nestle
NES-uhl 
<English
to settle down comfortably
scraggly
SKRAG-lee 
<English
ragged; unkempt
manicure
MAN-uh-kyoor 
<French<Latin + <French
to care for fingernails; to trim and polish fingernails
runesmith
ROON-smith 
<English + <Old Norse
one who writes or deciphers ancient mystical or obscure poems or songs
obduracy
AWB-duhr-uh-see 
<English<Latin
being inflexible or unyielding
spherical
SFIR-uh-kuhl 
<Latin<Greek + Ecf
round like a ball
isobar
Y-soh-bawr 
<ISV<Greek
a line on a map connecting places with equal barometric pressure
hippopotamus
hip-uh-PAWT-uh-muhs 
<Latin<Greek
a large, gray-skinned mammal that lives in African rivers
superannuated
soo-puhr-AN-yoo-ay-tuhd 
<Latin + Ecf
rated no longer passably efficient in one's job because of age; disqualified because of advanced age
kudzu
KUHD-zoo 
<Japanese
a fast growing vine introduced to the US from Asia that has become a menace in southern states