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- AXIOMA seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
- LOTUSAny member of the genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants in the family Nelumbonaceae.
- MAGUSA magician; a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster.
- PETRIFYTo turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
- PHANTOMA ghost or apparition.
- STOICProponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law,
- SYRINGEA device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
- TIMPANIThe set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra.
- WHARFAn artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.
- GHOULA demon said to feed on corpses.
- KISMETFate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.
- DOUSETo plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
- BAYOUA slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
- PISTONA solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)
- PUTTYA form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fixate panes of glass.
- WATERSHEDThe topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
- WONDERFULTending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
- CANTALOUPECucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types: Cantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted
- GAMBITAn opening in chess in which material is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
- PISTOLA handgun
- AGILEHaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; loose-jointed.
- BERETA type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.
- CUISINEA characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
- DAINTYElegant; delicately small and pretty.
- DESTINYThat to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
- DETERTo prevent something from happening.
- DICTATEAn order or command.
- INANELacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.
- LIMOUSINEAn automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front.
- MACHINEA device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
- MUNDANEWorldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
- PLATONICNeither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love.
- PUEBLOA community in Spain or Spanish America, especially one of Pueblo Indians living in a stone or adobe multi-storey building.
- SERGEANTA UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
- SOLVENTA fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
- TRANSFIXTo render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
- TRANSMEWTo transmute, change.
- VESTIGEA mark left on the earth by a foot.
- VESTIGIALOf or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a trace from the past.
- CANDLERA person who makes candles; a chandler.
- CRUSTYHaving a crust, especially a thick one.
- HATEFULEvoking a feeling of hatred.
- MASTERFULOf or pertaining to the manner of a master of an art, technique, profession, or craft; masterly.
- NICELYFastidiously; carefully.
- POWERFULHaving, or capable of exerting, power or influence.
- SHAPINGThe action of the verb to shape. A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in a series of steps in operant conditioning. The action of the metal-cutting machine call
- SWEATYCovered in sweat.
- WHISKERThat part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.
- WOEFULFull of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
- JACKDAWA bird of the genus Coloeus, similar in appearance to crows and found within the same family; traditionally associated with church towers and ruins, where it frequently likes to ne
- MEANTsimple past and past participle of mean
- ONIONA monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
- WHEATENOf, pertaining to, or made from wheat.
- WHISTLERSomeone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.
- PILFERTo steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
- SHARKAny predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
- GEYSERA boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
- TAPIOCAA starchy food made from the cassava plant, used in puddings.
- MISTLEmistletoe
- SHRUGA lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of knowledge about something.
- SMITHYThe location where a smith (particularly a blacksmith) works; a forge.
- STOLENpast participle of steal
- SWORNpast participle of swear
- BOOTHA small stall for the display and sale of goods.
- FEMININEOf or pertaining to the female gender.
- GUESTA recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
- LOUSEA small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
- PIOUSOf or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.
- RICHESMoney, goods, wealth, treasure.
- SHADOWA dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- SHARDA piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.
- THISTLEAny of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
- TOOTHA hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
- VULPINEPertaining to a fox.
- BELUGAA whale, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
- DANDYA man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
- HEFTYWith heft; heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive
- KRONAThe official currency of Sweden.
- YULETIDEAlternative letter-case form of Yuletide (“Christmas or the Christmas season”).
- BEATNIKA person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is supposed to reject conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior.
- BINGOA game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" a
- BOONIESBoondocks.
- CREDIBLYIn a credible manner; believably.
- DECEITFULDeliberately misleading or cheating.
- FARSIDEThe side of a moon that faces away from the planet that it orbits.
- FAULTYHaving or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
- FIREMANSomeone (especially male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
- FLAKIESConsisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
- FLAXSEEDThe seed of the flax plant; a source of linseed oil.
- GLOATEROne who gloats.
- GRAPEVINEThe plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.
- GUMSHOEA sneaker or rubber overshoe.
- GUSTYOf wind: blowing in gusts; blustery; tempestuous.
- KETAMINEA synthetic compound used as a dissociative anesthetic and analgesic drug and also recreationally as a hallucinogen.
- KICKSTANDA levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden.
- LAKESIDEThe ground near the edge of a lake; the land adjacent to a lake.
- MOUNTEDOn horseback.
- MOUNTEROne who mounts.
- MOXIENerve, spunk, strength of character.
- MUSKYResembling or characteristic of musk, especially in scent.