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- LORISAny of several small, slow-moving primates, of the subfamily Lorisinae, found in India and southeast Asia.
- LUNTA slow-burning match or torch.
- MASTERPIECEA piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.
- MATESHIPThe post of mate on a ship; a posting as mate.
- MEBOSA type of sweet snack food consisting of dried apricot made into a pulp and flavoured with salt and sugar.
- MIFFA small argument; a quarrel.
- MILESTONEA stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a media
- MOOKA disagreeable or incompetent person.
- MOONFISHAny of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families: Any member of the species Mene maculata (razor moonfish), sole accepted, extant species of family Menidae,
- MORGENA unit of measurement of land in the Netherlands and the Dutch colonies and parts of the United States, where it was equivalent to about two acres; and in Denmark, Norway, and Germ
- MOXAA woolly material obtained from the dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, such as Artemisia argyi, as used in moxibustion.
- MUESLIA breakfast dish based on uncooked rolled oats and fruit.
- MUFFA piece of fur or cloth, usually open at both ends, used to keep the hands warm.
- MUNTJACAny of various species of east Asian deer of the genus Muntiacus, having short antlers and a barking call.
- MYNHEERSir, as a polite form of address to a Dutchman or Afrikaner.
- NOODLEA string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.
- NOOKIESex or other sexual activity, especially if illicit.
- OFFSIDEIn an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.
- OUTSPEAKTo surpass in speaking; say or express more than; signify or claim superiority to; be superior to in meaning or significance; speak louder than.
- OVERLAPTo extend over and partly cover something.
- OVERSLAUGHA barrier in a river.
- PALSGRAVINEThe consort or widow of a palsgrave.
- PAWLA pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to mov
- PICULA traditional South and East Asian unit of weight, based upon the load of a shoulder pole and varying by place and over time but usually standardized at about 60 kg.
- PILCHARDAny of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae.
- PINDERA peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
- PINKA color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
- PINKIEA little finger, the finger furthest on a hand from the thumb.
- PLANTAGEPlants, vegetation; specifically, the planting or cultivation of plants.
- POMELOThe large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent p
- POTASHThe water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer (chemically speaking, an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassiu
- POTHERA commotion, a tempest.
- PRADA horse.
- PRATTLETo speak incessantly and in an inconsequential or childish manner; to babble.
- PREDIKANTA minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, or allied denomination.
- PREHNITEA mineral, a basic calcium, aluminium and iron aluminosilicate, which occurs in stalactitic aggregates or curved crystals, Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2.
- PROAA sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail.
- PRONKTo jump with all four limbs at once.
- PRUNTA small piece of glass fused to the main body of a piece of glasswork and then shaped or pressed, for decoration
- PUNKIEA small two-winged fly or midge of the family Ceratopogonidae, which bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; a biting midge or sandfly.
- RAMEKINA small glass or earthenware dish, often white and circular, in which food is baked and served.
- RAVELTo entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle.
- RILLA very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
- ROOKIEAn inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.
- ROUNDHOUSEA circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.
- SAGOA powdered starch obtained from certain palms (Metroxylon spp., esp. Metroxylon sagu), used as a flour and food thickener and for sizing textiles.
- SCHELMA villain or scoundrel.
- SCHOUTA municipal officer in the North American Dutch colonies.
- SCHUITA flat-bottomed Dutch river-boat; a barge.
- SCOWA large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
- SCRAMBLETo move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
- SCRAWMTo tear or scratch.
- SELVAGEThe edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.
- SHALLOPA kind of light boat. A shallow-draft riverboat. A dinghy.
- SHIFTYSubject to frequent changes in direction.
- SHTICKA generally humorous routine.
- SHTUMSilent; speechless; dumb.
- SLAWColeslaw.
- SLEEKHaving an even, smooth surface; smooth
- SLINTERA scam or deception; fast one.
- SLOOPA single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
- SNARTo snarl.
- SNEEA large knife.
- SNICKERA stifled or broken laugh.
- SNIPTo cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
- SNIPPYFragmentary; snipped.
- SNOOKA freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes. Centropomus undecimalis (common snook).
- SNOWFLAKEA crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.
- SOOTERKINA mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give birth to.
- SOYAAlternative form of soy.
- SPANCELa rope or fetter used to hobble a horse or other animal
- SPRINGBOKA small, fast antelope native to southern Africa, Antidorcas marsupialis.
- SPRUEA tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis.
- SPRUIKTo promote a thing or idea to another person, usually informally.
- STEENBOKA common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa, Raphicerus campestris.
- STIPPLEThe use of small dots that give the appearance of shading; the dots thus used.
- STRIDEROne who strides.
- STUMUnfermented grape juice; must.
- SUNDEWAny of a group of insectivorous plants in the genus Drosera that catch insects by sticky droplets ("dew") at the end of hairs on the leaves and grow in boggy ground all over the wo
- SUPPAWNA porridge made from cornmeal, similar to polenta; hasty pudding; mush.
- SUTLERA person who follows an army, selling provisions.
- SWAMPYSoggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.
- SWEETBREADThe pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.
- SYLVITEAn evaporite, consisting of potassium chloride KCl, also found in fumaroles.
- TANKA closed container for liquids or gases.
- TARPONAny of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish.
- THUMBNAILThe fingernail on the thumb.
- TOKOA shop in the Netherlands selling mainly Asian food products, and generally Asian- or Indo-European-owned.
- TOWNHOUSEA row house or terraced house.
- TRAPESAlternative spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI
- TZIGANEA Hungarian Gypsy (Romani person).
- UITLANDERA foreigner; outlander.
- UNDERWAYIn motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.
- UNDERWEARClothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
- UNGODTo divest of a god.
- UNMANTo divest of humanity.
- UNRAVELEDDisentangled or cleared up.
- UPLIGHTA recessed light fixture that directs the light in an upward direction.
- VELDSKOENOriginally, a shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin; now generally a heavy boot for outdoor labour.
- VLEIA shallow wetland or minor lake, generally a seasonal one, or the lowland where such a wetland appears seasonally.