SCRABLISTmid #7

ScrabList Mid
  1. AIKIDOS – AIKIDO, (Japanese) a type of martial art
  2. EPISTLE – to preface
  3. MONOFIL – a single filament of synthetic fibre, also MONOFILAMENT
  4. KOTOWED – KOTOW, (Chinese) to grovel, also KOWTOW
  5. WASHERED – WASHER, to fit with a washer or small valve
  6. EGGMASS – (colloquial) intellectuals as a group
  7. AUDISTS – AUDIST, one who practises audism, prejudice against the deaf
  8. PEAHENS – PEAHEN, a female peacock
  9. HAMZAHS – HAMZAH, (Arabic) an Arab diacritical mark, also HAMZA
  10. HICCUPY – given to hiccuping
  11. RULESSE – (Spenser) unruly, without rules, also RULELESS
  12. TJANTING – (Indonesian) a small tool used for applying hot wax to fabric in batik
  13. TUGHRAS – TUGHRA, (Turkish) an ornamental monogram incorporating the name and title of the Sultan, also TUGRA
  14. ZAIKAIS – ZAIKAI, (Japanese) the business community of Japan
  15. WHATEVS – (slang) whatever
  16. UMBRAGE – to offend
  17. WAMPEES – WAMPEE, (Chinese) an edible Asiatic fruit about the size of a large grape, with a hard yellow rind
  18. SIMPAIS – SIMPAI, (Malay) a long-tailed monkey, native to Sumatra
  19. PARKADE – (Canadian) a multilevel structure for parking vehicles
  20. DORBUGS – DORBUG, (US) a cockchafer
  21. VERNIXES – VERNIX, (Latin) a fatty substance covering the skin of a fetus
  22. MALACCA – (Malay) the cane of an Asian rattan palm
  23. PUEBLOS – PUEBLO, (Spanish) a communal dwelling of certain Indian tribes
  24. DETRITUS – (Latin) particles of rock
  25. NEGROID – a negroid person
  26. YASHMAC – (Arabic) a double Muslim veil leaving only eyes uncovered, also YASHMAK, YASMAK
  27. ZAMOUSE – (Arabic) a short-horned buffalo
  28. GLAIRIN – a glairy viscous substance, which forms on the surface of certain mineral waters
  29. RUINOUS – destructive
  30. DAPHNES – DAPHNE, (Greek) a genus of diminutive shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms
  31. HUMIDEX – (Canadian) a system of measuring discomfort showing the combined effects of humidity and temperature
  32. ZETETIC – (Greek) a search, an enquiry
  33. TAPETED – TAPET, (Spenser) to decorate with tapestries
  34. CATECHU – (Malay) a resin used in tanning, also CACHOU, CASHOO, CUTCH, KUTCH
  35. AXOLOTL – (Nahuatl) a type of Mexican salamander
  36. HAPTENS – HAPTEN, a substance similar to an antigen, also HAPTENE
  37. TALLATS – TALLAT, in the West of England, a loft, also TALLET, TALLOT
  38. FIREPOT – FIREPOT, a pot with burning contents used as a missile
  39. ISTANAS – ISTANA, (Malay) in Malaysia, a royal palace
  40. RIVULET – a small stream
  41. NIHONGA – (Japanese) a Japanese style of painting, using bright colours and traditional images
  42. EXOPODS – EXOPOD, the outer branch of a crustacean limb, also EXOPODITE
  43. MAHJONGG – (Chinese) a game of Chinese origin, also MAHJONG
  44. SPANIEL – to follow devotedly
  45. THRETTY – (dialect) thirty
  46. GAHNITE – (Swedish) a mineral, zinc spinel
  47. KIDULTS – KIDULT, (slang) a film or video for an adult or child audience
  48. ALEMBIC – (Arabic) an old distilling apparatus
  49. NANKINS – NANKIN, (Chinese) a durable buff-coloured cotton, also NANKEEN
  50. SHMEARS – SHMEAR, (Yiddish) to bribe
  51. PUNALUA – (Hawaiian) the marriage of brothers of one family to sisters of another
  52. WOOPSED – WOOPS, to vomit
  53. SNIVELER – one who snivels, also SNIVELLER
  54. BRULOTS – BRULOT, (Canadian) a biting fly
  55. MONTRES – MONTRE, (French) the visible pipes of an organ
  56. COTTOWN – (Scots) a group of outhouses
  57. CRAPOLA – (colloquial) rubbish, nonsense
  58. POLYNYI – POLYNYA, (Russian) open water surrounded by sea ice, also POLYNIA
  59. TEENTSY – (colloquial) very small, also TEENSY, TEENTY, TEENY
  60. PSORALEN – a drug used to treat psoriasis
  61. MUSJIDS – MUSJID, (Arabic) a mosque, also MASJID
  62. RUBABOO – (Canadian) a type of soup, also RUBBABOO
  63. PENANGS – PENANG, (Malay) a cotton fabric
  64. TROTLINE – a strong fishing line
  65. BOVVERS – BOVVER, (slang) rowdy or violent behaviour by street gangs
  66. OBLASTI – OBLAST, (Russian) a political subdivision of a republic in the former USSR
  67. EARWIGGY – full of earwigs
  68. ARBUTUS – (Latin) an evergreen tree, the strawberry tree, also ARBUTE
  69. NAYWORD – a proverbial reproach
  70. THUGGOS – THUGGO, (colloquial) a thug, ruffian
  71. TENTAGE – a supply of tents
  72. NANDINA – (Japanese) an evergreen Asiatic shrub of the barberry family, also NANDIN
  73. VERRINES – VERRINE, an appetiser or dessert consisting of layers of different food presented in a glass
  74. SETULES – SETULE, a small bristle
  75. ZIBETHS – ZIBETH, (Arabic) a civet cat, also ZIBET
  76. CRITTUR – (colloquial) a creature, also CRITTER
  77. UPPILES – UPPILE, to pile up
  78. BEGUILE – to deceive
  79. SIRVENTE – (French) a (usually satirical) poem or lay recited by a medieval troubadour
  80. PIOPIOS – PIOPIO, (Maori) a New Zealand thrush, thought to be extinct
  81. TRIFFIC – (slang) terrific, excellent, also TRIFF
  82. PENCELS – PENCEL, a small pennon, also PENSEL, PENSIL
  83. CAMELID – an animal of the camel family
  84. BERETTA – (Spanish) a square cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics, also BERRETTA, BIRETTA, BIRRETTA
  85. ARETTED – ARET, (Spenser) to entrust, also ARETT
  86. PEYOTLS – PEYOTL, (Nahuatl) a Mexican intoxicant made from cactus tops, also PEYOTE
  87. PERSONAE – PERSONA, (Latin) a character in a literary work or a public role
  88. APLENTY – in a state of plentifulness
  89. TEOPANS – TEOPAN, (Nahuatl) an Aztec pyramid temple, also TEOCALLI
  90. WONTONS – WONTON, (Chinese) in Chinese cuisine, a spicy dumpling containing minced pork
  91. DORHAWK – (dialect) the nightjar
  92. DEEDIER – DEEDY, (dialect) industrious
  93. ACTINOID – any element of a group from element number 89 (actinium) upwards, also ACTINIDE
  94. UNGORED – unwounded, also UNGORD
  95. BERGYLT – (Norwegian) the Norway haddock
  96. JUBILES – JUBILE, (Latin) a celebration, also JUBILEE
  97. BARGOON – (Canadian slang) a bargain
  98. GLEANER – one who gleans, gathers after reapers
  99. FUSUMAS – FUSUMA, (Japanese) a sliding door
  100. KERBAYA – (Malay) a blouse worn by Malay women
  101. MOONDOG – a bright spot in the sky formed by refracted moonlight
  102. GUERDON – to reward
  103. ZAIDEHS – ZAIDEH, (Yiddish) a grandfather, also ZAIDA, ZAIDY, ZEDA
  104. PECTATE – a salt of pectic acid
  105. PECHANS – PECHAN, (Scots) the stomach
  106. KIDDOES – KIDDO, (slang) a kid, child
  107. ZIPWIRE – a mechanism for travelling above the ground by holding a pulley that slides down a taut angled rope, also ZIPLINE
  108. GAZETTE – to announce in an official journal
  109. ALUDELS – ALUDEL, (Arabic) a pear-shaped pot used in sublimation
  110. STENGAH – (Malay) a drink of whisky and soda
  111. TELETEX – a means of transmitting written data, a more advanced form of telex
  112. SLALOMS – SLALOM, (Norwegian) to ski in a zigzag course
  113. ALCAZAR – (Arabic) a Spanish fortress or palace
  114. SKIRRED – SKIRR, to scour, search; to send skimming, also SCUR, SKER, SQUIRR
  115. RALLYES – RALLYE, (US) a (car) rally
  116. SUDATES – SUDATE, to sweat
  117. MYALGIA – (Greek) muscular pain
  118. MAXWELL – a unit of magnetic flux
  119. KHOTBEH – (Arabic) an address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Mohammedan mosques, also KHOTBAH, KHUTBAH
  120. MIDGIES – MIDGIE, (colloquial) a small biting insect such as a midge or sandfly
  121. JETTIER – JETTY, jet black in colour
  122. MECHOUI – (Canadian) a meal of meat roasted on a spit
  123. FANTEEG – (slang) anxiety, agitation, also FANTIGUE
  124. AUCUBAS – AUCUBA, a shrub of the dogwood family
  125. ACETATE – an ester of acetic acid
  126. TASBIHS – TASBIH, (Arabic) a form of Islamic prayer that involves the repetitive utterances of short sentences glorifying God
  127. NIDATION – the process by which the blastocyst becomes attached to the wall of the uterus
  128. CONTORNI – CONTORNO, (Italian) a contour, an outline of a figure
  129. OPCODES – OPCODE, a code containing operation instructions for a microprocessor
  130. AGRISED – AGRISE, to terrify, also AGRIZE, AGRYZE
  131. STRONGYL – (Greek) a parasitic threadworm, also STRONGYLE
  132. DENTATE – having teeth, also DENTATED
  133. DIAMANTE – (French) a sparkling decoration on a dress
  134. DEMIVEG – a person who eats no red meat, but eats poultry and fish
  135. DUALLIE – a pickup truck with double rear wheels
  136. KELPIES – KELPY, (Scots) a water-horse, a fabulous beast, also KELPIE
  137. WHETTED – WHET, to sharpen by friction
  138. HOKONUI – (Maori) illicit whiskey
  139. TAENITE – a nickel-iron alloy found in meteorites
  140. LADETTE – a lively woman who behaves like one of the lads
  141. OURANGS – OURANG, (Malay) a reddish-brown, tree-dwelling anthropoid ape, found only in the forests of Sumatra and Borneo, also ORANG, ORANGUTAN
  142. MULESES – MULES, (Australian) to perform the Mules operation on a sheep, removing anal wrinkles of a sheep to prevent flystrike
  143. BUNRAKU – (Japanese) a form of puppet theater with large puppets
  144. SEVRUGA – (Russian) a species of sturgeon found in the Black Sea
  145. ALFAQUI – (Arabic) a teacher of Muslim law, also ALFAKI, ALFAQUIN
  146. KRISING – KRIS, (Malay) to stab with a Malay dagger, also CRIS, CREESE, KREESE
  147. LAYETTE – (French) clothing or equipment for a newborn child
  148. SOKAIYA – (Japanese) in Japan, a corporate racketeer
  149. OOFTISH – (Yiddish) money, also OOF
  150. WAIRUAS – WAIRUA, (Maori) one’s spirit which leaves when dreaming or dying
  151. VENIRES – VENIRE, (Latin) a type of judicial writ concerning jurors
  152. FINJANS – FINJAN, (Arabic) the handleless coffee cup which fits within a zarf, also FINGAN
  153. STEEKIT – STEEK, (Scots) to stitch
  154. INPHASE – having matching electrical phases
  155. ILLUMED – ILLUME, to light up
  156. AILETTE – (French) a plate of armour for the shoulder
  157. ABETTED – ABET, to incite by encouragement and support
  158. THEREAT – at that place or time
  159. WHATTEN – (dialect) what kind of, also WHATEN, WHATNA
  160. PAYDOWN – the reduction of debt through repayment
  161. ASTELIC – without a central column or stele
  162. STOPERS – STOPER, one that stopes, excavates in mining using a stope
  163. CYMBALO – (Italian) the dulcimer
  164. DIATONIC – using only the eight tones of a major or minor scale without chromatic deviations
  165. DAIMOKU – (Japanese) a Buddhist chant
  166. PURLIEU – (French) a neighbourhood; a suburb
  167. WHATCHA – (colloquial) what are you, used as a greeting, also WATCHA, WOTCHA, WOTCHER
  168. VITELLUS – (Latin) the yolk of an egg
  169. EVULSES – EVULSE, to pluck out
  170. GYTTJAS – GYTTJA, (Swedish) an organically rich sediment on a lake bottom
  171. CHAEBOL – (Korean) a group of businesses in Korea owned by one family
  172. VERSINE – a versed sine, a trigonometric function of an angle, also VERSIN
  173. ALFORJA – (Arabic) a saddlebag
  174. PINEALS – PINEAL, a gland in the brain
  175. PENSTER – a writer
  176. EVERSION – the act of turning inside out or outwards
  177. ATLATLS – ATLATL, (Nahuatl) an American Indian throwing stick
  178. FARRANT – (Scots) having a certain manner or appearance, also FARAND, FARRAND
  179. URTEXTE – URTEXT, (German) the original or earliest version of a text, such as a musical composition or literary work
  180. MURTHER – (dialect) to murder
  181. SKIDLID – (colloquial) a crash helmet
  182. STEPNEY – (slang) a spare wheel
  183. FORCATS – FORCAT, (French) a convict condemned to hard labour
  184. ARIETTE – a short aria, also ARIETTA
  185. CAPITAN – (historical) the chief admiral of the Turkish fleet
  186. CLARINI – CLARINO, (Italian) the highest register of a trumpet in baroque music
  187. VEINERS – VEINER, a tool used in wood carving
  188. DEMARCHE – (French) a course of action, esp. a diplomatic petition or protest
  189. DENGUES – DENGUE, (Swahili) an acute tropical epidemic fever, aka breakbone fever
  190. VUTTIEST – VUTTY, (dialect) dirty
  191. PUNGLED – PUNGLE, (US) to contribute
  192. STARETZ – (Russian) an Eastern Orthodox spiritual advisor, also STARETS
  193. JUGHEAD – an idiot, a fool
  194. SALICET – an organ stop with a tone like that of a willow pipe, also SALICIONAL
  195. HYPOING – HYPO, (colloquial) to inject with a hypodermic needle
  196. OULONGS – OULONG, (Chinese) a kind of black tea, also OOLONG
  197. TZETSES – TZETSE, (Setswana) a small fly that transmits trypanosome parasites, also TSETSE, TZETZE
  198. SAKIYEH – (Arabic) an Eastern waterwheel, also SAKIA, SAKIEH
  199. EMBLICS – EMBLIC, (Arabic) a tree of the euphorbia family, native to tropical Asia
  200. QASIDAS – QASIDA, (Arabic) an Arabic poem of praise or mourning
  201. YAMULKA – (Yiddish) a religious skullcap, also YAMALKA, YARMELKE, YARMULKA, YARMULKE
  202. PARVENU – (French) one that has suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the manner associated with it
  203. TINHORN – a showily pretentious person
  204. THECATE – having a theca, an envelope of hormonally active cells enclosing a tertiary (vesicular) or a mature (Graafian) ovarian follicle
  205. ILEUSES – ILEUS, (Latin) an intestinal obstruction
  206. CICHLID – any teleost fish of the family Cichlidae
  207. MATSURI – (Japanese) a Shinto festival or public ceremony held at a shrine
  208. TONNISH – modish; fashionable, also TONISH
  209. CAJEPUT – (Malay) a volatile oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree, also CAJAPUT, CAJUPUT, KAJEPUT
  210. CAPEXES – CAPEX, (short for) capital expenditure
  211. UNSEELS – UNSEEL, to unstitch a hawk’s eyelids
  212. STUIVER – (Dutch) a Dutch coin worth a penny or two; something of little value, also STIVER
  213. SPOOMED – SPOOM, to scud before the wind
  214. THIONIN – a violet dye, also THIONINE
  215. KIMCHEE – (Korean) a spicy Korean dish of pickled cabbage, also KIMCHI
  216. LALANGS – LALANG, (Malay) a coarse grass of the Malay archipelago, also ALANG
  217. ORAGIOUS – stormy
  218. SAPHENA – (Latin) a large vein in the leg
  219. GEFILTE – (Yiddish) as in gefilte fish, a dish of fish stuffed with various ingredients, also GEFULLTE
  220. UNDERGOD – a lesser god
  221. ADVOCAAT – (Dutch) a liqueur containing rum and raw eggs
  222. PANACHE – (French) dash or flamboyance in style; verve
  223. PINCURL – a curl held in place by a hairpin
  224. JOCOSER – JOCOSE, merry; characterized by joking
  225. SOLIONS – SOLION, an electronic detecting and amplifying device
  226. INGOING – a going in
  227. BEIGELS – BEIGEL, (Yiddish) a hard, leavened, ring-shaped roll, also BAGEL
  228. CHIMAERA – (Greek) a mythical or genetic hybrid, also CHIMERA
  229. QUILLED – QUILL, to press small ridges in
  230. PUNAANI – (slang) the female genitalia, also PUNANI, PUNAANY, PUNANY
  231. WAREHOU – (Maori) any of several edible New Zealand fish
  232. QUETZAL – (Nahuatl) a tropical bird, also QUEZAL
  233. OINOMEL – (Greek) a beverage of ancient Greece consisting of wine and honey, also OENOMEL
  234. GYTRASH – (dialect) a ghost or apparition
  235. ENDYSIS – the act or process of developing a new coat of hair or a new set of feathers
  236. MAMASAN – (Japanese) a Japanese woman in a position of authority
  237. ACEROLA – a West Indian shrub
  238. ACHIOTE – (Nahuatl) the seeds of the annatto tree
  239. GOYISHE – (Yiddish) like a goy, non-Jew, Gentile, also GOYISCH, GOYISH
  240. SPLENIA – SPLENIUM, (Latin) a surgical bandage
  241. TAIAHAS – TAIAHA, (Maori) a long-handled club with a sharp tip
  242. NONACTOR – a person who is not an actor
  243. ROBATAS – ROBATA, (Japanese) a grill used for Japanese cooking
  244. PIEFORT – an unusually thick coin, also PIEDFORT
  245. POWHIRI – (Maori) a Maori ceremony of welcome to a marae, also POHIRI
  246. FEATEST – FEAT, neat, deft
  247. INNERVE – to supply with nerves or a nervous stimulus, also INNERVATE
  248. ENVIROS – ENVIRO, (colloquial) an environmentalist
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