Word Search

Posted on May 10, 2003 in Words

I’ve set myself the task of writing down forty words each day on five index cards for the next ten to twenty days. My chief consideration is that the words sound good to me. I’m looking for colors, creatures, plants, verbs, minerals, everyday objects, adjectives, and more.

If you want to help, just jot off a list of words that you like the sound of and include them in the comments.

Here’s what I have so far:

walkingstick	felt	tarragon	evict	alluvial
horsetail	silicone	flim-flam	ceviché	puce
silica	jasper	rivulet	fiesta	goldenrod
pome	sapphire	onyx	mortgage	mustard
tangerine	aquamarine	freehold	grate	ringtail
cherimoya	amesthyst	rainbow	gouge	coyote
aplodontia	indoctrinate	cogitator	mortise	ocelot
simulate	feldspar	practical	solarize	cerulean
capture	manroot	omen	granite	cetecean
mandrake	wattle	iridescent	narwhale	mariposa
jay	cockscomb	monitor	genetian	aurora borealis
nuthatch	velvet	tremulous	dragon	sleuth
nutcracker	ameliorate	sour	cabron	limestone
wolverine	rake	encapsulate	prehistoric	granite
rebozo	circumference	conquest	cedar	siamang
serapé	egg	anthracite	brusque	tortilla
skata	tri-partite	duff	spurt	vulva
lampoon	oggle	velocity	grotesque	grandiloquent

Foreign words and phrases are acceptable — if you provide a translation.