8 finalists were named co-champions of the 2019 national spelling bee - here are the definitions of all the winning words

Definition of vivisepulture: (noun) the act or practice of burying alive

Definition of euonym: (noun) a name well suited to the person, place, or thing named

Definition of chiaroscurist: (noun) an artist who specializes in chiaroscuro

Definition of logorrhea: (noun) excessive and often incoherent talkativeness or wordiness

Definition of démarche: (noun) a course of action; maneuver; a diplomatic or political initiative or maneuver; a petition or protest presented through diplomatic channels

Definition of succedaneum: (noun) substitute

Definition of prospicience: (noun) the act of looking forward; foresight

Definition of pococurante: (adjective) indifferent, nonchalant

Definition of autochthonous: (adjective) indigenous, native; formed or originating in the place where found

Definition of appoggiatura: (noun) an embellishing note or tone preceding an essential melodic note or tone and usually written as a note of smaller size

Definition of Ursprache: (noun) a parent language; especially one reconstructed from the evidence of later languages

Definition of serrefine: (noun) a small forceps for clamping a blood vessel

Definition of guerdon: (noun) reward, recompense

Definition of Laodicean: (adjective) lukewarm or indifferent in religion or politics

Medical Definition of stromuhr: (noun) a rheometer designed to measure the amount and speed of blood flow through an artery

Definition of guetapens: (noun) ambush, snare, trap

Definition of cymotrichous: (adjective) having the hair wavy

Definition of knaidel: (noun) matzo ball

Definition of feuilleton: (noun) a part of a European newspaper or magazine devoted to material designed to entertain the general reader; something (such as an installment of a novel) printed in a feuilleton; a novel printed in installments; a work of fiction catering to popular taste; a short literary composition often having a familiar tone and reminiscent content

Definition of stichomythia: (noun) dialogue especially of altercation or dispute delivered by two actors in alternating lines (as in classical Greek drama)

Definition of scherenschnitte: (noun) the art of cutting paper into decorative designs

Definition of nunatak: (noun) a hill or mountain completely surrounded by glacial ice

Medical Definition of Feldenkrais: (trademark) used for a system of aided body movements intended to increase bodily awareness and ease tension

Definition of gesellschaft: (noun) a rationally developed mechanistic type of social relationship characterized by impersonally contracted associations between persons; a community or society characterized by this relationship

Definition of marocain: (noun) a ribbed crepe fabric used in women's clothing

Definition of koinonia: (noun) the Christian fellowship or body of believers; intimate spiritual communion and participative sharing in a common religious commitment and spiritual community

Definition of auslaut: (noun) final sound in a word or syllable; end position of a sound in a word or syllable

Definition of erysipelas: (noun) an acute febrile disease associated with intense edematous local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues caused by a hemolytic streptococcus

Definition of bougainvillea: (noun) any of a genus (Bougainvillaea) of the four-o'clock family of ornamental tropical American woody vines and shrubs with brilliant purple or red floral bracts

Definition of aiguillette: (noun) aglet; specifically, a shoulder cord worn by designated military aides

Definition of pendeloque: (noun) a diamond or other gemstone cut in the form of a pear-shaped brilliant with a table; briolette; a usually pear-shaped glass pendant used for ornamenting a lamp or chandelier

Definition of palama: (noun) the webbing on the feet of aquatic birds

Definition of cernuous: (adjective) inclining or nodding; pendulous; dropping

Definition of odylic: (adjective) of or relating to odyl