Courtesy of a bizarre words link at Merriam-Webster's site:
whiffle - to flourish a sword in sword dancing so as to produce a whistling sound
spanghew - to throw violently into the air; especially, to throw (a frog) into the air from the end of a stick
poltophagy - thorough chewing of food until it becomes like porridge
lipogram - a writing composed of words not having a certain letter
gyascutus - an imaginary large four-legged beast with legs on one side longer than on the other for walking on hillsides
hapax legomenon - a word or form occurring only once in a document or collection of writings
mytacism - excessive or wrong use of the sound of the letter m
axinomancy - divination by means of the movements of an ax placed on a post
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