littoral \LIH-tuh-rul\, adjective: 1. Of, relating to, or on a coastal or shore region, especially a seashore. 2. A coastal region, especially the zone between the limits of high and low tides. Professor Henslow tells me, he believes that nearly all the plants which I brought from these islands, are common littoral species in the […]

donnybrook \DON-ee-brook\, noun: 1. A brawl; a free-for-all. 2. A heated quarrel or dispute. But this was the beginning of Tommy’s years of fighting back, a period that ended in a donnybrook conducted all over the O’Connor house. — Tracy Kidder, Home Town Wine and talk flow freely, so much so that the meal ends […]

slugabed \SLUHG-uh-bed\, noun: One who stays in bed until a late hour; a sluggard. Nemecek’s business is not for slugabeds. He opens for business every weekday at 4 a.m. — Drew Fetherston, “He Can Really Make Pigs Fly”, Newsday, December 12, 1994 I found Oriana, as usual, up before me, for I always was a […]