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- BANDITOne who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
- BEIGNETA fritter (with a fruit or vegetable filling).
- BRACHETA female hunting hound that hunts by scent; a brach.
- CHAMBERLAINA senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially
- EGRETAny of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding seaso
- ESCHEWTo avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
- FLANGEAn external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
- FLAWNA flan (custard-based dessert)
- FURBISHTo polish or burnish.
- GALACelebratory; festive.
- GARMENTA single article of clothing.
- GARNITURESomething that garnishes; a decoration, adornment or embellishment
- GUARANTEEAnything that assures a certain outcome.
- HANGARA large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.
- HASTYActing or done in haste; hurried or too quick; speedy due to having little time.
- HAUBERKA coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless.
- HEINOUSTotally reprehensible.
- LOGEA booth or stall.
- LOGGIAA roofed, open gallery, usually on an upper level.
- LOUVERA type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
- MANEUVERThe planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
- MANOEUVRECommonwealth standard spelling of maneuver.
- MELANGEA mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
- MOUEA pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness.
- PARDONForgiveness for an offence.
- PARKAn area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation.
- PAWNThe state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
- PEASANTA member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the mai
- PLEDGETo make a solemn promise (to do something).
- POUCHA small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
- SKATEA runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
- SPAVINA bony swelling which develops in a horse's leg where the shank and splint bone meet, caused by inflammation of the cartilage connecting those bones; also, a similar swelling cause
- TRUMPETA musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.
- WAGERA bet; a stake; a pledge.
- WINCEA sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.