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Time-Memory

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Words Related to This Tag

Routwash

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

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a 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

Amuse-Douche

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

Thwit

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

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures

Aubadoir

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

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Fygophobia

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

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Arroia

people standing on a stage

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Burn Upon Reentry

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

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Heartmoor

a campfire with a kettle many small logs

Heartworm

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

Rückkehrunruhe

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

Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Mornden

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

Nementia

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

Aulasy

a blurry image of a house on the road

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

O’Erpine

a person looking at a grave

Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Heartspur

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

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Deep Gut

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

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized
From the Dictionary

Keep

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

Thrapt

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

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Idlewild

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

Altschmerz

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

Fardle-Din

Cover image for the Fardle-Din word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
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