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- GNAWTo bite something persistently, especially something tough.
- GOREBlood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
- GRADEA rating.
- GREYCommonwealth standard spelling of gray.
- HAVENA harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
- HEAPA crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- HOARA white or greyish-white colour.
- KIPEAn osier basket used for catching fish.
- KITEA bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
- LADETo fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
- LOINThe part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips.
- LOUSEA small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
- LUGEA racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
- MAGICThe application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit f
- MAGNOLIAA tree or shrub in any species of the genus Magnolia, many with large flowers and simple leaves.
- MAILA bag or wallet.
- MEADAn alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
- MEAGERHaving little flesh; lean; thin.
- MENTORA wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- MILTThe spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
- MOATA deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
- MORBIDITYThe quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.
- MOUNDAn artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
- MOUNTAINAn elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit.
- MUSKA greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- OCCUPYTo take or use. To fill.
- ORIENTUsually preceded by the: alternative letter-case form of Orient (“a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia)
- PIOUSOf or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.
- POUTTo push out one's lips; especially, to do so in a gesture of dismay, either serious or playful.
- RAKEA garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-m
- REAMCream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
- REARTo bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
- ROTUNDHaving a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.
- SCATA tax; tribute.
- SCIONA descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
- SEARDry; withered, especially of vegetation.
- SHAGMatted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
- SHAMROCKThe trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.
- SHRINEA holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.
- SOAPA metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
- STIPENDA regular fixed payment made to someone (especially a clergyman, judge, soldier, or teacher) for services provided by them; a salary.
- STRAWA dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- SWINEA pig, an animal of family Suidae, especially in agricultural contexts.
- THATIntroducing a clause that is the object of a verb, especially a reporting verb or verb expressing belief, knowledge, perception, etc.
- THATCHStraw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
- THERMALPertaining to heat or temperature.
- THORNA modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
- TRUANTShirking or wandering from business or duty; straying; hence, idle; loitering.
- UNIFORMITYThe quality or state of being uniform.
- VANEA weather vane.
- VARIETYA deviation or difference. A specific variation of something. An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals
- VICTORYThe condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; an instance of this.
- VISCERALOf or relating to, made up of, or positioned among or within, the viscera (“internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities”).
- VOGUEThe prevailing fashion or style.
- WAGEAn amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
- WEAPONAn instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
- WEEPTo cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
- WENDTo direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
- WHEYThe liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.
- WISTsimple past and past participle of wit.
- WIZARDSomeone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.
- WOUNDAn injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
- WREATHSomething twisted, intertwined, or curled.
- WRENCHA movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
- WRITA written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
- WURSTA German- or Austrian-style sausage.
- YOKESenses relating to a frame around the neck. A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; two drau
- BELUGAA whale, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
- TUNDRAA flat and treeless Arctic biome.
- GUARAn annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans.
- CHADSmall pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.
- FANKA pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish Highlands.
- GAUCHOA cowboy of the South American pampas.
- MANGAlternative form of man (suggesting a Spanish accent)
- MANOA stone resembling a rolling pin, used to grind maize or other grain on a metate.
- TULEAny of a number of large freshwater sedges of western North America formerly classified in the genus Scirpus, but now mostly as Schoenoplectus
- DAVENto recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray
- YENTAA woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger.
- AILMENTSomething which ails one; a disease; sickness.
- BEATENDefeated.
- BIFOCALHaving two focal lengths.
- BIFOCALSSpectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.
- BIFOLDTwofold, double.
- BLASTOIDA member of an extinct class of echinoderms, the Blastoidea.
- BLASTYResembling or characteristic of a blast or explosion.
- BORATEThe oxyanion BO3 or any of several more complex derivatives.
- BREVITYThe quality of being brief in duration.
- BRINYOf, relating to, resembling, or containing brine (“water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt”), such as seawater or tears; salty.
- BRISKENTo become, or make, brisk; to hasten.
- BRISKYSomewhat brisk; lively; energetic.
- BUNGLERSomeone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
- BUNTThe middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
- BUTANEA hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10, n-butane and 2-methylpropane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.
- CHUTNEYA sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India, made from a variety of fruits and/or vegetables, often containing significant amounts of fresh green o
- CYANIDEAny compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN anion.
- DANGDamn.
- DEETAbbreviation of detail.
- DEGASTo remove the gas from.
- DICEYFraught with danger.
- DICOTA plant whose seedlings have two cotyledons, a dicotyledon.