Okay, I lied...no sketches this time, just a collection of random words in alphabetical order. I found them on this site. A lot of them were just words that made me laugh and think "there's actually a word for that?".
Adamitism : nakedness for religious reasons
Bacillicide : killer of berries
Chasmophile : lover of nooks and crannies
Dysteleology : study of purposeless organs
Ecdysiast : striptease performer
Floromancy : belief that flowers have feelings
Gamomania : obsession with issuing odd marriage proposals
Hadeharia : constant use of the word "hell"
Irenology : study of peace
Jettatura : the evil eye
Kit : a small pocket violin
Lollop : to bound about wildly
Myristivorous : feeding upon nutmegs
Neolatry : worship of novelty
Oikology : science of housekeeping
Pogonaisis : excessive growth of beard
Quagswag : to shake to and fro
Resofincular : resembling a wire hanger
Saponify : to convert into soap
Tichorrhine : woolly rhinoceros
Utricide : one who stabs an inflated skin vessel instead of killing someone
Voltigeur : lightly armed skirmisher
Wheeple : to whistle feebly
Xenodocheionology : love of hotels
Yakow : animal crossbred from male yak and a domestic cow
Zoocephalic : animal-headed
It would be an interesting challenge to use each of these words in a sentence, I think.
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