The bestselling word calendar celebrates the love of language every day perfect for word lovers readers writers crossword buffs & students. Here are hundreds of smart unexpected & useful words compiled by the editors at Merriam-Webster Americas most-respected dictionary. The spiritual (ahimsa") the political ("roorback") the 21st century ("vaporware") the comical ("higgledy-piggledy") the million-dollar ("pachydermatous") & more. Entries include definition pronunciation sample sentences word history & miscellany: Did you know "facetious" is one of the few English words that uses the vowels "a e i o u" in order?"