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- ALBUMENSynonym of egg white (“ the clear fluid part of an egg surrounding the yolk, being mostly the protein albumin and water, which turns stiff and white when beaten or cooked; the whit
- BEQUESTThe act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
- BURGEONA bud, sprout, or shoot.
- CALAMITOUSCausing or involving calamity; disastrous.
- CHURLA free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl and a thane; a freeman; also , a person without royal or noble status; a commoner. A bondman or serf.
- DRAGOONSynonym of dragon (“a type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel and a flared muzzle, metaphorically exhaling fire like a mythical dragon”). Originally , a soldier armed wit
- ECHELONA level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
- ELUCIDATETo make (something) lucid (“bright, luminous; also, clear, transparent”).
- FINIALEspecially in Gothic architecture: an ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, a pediment, a pinnacle, etc.
- FROSHA frog.
- HOVELAn open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
- JOVIALCheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
- LANGUIDOf a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness; faint, listless.
- LIMNTo draw or paint; to delineate.
- MENDACITYThe fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
- TIMOROUSTending to be easily frightened; shy, timid.
- VULPINEPertaining to a fox.