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- Malapropism
- the use of a word that sounds like the right word but is silly in the context, usually done unintensionally.
- Braille
- a system of printing and writing for blind people.
- Zeppelin
- a rigid airship with a cigar-shaped body.
- Mackintosh
- a waterproof coat or cape.
- Tuxedo
- a man's dress jacket, usually black, worn for formal occasions.
- Sandwich
- slices of bread with a filling between them, such as meat, cheese, or peanut butter and jelly.
- Celsius
- of, or having to do with the Celsius scale.
- Boycott
- to refuse to do business or have contact with someone or some company.
- Odyssey
- a long, adventerous journey.
- Sequoia
- a very large evergreen tree that bears cones and has reddish-brown bark and pointed leaves.
- Spoonerism
- a mistake in speaking in which the sounds of two or more words are switched, such as "ears and sparrows" for "spears and arrows".
- Hamburger
- a sandwich made of a round, flat piece of cooked ground beef in a bun.
- Frankfurter
- a seasoned reddish sausage, usually of beef or of beef and pork.
- Pasteurize
- to kill harmful bacteria in milk or other liquids by heating and rapidly chilling.
- Mercury
- a heavy silver-white metal that is a chemical element.
- Fahrenheit
- relating to a scale of temperature.