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- SACREDCharacterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.
- SAWYEROne who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
- TWERPA fool, a twit.
- WILYSly, cunning, full of tricks.
- WINYHaving the taste or qualities of wine.
- HOTCHTo move irregularly up and down.
- SABOTA wooden shoe.
- ZANYUnusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
- BISMARA kind of steelyard used in Orkney.
- BROCKA male badger.
- BUFFOONOne who performs in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
- CHIDETo admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
- CLEMTo be hungry; starve.
- DINGYDark, dull.
- DOUSETo plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
- ENTRAPTo catch in a trap or snare.
- GOURMETFine; of superior quality.
- HOLIDAYA day on which a religious event or secular celebration is traditionally observed.
- HOMELYCharacteristic of, belonging to, or befitting a home; domestic, cosy.
- READERA person who reads.
- SINGERA person who sings, often professionally.
- STEEDA stallion, especially one used for riding.
- TINGLETo feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
- WINSOMECharming, engaging, winning; inspiring approval and trust, especially if in an innocent manner.
- WRIGHTA builder or maker of something.
- DETAINERThe right to keep a person, or a person's goods or property, against his will; a type of custody.
- FAUCETAn exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
- FRAPTo draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing.
- GALACelebratory; festive.
- HASTYActing or done in haste; hurried or too quick; speedy due to having little time.
- LITERAlternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter.
- MANGERA trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from.
- MOISTUREThat which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
- NOOSEAn adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.
- TRIPEThe lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.
- WAFERA light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
- WASTERSomeone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
- DROWSA member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll. “hidden people” (Faroese huldufólk, Norwegian huldrefolk), subterraneans (Norweg
- GEYSERA boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
- LEETA portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.
- MISTAKETo understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
- SHADAny one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.
- SPUDA potato.
- TANGA refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
- ALBINOCongenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.
- BEGOTo go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
- BOONA good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
- BOUTA period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness.
- CRADLEA bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
- DALEA valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.
- ENAMELAn opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
- ESPIONAGEThe act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.
- GAITA manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
- GARDENAn outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
- GASTTo frighten.
- GAVELRent.
- GUMPTIONCommon sense, initiative, resourcefulness.
- HEALINGThe process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
- HENTTo take hold of, to grasp.
- LINGERTo stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
- LOOFThe palm of the hand.
- MOLTENMelted, especially due to great heat
- OXENplural of ox
- POKETo prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
- QUAILTo waste away; to fade, to wither.
- QUENCHTo satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
- ROOSETo flatter or praise.
- SHOVELA hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage dif
- SPIDERAny of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
- TSARAn emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.
- TWINKTo twinkle; to sparkle.
- WENCHA girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.
- WHOLESOMEPromoting good physical health and well-being.
- WRANGLETo convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending. Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining. To speak or write (something) in an a
- WRENTroglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).
- YATEObsolete form of gate.
- YOREA time long past.
- BESTOWTo apply or make use of (someone or something); to employ, to use. To apply (money) for some purpose; to expend, to spend.
- BOOSEA stall for an animal (usually a cow).
- BOOTA heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football (historically in the form of boots, now shorter, but s
- CRUDEIn a natural, untreated state.
- CRUXThe basic, central, or essential point or feature.
- DISTANCEAn amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
- DOWELA pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper re
- 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
- EVERTTo turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
- 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.
- FANTASYThat which comes from one's imagination or the act of imagining things.
- FATHOMA man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.
- FERNAny of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternatio
- FIDELITYFaithfulness to one's moral or civic duties.
- FIKETo feign; dissemble; flatter.
- FINGERA slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other animals.
- FLINTA hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescen
- FRETEspecially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.
- FRISTA certain space or period of time; respite.
- GALOREIn abundance.
- GANDERA male goose.
- GISTThe main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.
- GLINTA short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.