Today's words

WOTD has gotten into one of its dry spells, not (directly) serving me up very many new words. Fortunately I'm finding some in other places. Today's was the first Dictionary Devil puzzle to expand my vocabulary.

bijouterie \bi-ˈzhü-tə-(ˌ)rē\ - a collection of trinkets or ornaments

I was familiar enough with bijou to match this definition to its word with no problem.

anhinga \an-ˈhiŋ-gə\ -  any of a genus (Anhinga) of fish-eating birds related to the cormorants but distinguished by a longer neck and sharply pointed rather than hooked bill; especially :  one (A. anhinga) occurring from the southern United States to Argentina

This one was completely new, but I didn't have to resort to the process of elimination to place its definition. It just seemed right. 

While the words of the day have not themselves included very many new ones for me, write-ups like today's have included some interesting etymology's, as well as links to new related words, such as:

tottery \ˈtä-tə-rē\ - of an infirm or precarious nature

Sadly and currently relevant, my son-in-law's mother's had long been in tottery health, so her family has declined an autopsy the specific cause of her death in the nursing home is not so important to know.