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Time-Memory

a close-up of a pocket watch
Words Related to This Tag

Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

Heartmoor

a campfire with a kettle many small logs

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Aubadoir

Cover image for the Aubadoir word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Amuse-Douche

Cover image for the Amuse-Douche word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

O’Erpine

a person looking at a grave

Rückkehrunruhe

Cover image for the Rückkehrunruhe word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Deep Gut

Cover image for the Deep Gut word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Arroia

people standing on a stage

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Heartspur

Cover image for the Heartspur word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures

Routwash

Cover image for the Routwash word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Heartworm

Cover image for the Heartworm word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Nementia

Cover image for the Nementia word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Thwit

close-up of a person with forehead wrinkled and holding their head

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Aulasy

a blurry image of a house on the road

Sitheless

Cover image for the Sitheless word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Burn Upon Reentry

Cover image for the Burn Upon Reentry word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Mornden

Cover image for the Mornden word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Fygophobia

Cover image for the Fygophobia word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Boorance

a group of objects on a table
From the Dictionary

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Lookaback

Cover image for the Lookaback word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Plata Rasa

Cover image for the Plata Rasa word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Agnosthesia

Cover image for the Agnosthesia word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Anthrodynia

Cover image for the Anthrodynia word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar
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