Forest Terms
(42)
arborvolate /ɑːˈbɔːvәˌleɪt/
verb (intransitive) (arborvolated, arborvolates, arborvolating, arborvolatel; agent noun arborvolator (plural arborvolators))
1. to fly through a forest.
noun (plural arborvolates)
2. an act of arborvolating.
- arborvolatory /ɑːˌbɔːvәˈleɪtәri/ adjective
- arborvolation /ɑːˌbɔːvәˈleɪʃәn/ noun (plural arborvolations)
[from Latin arbor ‘tree’ + Latin volare ‘to fly’ + -ate.]
boscultura /ˌbɒskʌlˈtʃuːrә/
mass noun (plural bosculturas)
extreme tiptoptopiary in which an entire forest of thousands of trees is sculpted into one cohesive shape.
Compare: bontosiary*
- boscultura*l /ˌbɒskʌlˈtʃuːrәl/ adjective
- bosculturate /bɒˈskʌltʃʊˌreɪt/ verb (transitive or intransitive) (bosculturated, bosculturates, bosculturating, bosculturatel; agent noun bosculturator (plural bosculturators))
- bosculturalist /bɒˈskʌltʃʊrәlәst/ noun (plural bosculturalists) a practitioner of boscultura.
[a blend of Spanish bosque ‘forest’ + Spanish escultura ‘sculpture’.]
breakforest 1 /ˈbreɪkˌfɒrәst/
noun (plural breakforests)
a firebreak.
breakforest 2 /ˈbrɛkˌfɒrәst/
noun (plural breakforests)
a morning picnic in the woods.
[a blend of breakfast + forest.]
cadendrophone /kӕˈdɛndrәˌfәʊn/
noun (plural cadendrophones)
the sound of a tree falling in a forest.
[a blend of Latin cadere ‘fall’ + Ancient Greek δένδρον déndron ‘tree’ + Greek φωνή foní ‘sound’.]
canopolis /kӕˈnɒpәˌlɪs/
noun (plural canopolises)
a city of tree houses at the top of a forest.
- canopolitan /ˌkӕnәˈpɒlɪtәn/ adjective
[a blend of canopy + Greek πόλη poli ‘city’.]
copsen /ˈkɒpsәn/
adjective
pertaining to woods. sylvan.
- copsenry /ˈkɒpsәnri/ noun
[from copse + -en.]
elkwit /ˈɛlkwɪt/
noun (plural elkwits)
a forest spirit. a dryad.
Synonym: woodsister, traleedy
- elkwitig /ˈelkwɪtɪɡ/ adjective
- elkwitigly adverb
[from elk + wit.]
extraforestial /ˌɛkstrәfɒˈrɛstɪәl/
adjective
1. outside of the forest.
noun (plural extraforestials)
2. an extraforestial being.
- extraforestiality /ˌɛkstrәfɒˌrɛstɪˈӕlәti/ noun
fernace /ˈfәːnәs/
noun (plural fernaces)
a forest fire.
[a blend of fern + furnace.]
forestival /fɒˈrɛstɪvәl/
noun (plural forestivals)
a special time when hundreds or thousands of trees congregate and celebrate treestyle.
Compare: brackenalia
- forestivalian /fɒˌrɛstɪˈveɪlɪәn/ adjective
[a blend of forest + festival.]
forestrial /fәˈrɛstrɪәl/
adjective
pertaining to forestry.
- forestrialism /fәˈrɛstrɪәlɪzәm/ noun
[from forestry + -ial.]
gladegroveglade /ˈɡleɪdɡrәʊvˌɡleɪd/
noun (plural gladegroveglades)
a glade in a grove in a glade.
Proxynonym: groveglade
Antonym: grovegladegrove
[from glade + Hoptanglish groveglade.]
greenager /ˈɡriːˌneɪʤә/
noun (plural greenagers)
someone from a time when there were still forests.
- greenagerly /ˈɡriːˌneɪʤәli/ adjective
grovard /ˈɡrәʊvɑːd/
noun (plural grovards)
an inhabitant of a grove.
[from grove + -ard.]
grover /ˈɡrәʊvә/
noun (plural grovers)
a forest dweller.
- groverine /ˈɡrәʊvәrʌɪn/ adjective
[from grove + -er.]
leafe /liːf/
noun (plural leaves /liːvz/)
1. a holiday in a forest.
Compare: elevacation
verb (intransitive) (plural leaves; leafed, leafes, leafing, leafel; agent noun leafer (plural leafers))
2. to take such a holiday.
- leafage /ˈliːfɪʤ/ noun
[a blend of leaf + leave.]
loof /luːf/
noun (plural looves /luːvz/)
a forest canopy.
[a blend of leaf + roof.]
minustree /ˈmʌɪnәstriː/
noun (plural minustrees)
a department of deforestation.
omenemo /ˌәʊmәˈniːmәʊ/
noun (plural omenemos)
a portent of deforestation.
[a blend of omen + Ancient Greek νέµος ‘wooded pasture’.]
overgrover /ˈәʊvәˌɡrәʊvә/
noun (plural overgrovers)
a forest king.
- overgroverly /ˈәʊvәˌɡrәʊvәli/ adjective
[from over- + Hoptanglish grover.]
rustlethrust /ˈrʌsәlˌθrʌst/
noun (plural rustlethrusts)
a tentacle of a jungle.
- rustlethrustive /ˈrʌsәlˌθrʌstɪv/ adjective
- rustlethrustively adverb
sapshower /ˈsӕpˌʃaʊә/
noun (plural sapshowers)
an instance of deforestation.
[from sap + shower. on the pattern of bloodbath.]
splinterflick /ˈsplɪntәˌflɪk/
verb (transitive) (splinterflicked, splinterflicks, splinterflicking, splinterflickel; agent noun splinterflicker (plural splinterflickers); agent noun splinterflickster (plural splinterflicksters); patient noun splinterflickee (plural splinterflickees))
1. to exile from a forest.
noun (plural splinterflicks)
2. an act of splinterflicking.
- splinterflickery /ˌsplɪntәˈflɪkәri/ noun
sylvamoose /ˌsɪlvәˈmuːs/
verb (transitive or intransitive) (sylvamoosed, sylvamooses, sylvamoosing, sylvamoosel; agent noun sylvamooser (plural sylvamoosers); agent noun sylvamooster (plural sylvamoosters))
1. to leave a forest.
Compare: emergrate
noun (plural sylvamooses)
2. an act of sylvamoosing.
- sylvamoosen /ˈsɪlvәˌmuːsәn/ adjective
- sylvamoosery /ˌsɪlvәˈmuːsәri/ noun
[a tiakler of Latin silva ‘wood’ + vamoose.]
sylvarhize /ˈsɪlvәˌrʌɪz/
noun (plural sylvarhizes)
a root of a forest.
- sylvarhizoid /ˈsɪlvәˌrʌɪzɔɪd/ adjective
[from Latin silva ‘wood’ + Greek ρίζα ríza ‘root’.]
sylverse /ˈsɪlvәːs/
mass noun
fallen leaves written along a forest path.
- sylversive /sɪlˈvәːsɪv/ adjective
[a blend of Latin silva ‘wood’ + verse.]
sylville /ˈsɪlvɪl/
noun (plural sylvilles)
a small town in a forest.
- sylvilly /ˈsɪlˌvɪli/ adjective
[a blend of Latin silva ‘wood’ + French ville ‘town’.]
thicketkeeper /ˈθɪkәtˌkiːpә/
noun (plural thicketkeepers)
1. a forest ranger.
2. a guardian of mysteries.
thicketry /ˈθɪkәtri/
mass noun
the condition of being a thicket.
[from thicket + -ry.]
thicketthug /ˈθɪkәtˌθʌɡ/
noun (plural thicketthugs)
a forest bandit.
timbertarn /ˈtɪmbәˌtɑːn/
noun (plural timbertarns)
a lake in a forest.
Antonym: limnoleaf(1.)
- timbertarnal /ˈtɪmbәˌtɑːnәl/ adjective
[a blend of timber + tarn ‘mountain lake’.]
tiptoptopiary /ˌtɪptɒpˈtәʊpɪәri/
mass noun
1. the extreme spart of climbing, trimming, twisting and training the stems and branches of a section of forest canopy to create a large and high relief sculpture that can only be appreciated from an aircraft or bird.
Compare: boscultura*
noun (plural tiptoptopiaries)
2. a sculpture made in this way.
- tiptoptopiarian /ˌtɪptɒpˌtәʊpɪˈɛːrɪәn/ adjective
- tiptoptopiarize /ˌtɪptɒpˈtәʊpɪәrʌɪz/ verb (transitive or intransitive) (tiptoptopiaroze, tiptoptopiarizes, tiptoptopiarizing, tiptoptopiarozen, tiptoptopiarizel; agent noun tiptoptopiarizer (plural tiptoptopiarizers))
- tiptoptopiarist /ˌtɪptɒpˈtәʊpɪәrәst/ noun (plural tiptoptopiarists) a practitioner of tiptoptopiary.
[from tip-top + topiary.]
traleedy /trәˈliːdi/
noun (plural traleedies)
a dryad.
Synonym: elkwit, woodsister
[a danglebarman of tree + lady.]
tunagrove /ˈtjuːnәˌɡrәʊv/
noun (plural tunagroves)
an area that is home to tree-dwelling fish.
Trilbud: vorganu
undenude /ˌʌndәˈnuːd/
verb (transitive) (undenuded, undenudes, undenuding, undenudel; agent noun undenuder (plural undenuders))
to forest.
- undenudence /ˌʌndәˈnuːdәns/ noun
[from un- + denude.]
waldlife /ˈwɔːldlʌɪf/
mass noun
animals that live in forests.
[from German Wald ‘forest’ + wildlife.]
waldwards /ˈwɔːldwәdz/
adverb
towards the forest.
- waldwardness /ˈwɔːldwәdnәs/ noun
[from German Wald ‘forest’ + -wards.]
waldwide /wɔːldˈwʌɪd/
adjective, adverb
concerning or reaching throughout the entire forest.
- waldwidom /wɔːldˈwʌɪdәm/ noun
[from German Wald ‘forest’ + wide.]
wilderwhirr /ˈwɪldәˌwәː/
noun (plural wilderwhirrs)
the distant sound (heard after you’ve been desperately hacking through dense jungle with a machete for several months) of a lawnmower.
woodsister /ˈwʊdˌsɪstә/
noun (plural woodsisters)
a dryad.
xylence /ˈzʌɪlәns/
mass noun
utter quietness in the middle of the forest.
- xylent /ˈzʌɪlәnt/ adjective
[from xylo- + silence.]