plethora - superfluity or excess   (Webster's new Collegiate Dictionary) - really the old dictionary because I have had it around for many many years.

prolific - fruitful, causing abundant growth, marked by abundant inventiveness or productivity
ie: prolific online contesting

cool word

Brian used this in one of his posts so I had to look it up - DYSTOPIA - an imaginary place which is depressingly wretched and whose people lead a fearful existence. Sounds like Haiti only it is a real place.

callipygian: having shapely buttocks

snow storm - I am sure DC and environs will only need to look outside to see what this means - El Nino

A word I use in scrabble Qaf,sorry forgot what it means,I look up and memorize a few two letter words to drive my husband nuts when we play.hehe