Happily surprised to see Susquehanna on there. I've driven from D.C. to Buffalo several times to visit in-laws, and each time I've followed the Susquehanna northward, I've marveled at both the name and the river itself. Indeed, the name is quite apt: the Susquehanna is very shallow and marshy, with a lot of brush and disembodied tree branches climbing out of it at the most unusual junctures. It looks like you'd imagine "Susquehanna" to look.
Most of the others are indeed quite "poetic" words. And I can't really dispute the beauty of any of them (except maybe "susurrous"), as subjective as such a thing surely is.
One of my favorite words lately has been "rubric." There's something satisfyingly logical about that word, isn't there? And I agree with Ed Shacklee about "v" words. Vermilion is one of my personal faves.
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