ScrabList #15

Assorted:

  1. NGANA – (Zulu) a tropical disease of cattle transmitted by tsetse fly, also NAGANA
  2. XERUS – an African ground squirrel
  3. BANDH – (Hindi) in India, a general strike, also BUNDH
  4. YTOST – TOSS, to throw lightly
  5. IFTAR – (Arabic) a meal eaten by Muslims to break their fast after sunset during Ramadan
  6. WAUFF – (Scots) to wave
  7. VOLVOX – (Latin) any of a genus of freshwater protozoa
  8. YIRTH – (US) earth
  9. LLANO – (Spanish) an open, grassy plain
  10. NEURULA – (Greek) an embryo at the stage succeeding the gastrula
  11. MAXIXE – (Portuguese) a Brazilian ballroom dance resembling the two-step
  12. TORII – (Japanese) a Shinto temple gateway
  13. KOPJE – (South African) a low hill, also KOPPIE
  14. MARQUEE – a large tent with open sides for outdoor entertainment
  15. SHAKO – (Hungarian) the hat usually worn by members of a marching band, also CHACO, SHACKO
  16. AHURU – (Maori) a small pink cod of SW Pacific waters, also AHURUHURU
  17. BUZUKI – (Modern Greek) a Greek long necked lute with 3 or 4 double courses of metal strings, also BAZOUKI, BOUSOUKI, BOUZOUKI
  18. CHURR – to make a vibrant sound
  19. THUJA – (Greek) a genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, with scalelike leaves, also THUYA
  20. XENIC – of a culture medium, growing with unknown other microbiota
  21. YPLAST – PLACE, to assign to a position
  22. KAROO – (Hottentot) in South Africa, a high inland pastoral tableland, also KARROO
  23. UKASE – (Russian) a proclamation by a Russian emperor or government having the force of law
  24. FLUXIVE – (Shakespeare) flowing with tears
  25. YSHENT – YSHEND, (Spenser) to scold, also SHEND
  26. MOYITY – (Spenser) moiety
  27. RADII – RADIUS, (Latin) the shorter and thicker of the two arm bones
  28. AYAYA – (Inuit) a type of singing among the Inuit
  29. SLUBB – to twist fibre after carding to prepare it for spinning, also SLUB
  30. POBOY – a New Orleans sandwich
  31. DWAUM – (Scots) to swoon, also DWAM, DWALM
  32. XYLAN – a substance found in cell walls of plants
  33. SFERICS – (short for) atmospherics, also SPHERICS
  34. FRENULA – FRENULUM, (Latin) a connecting fold of membrane, also FRENUM, FRAENUM
  35. YBOUND – BIND, to tie, fasten
  36. OJIME – (Japanese) a carved bead through which to pass the two cords attached to a Japanese inro and which when slid down keeps the cords fastened
  37. WUDJULA – (Native Australian) a non-aboriginal person
  38. OZEKI – (Japanese) a champion sumo wrestler
  39. XYSTI – XYSTUS, (historical) a long covered portico or court used by ancient Greek athletes for exercises, also XYST, XYSTOS
  40. BEFANA – (Italian) an Epiphany gift, also BEFFANA
  41. PFENNIG – (German) a German coin, also PFENNING, also PFENNIGE
  42. AJUGA – (Latin) a genus of plants, including bugle
  43. MPRET – (Albanian) a former title of the ruler of Albania
  44. BUCKU – (Hottentot) an African medicinal plant, also BUCHU
  45. MEZQUIT – (Nahuatl) a name for two trees of the southwestern part of North America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite, also MESQUIT, MESQUITE, MEZQUITE, MUSKIT
  46. TSOTSI – (South African) a member of a black South African street gang; a young hooligan
  47. STUMM – (Yiddish) silent, dumb, quiet, also SCHTOOM, SCHTUM, SHTOOM, SHTUM, SHTUMM
  48. TSADI – (Hebrew) a Hebrew letter, also SADE, SADHE, SADI, TSADE, TZADDI
  49. RIOJA – (Spanish) a dry red wine
  50. FLAMM – (archaic) a custard, also FLAN, FLAUNE, FLAWN
  51. PTERIN – (Greek) any of a group of substances occurring in butterfly wings
  52. AZYGY – a state of being unpaired
  53. IROKO – (Yoruba) a large African timber tree
  54. IPECAC – (Portuguese) the dried root of various South American plants, used as a purgative, expectorant and emetic, also IPECACUANHA
  55. AUGUST – stately, venerable
  56. GAITT – (Scots) a child, also GEIT, GYTE
  57. YPLIGHT – PLIGHT, to make a solemn pledge
  58. EUNUCH – a castrated man
  59. YRENT – REND, to tear apart forcibly
  60. BAZOO – (US slang) the mouth
  61. PIUPIU – (Maori) a flax skirt
  62. DHOBI – (Hindi) an Indian washerwoman
  63. YBRENT – BURN, to destroy by fire
  64. NIKAH – in Islamic marriage, the contract between bride and bridegroom
  65. YBLENT – BLEND, to mix together
  66. NGAI – clan or tribe, as used before the names of certain Maori tribes
  67. BEZIQUE – (French) a card game played with two decks of cards
  68. THYRSI – THYRSUS, (Greek) a type of flower cluster, also THYRSE
  69. QUAERE – (Latin) to inquire or question
  70. NAPOO – to use up
  71. SHOTT – (Arabic) a shallow saline lake of northern Africa; the dried bed of such a lake, also CHOTT
  72. LEQUEAR – a sunken panel or coffer in a ceiling, also LACUNAR, LAQUEARIA
  73. MYALL – (Native Australian) an Australian aborigine living traditionally
  74. GLOGG – (Swedish) a hot spiced wine and liquor punch served in Scandinavian countries as a Christmas drink
  75. GHAUT – (Hindi) in India, a landing stage; a place for cremation, also GHAT
  76. URUBU – (Tupi) the American black vulture
  77. DUETT – a musical performance by two people, also DUET, DUETTO
  78. ACARI – ACARUS, (Latin) a mite, a kind of small arachnid
  79. STARR – (Hebrew) a Jewish deed or bond, e.g. of acquittance of a debt
  80. RUNDALE – (Scots) a system of holding land in single detached pieces, also RUNRIG
  81. ZHOOSH – to make more attractive
  82. GENII – GENIUS, (Latin) an exceptional natural aptitude
  83. SWOWND – (Spenser) a fainting fit, also SWOUNE, SWOWNE
  84. SYNROC – a type of synthetic rock developed esp. to fuse with radioactive waste
  85. NGAIO – (Maori) a New Zealand tree with white wood
  86. HENBIT – either of two low-growing weeds with roundish shallowly lobed leaves
  87. DHIMMI – a non-Muslim subject of a state governed in accordance with sharia law
  88. HYDYNE – a rocket-launching fuel
  89. BHAI – (Hindi) brother; a form of address for a man
  90. KVELL – (Yiddish) to be happy
  91. CNIDA – (Greek) a nematocyst, a stinging cell in jellyfish
  92. PUNJI – to fortify with punji stakes
  93. UGALI – (Swahili) an African type of stiff porridge
  94. FYLFOT – a form of cross like a swastika, also FILFOT
  95. WUSHU – (Chinese) the Chinese martial arts
  96. BHEL – (Hindi) a thorny Indian tree, also BAEL
  97. WINDAC – a windlass, also WINDAS
  98. POTOO – a kind of bird, a large South American goatsucker
  99. NGATI – (Maori) a tribe or clan
  100. CAZIQUE – (Taino) a West Indian or American Indian chief, also CACIQUE
  101. TUPUNA – (Maori) an ancestor, also TIPUNA
  102. STONN – (obsolete) to stun, also STONNE, STOUN
  103. NGOMA – (Swahili) a type of drum
  104. YPIGHT – PITCH, to throw
  105. AREDD – AREAD, (Spenser) to counsel, also AREDE, ARREEDE
  106. WAZOO – (slang) a person’s bottom
  107. KLETT – a lightweight climbing boot, also KLETTERSCHUH
  108. MODII – MEDIUS, (Latin) the middle finger

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