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- ABRASIONThe act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
- ABSCONDERA person who absconds.
- ADROITLYDeftly; in an adroit manner.
- AGITAdyspepsia
- AGUEAn acute fever.
- AMPHORAEplural of amphora
- ANODESplural of anode
- APHOTICHaving no light, especially no sunlight.
- ASKANCEOf a glance or look: with disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
- AXIALRelating to, resembling, or situated on an axis
- BAILEYThe outer wall of a feudal castle.
- BANTAMAny of several small chickens, especially of a breed that is a miniature version of another breed.
- BEDLAMA place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.
- BEGOTsimple past of beget
- BHANGRAA lively style of music originating from India.
- BIALYA flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a bagel, it has a depression in the middle.
- BODACHA trickster or bogeyman figure in Gaelic folklore.
- BODACHSplural of bodach
- BOREL
- BRIOVigour or vivacity.
- CADGESplural of cadge
- CANARDSplural of canard
- CHIRALITYThe phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness.
- CHORDAE
- COIGNA projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone.
- COIGNSplural of coign
- COLDIEA cold bottle or can of beer.
- COMPOSTINGpresent participle and gerund of compost
- CORVIDSplural of corvid
- COUGARA wild feline, of species Puma concolor, native to the Americas.
- COWLSplural of cowl
- CROUPThe top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
- CRUFTAnything that is old or of inferior quality.
- CURFEWSplural of curfew
- DINARSplural of dinar
- DITTIESplural of ditty
- DORSALWith respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate. Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand. Produced using
- DOWAGERSplural of dowager
- DROOGA violent young gang member or a hooligan.
- EXARCHIn the Byzantine Empire, a governor of a distant province.
- EXIGENTUrgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
- EXTOLTo praise; to make high.
- 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.
- FENCERSplural of fencer
- FERVIDIntensely hot; radiating with energy.
- FEZESplural of fez
- FLUXThe act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
- FOLIOEDsimple past and past participle of folio
- FOLIOSplural of folio
- FOMENTTo incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
- FONDESTsuperlative form of fond: most fond
- FULCRUMSplural of fulcrum
- GALUMPHTo move heavily and clumsily, or with a sense of prancing and triumph.
- GALUMPHSthird-person singular simple present indicative of galumph
- GAMBOLTo move about playfully; to frolic.
- GAMBOLEDsimple past and past participle of gambol
- GAMETESplural of gamete
- GAOLSplural of gaol
- GELIDVery cold; icy or frosty; frigid.
- GLOWERSplural of glower
- GROOVILYIn a groovy manner.
- HAEMALPertaining to the blood or blood vessels.
- HAMOSEHaving the end hooked or curved.
- HARANGUESplural of harangue
- HAUTHaughty.
- HEWNMade or crafted by cutting, whittling down.
- HOKUM(An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.
- INCENSERSomeone who burns incense
- INFESTEDsimple past and past participle of infest
- IRIDESCENTProducing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.
- JAPERSplural of japer
- JONQUILA fragrant bulb flower (Narcissus jonquilla), a species of daffodil.
- JONQUILSplural of jonquil
- JUXTAPOSETo place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
- KLEZMERA Jewish folk musician.
- LAUREATESplural of laureate
- MAGPIESplural of magpie
- MAUDLINThe Magdalene; Mary Magdalene.
- MAVENSplural of maven
- MAYPOLESplural of maypole
- MITERSthird-person singular simple present indicative of miter
- MIXOLYDIANAlternative form of Mixolydian.
- MONGERSplural of monger
- MORELSplural of morel
- MUNGEDsimple past and past participle of mung
- MUTINYAn organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.
- MYRTLEAn evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
- NEOPHYTEA beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.
- NEOPHYTESplural of neophyte
- ONAGERThe Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to Asia; specifically, the Persian onager, Persian wild ass, or Persian zebra (Equus hemionus
- OXBOWA U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of which are fastened to its yoke.
- OXIDESplural of oxide
- PABLUMAlternative letter-case form of Pablum (“a type of cereal for infants made from cornmeal, oat, and wheat”).
- PALTERTo talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions. (psychology and mediation) To give a false impression by selective use of true but misleading statements.
- PALTERSthird-person singular simple present indicative of palter
- PARVEAlternative spelling of pareve.
- PAULDRONA component of plate armor that protects the shoulder, generally covering more than a spaulder, also protecting the armpit and overlapping with other armor over the upper chest and
- PAULDRONSplural of pauldron
- PENURYExtreme need or want; destitution, poverty; an instance of this.
- PEONIESplural of peony