What words do you like?

[firefox335]

defenestrate

That's one of my wife's favorite words.

 

[honuhart]

perpendicular....

 

[caffeinated]

predispose
jocular
scrum
tussle

 

[son et lumiere]

Hourglass
Clock
Watch
Time

 

[FreakyStylie]

But wait . . .

 

[sea]

My current favorite is veridical. I'm partial to adjectives.

<------ English teacher

 

[firefox335]

clockwork (although I like the word, apparently it makes my reply too short.)

 

[caffeinated]

sea's post, above, put me in a "v" frame of mind...

vast
variegated
vernal
voluptuous

 

[sea]

sea's post, above, put me in a "v" frame of mind...

vast
variegated
vernal
voluptuous

I am partial to words starting with V and L or that contain both letters. I like all the words you listed.

I am also drawn to words describing color such as:
vermillion
saffron
violaceous
cerulean

I always thought one of the best jobs in the world would be the person who got paid to name lipstick colors and such!

 

[Mac]

Obscenity. Evisceration. Incubation. Dissidence. Disobediance. Nihilism.

 

[caffeinated]

cherubic
crass
terse
potentater and minutater (The largest and smallest french fries in the bag, respectively. Credit Rich Hall's sniglets for these gems.)

 

[theopold]

zeitgeist
palindrome
crepuscular
atavistic
peripatetic
re-g*d*mn-diculous
sine qua non
a priori

And, although "favorite" certainly isn't the right term for it, there is another disturbingly fascinating word I shall quite likely never forget - as in, try as I might I simply cannot get my little brain around exactly why the creation of the word was even necessary. In deference to gentler souls than I, however, I shall herein leave that word unspoken...

 

[firefox335]

zeitgeist
palindrome
crepuscular
atavistic
peripatetic
re-g*d*mn-diculous
sine qua non
a priori

And, although "favorite" certainly isn't the right term for it, there is another disturbingly fascinating word I shall quite likely never forget - as in, try as I might I simply cannot get my little brain around exactly why the creation of the word was even necessary. In deference to gentler souls than I, however, I shall herein leave that word unspoken...

Now you've made us curious.

 

[xg4bx]

Kitten
Boob meat
Book
23 skidoo

 

[caffeinated]

contrite
rambunctious
vacuous
euphemism

 

[Mac]

a priori

Someone on this board ruined any cool factor that word might have had IMO.

 

[CES]

exacerbate

 

[caffeinated]

prowess
cower
dementia
derision

 

[Cat_in_the_Playground]

finagle
perturbed
douchebaggery (collective term for activities that would warrant calling someone a .......... See also asshattery.)
morose

love, Love, LOVE it! You must be a Denis Leary fan. Did you see his recent special on Comedy Central? Hilarious (another fun word)

But one of my faves is phenomenal

 

[firefox335]

Quasar
Parsec
Nebula