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- GODETA drinking cup.
- GROTESQUEDistorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal, especially in a hideous way.
- HARMONIOUSShowing accord in feeling or action.
- HAUTBOYAn oboe or similar treble double reed instrument.
- HAZARDOUSRisky; dangerous; with the nature of a hazard.
- HERSEA kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes, hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered to impede the advance of an enemy.
- HOPPINGhop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.
- HORDEA wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory m
- HOTCHTo move irregularly up and down.
- HUMANISTA scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities.
- IMAGERYThe work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
- IMMENSITYThe characteristic or state of being immense.
- IMPARTIALTreating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased.
- IMPERISHABLENot perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently.
- IMPORTABLEInsupportable, unbearable.
- IMPOSABLECapable of being imposed or laid on.
- INAPTNot apt.
- INCAPABLENot capable (of doing something); unable.
- INCERTITUDEuncertainty, doubt, insecurity
- INCISETo cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
- INGOTA solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often i
- INVALIDATETo make invalid (especially in to contract law)
- INVERTTo turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction; to make (something) the opposite of it.
- INVOICEA bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the
- ISLETA small island.
- JACKA coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
- JUPEA style of skirt.
- JUPONA close-fitting sleeveless jacket, descending below the hips, worn over armour.
- JURISTAn expert of law or someone who researches jurisprudence.
- JUSTICIABLEOf or pertaining to justiciability; able to be evaluated and resolved by the courts; that can be adjudicated.
- JUSTIFIABLEThat can be justified.
- LANGUOROUSlacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical.
- LODGEMENTAlternative spelling of lodgment.
- LODGMENTAn area used for lodging; a place in which a person or thing is or can be lodged.
- LORGNETTEAn opera glass with a handle.
- LURDANEA lazy, stupid person; a sluggard.
- LUSTREUK standard spelling of luster (shine, etc.).
- MAGICIANA person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
- MARQUISATEThe territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness.
- MARTAGONThe Turk's cap lily (Lilium martagon).
- MARTINMany of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.
- MATELOTA sailor.
- MEAGREAn edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.
- MEDITATIVEOf or pertaining to meditation.
- MELODIOUSHaving a pleasant melody or sound; tuneful.
- MIRBANESNitrobenzene.
- MISTRALA strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.
- MONARCHIALSynonym of monarchical.
- MONTICLEA small mountain, or hillock.
- MUSKETEERA foot soldier armed with a musket.
- MUTINEMutiny, rebellion.
- MUTINYAn organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.
- MYTHOLOGIZETo interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of.
- NATURALISENon-Oxford British English standard spelling of naturalize.
- NOMBRILA point halfway between the fess point (centre of the shield) and the middle base (bottom) point of an escutcheon.
- OFTENTIMESFrequently; often.
- ORGANISENon-Oxford British standard spelling of organize.
- OUTRAGEOUSViolating morality or decency; provoking indignation or affront.
- OVERPLUSThat which remains beyond what is necessary or required; a surplus.
- PACKETA small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
- PANSYA cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.
- PANTOFLEA slipper.
- PARAKEETAny of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions.
- PARAPETA low protective wall.
- PASQUINADEA lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.
- PASTIMESomething which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably.
- PASTORALEA play or a musical product which has a pastoral subject.
- PASTURAGEA pasture; land that is used for pasture.
- PATENTAn official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent. A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods. A
- PEANA heraldic fur of gold spots on a black field.
- PEARMAINA type of pear.
- PEDANTA person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.
- PENTAMETERA line in a poem having five metrical feet.
- PERDUStationed in an exposed or hazardous position; hidden in ambush. Originally as sentinel perdu.
- PERFUMEA pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.
- PERIDOTA transparent olive green form of olivine, used as a gem.
- PERIWIGA wig, especially any kind of stylised wig as formerly worn by men and women.
- PETARDA small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall.
- PILASTERA rectangular column that projects partially from the wall to which it is attached; it gives the appearance of a support, but is only for decoration.
- PISTOLEERA person, especially a soldier, armed with a pistol
- PLACKETA slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings
- PLANCHA plank.
- PLATOONA unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
- PLEASANTRYA casual, courteous remark.
- PORCELAINA hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often suc
- POSTILIONA rider mounted on the near (left) leading horse who guides the team pulling a carriage.
- POTAGERA kitchen garden; sometimes used attributively.
- PRECISIONThe state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate.
- PREVALENCEThe quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.
- PROPHESYTo speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet.
- PURGATIVEpurging
- PUTREFYTo fester or rot and exude a fetid stench.
- QUALIFYTo describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
- REALISATIONAlternative spelling of realization.
- REALISENon-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.
- REALIZATIONThe act of realizing, as: An act of figuring out or becoming aware.
- REALTYReal estate; a piece of real property; land.
- REBUFFA sudden resistance or refusal.
- RECONQUESTThe act or process of conquering something again, such as a territory.
- RECREANTHaving admitted defeat and surrendered; defeated.