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- GRAVENpast participle of grave
- GROINThe crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
- GROUNDThe surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
- HAMEshroud, a covering, skin, membrane.
- LIEFBeloved, dear, agreeable.
- SLOTHLaziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a feeling combining indifference and lethargy; a dragging idleness.
- SOUSESomething kept or steeped in brine. The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine. Pickled scrapple. Pickled or boiled ears and feet of a pig A pickle made with salt. The ear; especially,
- SWARDEarth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; a portion of such earth.
- VIXENA female fox.
- WIZENWizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
- YAREReady; prepared.
- 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
- BANEA cause of misery or ruin.
- BAWLTo shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
- 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.
- CRIBA baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
- CUDGELA short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
- CULMINATEOf a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.
- DISTANCEAn amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
- DUVETA quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especia
- EXUDETo discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
- FAINOften followed by of: glad, well-pleased. Glad, contented, or satisfied to do something in the absence of a better alternative. Compelled or obliged to.
- FEUDA state of long-standing mutual hostility.
- FLITA fluttering or darting movement.
- GLEANTo collect (fruit, grain, or other produce) from a field, an orchard, etc., after the main gathering or harvest.
- GLINTA short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.
- GNATA biting insect, especially a mosquito.
- GUISEA customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)
- HAKEA hook; a pot-hook.
- HAULMThe stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.
- HISTORYThe aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded.
- HOVELAn open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
- IRENICPromoting or fitted to promote peace or peacemaking, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful.
- JOVIALCheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
- JUSTICEThe state or characteristic of being just or fair.
- KNEADTo work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.
- LISPThe act or a habit of lisping.
- LOUSEA small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
- MOCKAn imitation, usually of lesser quality.
- NESHSoft; tender; sensitive; yielding.
- OASTA kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops.
- OBTUSEBlunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form. Blunt, or rounded at the extremity. Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, equivalently more than 90° and less than 180°.
- OCCUPATIONAn activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
- PARAGONA person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others.
- PLACATETo calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
- RASETo be extremely angry; to rage; specifically, of a dog or wolf: to snarl in rage.
- RATHERipening or blooming early.
- SCURFA skin disease.
- SHREWAny of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.
- SIEVEA device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
- 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
- SOOTHETo restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
- THANKsingular of thanks (“an expression of appreciation or gratitude; grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness”)
- THUDThe sound of a dull impact.
- UNDERBeneath; below; at or to the bottom of, or the area covered or surmounted by.
- VELDThe open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries.
- WAIFAn article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belon
- WAINA wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
- WHELKCertain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.
- WOADThe plant Isatis tinctoria.
- GUANODung from a sea bird or from a bat.
- JUTEThe coarse, strong fibre of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.
- POODAn obsolete Russian unit of mass, equal to 40 Russian funt, or about 16.38 kg (approximately 36.11 pounds).
- GOADA long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
- POUTTo push out one's lips; especially, to do so in a gesture of dismay, either serious or playful.
- AIRTTo guide; to direct.
- CAVILTo criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
- CINCHA simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
- CONGEALTo change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
- OGEEA double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
- POTABLEGood for drinking without fear of waterborne disease or poisoning.
- PUNGLETo pay or hand over; to shell out
- SUMACAny of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and certain other genera in Anacardiaceae. particularly, one of species Rhus coriaria (tanner's sumac)
- ANGSTEmotional turmoil; painful sadness; anguish.
- RUNEA letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
- SNIFTERTo sniff; also, to snivel or snuffle.
- FARDTo paint, as the cheeks or face.
- YENTAA woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger.
- ACHYWith or suffering from aches; sore.
- AUDIOLOGYThe study of the auditory and vestibular systems, and associated disorders.
- BEFOGTo envelop in fog or smoke.
- BIPOLARInvolving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.
- BOTHERSOMECausing trouble, annoyance, inconvenience, irritation, or perplexity.
- BUMFUseless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc.
- COGGLETo move or walk unsteadily
- CONKThe shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.
- CORDYLINEAny member of the genus Cordyline of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants, native to the western Pacific Ocean region.
- DIANTHUSAny plant, such as carnations and pinks, of the genus Dianthus.
- DOOBIEA marijuana cigarette.
- DWEEBA boring, studious, or socially inept person.
- DYSTOPIANOf or pertaining to a dystopia.
- ELVANOf or relating to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall.
- ENCAPSULATETo enclose something in, or as if in, a capsule.
- FICTIONALInvented, as opposed to real.
- FLUBAn error; a mistake in the performance of an action.
- GLOAMClipping of gloaming (“twilight”).
- GNARLA knot in wood; a knurl or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
- GOOCHThe perineum.
- GOOEYHaving the consistency of goo: soft or viscous, and sticky.