ScrabList #5

Stem 1 – TOLARS:

  1. ALASTOR – (Greek) an avenging deity in Greek tragedy
  2. BORSTAL – an establishment for the detention of young adult delinquents, also BORSTALL
  3. CARLOTS – CARLOT, (Shakespeare) a peasant, a churl, also CARL, CARLE
  4. CROTALS – CROTAL, (Gaelic) a type of lichen, also CROTTLE
  5. SCROTAL – pertaining to the scrotum
  6. OESTRAL – pertaining to oestrus
  7. OLESTRA – (tradename) a non-caloric fat substitute
  8. HARLOTS – HARLOT, a prostitute
  9. ORALIST – one who practises oralism
  10. RIALTOS – RIALTO, a theatrical district; a marketplace
  11. SLIOTAR – (Irish) the ball used in hurling
  12. TAILORS – TAILOR, to fit with clothes
  13. MORTALS – MORTAL, a human being
  14. STROMAL – of or like a stroma
  15. LATRONS – LATRON, (obsolete) a robber, also LADRON, LADRONE
  16. PATROLS – PATROL, to guard by moving and watching
  17. ROSTRAL – of or like a rostrum
  18. SORTALS – SORTAL, a concept in linguistics
  19. ROTULAS – ROTULA, (Latin) the kneecap or patella
  20. TORULAS – TORULA, (Latin) a yeast-like microorganism

Stem 2 – TONSIL:

  1. LATINOS – LATINO, (Spanish) a (male) Latin American
  2. TALIONS – TALION, (historical) a punishment identical to the crime
  3. ENTOILS – ENTOIL, to entangle or ensnare
  4. LIONETS – LIONET, a young lion
  5. ONLIEST – ONLY, standing alone
  6. LINGOTS – LINGOT, (obsolete) an ingot
  7. TIGLONS – TIGLON, the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion, also TIGON
  8. TOLINGS – TOLING, the act of toling, luring
  9. LINTOLS – LINTOL, a horizontal supporting beam, also LINTEL
  10. LOTIONS – LOTION, a liquid preparation for external application
  11. SOLITION – a solitary wave in physics
  12. PONTILS – PONTIL, an iron rod used in holding and manipulating glassware, also PONTIE, PONTILE, PONTY, PUNTEE, PUNTY
  13. NOSTRIL – an external opening of the nose
  14. TONSILS – TONSIL, a lymphoid organ
  15. OILNUTS – OILNUT, a North American butternut
  16. ULTIONS – ULTION, (obsolete) vengeance
  17. STONILY – STONY, of or like stone, also STONEY
  18. TYLOSIN – an antibiotic

Short words:

  1. OGAM – (Irish) a 6th century Irish writing alphabet, also OGHAM
  2. YLEM – a form of matter hypothesised to have existed before the formation of chemical elements
  3. MAUN – (dialect) must
  4. AKEE – (Kru) a small African sapindaceous tree, also ACKEE
  5. NYM – as in nym war, a dispute about the right to public material on the internet under a fictitious name
  6. ODAH – (Turkish) a room in a harem, also ODA
  7. PHUT – to make a sound like a bullet
  8. EBON – a hard wood like stone, also EBONY, HEBEN
  9. BENJ – (Arabic) cannabis, also BHANG
  10. WHAE – (Scots) who, also WHA
  11. SYND – (Scots) to rinse, wash out, also SIND, SINE, SYNE
  12. GAED – GAE, (Scots) to go
  13. BOKO – (slang) the nose
  14. NAIK – (Hindi) the rank of corporal in the Indian army
  15. KAIN – (Gaelic) a tenanted farm rent paid in kind, also CAIN, KANE
  16. IKAN – (Malay) fish
  17. JUBA – a Negro rustic dance
  18. KINA – (Quechua) a tree yielding cinchona bark, also CHINACHINA, CINCHONA, KINAKINA, QUINA, QUINAQUINA, QUINQUINA
  19. KINO – a red gum containing tannin
  20. KINE – cattle, also KYNE
  21. BAJU – (Malay) a short loose jacket
  22. YEGG – a burglar especially of safes, also YEGGMAN
  23. STET – (Latin) to cancel a previously made printing correction
  24. YBET – BEAT, to strike repeatedly
  25. WETA – (Maori) a large New Zealand grasshopper
  26. TANH – (short for) a hyperbolic tangent
  27. GNAT – any small fly of the family Culicidae
  28. BLIN – (Russian) a small buckwheat pancake, also BLINI, BLINTZ, BLINTZE, BLINY
  29. ANIL – (Arabic) indigo, the plant or dye
  30. RAMI – (Malay) Rhea or China grass, a plant of the nettle family, also RAMEE, RAMIE
  31. BAEL – (Hindi) a thorny Indian tree
  32. GETA – (Japanese) a Japanese wooden sandal
  33. TEGG – a sheep in its second year, also TEG
  34. AMIN – a compound derived from ammonia, also AMINE
  35. MANI – a stone prayer wall in a Tibetan Buddhist temple
  36. PYET – (Scots) a magpie, also PIET, PYAT, PYOT
  37. YUKO – (Japanese) in judo, a points penalty
  38. COBB – (archaic) a gull
  39. IKAT – (Malay) a technique of dyeing yarn and tying it
  40. TAKI – (Mongolian) a rare wild horse, also TAKHI
  41. ZULU – a type of two-masted fishing vessel formerly used in Scotland
  42. TIKA – (Hindi) a red mark or pendant on the forehead of Hindu women, also TILAK
  43. BEDU – a nomadic Arab, also BEDOUIN, BEDAWIN, BEDUIN
  44. BAYE – (Spenser) to bathe
  45. RARK – (New Zealand) to reprimand
  46. EREV – (Hebrew) the day before a Jewish special day
  47. OTIC – pertaining to the ear
  48. CITO – (Latin) quickly
  49. WARB – (Australian slang) a dirty or insignificant person
  50. BAWR – (Scots) a joke, amusing incident, also BAUR
  51. DAWD – (Scots) to knock, thump, also DAUD, DOD
  52. WADT – an earthy ore of manganese, also WADD
  53. DADO – to set into a groove
  54. ZERK – a fitting on a bearing, axle, etc. by which lubricant can be introduced under pressure
  55. OURN – belonging to us, also OURS
  56. GOWD – (Scots) gold
  57. HOWF – to haunt, frequent, also HOUF, HOUFF, HOWFF
  58. GOWF – (Scots) to play golf, also GOLF, GOFF
  59. YAWL – to howl
  60. HAWM – (dialect) to lounge about
  61. SOWM – (Scots) to ascertain the ratio of cattle to pasture, also SOUM
  62. YAWP – to cry hoarsely or harshly, also YAUP
  63. COWP – (Scots) to overturn, turn up, also COUP
  64. DOWP – (Scots) the bottom of anything, also DOUP
  65. MAWR – (dialect) a girl, especially a great awkward girl, also MAUTHER, MAWTHER
  66. BOWR – (Spenser) a muscle
  67. YLKE – (obsolete) ilk
  68. WUDU – (Arabic) in Islam, ritual washing before daily prayer
  69. VUGG – a small cavity in a rock, also VUG, VUGH
  70. YUTZ – (Yiddish) a socially inept person
  71. ZURF – (Arabic) an ornamental metal holder for a handle less coffee cup, also ZARF
  72. DEIF – (Scots) deaf
  73. KAIF – (Arabic) a state of dreamy intoxication included by e.g. cannabis, also KEEF, KEF, KIEF, KIF
  74. PELF – wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired
  75. BUMF – paperwork, also BUMPH
  76. CONF – an online conference
  77. BOYG – (Norwegian) a problem difficult to get to grips with
  78. YODH – (Hebrew) a Hebrew letter, also YOD
  79. IMPI – (Zulu) a regiment of Zulu warriors
  80. COMM – a small wearable badge-shaped radio transmitter

General:

  1. IAMBI – IAMBUS, (Latin) a type of metrical foot, also IAMB, IAMBIC
  2. RAKEE – (Turkish) a strong spirit distilled in Turkey
  3. EIKON – (Greek) a religious carving of a saint etc., also ICON, IKON
  4. KOINE – (Greek) a dialect that spreads to become common language of a region
  5. THANX – (colloquial) thank you
  6. SCRAWB – to scrape with or as with claws
  7. SHOWD – (Scots) to rock to and fro
  8. SNOWK – (Scots) to snuff or smell about, also SNOKE, SNOOK
  9. MAHEWU – in South Africa, fermented liquid mealie-meal porridge, used as a stimulant
  10. KHARIF – (Urdu) in India, a crop sown before the monsoon to ripen in autumn
  11. BOEUF – (French) a casserole of beef, herbs etc. cooked in red wine
  12. OEUVRE – (French) the sum of an artist’s life work
  13. LOUIE – (colloquial) a lieutenant, also LOOEY, LOOIE
  14. DOUANE – a customhouse
  15. FOUET – (Scots) the houseleek, also FOUAT
  16. QORMA – (Hindi) a mild curry, also KORMA
  17. QANAT – (Arabic) an underground water tunnel
  18. UAKARI – (Tupi) a short-tailed, long-haired monkey, also OUAKARI
  19. GUQIN – (Chinese) a kind of Chinese zither with silken strings, also QIN
  20. INDRI – (Malagasy) a short-tailed lemur of Madagascar, also INDRIS
  21. IMARI – (Japanese) a type of porcelain, richly decorated in red green and blue
  22. UHURU – (Swahili) freedom, national independence
  23. YCLAD – CLOTHE, to provide with clothing, also YCLED
  24. MIRZA – (Persian) a Persian title of honour
  25. YCOND – CON, to study carefully
  26. YDRAD – DREAD, to fear greatly, also YDRED
  27. YFERE – (obsolete) a friend, comrade, companion or associate
  28. YBORE – BEAR, to endure
  29. YLIKE – (Spenser) alike
  30. YMOLT – MELT, to change from a solid to a liquid state by heat, also YMOLTEN

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