Can You Correctly Pronounce 26 Obscure Words?

[uh-koosh-muh nt] The confinement of childbirth; lying-in.

[bal-uh-streyd] A railing with supporting balusters.

[sahy-mo-truh-kuh s] Having wavy hair.

[dee-kuh-les-uh ns] Absorption of heat without a corresponding increase in temperature when a metal has been heated to a critical point.

[ahy-si-jee-sis] An interpretation, that expresses the interpreter's own ideas, bias, or the like, rather than the meaning of the text.

[foi-i-tn] A part of a European newspaper devoted to light literature, fiction, criticism, etc.

[go-bê-mush] A gullible person.

[he·re·si·arch] An originator or chief advocate of a heresy.

[ik'thē-ō-ă-kan'thō-tok'sizm] Poisoning from the stings or spines of venomous fishes.

[jak-yuh-lif-er-uh s] Having dart-like spines.

[kak·or·rhaph·io·pho·bia] Abnormal fear of failure.

[loo′kō·mel′ə·nəs] Having a light or fair complexion, with dark eyes and hair.

[mogi·graph·ia] Writer's cramp.

[nych·them·er·on] A full period of a night and a day.

[awblis·ko·lyke·nee] A lighthouse.

[pass·uh·lorr·in·kite]

[kuh-wah-lee] A form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia.

[ruˈ-pɪk-ə-laɪn] Living or growing on or among rocks.

[si'-mul-tān'-ag-no'-zhah] Inability to comprehend more than one element of a visual scene at the same time or to integrate the parts as a whole.

[the·o·lo·gou·me·non] A theological statement or concept in the area of individual opinion rather than of authoritative doctrine.

[Ul´- cus`- cle] A small ulcer.

[vi-jin-tee-quin-tupple] A combination of five of a kind.

[wil-li-waw] A sudden violent gust of cold land air common along mountainous coasts of high latitudes.

[xen·o·do·chei·on·ol·o·gy] The lore of hotels and inns.

[ih-trif-er-uh s] Yielding or containing yttrium.

[ˈzvɪ-ʃən-zuːɡ] (Chess) a tactical move interpolated into an exchange or series of exchanges to improve the outcome.