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- LIVERYAny distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.
- REBUTTo drive back or beat back; to repulse.
- TRIPEThe lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.
- SKEETA form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.
- TANGA refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
- SITARA Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.
- BOGEYA ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
- BROGUEA strong dialectal accent, usually Irish or Scottish.
- CHITA child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
- FLOGTo whip or scourge as punishment.
- OAKENMade from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness.
- PINCHTo squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- PLAQUEAny flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn
- POKETo prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
- SLAGWaste material from a mine.
- SMITTENAffected by an act of smiting. Made irrationally enthusiastic. In love.
- SNOKETo sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose.
- STILEA set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.
- VIXENA female fox.
- WAKENTo wake or rouse from sleep.
- WINDYAccompanied by wind.
- AEGISA mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoul
- ANUSThe external orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected.
- APHIDA sap-sucking insect pest of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.
- ASUNDEROf two or more people or things: Apart or separate from each other. Moving apart from each other.
- BRINESalt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
- BRUITHearsay, rumour; talk; an instance of this.
- CUDGELA short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
- DATUMSomething known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning or inference which an intellectual system of any sort (such as knowledge or theoretical framework) is constru
- DIVAAny female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.
- DOFFTo remove or take off (something worn on the body such as armour or clothing, or something carried).
- EVERTTo turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
- FACILEEasy; contemptibly easy.
- FURTIVEOf a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.
- GIRDTo bind with a flexible rope or cord.
- GOADA long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
- LITHEMild; calm.
- LUGEA racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
- MEADAn alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
- MIDGEAny of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or b
- MOLEA naevus, a pigmented, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy spot on the skin.
- NUBILEOf an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman).
- ODIUMHatred; dislike.
- PARETo remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
- PARSIMONYWith a negative connotation: great reluctance to spend money or other resources; miserliness, stinginess; an instance of this.
- PHYSICRelating to or concerning existent materials; physical.
- QUADRATICSquare-shaped.
- RUBICONA limit that when surpassed cannot be returned from, or an action that when taken cannot be reversed.
- SALVEAn ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
- SCIONA descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
- SCURVYAffected or covered with scurf (“skin disease causing flakes of skin to fall off”) or scabs; scurfy, scabby; also, of or relating to a skin disease causing scurf or to scurvy (noun
- SCYTHEAn instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.
- SHOALShallow.
- SINGETo burn slightly.
- SKEINA quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a
- SOOTHTruth.
- SWAINA young man or boy in service; a servant.
- THATCHStraw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
- THEEObjective and reflexive case of thou.
- VULPINEPertaining to a fox.
- WINCHA machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing,
- WRITA written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
- WURSTA German- or Austrian-style sausage.
- AUBERGINEAn Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
- DERVISHAn itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
- GHEEA type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking.
- GUARAn annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans.
- IXORAAny of the flowering plants in the genus Ixora.
- LACQUERA glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.
- MUNGmung bean (Vigna radiata, syn. Phaseolus aureus), cultivated for its sprouts.
- OPALA mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O. A precious gem, an iridescent gemstone fou
- ROTIA kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.
- HYTEinsane or mad.
- THONthey . Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
- AREPAA type of cornbread originating from the northern Andes and resembling a tortilla.
- BOLOA long, heavy, single-edged machete.
- GAUCHOA cowboy of the South American pampas.
- LARIATA lasso.
- SOLERAA method of producing sherry in which small amounts of younger wines stored in an upper tier of casks are systematically blended with the more mature wine in the casks below
- YERBAIlex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage maté.
- SIEVERTIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of radiation dose: the dose received in one hour at a distance of 1 cm from a point source of 1 mg of radium in a 0.5 mm thic
- SQUABA fledgling (young) bird. A young dove or pigeon.
- BIALYA flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a bagel, it has a depression in the middle.
- ABLEISTExhibiting or relating to ableism.
- ADENOVIRUSAny virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
- AGAPEIn a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.
- AGEISTUnfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age.
- AGORAPHOBESomeone who suffers from agoraphobia.
- ALBINISMCongenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino.
- AMORALDone without consideration for morality or immorality.
- ANOXICSuffering from a reduced supply of oxygen.
- ANURIAA condition in which the kidneys do not produce urine.
- ANURICOf, pertaining to, causing or afflicted with anuria.
- APNEICExhibiting or relating to apnea: no longer breathing
- AQUAFERAlternative form of aquifer.
- ARSONITEAn arsonist.
- ASKEWTurned or twisted to one side.
- ATOPICPertaining to or suffering from atopy.
- ATYPICALNot conforming to the normal type.
- AWASHWashed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.