Jesterphonics

substrate [SUHB-streyt], noun: Something that is spread or laid under something else.

odoriferous [oh-duh-RIF-er-uhs], adjective: Yielding or diffusing an odor.

"Well, I took me a woman late last night / I's three-fourths drunk, she looked alright / She took off her wheel, took off her bell / Took off her wig, said, "How do I smell?" / I hot footed it... barenaked... / Out the window!"

conglobate [KON-gloh-beyt], verb: to form into a globe or ball.

"And the little wee drummer, we flattened his bow, / And we made a football of his rowdy-dow-dow, / Threw it in the tide for to rock and to roll, / and bade it a tedious returning"

-trad. arr. Bob Dylan from the album Good As I Been To You.

  This was a tough one. This being an Irish traditional and all, the "football" mentioned likely refers either to the spherical ball used in Gaelic Football (though this song's first appearance in 1840 is a good 50 years before Gaelic Football existed) or a rugby ball, most likely. Either way, I'm gonna take it.

runic [ROO-nik], adjective: Having some secret or mysterious meaning.

"And something is happening here, but you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?"

purloin [per-LOIN], verb: To take dishonestly; steal.

jointure [JOIN-cher], noun: property given to a woman upon marriage, to be owned by her after her husband's death.

"They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy. / She inherited a million bucks, and when she died it came to me. / I can’t help it if I’m lucky."

polysemous: [pol-ee-SEE-muhs], adjective: having a diversity of meanings.

polemic [puh-lem ik, poh-], noun: a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.

burke [burk], verb: 1. To suppress or get rid of by some indirect maneuver.

2. To murder, as if by suffocation, so as to leave no or few marks of violence.

See: "Only A Pawn In Their Game" by Bob Dylan from The Times They Are A-Changin'.

holus-bolus [HOH-luhs-BOH-luhs], adverb: all at once; altogether.

mundify [MUHN-duh-fahy], verb :To purge or purify.

For like a thief in the night, He’ll replace wrong with right When He returns.

billet [BIL-it], verb: To provide or obtain lodging.