taxidermy
Pronunciation: 'tak-s&-"d&r-mE
Function: noun
Etymology: tax- + derm- + 2-y
: the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals and especially vertebrates
- taxidermic /"tak-s&-'d&r-mik/ adjective
- taxidermist /'tak-s&-"d&r-mist/ noun

pulchritude
Pronunciation: 'p&l-kr&-"tüd, -"tyüd
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pulchritudin-, pulchritudo, from pulchr-, pulcher beautiful
: physical comeliness
- pulchritudinous /"p&l-kr&-'tüd-n&s, -'tyüd-; -'tü-d&n-&s, -'tyü-/ adjective