1. agastopia

n. – admiration of a particular part of someone’s body
名词——指尤其迷恋某人身体的某一部分。

 

2. bibble

v. – to drink often; to eat and/or drink noisily
动词——经常喝酒；吃东西或喝东西时噪音很大。

 

3. cabotage

n. – coastal navigation; the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders
名词——沿海贸易权；（尤指给外国运输工具的）在某个国家边境航空运输范围内的沿海贸易权，沿海航行权

 

4. doodle sack

n. – old English word for bagpipe
名词——风笛的古英语写法。

 

5. erinaceous

adj. – of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehog
形容词——猬的，似猬的，多髦毛的

Although she won’t know what it means, never, ever tell your date Erin that she is “looking quite erinaceous this evening.”
尽管她不会知道是什么意思，但永永远远都不要告诉你的女朋友Erin“她今晚打扮的像个刺猬一样。”

 

6. firman

n. – in Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign
名词——在土耳其和一些其它东方国家，由最高统治者（君主）所发出的法令或命令。

 

7. gabelle

n. – a tax on salt
名词——盐税

 

8. halfpace

n. – a platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight
名词——站台或楼梯间内楼梯可以精准的转向相反方向更低一层楼梯。

 

9. impignorate

v. – to pawn or mortgage something
动词——典当、抵押某物。

 

10. jentacular

adj. – pertaining to breakfast
形容词——关于早餐的，附属于早餐的。

 

11. kakorrhaphiophobia

n. – fear of failure
名词——失败恐惧症。

This is the last word that someone with kakorrhaphiophobia would want to encounter in a spelling bee.
在拼字比赛中“失败恐惧症”是人们最不愿看到的单词。

 

12. lamprophony

n. – loudness and clarity of enunciation
名词——声音的响亮和清晰。

 

13. macrosmatic

adj. – having a good sense of smell
形容词——嗅觉发达的。

 

14. nudiustertian

n. – the day before yesterday
名词——前天。

 

15. oxter

n. – outdated word meaning “armpit”
名词——过时的词，指“腋下”。

 

16. pauciloquent

adj. – uttering few words; brief in speech
形容词——微言大义的、说的很少；简短的演讲。

 

17. quire

n. – two dozen sheets of paper
名词——两打纸张。

 

18. ratoon

n. – small shoot growing from the root of a plant
名词——（农作物，尤其指甘蔗的）截根苗。

 

19. salopettes

n. – high-waisted skiing pants with shoulder straps
名词——高腰带吊裤带的高腰裤。

 

20. tittynope

n. – a small quantity of something left over
名词——某物剩下的少量部分。

 

21. ulotrichous

adj. – having wooly or crispy hair
形容词——adj.鬈发人种的，鬈发的

 

22. valetudinarian

n. – a sickly or weak person, especially one who is constantly and morbidly concerned with his or her health
名词——体弱多病的人，为健康过份担忧的人。

 

23. winklepicker

n. – style of shoe or boot in the 1950s with a sharp and long pointed toe
名词——流行于19世纪50年代的尖头皮鞋或尖头皮靴。

 

24. xertz

v. – to gulp down quickly and greedily
动词——狼吞虎咽地吃。

 

25. yarborough

n. – hand of cards containing no card above a nine
名词——没有超过九点的一手牌。

 

26. zoanthropy

n. – delusion of a person who believes himself changed into an animal
名词——变兽妄想。