sough \SAU; SUHF\ (verb) - To make a soft, low sighing or rustling sound, as the wind.

(noun) - A soft, low rustling or sighing sound.

"This voice she hears in the fields, in the sough of the wind among the trees, when ...Read More

avuncular \uh-VUHNG-kyuh-luhr\ (adjective) - 1 : Of or pertaining to an uncle. 2 : Resembling an uncle, especially in kindness or indulgence.

"Both uncle Frank and uncle Stephen Austen had made it a point of principle to ...Read More

requisite \REK-wuh-zit\ (adjective) - Required by the nature of things or by circumstances; indispensable.

(noun) - That which is required or necessary; something indispensable.

"Those with the requisite talents made ...Read More

habitue \huh-BICH-oo-ay; huh-bich-oo-AY\ (noun) - One who habitually frequents a place.

"In the public house kept by Jesper Darkes, 'zealous partizans in the cause of Liberty,' as one habitue called them, met day and ...Read More

concatenation \kon-kat-uh-NAY-shuhn; kuhn-\ (noun) - A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.

"The process of fossilization and discovery...Read More

agog \uh-GOG\ (adjective) - Full of excitement or interest; in eager desire; eager, keen.

"He was now so interested, quite so privately agog, about it, that he had already an eye to the fun it would be to open up to her ...Read More