ORACULE

What's my current mood?
Rainwater

What's a dance?
Pied-a-terre*

What's my secret name?
Telemetry

What is a kiss?
Voluminous



What's a penance?
Theology

A footprint?
Specific

A neighbor?
Sunshade

Oakum?
Yeast

Systole?
Felicitous

A phylum?
The Id

A tendril?
Iron oxide



What is surrealism?
Raft*

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These texts were created by playing question and answer with a dictionary. A rapid scanning of the pages sometimes sparked a rapport between words and phrases. I also selected words from the dictionary and then let the dictionary 'answer.' Only the more interesting results have been recorded here.

1) Pied-a-terre, French; literally, 'foot to the ground', also a temporary or second lodging

2) After 'what is surrealism,' I added more entries by continuing to scan pages. The fourth word in the answer was 'realism.'