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- BODACIOUSAudacious and unrestrained.
- BOTCHYFull of botches or mistakes; poorly done.
- BRAKEMANA railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
- CHARTISMThe practices and methodologies of chartists.
- CHARWOMANA woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.
- CHOOMAn Englishman.
- COALMANSomeone who delivers coal.
- CUSPINGA formation of cusps.
- DEVISORA testator.
- DIARISTSomeone who keeps a diary.
- DOUBTINGLYIn a doubting manner.
- DOWSINGThe practice of seeking water or other substances (usually liquid) with the aid of a forked stick or similar pointing device, as believed by some practitioners to derive from super
- DUNNYSomewhat dun, dusky brownish.
- ECUMENISTSupporting, or in accord with, ecumenism
- EUPHONIOUSLYin a euphonious manner
- EXCISEMANAn officer employed to collect excise duty (excise tax), and to enforce excise laws.
- EYETOOTHA canine tooth of the upper jaw in humans.
- FEUDISTOne who takes part in feuds.
- FLYMANSomeone who drives the type of coach called a fly.
- FORTESplural of forte
- FROWSTStuffiness; stifling warmth in a room.
- FUGUISTA musician who composes or performs fugues.
- GNASHEROne who gnashes the teeth.
- GROUNDFISHAny of many fish that swim near the seafloor: a demersal fish.
- HARMONISTOne who shows the agreement of corresponding passages of different authors, as of the four Biblical evangelists.
- HARPISTSomeone who plays a harp, especially a pedal harp.
- HEATEDLYIn a heated manner.
- HIGGLETo hawk or peddle provisions.
- HISTAMINEAn amine, C5H9N3, formed by decarboxylation of histidine, that causes dilatation of capillaries, contraction of smooth muscle, and stimulation of gastric acid secretion; it is rele
- HOSIERYUndergarments worn on the legs, such as socks, stockings, and pantyhose.
- HOYAAny plant of the genus Hoya
- HUMORISTSomeone who believes that health and temperament are determined by bodily humours; a humoralist.
- INCIVILDisplaying a lack of courtesy; rude, impolite.
- INEFFECTUALLYIn an ineffectual manner.
- INSUPERABLYIn an insuperable manner.
- LEARNEDLYIn an educated and knowledgeable manner.
- MOPERYAn imaginary or trivial legal offense.
- MOTTLETo mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
- MYALRelating to muscle.
- NAFFSBad; tasteless, poorly thought out, not workable; tacky.
- OSTLERA person employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses; a groom.
- OUTLYINGRelatively remote from some central location.
- OVERFITTo use a statistical model that has too many parameters relative to the size of the sample, leading to a good fit with the sample data but a poor fit with new data.
- OYSTERMANA person who cultivates, harvests or sells oysters.
- PACEMANA fast bowler; one who specialises in bowling fast.
- PAEDOA paedophile.
- PAINTERLYCharacteristic of a painter or paintings.
- PHIZThe face.
- POORISHSomewhat poor.
- POSHLYIn a posh way.
- POSTWOMANA female letter carrier, a woman who delivers mail.
- QUACKISHLike a quack (fraudulent doctor), or characteristic of quackery.
- QUAKINGLYIn a quaking fashion, especially with fear.
- REDOCKTo dock again.
- REEVALUATIONA second or subsequent evaluation or rating
- REINFLATETo inflate or fill with air again.
- REPOSITIONTo put into a new position
- ROUSEMENTThe act of rousing or arousing; incitement to action.
- SATINYLike satin, smooth and shiny, glossy.
- SCYTHEROne who scythes.
- SLEDGERSomeone who rides a sledge.
- SLOUGHIERHaving the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.
- SPHERICSpherical.
- SPHEROIDOf a shape similar to a squashed sphere.
- SPITTOONA receptacle for spit (saliva); especially, one used by people using chewing tobacco or snuff.
- SUPERFITExtremely fit, either physically or evolutionarily
- UNBOILEDnot boiled
- UNBUILDTo dismantle or deconstruct (something previously built).
- UNCLOISTERTo release from a cloister, or from confinement or seclusion; to liberate; to free.
- UNCOURTLYNot refined or courtly
- UNGATEDNot gated.
- UNHISTORICALNot historical; not based on history.
- UNHOPEFULLYIn an unhopeful manner.
- UNHOUSEDDriven from one's home.
- UNPATCHEDNot fitted with patches.
- UNROUGEDNot rouged.
- UNSMARTNot smart (in various senses).
- VISTALRelating to a vista.
- WHINGIESTOf or pertaining to whinging; tending to whinge.
- WHISKEREDPossessed of whiskers; covered in bristles.
- WHISKERYHaving whiskers.
- WIFTYEccentric, silly, scatterbrained.
- WOMANISTRelating to or in accordance with womanism.
- WORDSMITHOne who uses words skilfully.
- WRISTYCharacterised by marked or exaggerated movement of the wrist; involving deft wrist movements.