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Words to select from at random to kickstart creative writing, unblank blank pieces of paper and unblank blank minds. A pearl accretes around a worthless particle which irritates its creative processes. Look on these kickstart words as a set of just such itchy antagonists.

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word words word list wordlist -- hypostastis [substance,reality] oxymel [mixture of vinegar & honey] inenarrable [incapable of being narrated/told] aidos [shame, modesty] mangy eremite [recluse who lives apart, esp from relig. motive] brokery [the business of a broker (buys & sells for others) inequitable mangrove goo ailment hermit vinegar "My befarted body" | dressed in purple velvet adorned with golden pom-poms | a dragon bell | "To go in drad [dread] of dragons" | dragoness [a she dragon] | dragonet [a little dragon] | dragonish | dragonlike | dragonism [unremitting watchfulness] | dragonn‚ [‚ = 130] like a dragon in the hinder parts (heraldry). codpiece | bestunk | bemerded | ash-grey bewildered word words word list wordlist schemer exotic qua [in the capacity of] dusk delicacy mean yabber [vi, to talk, jabber] a woman with xanthic eyes word words word list wordlist "Greetings" Lord Sod word words word list wordlist a man with an over-mobile mouth word words word list wordlist [adj,ofayellowtint,esp.asdescriptionof flowers] zakuska [hors,d'oeuvre; snack; pl zakuski] goad wad seventeen embraced misted contort waif [piecepropertyfoundownerless,egstayanimal,shorejetsam] vacuity tacit [silent, unspoken] lamp [ nn, an eye; vi, to shine; vt, illumine,supplywilamps] yacht [n, light fast- sailing vessel] zarf [ornamental holder for hot coffee-cup] radiate xebec [n,small three-masted vessel] boiled seduced anabasis: military advance up-country paltry dismissive plotting wuther [vi,moveswiftly/withforce;n,blow/blast or sound ofsch] waddle wain [wagon; chariot; vt, to carry] zeal flow yacht-built [built on model of a yacht] aberrant tack [nn, the sound of a sharp tap] vagary xyxter [bone-scraping instrument] plumage shabble [nn, old rusty sword] decanter base blur colossal zenith mind-set consolidate yackety-yak [n,vi, persistenttalk/talkp.ly (idly,stupidly)] tactic [tactical, skilful, adroit, relating to tactics] waist [the middle {of thedayornight}] wade [nn, a ford] xystus [tree- planted walk; open colonnade] boulder raffle [nn, rubbish; jumble; tangle; riff-raff; rabble] caprice sgraffito [nn,decorativeworkcolouredbystrippingouter;potsso] vision zest [orange/lemon peel or oilsqueezedfrom it as flavouring] quag [boggy place, esp. one quaking underfoot] detestable yaff [vi, bark like snarling dog; scold,nag] trampled fountaining lifted taigle [vt,entangle,hinder;vi,linger;loiter;trudge] wait [vi,keepwatch,beonguard;lieinambush;remainready] fey [eccentric, slightly mad, supernatural] dim waffle zetetic [adj, proceeding by inquiry; n, a search,invest.] shamble scamp drive plume yale [horse with tusks,horns & an elephant's tail (heraldry)] loathsome potched rakehell [utterly debauched person] compatibility taint wake [vi, hold a late revel; vt,keep vigil over] ziffius [(Spens.), n, a sea-monster, perh. a swordfish] narrowed tipple shambles [fleshmarket,slaughterhouse,placeofslaughter] wag authority yammer [vi, lament,wail; whine; makeoutrcy;expressyearning] devious proper vim [slang,n,energy,vigour] unbroken looming quagmire ziggurat tale [nn, number; reckoning] wallop [vi,gallop;movequickbutclumsy,noisily&witheffort] symbolize shauchle [vi,shuffle;nn,shuffling gait] brethren amplified yank [vi, pull/jerk vigorously; n,blow,buffet; strong jerk] obstruction brandish debauched vincible [adj,that may be overcome] zigzag prank dulled talion [nn, like for like; retaliation] wamble [vi, quake; twistorwriggle; moveunsteadily] equate spill plummet [weight on plumb/sounding/fishing line; vt fathom] shaven [pap of shave vt/vi] jerk magnificent motivation zilch [slang, nothing] wage [vt,pledge,offerasapledge;wager;paywagesto;bribe] vindicate [tojustify;clearfromcriticism;defendwithsuccess] abruptly colossal metaphoric word words word list wordlist more smart than wise grotesquerie dining upon eviscerated dogs, upon eggs cut from human ovaries glittery madcap jazz sapient literary quotations blather pudgy in thrall to outsurviving pet grotesques scoff unrepentent scofflaw the ogre ate them gobble-yum-quick bled profusely albino frogs fortuitious sweetly sleepy intertextuality skate semen stale publicist less finicky limning almond macaroons [type biscuit] FLEA MARKET: red fleas, green fleas, coffee fleas (the use of which was as indicated by their name) spews out his crotchets a gruesome mask puke dreck fright artistry tastelessness groggily a wry had found one of his phobic pressure points a nerd intellectual formulations to razzle and dazzle logico-temporal structure visceral preternatural fear stinking of sour earth financial exigencies really keen screechy rants breezy scary sappily right here and now lapidary delights cymbals a bottomless pit of shit furiously, monomaniacally synthetic goo all his meaner emotions a trivial genius invincibly complacent prefab masturbatory escapsim senile desires smarmy who stood foursquare against the smoke of their forges marred grotesquely distended gone awry rhetorical jests straddled time and space no cinch feral then nixed him out [killed him] considerable begatting had swelled their numbers eschews sacks of powdered bones landscape ... purple toiler paper ... eating ... discarding ... drinking ... his abattoir ethics conglomeration mewling grey faced half-homicidal technological savvy suffering from a touch of the existentials Alas! where dragons androgynous a dervish whirl junking faeries botch


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