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Time-Memory

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

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Arroia

people standing on a stage

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Nementia

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

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Heartworm

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

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Rückkehrunruhe

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

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Aulasy

a blurry image of a house on the road

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Burn Upon Reentry

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

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Mornden

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

O’Erpine

a person looking at a grave

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Heartspur

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

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Thwit

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

Routwash

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

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

Fygophobia

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

Heartmoor

a campfire with a kettle many small logs

Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Amuse-Douche

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

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Sitheless

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

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Deep Gut

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

Aubadoir

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

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain
From the Dictionary

Proluctance

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

Mcfeely

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

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Attriage

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

Agnosthesia

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