1. flytime (also fly-time and fly time) — season when flies are prevalent and pestering
During flytime, some ranchers even go so far as to put their cows out to pasture only after sunset, finding that cattle during the day merely tramp the grass and swat flies instead of feeding.
2. snook — protandric hermaphrodite fish of the Caribbean
We left Roger drowning his sorrows at the bar and took out the boat to fish for snook.
3. Jackson ball (also jackson-ball) — [obsolete] hard penny candy, bull’s eye
After working all day we had 14¢ between us, so we decided to spend it all on Jackson balls Monday as soon as the candy store opened.
4. rejectamenta — thrown-away things, trash, refuse
Among the other rejectamenta left behind to be hauled to the dump in that musty, collapsing garage were five boxes of various issues of First Comics, but all of the Grimjacks were ruined.
5. tizzwozz (also tizz-wozz, tiswas, tizwas) — [slang] nervous state of excitement
Janet had not been clubbing since Trainspotting came out, and she was all of a tizzwozz.
6. lobar — of or related to a lobe
From a very young age Derrick had been interested in the lobar development of women’s mammary glands.
7. douceur — bribe, financial sweetener
Though he claimed he was not influenced by this douceur in the eventual sale of the estate, the courts found him guilty of malfeasance and ordered the repayment of all of the ‘discounted’ funds.
8. holmgang — [Norse, Icelandic] duel, sometimes to the death
The fight between Gunlaug and Rafn was the last holmgang fought on the island of Öxárá.
9. niddering — cowardly, nefast
But it would have been a niddering deed to continue battle once his opponent’s sword shattered.
10. haplography — inadvertent omission of repeated letter or letter group in writing; omission of word or phrase when copying document consisting of similar phrases or words
Analysis of the Recognition Duet between Helena and Menelaus centers around the issue of haplography shown by comparing the extant manuscripts and papyrus fragments, but scholars are divided as to just which words were lost where.
Bonus Vocabulary
(fashion)
stadium boot — over-the-ankle fleece-lined boot for wear whilst sitting out in cold weather for a long time
I did managed to pull him out of the freezing pond water with a luckily handy branch, but my new stadium boots were ruined.