ScrabList Mini #1

ScrabList Mini
  1. CTENE – (Greek) a comblike swimming organ
  2. ZOARIA – ZOARIUM, (Greek) a colony of zooids
  3. KAAMA – a large South African antelope, aka hartebeest
  4. IDOLA – IDOLON, a mental image, a fallacy, also EIDOLON, IDOLUM
  5. RUANA – (Spanish) a woollen outer garment resembling a poncho, worn in parts of South America
  6. ADMIX – to mix
  7. BEWORM – to cover with worms
  8. RHETOR – (Latin) a teacher of rhetoric
  9. TRYMA – (Greek) a kind of nutlike fruit, such as walnut
  10. WIGAN – a stiff plain-woven cotton
  11. AVISO – (Spanish) a boat bringing news, a dispatch-boat
  12. JAWAN – (Urdu) an Indian common soldier
  13. DONEE – the person to whom a gift or donation is made
  14. GAWCY – (Scots) portly, jolly, also GAUCIE, GAUCY, GAWSY, GAWSIE
  15. POIND – (Scots) to distrain, impound
  16. TAMBAC – (Malay) an alloy of copper and zinc, also TOMBAC, TAMBAK, TOMBACK, TOMBAK
  17. DURGAH – (Persian) a structure over a place where a holy person was buried or cremated, also DARGA, DARGAH
  18. BEENAH – (Arabic) a form of marriage in Sri Lanka, in which the man goes to live with his wife’s relatives
  19. QUANGO – a quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organization
  20. PHEERE – a companion, also FERE, FEARE, FIER, FIERE, PHEER
  21. KEMBLA – (Australian slang) small change
  22. BURQA – (Urdu) a coverall worn by Muslim women, also BURKA, BOORKA, BOURKHA
  23. TOQUE – (French) a close-fitting woman’s hat, also TOQUET
  24. DOOWOP – a style of singing in harmony
  25. BATTIK – (Malay) a method of producing designs on cloth, also BATIK
  26. COLUGO – (Malay) a flying lemur
  27. AZUKI – (Japanese) a kind of bean, also ADUKI, ADSUKI, ADZUKI
  28. JUDOGI – (Japanese) a judo costume
  29. MILIEU – (French) a social environment
  30. TOWKAY – (Chinese) sir, master
  31. SAMFU – (Chinese) an outfit worn by Chinese women, also SAMFOO
  32. URTEXT – (German) the original or earliest version of a text, such as a musical composition or literary work
  33. KINCOB – (Urdu) a rich silk fabric made in India
  34. MOOLVI – (Urdu) a teacher of Islamic law, also MAULVI, MOOLVIE
  35. ALLIAK – (Inuit) an Inuit sledge
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