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February 08: hypocoristic

Pertaining to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy with the person.

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February 09: twitcher

(informal) A compulsive bird watcher, travelling long distances to see rare species.

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February 10: love goggles

(idiomatic, plurale tantum) Blindness to criticism or objectivity directed at a person that one is in love with.

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February 11: thin-film interference

(optics) of light caused by its reflection from both boundaries of a thin film of a transparent material.

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February 12: plutodemocracy

A deceptive government that is in fact a hopeless .

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February 13: ventripotent

Having a big belly.

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February 14: agape

(Christianity) The love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others.

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February 15: Cisatlantic

Situated on the same side of the Atlantic Ocean.

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February 16: dandification

The condition or state of a man who is overly concerned about his clothes and appearance.

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February 17: ultracrepidarian

Of a critic, giving opinions on something beyond his or her knowledge.

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