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- OVERGETTo get more than expected or due.
- OVERGOTo cross, go over (a barrier etc.); to surmount.
- OVERHANGTo hang over (something).
- OVERHEADLocated above, especially over the head.
- OVERLEAPTo leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.
- OVERNIGHTDuring or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.
- OVERSOWTo sow (seed) where something has already been sown.
- OVERSTANDTo stand or insist too much or too long; overstay.
- OVERTAKETo pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).
- OVERWEENTo think too highly or arrogantly of (oneself).
- OWNEROne who owns something.
- OXLIPA plant of species Primula elatior, similar to cowslip (Primula veris) but with larger, pale yellow flowers.
- OXTAILThe tail of an ox or cow.
- PEACEFULNot at war; not disturbed by strife or turmoil.
- PEASENplural of pease
- PEBBLEA small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
- PEERTo look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
- PIECEMEALMade or done in pieces or one stage at a time.
- PIGLETA young swine, one not yet mature.
- PIMPSomeone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.
- PINFOLDAn open enclosure for animals, especially an area where stray animals were rounded up if their owners failed to properly supervise their use of common grazing land.
- PINGA high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
- PLANTEDsimple past and past participle of plant
- PLASHA small pool of standing water; a marshy pond; also, a puddle; marshy land; mire.
- PLAYTo act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
- PLAYEROne that plays. One who plays any game or sport.
- PLAYGROUNDA large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides).
- PLAYHOUSEA venue for performing plays.
- PLEASANTGiving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
- PONDAn inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
- POOKAA fairy that supposedly appears in animal form, often large.
- PORTMANA burgess of a port, especially of one of the Cinque Ports.
- POTTEROne who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
- POUCHA small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
- PRAISECommendation; favourable representation in words.
- PRATTEDAlternative spelling of prat (“trick, prank”).
- PRATTINGAlternative spelling of prat (“trick, prank”).
- PRAWNA crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.
- PRICKLEA sharp and often small point, especially that of a plant; a thorn. A sharp, hard extension of the cortex and epidermis of some plants (such as roses), as distinguished from a thor
- PRIESTHOODThe role or office of a priest.
- PRINKto give a wink; to wink.
- PROUDLYIn a proud manner.
- PUCKLEThe devil; Satan.
- PUFFA sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- PULLTo apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
- PUTTOCKAny of several birds of prey including the red kite, buzzard and marsh harrier
- PYROPHOBIAAn fear or hatred of fire or flames.
- PYROPHOBIASAn fear or hatred of fire or flames.
- QUAGQuagmire; marsh; bog.
- QUAKINGThe action of the verb quake.
- QUEENLYHaving the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.
- QUICKLYRapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.
- QUICKSANDWet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.
- QUISTThe wood pigeon, Columba palumbus.
- QUITCHTo shake (something); to stir, move.
- QUIVERA container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
- RACHa dog that hunts by scent
- RACKLEA chain.
- RAIDA quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
- RAMPAGEA course of violent, frenzied action.
- RANDYSexually aroused; full of sexual lust.
- RANKLYIn a rank manner.
- RATTLETo create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
- RAUGHTsimple past and past participle of reach
- READERA person who reads.
- READINGpresent participle and gerund of read
- REEDAny of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
- REEDENMade from reeds.
- REEVEAny of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.
- RELATIONSHIPA connection or association; the condition of being related.
- REMINDTo cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
- RENNETAn enzyme used as the first step in making cheese, to curdle the milk and coagulate the casein in it, derived by soaking the fourth stomach of a milk-fed calf in brine.
- REPINETo complain; to regret; to fret.
- RHINEA watercourse; a ditch for water.
- RICKLEA loose, disordered collection of things; a heap; a jumble.
- RIDDANCEAn act of ridding, clearance, or removal; elimination.
- RIDERA mounted person. A knight, or other mounted warrior. An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it. Someone who rides a horse or (later) a bicycle,
- RIGHTEOUSFree from sin or guilt.
- RIGHTEOUSLYIn a righteous manner.
- RIGHTFULBy right; by law.
- RIPENOf grain, fruit, flowers, etc., to grow ripe; to become mature.
- ROCHETA white vestment, worn by a bishop, similar to a surplice but with narrower sleeves, extending either to below the knee (in the Catholic church) or to the hem of the cassock in the
- ROOFEDHaving a roof, or a particular kind of roof.
- ROTTINGpresent participle and gerund of rot
- ROWLOCKA usually U-shaped pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock.
- RUDDYReddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
- RULYPitiable; miserable.
- RUSTLEA soft crackling sound similar to the movement of dry leaves.
- RUSTLINGpresent participle and gerund of rustle
- SAIDsimple past and past participle of say
- SAITHthird-person singular simple present indicative of say
- SALTERNAn area used for saltmaking, especially in the East Anglian fenlands.
- SALVEROne who salves or cures.
- SANDPITA place or pit from which sand is excavated.
- SANDYCovered with sand.
- SAPPYExcessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)
- SCATHEFULCausing harm or mischief; destructive, injurious.
- SCAVAGEA tax on non-resident merchant goods by city officials for resident merchant advantage, similar to a tariff.
- SCHOOLMANA medieval writer, scholar or teacher of the subjects taught at early European universities (such as theology, metaphysics and logic); a scholastic.
- SCOPA poet or minstrel in Anglo-Saxon England.