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- ANHYDROUSHaving little or no water.
- DRUPEA kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.
- NAIADA female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
- PLINTHA block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.
- RHEAA large flightless bird of the order Rheiformes, native to South America.
- SIMIANOf or pertaining to apes and monkeys.
- MINARETThe tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).
- AVASTHold fast! Cease! Stop! Desist!
- CRUDITEAlternative form of crudité.
- DROITA legal right or entitlement.
- SONDERThe profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's perso
- BUNDTA baking pan with a hollow, circular, raised area in the middle.
- HOMELYCharacteristic of, belonging to, or befitting a home; domestic, cosy.
- HOMOSEXUALSexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to other men or a woman who is attracted to other women; gay.
- GIMELThe third letter of the several Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac).
- JEREMIADA long speech or prose work that bitterly laments the state of society and its morals, and often contains a prophecy of its coming downfall.
- GAMBITAn opening in chess in which material is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
- SPINETA short, compact harpsichord or piano.
- PANKOCoarse, dry breadcrumbs used in Japanese cuisine.
- CERISEA deep, bright red colour tinted with pink.
- COLUMBINEAny plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
- IMPALETo pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
- IMPOLITENot polite; discourteous; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.
- MIRABLEwonderful; admirable
- OMNIVOREAn animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).
- PRESTIGEThe quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
- QUAINTOf a person: cunning, crafty.
- QUOITA flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
- SECANTA straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points.
- URINALA device or fixture used for urination, particularly: A glass vial used for examining or storing urine. A chamber pot specially designed or considered as a device for urination.
- SURFEITSated; surfeited; filled.
- SERENDIPITYThe phenomenon of making an unplanned, fortunate discovery through a combination of unexpected circumstances and insightful recognition.
- GROATHulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.
- WRANGLETo convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending. Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining. To speak or write (something) in an a
- FINIALEspecially in Gothic architecture: an ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, a pediment, a pinnacle, etc.
- FROSHA frog.
- TAWNYOf a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.
- WREAKTo cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.
- RUMBAA slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time.
- YERBAIlex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage maté.
- ARCHIVISTOne who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.
- BRINDLEA streaky colouration in animals.
- FROGMANA Open Water Certified Diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one not in scuba gear).
- ODIFEROUSOdoriferous; smelly
- REPTILIANOf or relating to the members of the class Reptilia (reptiles).
- SHERPAA local mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Nepalese Sherpa people so employed.
- VORPALSharp or deadly.
- WOLVERINEA solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo.