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- LABORIOUSRequiring much physical effort; toilsome.
- LINTELA horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
- MIENDemeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
- MUSTARDA plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).
- NICHEA cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.
- NIDORThe smell of burning animals, especially of burning animal fat.
- NIDUSAn aggregate of neurons.
- NIGERAn Ethiopian herb (Guizotia abyssinica), grown for its seed and edible oil.
- NOXIOUSHarmful; injurious.
- OCTOPIplural of octopus
- PARENTA person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).
- PECULIAROut of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
- PIEDHaving two or more colors, especially black and white.
- PLUMBA little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
- PRODUCETo bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
- PROFUSEabundant or generous to the point of excess; copious; volubly expressed.
- PROTRACTTo draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
- PROXIMATEClose or closest; adjacent.
- PUCEA brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.
- PUMICEA light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbl
- QUARTA unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in t
- RESONATETo vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration.
- RUSEA turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
- SCULPTTo form by sculpture.
- SEBUMA thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.
- SLUICEAn artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
- SPUTUMMatter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth, composed of saliva and discharges from the respiratory passages such as mucus, phlegm or pus.
- TACITImplied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
- TAINTA contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
- TRETAn allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare is deducted.
- TURBIDHaving the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear.
- UMBRAGEA feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
- VACUUMA region of space that contains no matter.
- VATICPertaining to a prophet; prophetic, oracular.
- VAUNTTo speak boastfully.
- VIABLEAble to live on its own (as for a newborn).
- VIADUCTA bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles.
- VISCIDHaving a high viscosity.
- VOLUMEA three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English me
- VOLUMINOUSOf or pertaining to volume or volumes.
- VOLUTEThe characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
- VORTEXA whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
- WHISKYAlternative form of whiskey, an alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain, usually aged in oak barrels, Scotch; a drink of this liquor.
- BRACKSalty or brackish water.
- BUNCHYHaving, or growing in bunches.
- DARGA day's work.
- DOLTA stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
- FISHYOf, from, or similar to fish.
- FUSTYMoldy or musty.
- GURGLETo flow with a bubbling sound.
- HUMBLYIn a humble manner.
- HURLTo throw (something) with force.
- ICHORThe liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.
- INURETo cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries.
- SNARLTo entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
- SNEEZYProne to sneeze with little (if any) nasal agitation.
- SPELTsimple past and past participle of spell
- TITTERTo laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement.
- VERILYTruly; doubtless; honestly; in truth.
- WORSTEDYarn made from long strands of wool.
- BLUDGEONA short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
- INCISETo cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
- PELFMoney, riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired; lucre, mammon.
- PRECISIONThe state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate.
- GHERKINA small cucumber, often pickled whole.
- ORLOPThe platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship.
- DORKA quirky, silly or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends and typically has unfashionable hobbies. (Overlaps conceptually with nerd and
- NEAPThe tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
- THOLETo suffer.
- ABAFTBehind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of.
- BURIALThe act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.
- DIGESTTo distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.
- DOTTLEA plug or tap of a vessel.
- FETTLEA state of physical condition; kilter or trim.
- FIDGETTo wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.
- FILCHTo illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
- FOISTTo introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
- HEAVENLYOf or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods.
- TIRLTo quiver; to vibrate; to veer about.
- WAMEThe belly.
- AGLETAlternative form of aiglet.
- ASTRONOMYThe study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.
- BLOTA blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
- CARKTo be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
- DUNGManure; animal excrement.
- NIDGETA fool or idiot.
- OCHEA line behind which a player's front foot must be placed when throwing a dart.
- PLIANTCapable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking.
- ROSINA solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.
- VERSETA very short organ interlude or prelude.
- BLUNTHaving a thick edge or point; not sharp.
- GEYSERA boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
- HARLEQUINA pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes, used as a stock character in commedia dell'arte and other genres.
- RIFTA chasm or fissure.
- MUSKA greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- BELCHTo expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly.
- DEARTHA period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
- DRUNKIntoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
- FLOGTo whip or scourge as punishment.
- GAWKA cuckoo; any gawky bird.