Sorry to reply to my own post, but I need to make a correction. My grandpa was career Army (WWII and Korea), by the time he went back to Korea the Air Force already existed. My dad says he thinks the pilots were Army though???
Antidisestablishmentarianism
Notwithstanding
Ramekin
subterranean
That is one cool word.
As is …
Defibrillation.
Nice addition !
This afternoon … while interminably chopping vegetables … you’ll never guess what I started uttering to myself – sotto voce.
Jambalaya
Dieffenbachia
It’s far from mellifluous, but just strikes me as cool.
Tsk! Tsk!
Exsanguination
(bowing)
~VOW
Transmogrification.
kheer
Plop or plopped
Marshmallow
Resonance
fusillade
fuselage
phalanx
skulduggery
donnybrook
Screever
I’ll let Dick Van Dyke explain what it means:
j
PS: the word has two meanings that I know of - pavement artist as in the above; but also (historically, in criminal and near-criminal circles in England) someone who could write - as in (eg), prepare the notices displayed by beggars to elicit sympathy from the passing public.
Ucalegon
Which also has the one of the very best meanings, right up there with defenestrate: neighbor whose house is on fire.
Bougainvillea
Hyacinth
canicular