have a few fir trees we can cut up into firwood.
19. flatcat (flăt-kăt)
- a. (n.) A domesticated animal often seen in the middle of the road after many tires have driven over it. Generally, any miscellaneous or unknown type of road kill. Sometimes useful as a frisbee.
20. flutterby (flŭt'ər-bī)
- a. (n.) A butterfly.
- b. (n.) Children's word for a butterfly.
Example: "Ooh, look at the litt'l flutterby!"
21. frabbit (fră'bĭt)
- a. (n.) A cross between a frog and rabbit.
22. furbula (fûrb'yə-lä)
- a. (n.) The designated chewing area on a dog's back.
23. gordonk (gər-dŏngk)
- a. (n.) Also Gordonk; A creature with combined gorilla body and donkey head. Legend suggests the gordonk frequents a forest filled with used tires called Tire Forest, in Utah.
Example: The gordonk lives in Tire Forest, Utah.
24. Hannibull (hăn'ə-bul)
- a. (n.) Big, fat, mean, human-eating machine.
25. heredipet (hə-rĕd'ĭ-pĕt)
- a. (n.) An unwanted pet inherited from a deceased relative or acquaintance, with a real or imagined obligation to care for the animal.
