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- GRAVENpast participle of grave
- GREASEDsimple past and past participle of grease
- GRIEVOUSCausing grief, pain, or sorrow.
- 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.
- GRUETo be frightened; also, to shudder with fear; to quake, to tremble.
- GRUNTA short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
- GUANODung from a sea bird or from a bat.
- GUFFNonsensical talk or thinking.
- 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.)
- GUNKGrime, dirt, slime; any vague, messy, or unknown substance.
- GURGLETo flow with a bubbling sound.
- HAKEA hook; a pot-hook.
- HALIDEAny salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, or hydroiodic acid).
- HAMEshroud, a covering, skin, membrane.
- HARLEQUINA pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes, used as a stock character in commedia dell'arte and other genres.
- HARPOONA spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
- HASPA clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
- HAUGHA low-lying meadow by the side of a river.
- HAULMThe stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.
- HEAVENLYOf or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods.
- HEINOUSTotally reprehensible.
- HENTTo take hold of, to grasp.
- HESPA measure of two hanks of linen thread.
- HESTCommand, injunction.
- HEWNMade or crafted by cutting, whittling down.
- HIEDsimple past and past participle of hie
- HIERACIUM
- HIRCINEOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats.
- HISTORYThe aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded.
- HOARA white or greyish-white colour.
- HOCUSTo play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.
- HOKUM(An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.
- HOMAGEA demonstration of respect, as towards a person after his or her retirement or death.
- HOOCHAn alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky.
- HOVELAn open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
- HUCKTo throw or chuck.
- HUMBLYIn a humble manner.
- HURLTo throw (something) with force.
- HURLSthird-person singular simple present indicative of hurl
- HYDRAULICPertaining to water.
- HYLESynonym of matter, physical substance.
- IAMBICConsisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed–stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance.
- ICHORThe liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.
- ICTUSThe pulse.
- IGNEOUSPertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.
- INANELacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.
- INCISETo cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
- INFAREA party or other celebration held to mark someone's entrance into a new home, especially the arrival of a bride at her new home; a wedding reception.
- INFLUXA flow inward or into something; a coming in.
- INURETo cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries.
- IODINEA chemical element (symbol: I) with an atomic number of 53; one of the halogens.
- IRENICPromoting or fitted to promote peace or peacemaking, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful.
- ISOTOPEAny of two or more forms of an element where the atoms have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons within their nuclei. Thus, isotopes have the same atomic
- JEHUA coachman; a driver; especially, one who drives furiously.
- JINXA hex; an evil spell.
- JOVIALCheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
- JOWLThe jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible.
- JUSTICEThe state or characteristic of being just or fair.
- JUSTIFIABLYin a justifiable manner; with justification
- JUTEThe coarse, strong fibre of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.
- KALEIDOSCOPEAn instrument consisting of a tube containing mirrors and loose, colourful beads or other objects; when the tube is looked into and rotated, a succession of symmetrical designs can
- KEDGEA small anchor used for warping a vessel.
- KETCHA fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.
- KETCHUPEllipsis of tomato ketchup (“a tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners”).
- KEWPIEA kewpie doll.
- KIBEA chilblain (often ulcerated), especially on the heel of the foot (also afflictive to some animals); a cold sore or blister.
- KINEplural of cow
- KNAVEA boy; especially, a boy servant.
- 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.
- KOALAA tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.
- LABORIOUSRequiring much physical effort; toilsome.
- LADYBUGSynonym of ladybird.
- LEEPObsolete form of leap.
- LEMANOne beloved; a lover, a sweetheart of either sex (especially a secret lover; a gallant or mistress).
- LEPORINEOf, relating to, or characteristic of a hare or a rabbit.
- LIEFBeloved, dear, agreeable.
- LILTTo do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
- LIMNERSomeone who limns or portrays.
- LINNA waterfall or cataract (torrent of water running over a rocky bed), or a ravine down which such a waterfall rushes.
- LINTELA horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
- LIPOSOMEAn aqueous compartment enclosed by a bimolecular membrane, typically of phospholipid; a lipid vesicle.
- LISPThe act or a habit of lisping.
- LOCIAlternative form of locie (“locomotive”).
- LOOFAAlternative spelling of loofah.
- LORALOf or pertaining to the lore.
- LOUNTo beat; thrash.
- LOUPEDPast tense of loup, a Scots word: to leap or jump.
- LOUSEA small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
- LUNKA fool; an idiot; a lunkhead.
- LUNTA slow-burning match or torch.
- LURCHA sudden or unsteady movement.
- LUSHYGiven to drinking alcohol.
- MEALYBUGAny of various insects of the family Pseudococcidae, which secrete a powdery wax and are pests of fruit trees.
- MEANDEROne of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
- MIENDemeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
- MISEThe issue in a writ of right.
- MIXOLOGYThe art of combining various ingredients to create cocktails.
- MOCKAn imitation, usually of lesser quality.
- MOMEA dull or stupid person.