Hanging a man

[Olive]

No, not that kind.

My friend and I have recently, for lack of anything better to do, taken up playing hangman in any spare time, and on any surface that can be written over repeatedly. However I fear I'm slowly running into a metaphorical wall, as it's slowly becoming harder and harder to think up words that can trip him up.

So here I am, asking what I assume to be a group of well-read, well-mannered people for help. Any words that you think are esoteric, strange, or simply obscure would be greatly appreciated. The only rules are: No four letter words, no propper nouns, and in English.

Some words from the top of my head that we've already used- Surcrease, greave, cymbal, pavlovian, vinyl, wizen, addict and rivulet.

 

[Silversun17]

http://voices.yahoo.com/50-obscure-english-words-impress-friends-5039578.html

 

[Selias]

Vasectomy.

 

[Malcolmo]

disingenuous, illiterate.
Also this should help
http://phrontistery.info/a.html

 

[Master of Squirrel-fu]

Dictionary.

 

[enthalpy]

Apotropaic. Deque. Theremin.

 

[Disminded]

Santorum.

 

[Larekko12]

Cartouche

Bombastic

Mathematical

Aphotic

onomonotopeia

Vulpine

 

[Jack Trade]

glossophobia

 

[OccularOctorok]

Razzmatazz. For such a long word you would expect more unique letters than it actually has. On top of that, repeating Z's aren't very common, and assuming he even gets the right letter their placement will be a stumper.

 

[Fallenblades643]

Honorificabilitudinitatibus.

 

[LoreOfClarke]

I've always liked to start a game with Quiz. Four letters so they don't feel pressured, all unique so more guesses and neither of the contestants are common.