pother

The potter returned to his studio. His cheeks were flushed, his eyes sparkled. The long, brisk walk in the rain was just what he needed to find the motivation to finally finish the last garden gnome, before putting all 137 into the kiln overnight. He opened the studio door.

"Oh bother, what a pother," said the potter.

pother

(noun) (1) a commotion; a disturbance (2) a state of nervous activity; a fuss (3) a cloud of smoke or dust that chokes or smothers

From the pother emerged Super Knight, chain mail in disarray and scabbard askew, but with a satisfied grin in the shadows of his hood and a disoriented onion thief in each hand. A cheer lifted from the crowd and a few merchants grunted in a non-disapproving manner. Vegetative commerce was safe once again!

consanguinity

The room full of strangers huddled in the lawyer's office, each claiming greater consanguinity than the next in the hopes that they would be able to inherit the old man's money.  How it was that the man had a lawyer, but no will was a mystery.

consanguinity

"Well, Brandine, the doctor says this here extra arm growin' out my neck is on account of 'consangwinity'. I tol'im don't malpracticate me -- I never drink any of 'em fancy lickers, but he got all stubborn about givin' back my money."

consanguinity

n

the quality of kinship; being descended from the same ancestor.

The phrenologist stroked his beard, and resisted the urge to rub his kinship bump, while trying to decide whether the consanguinity of his mother's cousin's daughter prevented their marriage.