No Ordinary Smartness

I have really, really smart friends. I play scrabble with them and they regularly decimate me by using words such as:

DACOITY; UVEA; NONART; OORIE; JOINTURE; AMBIT; XERIC; MULETA; CECUM; HAFIZ; MARLIER; SHIVES; AJIVA; SYNDET; TORERO; PODGY; DRAGOON; FIREBRAT; SPADIX; LANGUR; EXINE; VIRID; PARAFOIL; YAUD; YOWE; COSIE; GLEGY; OTTAVAS; FUNKIAS; AKENE; AQUAE; BAIZE; ETUI; FUGIO; KINASES; OIDIA; VIRION; GASALIER; LUNTED; ROUEN; OTIOSE; COOEY; NURIS; WOMMERA; TOGUE; PONCE; GROTTY; EYRIE; DUI; TARDO; MUEDDIN; HIN; ULVA; ARETE; CANOW; NETTY; TOGAE; BICE; ARVO; ALIFS; TIPCAT; FOLIUM

I had to look them all up...

tip·cat

-noun 1. a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
2. Also called pussy, the tapered piece of wood used in this game.

spa·dix

–noun, Botany an inflorescence consisting of a spike with a fleshy or thickened axis, usually enclosed in a spathe.

yaud

–noun Scot. and North England a mare, esp. an old, worn-out one.