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Rectalian [n. & adj.] contemptible behavior or person.
Rectangulate [v.] force into a shape with four sides at right angles.
Retrofugal [adj.] tending to flee into the past.
Robotomy [n.] excision of automated machinery.
Romanium [n.] a mineral discovered below the Vatican catacombs.
Salubrium [n.] panacea sold in the U.S.; formerly Herpetoleum.
Scruffian [n.] an unkempt and unclean hooligan.
Sequestrian [adj.] of or related to concealing objects or people.
Simulchasm [n.] multiple cases of the earth opening at the same time.
Sinequanonically [adv.] in the manner of that which is essential.
Snirk [v. & n.] simultaneously sneer and smirk.
Skintegrity [n.] keeping one’s epidermis free of tattoos and piercings.
Snivulet [n.] a thin stream of mucus running down the upper lip.
Sporadica [n.] inflammation of the sporadic nerve.
Stochastomancy [n.] divination by probabilistic guesswork.
Sunkist [n.] an adherent of Sunkism, the belief that we are sunk.
Syruptitiously [adv.] in a manner intended to siphon off more sweets than
are deserved.
Tabulaborate [v.] draw excessively attenuated conclusions from data.
Taffelteufel [n.] brand name of a German-made portable demon.
Technicholer [n.] chromatic rage caused by electronic devices.
Tempifuge [n.] device slowing time by high-speed spinning.
Teratophant [n.] a revealer of monstrosities.
Terranormal [adj.] of the ecology presumed to exist pre-humanity.