In a bid to save little-used words from extinction, the Oxford University Press has launched a Web site – Save the Words – where members of the public are invited to adopt a lexeme.

Some of the words up for adoption include:

Jobler | One who does small jobs.

Pamphagous | Eating or consuming everything.

Cynicocratical | Pertaining to rule by cynics.

Icasm | Figurative expression.

Sparsile | Of a star, not included in any constellation.

Lagenarious | Flagon-shaped.

Gleimous | Slimy, full of phlegm.

Isangelous | Equivalent to the angles.

Squiriferous | Having the character or qualities of a gentleman.

Pigritude | Laziness.

Canitude | Greyness, hoariness; whiteness.