billabong

billabong
An Australian word referring to an oxbow lake formed when a river cuts back on itself.

verdant

verdant
green; covered with plant-life; filled with flora.

googol

googol
The number 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

gesticulate

gesticulate
To talk or communicate while waving your hands or arms for added emphasis.

glebe

glebe
Another name for soil, emphasizing the richness and fertility of creation or nature. This term is now reserved for poetic expression and is not part of common speech.

cajolery

cajolery
subtle persuasion through flattery or rhetoric.
A specialty at this blog.

outlier

outlier
a person or thing that lies outside of a group, pattern or system