piloerection
- noun
: involuntary erection or bristling of hairs due to asympathetic reflex usually triggered by cold, shock, or fright or due to a sympathomimetic agent
Always an interesting word to bring up in conversation - no pun intended! Good one, Pete!
paucity
–noun
1. smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with a paucity of resources
2. smallness or insufficiency of number; fewness
pulchritudinous
–adjective
physically beautiful; comely
Edit: Such an ugly word that doesn’t match its meaning.
neuralgic; preponderance
neuralgic adj.
neuralgia : Sharp, severe paroxysmal pain extending along a nerve or group of nerves.
preponderance
Superiority in weight, force, importance, or influence.