How Well Do You Know Your Endangered Words?

  1. Developed by: Dean Rumble

It seems that certain words are at risk of being lost to the English language - see if you are able to correctly define them. For accurate results please refrain from using a dictionary.

Question 1: AQUABIB
Someone who drinks water
A bib specifically designed to absorb water
A person who is afraid of being under water
A method of fishing involving your hands
The entrance to an aqueduct

Question 2: DODANTRAL
Something which is nine inches in length
A member of the swallow family, indigenous to Tasmania
A floral extension to a bride's veil
The screw used to tighten a person's retainer
A branch of dentistry involving the gums

Question 3: HIRCULATION
A symptom of rabies whereby the person coughs up blood
A disease of vines so that they grow no fruit
The process of the brain sending messages across the body
The act of breathing through one nostril
When a threat is made against a religion

Question 4: KEXY
Scottish slang for a prostitute
A small flightless bird in South America
The smallest bone in the ear
Describing something as dry and brittle
A town located in Arkansas

Question 5: LUTHEROLATRY
The worship of Martin Luther and his teachings
The study of the moon and its bearings
The largest canal in the lymphatic system
A mythical beast with the head of a crocodile and the body of a fish
The alignment of a planet's moons

Question 6: OPOROPOLIST
Someone who has marital claims to the throne
Someone who has had their liver removed
Someone who collects feathers
Someone in favour of euthanasia
Someone who sells fruit

Question 7: PUDIFY
To scare someone
A method of extracting glucose from yeast
To be at a loss for words
To have your fat burned off via exercise
The act of embarrassing someone

Question 8: RHODOLOGIST
Someone who studies bone marrow
Someone who studies rhinoceroses
Someone who studies roses
Someone who studies noses
Someone who studies soil

Question 9: SCELIDATE
A form of removing lime scale from metal
A disease where a reptile's skin starts to grow fungi
The goblet which holds the wine in church services
The clippers used to pluck a person's eyelashes
To describe something that has legs

Question 10: THYSIASTERY
The chamber connecting the stomach to the intestines
An altar where sacrifices are made
The name given to gardens which specifically grow herbs
The art of painting onto ivory
A vial in which cultists will store their blood

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