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- AGONISTSomeone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
- CARYATIDA sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.
- CHILIASTSynonym of millenarian: a person who believes the Second Coming of Jesus Christ will involve his physical rule on Earth for 1000 years.
- CHRISMA mixture of oil and balm, consecrated for use as an anointing fluid in certain Christian ceremonies, especially confirmation.
- GARUMA fermented fish sauce popular as a condiment in Ancient Rome.
- HINNYThe hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey).
- ISOBARA line drawn on a map or chart connecting places of equal or constant pressure.
- NOUSThe mind or intellect, faculty for rationality or reason using the necessary common sense or awareness.
- PANDARA person who furthers the illicit love affairs of others; a pimp or procurer, especially when male.
- PHLOXAny flowering plant of the genus Phlox.
- 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.
- STYGIANAlternative form of Stygian (“of or relating to the river Styx”).
- HARAMA sin.
- TOQUEA type of hat with no brim.
- VIZIERA high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.
- BANZAIThrill-seeking; wild.
- BOULESplural of boule
- ROUXA mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.
- SHIVAREEAlternative form of charivari.
- GUNSELSynonym of catamite: a young man kept by an elder as a (usually passive) homosexual partner.
- SHTUPpush
- SWINGETo singe.
- LANAIA Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
- SERAPHA burning serpent, often winged, with human hands and sometimes feet; one of God's entourage. On Earth, they strike with burning poison; in Heaven, with burning coal.
- SHEKELA currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
- COWRIEA small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
- SCREELoose stony debris on a slope.
- DUELLOA duel.
- AITCHThe name of the Latin script letter H/h.
- BASTInner bark of a tree from which rope is traditionally made.
- BATTUEA form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc.
- BICAMERALBeing or having a system with two, often unequal, chambers or compartments; of, signifying, relating to, or being the product of such a two-chambered system.
- CATENARYRelating to a chain; like a chain.
- COMBUSTORA chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced.
- DILATORYIntentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
- EXHILARANTCausing exhilaration or pleasure.
- EXPULSIVETending to expel or resulting in expulsion.
- HAWSERA thick or heavy-duty cable or rope used to tow or moor a ship.
- HIRSUTECovered in hair or bristles; hairy.
- LIEUSA place or stead.
- OCULISTAn eye doctor; an ophthalmologist or optometrist.
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PREDATIONThe preying of one animal on others.
- PROLIXTediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.
- PYXISA small box.
- SCULLERYA small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.
- SOBRIETYThe quality or state of being sober.
- SURPLICEA liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually
- TENSORA muscle that tightens or stretches a part, or renders it tense.
- VESTRYA room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes.
- DOITA small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver.
- BELIKETo make like; simulate.
- DIVERSELYIn a diverse manner.
- GAUDA cheap showy trinket
- MUSICKERA musician.
- OVERMANA person who supervises others; a supervisor, especially in a mine.
- PLOUGHMANAlternative spelling of plowman.
- PLOWMANA man who plows land with a plow.
- VERILYTruly; doubtless; honestly; in truth.
- WHORESONAn illegitimate or misbegotten child born of unwed parents.
- WOMANISHCharacteristic of a woman; effeminate, feminine.
- TINDTo ignite, kindle.
- BRAEThe sloping bank of a river valley.
- LOVAGEA perennial Mediterranean herb, of species Levisticum officinale, with odor and flavor resembling celery.
- SHAWA thicket; a small wood or grove.
- SWARTHYTawny, dusky, dark.
- WRACKThe remains of something; a wreck.
- CRUETA small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as oil, vinegar, salt, or pepper, for use at a dining table.
- OGIVEThe curve of a cumulative distribution function.
- POTTLEA former unit of volume, equivalent to half a gallon, used for liquids and corn; a pot or drinking vessel of around this size.
- PASHAA high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.
- CAIMANAny of the relatively small crocodilians of the genus Caiman, within the family Alligatoridae.
- EYENplural of eye
- MENSCHA person of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion; a gentleman.
- STOUPA bucket.
- CROUPThe top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
- GRUETo be frightened; also, to shudder with fear; to quake, to tremble.
- HOLTA small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse.
- OASTA kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops.
- PAEANA chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle.
- PENURYExtreme need or want; destitution, poverty; an instance of this.
- PUTTOA representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged (usually male) child; a cherub.
- SORTIEAn attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally. An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
- SPAKEQuiet; tame.
- SWARTOf a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
- WITHEA flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
- WROTHFull of anger; wrathful.
- WURSTA German- or Austrian-style sausage.
- BOTHYA small cottage or hut; specifically , one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
- KNAPTo break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap. To break away flakes from (a brittle materia
- SKOALA toast when drinking, roughly equivalent to cheers.
- SHIVAA weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative.
- ACHOOThe sound of a sneeze.
- ADWOMANA woman working in advertising; a female adman.
- AIRMAILThe system of conveying mail using aircraft.
- AIRWOMANA woman who flies in an aircraft; a female aviator.
- AVIATRIXA female aviator.
- BANDIESTsuperlative form of bandy: most bandy
- BODACIOUSAudacious and unrestrained.
- BOTCHYFull of botches or mistakes; poorly done.