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- BEFOULEROne who befouls.
- BIOTECHBiotechnology.
- BOATHOUSEA building at the edge of a river, lake or other body of water in which boats are kept.
- BORONICOf or pertaining to the boronic acids or their derivatives
- BROWNOUTA period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination.
- BUOYANCYThe upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
- BUOYANTHaving buoyancy; able to float.
- CALYPSOA style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to the mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by th
- CHATOYANCYThe state or condition of being chatoyant.
- CHAVVYOf or pertaining to a chav or something that a chav might do or use.
- CHAWThat which is chewed.
- COBBLERSplural of cobbler
- CORNMEALDried corn (maize) milled (ground) to a meal, especially a coarse one.
- CRAFTSMANOne who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer.
- CRYPTOLOGISTOne who studies cryptology.
- DAMPENERA device that moistens or dampens something.
- DOGHOUSEAny small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.
- DUOPOLYAn economic condition in which two sellers exert most control over the market of a commodity.
- EXHUMEROne who exhumes.
- FELICITOUSCharacterized by felicity.
- FILCHINGpresent participle and gerund of filch
- FRACTIOUSGiven to troublemaking.
- GAOLERDated spelling of jailer.
- GENNYA person from the suburbs who moves to a low-income urban area.
- GRAPHEMICOf or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
- GRUNDLEA big bunch, lots.
- HACKNEYEDRepeated too often.
- HAILSTORMAlternative spelling of hail storm.
- HANDBRAKEA brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
- HAPLOTYPEA haploid genotype: a group of alleles that are transmitted together.
- HARPISTSomeone who plays a harp, especially a pedal harp.
- HOBNAILA short nail with a thick head, typically used in boot soles.
- INEPTLYIn an inept or incompetent manner.
- INSOFARTo such a degree or extent.
- LYMPHATICPertaining to lymph or the lymphatic system.
- METHYLATETo add, or treat with methyl alcohol (see methylated spirits)
- METTLEDHaving mettle; pithy, spirited
- NUMERICALOf or pertaining to numbers.
- OUTBOUNDLeaving or departing; traveling away from; outward bound.
- PHIALA bottle or other vessel for containing a liquid; originally any such vessel, especially one for holding a beverage; now , a small, narrow glass bottle with a cap used to hold liqu
- PIFFLENonsense, foolish talk.
- PRONGEDHaving (a specified number or type of) prongs
- RAPACIOUSLYIn a rapacious manner, greedily, with great appetite.
- REDSHIFTAn increase in the wavelength of a photon or of light while in transit, corresponding to a lower frequency and a shift toward the red end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- RESETTo set back to the initial state.
- SCRUMA tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.
- SEAQUAKEA hydrostatic pressure disturbance caused by an earthquake or volcano in the seabed.
- SHIFTWORKScheduled work outside of customary daylight working hours.
- SHIVA knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
- SHOWBIZClipping of showbusiness.
- SLINKYFurtive, stealthy or catlike.
- SPIFFYDapper; fine or neat, especially in style of clothing or other appearance.
- STITCHEROne who stitches.
- STONEWAREA type of pottery that is fired at a high temperature and is dense, opaque and nonporous.
- TAILSPINThe rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
- TELEPHONICOf, pertaining to, or transmitted by telephony.
- TORICSPertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal. Which, in any of several technical senses, admits a high degree of symmetry, allowing combinatorial methods
- TURDUCKENA dish, usually roasted, consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken, and also containing stuffing.
- TYMPANICOf, relating to, or resembling a drum.
- TYPOGRAPHICRelating to typography
- UNTOWARDUnfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.
- UPSIDEThe highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
- VAPIDITYThe state or quality of being vapid; vapidness.
- WASHDAYA day when laundry is washed.
- WASHERMANA man who washes people's laundry, usually for payment.
- WHISTAny of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
- WHOMSTNonstandard form of who or whom.
- WORDSMITHOne who uses words skilfully.