exigent – A good word to write on letters or packages, since everyone else writes “urgent” or “rush.” More…
rush candle, rush light – A rush candle or rush light is a candle of feeble power made by dipping the pith of a rush in tallow or other grease. More…
spate – A sudden flood or rush, an outpouring. More…
debacle – Comes from French debacler, “to unbar, free,” with the root sense being “to shatter with one’s rod”; its original meaning was “a breaking-up of ice in a river” or a “sudden flood or rush of water carrying debris.” More…