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- WIGHTA living creature, especially a human being.
- SWAMIA Hindu ascetic or religious teacher.
- HODADSomeone who comes to the beach and has a surfboard, but never surfs, or that surfs poorly and annoys the local seasoned surfers.
- RECONDITEDifficult, obscure. Difficult to grasp or understand; abstruse, profound.
- ANGIOPLASTYThe mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.
- ANKHA cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top, the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the Egyptian triliteral ꜥnḫ (“life”) and often used as an amulet or charm for this concept.
- APHASICAffected by, or pertaining to, aphasia.
- ARCHAISTA person who studies archaic things; an antiquary
- BARNEYA lark, a romp, some fun.
- BECLOWNTo make a fool of.
- BLOVIATETo speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
- BOSUNAlternative form of boatswain (“warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship”).
- BUMPTIOUSObtrusively pushy; self-important; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.
- CLONKThe abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact.
- CORNEALOf or pertaining to the cornea.
- CRAWDADSynonym of crayfish.
- CRIKEYAn exclamation of astonishment.
- CUMSHAWA gratuity or tip as thanks for a service
- DODDERYDoddering, trembly, shaky.
- EUKARYOTICHaving complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- EUPHONICCharacterized by euphony; harmonious.
- EUTHANASICOf, or pertaining to euthanasia
- FRAGA fragmentation grenade.
- FUNGALOf or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.
- GLOAMClipping of gloaming (“twilight”).
- GLUGThe sound made when a significant amount of liquid is poured suddenly out of something, such as a jug or bottle.
- GRUNGEDirt or filth, especially when difficult to clean.
- HOOLIEShort for hooligan (“a young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group”).
- INERTIALOf, relating to, or depending on inertia.
- LARPAlternative letter-case form of LARP (“live-action roleplay”).
- LIMNEDdescribed or represented in a lifelike manner
- NATTERTo talk casually; to discuss unimportant matters.
- PERLOCUTIONThe effect the terms used by a speaker can have on another speaker and their emotions and responses.
- PETRICHORThe distinctive scent, caused by geosmin, which accompanies the first rain after a long, warm, dry spell.
- PODGYSlightly fat.
- QUANTQuantitative analysis or research.
- ROGUEA scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
- SQUICKA source of individual psychological discomfort; something that repels one.
- SUCCOTASHA stew made from kernels of corn, lima beans, tomatoes and sometimes peppers.
- TANNOYA public address system.
- VAPIDITYThe state or quality of being vapid; vapidness.
- WHODUNITA novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator.