1. cynocephali
[noun] dog-headed
2. gibbous
[adjective] more than half full
3. coven
[noun]  a group or gathering of witches who meet regularly
4. horripilation
[noun] the erection of hairs on the skin due to cold, fear, or excitement
5. insomnolence
[noun] sleeplessness
6. gerontophile
[noun] one who loves old people
7. petrichor
[noun] the smell of earth after rain
8. fossorial
[adjective] burrowing or living underground
9. velocipedestrienne
[noun] a female cyclist
10. castrati
[noun] male singers castrated before puberty to prevent change in vocal range
11. ouroboros
[noun] circular symbol of a serpent that eats its own tail
12. griot
[noun] poet and keeper of oral histories
13. flâneur
[noun] idler, saunterer, loafer
14. mongoose
[noun] a kind of snake-eating weasel
15. cephalophore
[noun] head-carrier
16. defenestrate
[verb] to throw someone out a window
17. incubus
[noun] a demonic weight on sleeping women
18. sirenomelia
[noun] congenital fusion of the lower limbs
19. milt
[noun] fish semen
20. troglomaniac
[noun] lover of underground spaces and caves
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An ongoing series of daily drawings, based on my favorite words.

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