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- GROUSEAny of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus scotica) nati
- GRUMPA habitually grumpy or complaining person.
- HARESplural of hare
- HASPEDsimple past and past participle of hasp
- HASPINGpresent participle and gerund of hasp
- HAUTHaughty.
- HEAVEDsimple past and past participle of heave
- HECTORSometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a braggart, bully.
- HELMINGpresent participle and gerund of helm
- HINDLocated at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
- HOISINA sauce made from soy, garlic, chili etc, used in Chinese cooking
- HOOEYSilly talk or writing; nonsense, silliness, or fake assertion(s).
- HOOPEDContaining hoops
- HOOVEREDHaving been cleaned with a vacuum cleaner; vacuum-cleaned.
- HOVERTo keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air. Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; of a thing: to cover or surround (something). Of
- HOVESthird-person singular simple present indicative of hove
- HUCKTo throw or chuck.
- HUSHESthird-person singular simple present indicative of hush
- HUSKThe dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.
- HYPESplural of hype
- HYPINGpresent participle and gerund of hype
- JADESplural of jade
- JAKESA place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
- JAPEA joke or quip.
- JAPEDsimple past and past participle of jape
- JEERSplural of jeer
- JESTEROne who jests, jokes or teases.
- JINKSplural of jink
- JOULESplural of joule
- LACKEYA footman, a liveried male servant.
- LAPSEDsimple past and past participle of lapse
- LECTURNObsolete form of lectern.
- LEEKSplural of leek
- LEESThe sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
- LOOBYA large and awkward or clumsy person; an oaf.
- LOUTSplural of lout
- LUSHEDsimple past and past participle of lush
- MACHETEA sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.
- MAWSplural of maw
- MEADAn alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
- MIREDeep mud; moist, spongy earth.
- MOONEDsimple past and past participle of moon
- MOPINGpresent participle and gerund of mope
- MOUSINGpresent participle and gerund of mouse
- MUCKINGpresent participle and gerund of muck
- MULISHCharacteristic of a mule; stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
- MUSKYResembling or characteristic of musk, especially in scent.
- MUTTONSplural of mutton
- NAPESplural of nape
- NITSplural of nit
- OXENplural of ox
- PABLUMAlternative letter-case form of Pablum (“a type of cereal for infants made from cornmeal, oat, and wheat”).
- PALMINGpresent participle and gerund of palm
- PALTRYTrashy, trivial, of little value.
- PEATSplural of peat
- PEATYOf or resembling peat; peatlike.
- PECKSplural of peck
- PEERTo look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
- PERMITTEDsimple past and past participle of permit
- PETULANTChildishly irritable.
- PHONEMEAn indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
- PICAA disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
- PICKLINGSplural of pickling
- PINEYAlternative spelling of piny.
- PLAIDINGplaid cloth; tartan cloth
- PLANCHEDsimple past and past participle of planch
- PLEATEDsimple past and past participle of pleat
- PLEATINGpresent participle and gerund of pleat
- PLEATINGSplural of pleating
- POLKAA lively dance originating in Bohemia.
- PONEA writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
- POOCHEDMade unusable; broken; buggered.
- POOTA fart, perhaps a relatively quiet one.
- POOTSplural of poot
- PRAMSplural of pram
- PRATA cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke.
- PRATINGpresent participle and gerund of prate
- PRECLUDESthird-person singular simple present indicative of preclude
- PRONGA thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
- PROVOSTOne placed in charge: a head, a chief, particularly: A dean: the head of a cathedral chapter. The head of various other ecclesiastical bodies, even muezzins. The minister of the ch
- PROWThe front part of a vessel.
- PUBERTYA developmental phase brought about by the action of hormones as part of the maturing process. For humans, there are three in total. The process of sexual development that produces
- PUBESplural of pubis (“pubic bones”)
- PUCEA brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.
- PUDGESomething short and fat.
- PULEDsimple past and past participle of pule
- QUAGMIREA swampy, soggy area of ground.
- QUIPA smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
- RABIESAn infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitem
- RAZEDsimple past and past participle of raze
- RAZESthird-person singular simple present indicative of raze
- REGULATEDsimple past and past participle of regulate
- REMITTEDsimple past and past participle of remit
- REMITTINGpresent participle and gerund of remit
- REPEALSplural of repeal
- ROSINA solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.
- ROVEDpast participle of rove
- ROVESthird-person singular simple present indicative of rove
- RUESplural of rue
- SALVEAn ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.