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- POMFRETA fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
- BEHESTA command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest.
- BRIGANDAn outlaw or bandit.
- ESCARPObsolete spelling of scarp.
- GAITERA covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep.
- HUTCHA box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
- MORGANATICDesignating a marriage (or the wife involved) between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank, often having various legal repercussions (typically that such a wife has no cl
- 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.
- PLENUMA space that is completely filled with matter.
- REFUSENIKOne of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate (typically but not exclusively a Jewish citizen denied permission to immigrate to Israel).
- DERVISHAn itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
- DHARMAThe natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.
- ABALONEAn edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
- JUSTICIAROne who administers justice, particularly:
- SATURNINEOf a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy.
- SLAKETo satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
- SNIFTERTo sniff; also, to snivel or snuffle.
- GEFILTEEllipsis of gefilte fish.
- ABUNDANCYA state of plentifulness.
- AERONAUTICHaving to do with aerial navigation
- ANTIPODESomething directly opposite or diametrically opposed.
- ANTITRUSTOpposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts (monopolies), usually referring to legislation.
- AUTHORIALOf, coming from, or typical of an author
- BECLOUDTo cause to become obscure or muddled.
- BEMUSETo confuse or bewilder.
- BESTOWALThe act of bestowing.
- BROADSHEETA newspaper having pages of standard dimensions (as opposed to a tabloid), especially one that carries serious treatment of news.
- CANTORIALOf, pertaining to, or in the fashion of a cantor
- CAVORTTo prance, frolic, gambol.
- CHINOOKThe descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer ai
- CINEPLEXA cinema having multiple theatres (showing rooms).
- CODGERAn amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man.
- CORTISOLA glucocorticoid steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex that mediates various metabolic processes (such as gluconeogenesis), has anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive pro
- DECIMATOROne who decimates, particularly: A devastator or destroyer. A collector or receiver of tithes.
- DEFANGTo remove the fangs from (something).
- DIVERSplural of diver
- DUNNYSomewhat dun, dusky brownish.
- DYSPHONICHaving or relating to dysphonia.
- EDUCATIVEServing to educate; educational.
- EELYResembling an eel: long, thin and slippery.
- EMBANKto put up a bank so as to confine or to defend
- EMPIRICALPertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory.
- ENTREATYThe act of entreating or beseeching; a strong petition; pressing solicitation; begging.
- FELICITOUSCharacterized by felicity.
- FESTOONERYThat which is festooned; hanging ornamentation.
- FETCHINGLYIn a fetching manner
- FETISHIZETo make the subject of (often sexual) obsession.
- FINAGLETo obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
- FISTULARTubelike; resembling a hollow cylinder.
- FLANKERA player who plays in the back row of the scrum.
- FLUORIDATETo add fluoride to something, especially to drinking water in order to reduce tooth decay.
- FOLDEROLNonsense or foolishness.
- FRABJOUSFabulous, joyous; great, wonderful.
- FRACTIONALIZETo separate into parts or fractions; to fractionate.
- FRACTIOUSGiven to troublemaking.
- FRAGMENTIZETo break, cut, or otherwise separate (something) into fragments.
- GALUMPHTo move heavily and clumsily, or with a sense of prancing and triumph.
- GOLPEA roundel purpure (purple circular spot).
- GRAPHENEAny polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having the structure of part of a layer of graphite.
- HALFLINGA fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction; a hobbit.
- HYDROPLANETo skim the surface of a body of water while moving at high speed.
- INARGUABLYCertainly; without the possibility of argument or debate.
- INDUCTIVELYIn an inductive manner; by using induction.
- INFARCTEDAffected by infarcts
- INGROWTHGrowth inwards.
- MOXIENerve, spunk, strength of character.
- NAFFBad; tasteless, poorly thought out, not workable; tacky.
- NEPHROLOGYThe branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys.
- OXBOWA U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of which are fastened to its yoke.
- PANTHEOLOGYA system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology.
- PHIALA bottle or other vessel for containing a liquid; originally any such vessel, especially one for holding a beverage; now , a small, narrow glass bottle with a cap used to hold liqu
- PRIGA deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
- PRIVETAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.
- PROTEANExceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms.
- PUSTULAROf, pertaining to, or containing pustules.
- PUTATIVELYIn a putative manner; according to belief.
- QUANGOAn organization that, although financed by a government, acts independently of it.
- REFLEXIVITYThe condition or state of being reflexive.
- REGIMENTALRelating to a regiment
- REPOSITIONTo put into a new position
- ROGUISHUnprincipled or unscrupulous.
- RUNCIBLEA nonce word used for humorous effect.
- SCUNGEMuck, scum, dirt, dirtiness; also used attributively.
- SOLEMNIFYTo make solemn.