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- PRUDENCEThe quality or state of being prudent: circumspection and good judgment in knowing how best to act; an instance of this.
- PUGILISMFighting with fists.
- QUADRATICSquare-shaped.
- QUALMA feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
- QUEENThe wife, consort, or widow of a king.
- RIFEWidespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
- ROTUNDHaving a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.
- SAKECause, interest or account.
- SALVEAn ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
- SCANTNot full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
- SCRUPLEHesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.
- SENILEOf, or relating to old age.
- SHOALShallow.
- SIEVEA device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
- SOOTHTruth.
- STOORTo move; stir.
- SWATHThe track cut out by a scythe in mowing.
- TARRYTo delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
- TAWNYOf a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.
- THISTLEAny of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
- TRYSTA prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.
- TUSKOne of a pair of elongated pointed teeth (either cuspids or incisors) that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow t
- VALENCEThe combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain
- VALIANTPossessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.
- VIGILAn instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
- WAIFAn article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belon
- WHELMTo bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.
- WRITHETo twist, wring (something).
- WROUGHTHaving been worked or prepared somehow.
- WURSTA German- or Austrian-style sausage.
- YAWLA small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
- TEPIDLukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
- DINGHYA small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
- ORANGEAn evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
- PARIAHSynonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.
- PILAFA dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.
- BOLEROA lively Spanish dance in 3/4 time; also an unrelated slower-tempo dance of Cuban origin, in 2/4 time.
- HACIENDAA large homestead in a ranch or estate, usually in places where Colonial Spanish culture has had architectural influence.
- MANGROVEAny of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish intertidal coastal area
- PLAYAA level area which habitually fills with water that evaporates entirely.
- YUCAcassava
- CRUMPETA type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter.
- WELCHA person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one.
- DAVENto recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray
- PUTZA fool, an idiot.
- AEROSOLA mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
- AUDIOLOGISTA healthcare professional who diagnoses, treats and/or manages hearing and balance disorders.
- AXIALRelating to, resembling, or situated on an axis
- BALMYProducing balm.
- BAWDYObscene; filthy; unchaste.
- BLIGHTA diseased condition suffered by a plant; specifically, a complete and rapid chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as floral organs, leaves, branches, or twigs, esp
- BLIMEYUsed to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.
- BLOOPTo blow air bubbles or audibly slosh about in water.
- BORATEThe oxyanion BO3 or any of several more complex derivatives.
- BOWERYStructure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. A pavilion.
- BREVITYThe quality of being brief in duration.
- BURSITISAn inflammation of a bursa, most common in the shoulder, elbow or knee
- CAUSATIONThe act of causing.
- CHAUVINISTPertaining to chauvinism.
- CHLORINATETo add chlorine to (something, especially water, to purify it; or an auriferous substance, to extract gold from it).
- CHORTLEA joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
- CHUTNEYA sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India, made from a variety of fruits and/or vegetables, often containing significant amounts of fresh green o
- CONTEMPOContemporary; modern.
- COWANA worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.
- CRITCriticism.
- CYANIDEAny compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN anion.
- DEMAINA demesne, especially the ancient demesne claimed by William the Conqueror.
- DILUTIONThe process of making something dilute.
- DISPLETo discipline; to subject to discipline or punishment, especially for religious purposes.
- DOPAMINEA monoamine C8H11NO2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.
- ECTOPLASMA visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
- EMOTETo display or express (emotions, mental states, etc.) openly, particularly while acting, and especially in an excessive manner. To deliver (a speech), say (lines of a play, words),
- ESTRADIOLA natural estrogenic hormone that is a phenolic alcohol estra-1,3,5-triene-3,17-diol (C18H24O2) secreted chiefly by the ovaries of all vertebrates, that is a major and the most pot
- EXPATAn expatriate; a person temporarily residing in a foreign nation, often for an occupation, training, or education.
- FACTOIDAn inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of broad repetition, especially if cited in the media.
- FIBULAROf or pertaining to the fibula
- FLIMSYLikely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial.
- FLUOXETINEA synthetic compound which inhibits the uptake of serotonin in the brain and is taken to treat depression.
- FOLATEA salt or ester of folic acid, especially one present in the vitamin B complex.
- FROTHYFoamy or churned to the point of becoming infused with bubbles.
- GERONIMOA cry before jumping out of or into something.
- GIBLETThe edible viscera of a bird.
- GIZMOSomething, generally a device or gadget, whose real name is unknown or forgotten.
- GNARLA knot in wood; a knurl or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
- GNARLYHaving or characterized by gnarls; gnarled.
- GOOBERA peanut.
- GREMLINA contemptible person.
- GROKTo understand (something) intuitively, to know (something) without having to think intellectually.
- GRUNDLEA big bunch, lots.
- GUNITEA form of shotcrete in which a dry cementitious mixture is blown through a hose to the nozzle, with water injected only at the point of application.
- GURNEYA stretcher having wheeled legs.
- HAZMATHazardous material(s).
- HECKHell.
- HEMATOIDResembling blood.
- HEWNMade or crafted by cutting, whittling down.
- HEXAGONALHaving six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
- HOARDINGA roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them.
- HOODIAAny of the genus Hoodia of succulent cactiform plants.
- HULKINGLarge and bulky, heavily built; massive.
- HYDROPLANETo skim the surface of a body of water while moving at high speed.