Strange but Useful Words

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This is a list of words that I find strange or unusual.   I hope you enjoy them as much as I have.  Each of these words is linked to a dictionary entry.  For the purposes of interest, I have used a wide variety of online dictionaries.  All links will open a new window for your convenience.

  1. pht
  2. tsktsk
  3. silva
  4. cheerio
  5. putz
  6. whomp
  7. WHOMP
  8. whammo
  9. galoots
  10. dingdong
  11. grutch
  12. crayola
  13. yanquis
  14. jejune
  15. jejunal
  16. thrummier
  17. zizit
  18. wazoo
  1. casque
  2. caique
  3. pixieish 
  4. mortise 
  5. yuk 
  6. lough 
  7. probit 
  8. exines
  9. tangoed
  10. infarction
  11. ouzo
  12. zonate
  13. queans
  14. corgi
  15. vill
  16. bize
  17. zoonal
  18. chorizos
  1. uvular
  2. leet
  3. zastruga
  4. chaplets
  5. azoic
  6. auxins 
  7. antinauxin
  8. oxlips
  9. pugliest*
  10. kinkajous
  11. fraxinella
  12. charqui
  13. antijam
  14. coloury *
  15. mezereum
  16. bollox (bollix)

*I deeply regret I was not able to locate an online (or any) definition for these words.