SCRABLISTmid #8

Includes 515 selected Scrabble words, seven to eight letters in length. (CSW19)

IVRESSE – (French) drunkenness
ISMATIC – addicted to isms or faddish theories, also ISMATICAL
ITACISM – the pronunciation of the Greek letter eta as the modern Greeks pronounce it, that is, like e in the English word be, also ETACISM
ISTHMIC – pertaining to an isthmus, also ISTHMOID
MISTICO – (Spanish) a kind of small sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean, rigged partly like a xebec, and partly like a felucca
TRISMIC – relating to trismus, lockjaw
ERYNGOS – ERYNGO, (Greek) a plant of the genus Eryngium, sea holly, reputed to be an aphrodisiac, also ERINGO, ERYNGIUM
DYEINGS – DYEING, something coloured with a dye
DYNEINS – DYNEIN, an enzyme involved in cell movement
ASPREAD – (archaic) in a spreading state
ULSTERS – ULSTER, a long, loose overcoat
BRIARED – covered with briars
RABIDER – RABID, afflicted with rabies
BRAKIER – BRAKY, abounding in shrubs or ferns
BRAZIER – a container for hot coals
RAREBIT – a dish of melted and seasoned or simply toasted cheese on toast
ENVIRON – to envelop, enclose
RENVOIS – RENVOI, (French) a sending back by a government of an alien to his or her own country, also RENVOY
CORVINE – pertaining to the crow family of birds
CORANTO – (Italian) a rapid and lively dance
BEWHORE – (Shakespeare) to call someone a whore
IMBOWER – to give shelter, also EMBOWER
ECUMENE – an inhabited area
PRORATE – to divide proportionately
APTERISM – a lack of wings
PLIOCENE – relating to the epoch where mammals appeared
CINEOLE – a liquid used as an antiseptic, also CINEOL
COTELINE – a medieval close-fitting sleeved tunic, worn by both sexes
MISTBOW – a whitish arch like a rainbow, seen in mist, aka fogbow
ANTIENT – an ancient person
STANNITE – an ore of tin
INTRANT – a person who enters, esp. on membership, office or possession
NYSTATIN – an antifungal antibiotic, used in treating monilia and candida
EREMITE – a hermit, esp. a religious recluse
EROTEMA – (Greek) a rhetorical question, also EROTEME, EROTESIS
PREMEET – taking place before a meet
DERANGER – one who deranges
TUREENS – TUREEN, a large vessel for holding e.g. soup, also TERREEN
NESCIENT – one who is ignorant
DENTINE – the hard substance forming the body of a tooth, also DENTIN
FENNIEST – FENNY, having fens
SENTINEL – to stand guard
WENNIEST – WENNY, resembling a wen, also WENNISH
UPRAISE – to raise up
SPURIAE – (Latin) in birds, feathers of the bastard wing
ARTISTE – (French) a performing artist; a professional singer, dancer, actor, etc.
RIFFAGE – in jazz, the act of playing a short series of chords
REFUGIA – REFUGIUM, (Latin) a stable area during a period of continental climatic change
FRIGATE – a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line
CELLARED – CELLAR, to store in an underground room
PREENER – one who preens
REPERUSE – to peruse again
HOTELIER – (French) a hotel manager, also HOTELMAN
SERICON – a conjectural red or black tincture in alchemy
ALMAINS – ALMAIN, an old courtly dance, also ALLEMANDE
MANILLA – (Spanish) a horseshoe-shaped ring used esp. for ceremonial exchanges in parts of West Africa
BHOONAS – BHOONA, a dish sauteed in oil and a mix of spices, also BHUNA
SOROBAN – (Japanese) a Japanese abacus
BATOONS – BATOON, to strike with a truncheon, also BATON
SENORAS – SENORA, (Spanish) a married Spanish woman
YOUNKER – (colloquial) a young person, also YONKER
VIDAMES – VIDAME, in French feudal jurisprudence, the deputy of a bishop in temporal affairs; a minor noble
MISGAVE – MISGIVE, to make doubtful or fearful
IMPAVES – IMPAVE, to set in a pavement
MISAVER – to speak erroneously
AVENTRE – (Spenser) to thrust, direct
RAVENEST – RAVEN, of a black colour
GELASTIC – relating to laughter
NEGRONI – (Italian) an alcoholic beverage, also NEGUS
PERIGON – (Greek) an angle equal to 360 degrees
PIROGEN – PIROG, (Russian) a large Russian pie, stuffed with meat, fish, eggs, or cabbage, also PEROG, PIEROG
PONGIER – PONGY, (colloquial) smelly
FAMILIAL – characteristic of a family
ESLOYNE – to remove to a distant place, also ELOIN, ELOIGN, ESLOIN
INSOLES – INSOLE, the inner sole of a shoe or boot
POESIED – POESY, to utter poetry
PORRECT – to stretch forth
GOPURAM – (Sanskrit) in South India, a pyramidal tower over the gateway of a temple, also GOPURA
WIVERNS – WIVERN, in heraldry, a dragon with wings, the tail of a snake and two legs, also WIVER, WYVERN
SERUEWE – (Spenser) to surview, also SERVEWE
MINUTIAE – MINUTIA, (Latin) a small detail
MINIATE – to decorate with rubrics; to illuminate a manuscript
TIMECARD – a card for recording an employee’s time of arrival and departure
MANTOES – MANTO, (historical) a woman’s loose gown, also MANTEAU, MANTUA, MANTY
CHINOIS – (French) a cone-shaped sieve
TEMENOS – (Greek) a sacred precinct
TONEMES – TONEME, in a tone language, a phoneme that can be distinguished from another only by its tone intonation
FOMENTS – FOMENT, to foster or promote
EMONGST – (obsolete) in the midst of, also AMONG, AMONGST, EMONG, EMONGES, EMONGEST, MONGST
MONETHS – MONETH, (Spenser) a month
MESTINO – (Spanish) a person of mixed ancestry, also MESTIZO, MESTESO
MELTONS – MELTON, a strong and smooth heavy woollen cloth
MONTEMS – MONTEM, (Latin) a custom, formerly practised by the scholars at Eton
MOONSET – the time when the moon disappears
TOPSMEN – TOPSMAN, the chief drover of those who drive a herd of cattle
STEMSON – a supporting timber of a ship
UNSMOTE – (archaic) unsmitten
ETYMONS – ETYMON, the true origin of a word
LOFTSMEN – LOFTSMAN, someone who makes a 1:1 model from draughtsman’s plans
POLEMIC – a controversial discussion or attack
CLOMPED – CLOMP, to walk heavily
PIGWASH – waste fed to pigs, also PIGSWILL
MAZOUTS – MAZOUT, (Russian) a petroleum residue, also MAZUT
SUTLERY – a camp hawker’s stall
REEARNS – REEARN, to earn again
HEBETIC – of or pertaining to puberty
POISHAS – POISHA, (Bengali) a Bangladeshi monetary unit
MANNOSE – a sugar obtained by oxidising mannitol
WADSETT – (Scots) to pawn or mortgage, also WADSET
KARAITS – KARAIT, (Hindi) a venomous snake of India, also KRAIT
PYREXIA – (Greek) a fever
DUSTOFF – a military helicopter for evacuating the wounded
UMBONES – UMBO, (Latin) the rounded elevation at the centre of a shield
UDALLER – a holder of an udal estate, also ODALLER
URCEOLI – URCEOLUS, (Latin) a pitcher-shaped structure, as the tube in which some rotifers live
UVEITIC – pertaining to the uvea, the posterior pigment-bearing layer of the pupil of the eye
ATTENTS – ATTENT, (Spenser) attention
DIAGRID – a structure of interlocking diagonal beams used for support
TAUHINU – (Maori) a poplar tree
LARCHES – LARCH, any tree of the coniferous genus Larix, distinguished from cedar by the deciduous leaves
RASCHEL – (German) a type of light loosely knitted cloth
ALCHERA – (Native Australian) the dreamtime, also ALCHERINGA
CHALDER – an old Scottish dry measure
CHORALE – a simple harmonized composition with slow rhythm; a psalm or hymn tune, also CHORAL
TRACHLE – to draggle, also TRAUCHLE
DICKENS – (colloquial) the devil
ZINCKED – ZINC, to coat with a metallic element
RUDERIES – RUDERY, (colloquial) rudeness
PRUDERY – a person with affected modesty
PORTOUS – (historical) a portable breviary, also PORTAS, PORTEOUS, PORTESS, PORTESSE, PORTHORS, PORTHOS, PORTHOUSE
LAVEERS – LAVEER, (archaic) to sail against the wind
VEALERS – VEALER, a calf raised for food
AFFABLE – easy to speak to
FLEABAG – an inferior hotel
FADABLE – capable of fading
ZACATON – (Spanish) a type of coarse perennial grass growing in alkaline regions of the southern US, also SACATON
CATCONS – CATCON, short for catalytic converter
COSTEAN – in mining, to sink pits through the surface soil to the underlying rock in order to establish the direction of a lode
CHATONS – CHATON, (French) the setting or stone of a finger-ring
MONACTS – MONACT, the spicule of a sponge that has a single-spiked structure, also MONACTINE
NOCTUAS – NOCTUA, (Latin) a general name for any moth of the family Noctuidae
NOWCAST – a report on current weather conditions
CONTRAS – CONTRA, (Latin) a Nicaraguan revolutionary
BATLETS – BATLET, a wooden mallet for beating clothes, also BATLER
BATTELS – BATTEL, to have an account for kitchen provisions
BLATEST – BLATE, (Scots) timidly awkward, bashful
STROBED – STROBE, to produce vibrating bright light
DEBITOR – someone who owes a debt, also DEBTOR
SPINORS – SPINOR, a type of mathematical vector
HYDRASE – an enzyme that speeds up the removal or addition of water in a chemical reaction
OMERTAS – OMERTA, (Italian) the Mafia code of honour requiring silence about criminal activities
TRISOME – a chromosome that occurs three times in a cell instead of twice, also TRISOMIC
MOUTERS – MOUTER, to take mouter for, also MULTURE
HOBOISM – the state of being a hobo
BOOSHIT – (Australian slang) excellent
BOORISH – rude
DRUDGERY – hard, tedious work
GREENIES – GREENIE, (colloquial) a pound-note; a conservationist
RESEEING – RESEE, to see again
CAMPONG – (Malay) a Malay village, also KAMPONG
CAMPION – any plant of the genera Lychnis and Silene having usually pink or white star- or salver-shaped flowers with notched petals
CRAMPON – to climb using a kind of spiked boot
COSMINE – a hard substance in fish scales, also COSMIN
MESONIC – relating to the meson, a short-lived subatomic particle of smaller mass than a proton
LATTERLY – lately
OLIVERS – OLIVER, a forge-hammer worked by the foot
VIOLERS – VIOLER, a viol player, a fiddler
FACIEND – (Latin) a number to be multiplied by another
AMBERED – embedded in amber
EMBREAD – (Spenser) to braid, also EMBRAID
BREAMED – BREAM, to clean a ship’s bottom by burning off seaweed
CAMBERS – CAMBER, to arch slightly
BEDLAMER – (Canadian) a young harp seal
EMBARRED – EMBAR, (archaic) to shut in; to put under embargo, also IMBAR
BRAZENS – BRAZEN, to face boldly
ETYPICAL – not conforming to a type, also ETYPIC
OMNIFIED – OMNIFY, to make universal
JAUNDICE –to prejudice unfavourably
DULCINEA – a sweetheart
BRAATAS – (Spanish) a small portion added to a purchase of food by a vendor to encourage the person to return, also BRAATA, BROUGHTA, BROUGHTAS
CORNETTI –
RUDASES – CORNETTO, (Italian) an old woodwind instrument, now revived for performances of early music
FUSKERS – FUSKER, to generate obvious passwords and filenames in order to extract data that is held on free websites
CESTODE – any parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda that includes tapeworms
ESCOTED – ESCOT, (Shakespeare) to maintain financially
OVERSPIN – a forward spin imparted to a ball
CUPOLAED – CUPOLA, to furnish with a cupola
OPERCULA – OPERCULUM, (Latin) an anatomical part that serves as a lid or cover, also OPERCELE, OPERCULE
OUTPLACE – to find new employment for a redundant worker
ESSAYIST – a writer of prose compositions
EPITHET – an adjective or adjectival phrase, also APATHATON, EPITHETON
HUMANIST – one who studies human nature
GLADSOME – feeling pleasure
DAMOSEL – (archaic) a young girl or unmarried woman, also DAMOISEL, DAMOISELLE, DAMOZEL, DAMSEL, DEMOISELLE
OVERDOER – one who overdoes
RAILBUS – a passenger bus on rails
FUNEREAL – pertaining to a funeral; mournful
UNMOLTEN – not molten
BROMELIA – any plant of the genus Bromelia, that includes pineapples, also BROMELIAD
PROEMIAL – relating to a proem
AMITROLE – a kind of herbicide
ROLAMITE – two or more rollers connected by a belt but relatively loose
MORALIZE – to explain in a moral sense, also MORALISE
GALLIER – GALLY, gall-like, bitter
TABORIN – a small drum, also TABORET, TABORINE, TABOURET
INRUSHES – INRUSH, a rushing in
EYESHINE – a reflection from the eyes of some animals
LASHKAR – (Hindi) an East Indian sailor, also LASCAR
KHAYALS – KHAYAL, (Urdu) a kind of classical Indian vocal music
BASHLYK – (Russian) a long Russian hood, also BASHLIK
KALIPHS – KALIPH, (Arabic) an Eastern ruler, also CALIF, CALIPH, KALIF, KHALIF
KOOLAHS – KOOLAH, (Native Australian) a small furry Australian marsupial, also KOALA, COALA
PULKHAS – PULKHA, (Finnish) a Laplander’s boat-shaped sledge, also PULKA, PULK
INTERIM – (Latin) temporary, provisional
TERMINI – TERMINUS, (Latin) an end
CIRROSE – like a cirrus, also CIRRATE
ORRICES – ORRICE, the Florentine or other iris; its dried rootstock smelling of violets, used in perfumery, also ORRIS
RECORKS – RECORK, to cork again
CRUORES – CRUOR, (Latin) a mass of coagulated blood
PUGAREE – (Hindi) a turban, a light scarf worn round a hat to keep out the sun, also PAGRI, PUGGAREE, PUGGERY, PUGGREE, PUGGRY, PUGREE
UPCHEER – to encourage
EPERDUE – (French) desperately in love (of a female)
PREVUED – PREVUE, (US) to preview, also PREVIEW
PERIQUE – (French) a strong, black, Louisiana tobacco
PERJURE – to make a perjurer of
EXPURGE – to purge away
PLEXURE – an interweaving
PERUKES – PERUKE, a kind of wig, also PERRUQUE
TRENDIES – TRENDY, one who is trendy
ATTONCE – (Spenser) at one, at once, together, also ATTONE, ATTONES
ENTOTIC – pertaining to the ear’s interior
ARGUSES – ARGUS, (Greek) an East Indian pheasant with a long colourful tail with eyespots
SAUGERS – SAUGER, an American freshwater food fish
CRESSET – (historical) an iron basket for burning oil to provide light
SCREETS – SCREET, (dialect) to weep
LEBBEKS – LEBBEK, (Arabic) an Old World tropical mimosaceous tree
EBBLESS – without ebb
DRABETTE – a coarse linen fabric, also DRABBET
HALTERE – (Greek) the rudimentary hindwing of a fly
HANDSEL – to give a good luck gift to, also HANSEL
ACENTRIC – an acentric chromosome or fragment
ORECTIC – pertaining to desires and their satisfaction, also ORECTIVE
CRETICS – CRETIC, a type of metrical foot
ICTERIC – a remedy for icterus, jaundice, also ICTERICAL
CARDECU – (French) an old French coin, also CARDECUE
PLACITS – PLACIT, (Latin) a court ruling, also PLACITUM, PLACET
BINDHIS – BINDHI, (Hindi) a dot worn on the forehead by women in India, also BINDI
VICTORIA – a kind of light carriage
PESAUNT – (obsolete) a peasant, also PESANT, PEZANT
KITBAGS – KITBAG, a bag for holding kit
PARADOXY – the quality of being paradoxical
NAUTILI – NAUTILUS, (Greek) a spiral-shelled mollusk
CARRION – dead and rotting flesh
VENINES – VENINE, any of various toxic substances in venom, also VENIN
ACARIDS –ACARID, a member of the mite or tick family, also ACARIDAN, ACARINE, ACARUS
TREVETS – TREVET, a small stand with three legs, also TRIVET
FORAYED – FORAY, to make a raid
FLEERER – someone who fleers
BIPLANE – a plane with two sets of wings
CAPELIN – (French) a small marine fish of northern oceans, also CAPELAN, CAPLIN
PANICLE – a loosely branched flower cluster
ALEPINE – (Arabic) a mixed wool and silk or mohair and cotton fabric
ELAPINE – like or pertaining to the Elapidae, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras
IMPANEL – to put onto a list for jury duty, also IMPANNEL
MANIPLE – (Latin) a subdivision of Roman legion consisting of two centuries of 60 to 120 men each
PANLIKE – resembling a pan, a container used for cooking
PRALINE – (French) an almond coated with brown sugar, also PRAWLIN
PEARLING – (Scots) a lace of silk or thread, used as edging, also PEARLIN
PANTILE – an overlapping, S-shaped roofing tile
PINWALE – a type of fabric
LUNETTE – (French) a crescent-shaped space where a vault meets a wall
BETELNUT – the areca nut
UNLETTED – not letted (of a property), also UNLET
TEMULENT – pertaining to temulence
PODAGRA – (Greek) gout in the foot
PADRONA – (Italian) a female boss or employer
PARADOR – (Spanish) a building such as a convent converted to a hotel
PARADOS – (French) an earthworks defending against a rear attack
REPUTED – REPUTE, to consider to be as specified
DANCIEST – DANCY, (esp. of electronic music) suitable for dancing to, also DANCEY
UNMITRE – to depose from the rank of bishop, also UNMITER
MUNTRIE – (Native Australian) an Australian shrub with green-red edible berries
DEMERGE – to remove a division from a corporation, also DEMERGER
TINSELS – TINSEL, to give a showy appearance to
BELACED – BELACE, to adorn with lace
BEGORAH – (Irish) an interjection attributed to Irish speakers, by God, also BEGORRA, BEGORRAH
FROGLET – a small frog, also FROGLING
ANILINE – a product of coal-tar used in dyeing, also ANILIN
LOGLINE – a line for finding the speed of a vessel
MARLINE – a line of two loosely twisted strands used on a ship
ILKADAY – every day
PANGENS – PANGEN, a hypothetical unit of living matter, also PANGENE
WAULKER – a fuller of cloth, also WAUKER
KNAWELS – KNAWEL, (German) a cornfield weed of the chickweed family, also KNAWE
JAPANNED – JAPAN, to coat with a glossy black lacquer
COLORADO – referring to a medium strength of cigar
TEXASES – TEXAS, the uppermost structure on a steamboat
MOROCCO – a fine goatskin leather tanned with sumac, first brought from Morocco
BROUZES – BROUZE, a wedding race, also BROOSE
BEDIZEN – to dress gaudily
ZEBRINA – a trailing or creeping Central American plant
CHOENIX – (Greek) an ancient Greek measurement
JUMBALS – JUMBAL, a thin crisp sweet cake
DONJONS – DONJON, the main tower of a castle
OUTJINX – to surpass in jinxing
SYSTOLE – (Greek) the normal rhythmic contraction of the heart
BEDERAL – (Scots) a beadle, also BEDRAL
RIDABLE – capable of being ridden, also RIDEABLE
CATJANG – a thickly branched African shrub
TINAJAS – TINAJA, (Spanish) a large earthenware jar used in Spain for storing wine
KIDGLOVE – careful and diplomatic
KILLASES – KILLAS, a Cornish word for clay slate
LEKYTHOI – LEKYTHOS, an oil jar used in ancient Greece, also LECYTHUS, LEKYTHUS
CRYOLITE – a mineral, also KRYOLITE, KRYOLITH
BLUETICK – a hunting dog
KALINITE – native potash alum
FLINKITE – a brownish-green mineral, manganese arsenate
FLAKIES – FLAKY, a fit of temper
NITREOUS – as in nitreous silica, another name for quartz glass
SNOUTIER – SNOUTY, resembling a long, projecting nose
HULKIER – HULKY, bulky, unwieldy
BAULKIER – BAULKY, stubborn
SICKLIED – SICKLE, to harvest with a single blade implement
DISLIKEN – (Shakespeare) to make unlike
MISLIKED – MISLIKE, (archaic) to dislike, also MISLEEKE
KNURLIER – KNURLY, full of knots, gnarled
GLENLIKE – like a glen
GLEEKING – GLEEK, to jest, gibe
BLOKIER – BLOKEY, like one of the blokes, also BLOKISH, BLOKEISH
CREAKILY – CREAKY, creaking, also SCREAKY
WALKYRIE – (Old Norse) in Norse mythology, a maiden who chooses the slain, also VALKYRIE, VALKYR
ICEBLINK – a glare in the sky caused by light reflected off ice
KITTLIER – KITTLY, (Scots) ticklish, delicate
BAKELITE – (tradename) a thermosetting resin used in electric insulators etc.
JOCUNDER – JOCUND, marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness
TROJANS – TROJAN, a computer program that gets access to a computer or system by appearing to be harmless, but is designed to do something damaging
ADZELIKE – like an adze
FROUZILY – FROUZY, fusty, stuffy, also FROWSTY, FROWSY, FROWZY
MUZAKIER – MUZAKY, cheap and sentimental
UNGLITZY – not glitzy
WIZARDER – WIZARD, very good
WIZENER – WIZEN, shrivelled
ABIETES – ABIES, (Latin) a fir tree
BALLIER – BALLY, a euphemism for bloody
METICAS – METICA, a monetary unit of Mozambique, also METICAL
READMES – README, a text file supplied with computer software that contains information about the software, such as advice on installation and bugs
SAPIDER – SAPID, pleasantly flavoured
UNDATED – UNDATE, to remove a date from
DERNIES – DERNY, a bicycle with a small motor, used to set the pace in cycling events such as the keirin
VEGIEST – VEGIE, (colloq.) of school subjects, trivial, not taxing, also VEGGIE
PERONEI – PERONEUS, one of several fibular muscles
TERPINE – a derivative of pinene and other terpenes
LOOGIES – LOOGIE, a mass of saliva and phlegm
THETRIS – THETRI, a currency unit of Georgia, also TETRI
OBENTOS – OBENTO, (Japanese) a thin lightweight compartmented box containing a meal, also BENTO
REMADES – REMADE, a thing e.g. a golf ball made again from reused materials
MEDRESA – (Arabic) an Islamic college, or school attached to a mosque, also MADRASA, MADRASAH, MADRASSA, MADRASSAH, MEDRESE, MEDRESSEH
STOVIES – (Scots) a thick stew of potatoes, lard, onions and sausage-meat
ESPECIAL – special
GALENIC – pertaining to galena, an ore of lead
LEAFING – LEAF, to turn pages rapidly
FINAGLE – to obtain by trickery, also FENAGLE
LIGNAGE – (obsolete) lineage, also LYNAGE
GALLEIN – a red crystalline dyestuff, obtained by heating together pyrogallic and phthalic acids
NIGELLA – (Latin) a garden flower
ANELING – ANELE, to anoint with extreme unction
EANLING – (Shakespeare) a young lamb, also WEANEL, WEANLING, YEANLING
LINGUAE – LINGUA, (Latin) the tongue
UNAGILE – not agile
AYELING – ALEYE, to quell, also ALLAY, ALAY
YEELINS – YEELIN, a person of the same age, also YEALING
COINFER – to infer jointly
ACRITICAL – not critical
ASPROUT – (archaic) in a sprouting state
SEPTUOR – a group of seven, also SEPTET, SEPTETTE
PETROUS – resembling stone in hardness
HOTSPUR – a rash, hotheaded man
RUMPOTS – RUMPOT, an alcoholic
STUPORS – STUPOR, (Latin) a state of reduced sensibility
PLACITA – PLACITUM, (Latin) a court ruling, also PLACET, PLACIT
PROTEGE – (French) one whose career is promoted by an influential person
STANDOFF – a tie or a draw, in a game
PILLION – to sit on a pillion (a passenger seat)
SPEIRED – SPEIR, (Scots) to ask, also SPEER, SPIER
DECANTS – DECANT, to pour from one container to another
OMNIUMS – OMNIUM, (Latin) the aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan to government is now usually funded
MUSIMON – a Corsican wild sheep, also MOUFFLON, MOUFLON, MUFLON, MUSMON
HOGNUTS – HOGNUT, another name for pignut
SHOTGUN – to shoot with a type of gun
CHALEHS – CHALEH, (Hebrew) a loaf of white leavened bread, often plaited in form, traditionally baked to celebrate the Jewish Sabbath, also CHALAH, CHALLA, CHALLAH, HALLAH
SHELLAC – to cover with a thin varnish, also SHELLACK
OSCHEAL – pertaining to the scrotum
FOXSHIP – (Shakespeare) craftiness
CONJEED – CONJEE, to starch with conjee, also CONGEE
COZENED – COZEN, to cheat, also COOSEN, COOSIN
CREAGHS – CREAGH, (Gaelic) a foray, booty, also CREACH
COURANT – an old dance with a gliding step, also CORANTO, COURANTE, COURANTO
CORNUTO – (Italian) a cuckold, the husband of an unfaithful wife
COTHURN – a buskin worn by Roman actors
TROUNCE – to beat severely
CORNUTE – to cuckold
RUCTION – a noisy disturbance
FUNCTOR – one that functions
ENDEMIC – confined to one particular area, also ENDEMICAL
REDFINS – REDFIN, a small North American dace; the male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins
DREAREST – DREAR, dreary, also DREARE, DRERE
SERRATE – to supply with toothlike projections
RASTERS – RASTER, the area reproducing images on the picture tube of a television set
PALLIES – PALLY, as in to pally up with, to become friends
SWALLIES – SWALLY, (Scots) an alcoholic drink
TRUMEAU – (French) a column supporting part of a doorway
BOOGALOO – to dance the boogaloo
AUFGABE – (German) a set experimental task in psychology
NOUVEAU – (French) something new
AEFAULD – onefold, also AEFALD, AFALD, AFAWLD
COPAIVA – (Tupi) a transparent resin obtained from certain South American trees, also COPAIBA
ZAREEBA – (Arabic) an improvised stockade, esp. one made of thorn bushes, etc., also ZAREBA, ZARIBA, ZEREBA, ZERIBA
DIDAKEI – (Romany) an itinerant tinker, also DIDDICOY, DIDAKAI, DIDICOI, DIDICOY
MARYJANE – (slang) marijuana
VESTRAL – relating to a vestry
VARLETS – VARLET, (archaic) a servant, valet, also VARLETTO
ANTIPOT – opposed to using marijuana
HOTBOXED – HOTBOX, to smoke marijuana in a small confined area until it is full of smoke
SPLIFFS – SPLIFF, (slang) a marijuana cigarette
WEEDHEAD – a person who uses a lot of marijuana
COREIGN – a joint reign
WRISTER – a type of shot in hockey
FARFELS – FARFEL, (Yiddish) noodles in the form of small pellets or granules, also FARFAL
IDENTIC – identical
DIETINE – a minor or local diet, assembly
TINEIDS – TINEID, one of a family of moths
EXOTICA – things excitingly different or unusual
ARPENTS – ARPENT, (French) an old French land measure, also ARPEN
PASTERN – the part of horse’s foot between the fetlock joint and the upper edge of the hoof
PERSANT – (Spenser) piercing, also PERCEANT, PERSAUNT
CIBOULE – a variety of onion, aka spring onion, also CHIBOL, CIBOL, SYBO, SYBOE, SYBOW
WRENTIT – a long-tailed North American bird
TWINTER – (Scots) a two-year old sheep or other animal
CHINESE – (colloquial) a Chinese meal
STYGIAN – (Greek) of or relating to the river Styx; extremely dark
OBVERSE – the side of the coin bearing the main design
ORGEATS – ORGEAT, (French) a syrup or drink made from almonds, sugar etc., formerly from barley
TOERAGS – TOERAG, a tramp, a despicable person, also TOERAGGER
GAROTES – GAROTE, to execute by strangling, also GARROTE, GAROTTE, GARROTTE
ANNULUS – (Latin) a ring or ringlike part
JINGALL – (Hindi) a large Chinese or Indian swivel-musket, also GINGAL, GINGALL, JINGAL
TATSOIS – TATSOI, (Chinese) a variety of Chinese cabbage
SHITZUS – SHITZU, (Chinese) a small longhaired dog bred from the Pekingese and Lhasa Apso
TWANKAY – (Chinese) a variety of green tea, also TWANKY
SAIMINS – SAIMIN, (Chinese) a Hawaiian noodle soup
KOUPREY – (Khmer) an Indo-Chinese wild cow
ELEGIAC – relating to elegy, also ELEGIACAL
SORDORS – SORDOR, (Latin) refuse, foul matter
ROOSERS – ROOSER, (Scots) a boaster
FAUREST – FAUR, (Scots) far
FEUTRES – FEUTRE, (Spenser) to set a spear in a rest, also FEWTER
TRUFFES – TRUFFE, (French) a truffle, an edible fungus
SURFEIT – to indulge in excess
NETSURF – to browse the internet for information
FOUTRAS – FOUTRA, (Shakespeare) a worthless fellow, also FOOTRA, FOUTER, FOUTRE
TUFTERS – TUFTER, a hound that drives deer out of cover
MUCKILY – MUCKY, dirty
CROWNET – a small crown, also CORONET
FORWENT – FORGO, to refrain from
UNWROTE – UNWRITE, to undo the writing of
POIGNADO – (obsolete) a small dagger, also PONIARD, POINADO
ABASIAS – ABASIA, the inability to walk due to lack of muscular coordination
DIANOIA – perception or experience as inferior forms of knowledge
OIDIOID – relating to an oidium
OOGONIAL – relating to oogonia, the female reproductive organs in fungi or seaweed
OUABAIN – (Somali) a poisonous alkaloid, also WABAIN
RAOULIA – a New Zealand plant
SAOUARI – a tree of Guiana, yielding butternuts, also SOUARI
EXUVIAE – (Latin) skins, shells or other animal coverings that have been cast off; fossil remains of animals
EUPNOEA – normal breathing, also EUPNEA
EVACUEE – one who is evacuated
EQUINIA – glanders, a contagious horse disease
EPINAOI – EPINAOS, (Greek) a rear vestibule
EPUISEE – (French) exhausted (of a female)
CAMAIEU – (French) a cameo
DEQUEUE – to remove from a (computing) queue
ISOPODAN – a kind of crustacean, also ISOPOD
CONOIDAL – nearly, but not exactly, conical, also CONOIDIC, CONOIDICAL
MONOACID – a compound having one hydrogen atom replaceable by a negative or acid atom or radical, also MONACID
CODOMAIN – in mathematics, the range, the set of output values of a function
ANCONOID – pertaining to the elbow
ASCONOID – like an ascon, a type of sponge
RIGADOON – a lively Baroque period dance, also RIGAUDON
DOORNAIL – a large-headed nail
VINDALOO – (Portuguese) a curried dish made with meat, garlic and wine
MAINDOOR – the principal door of an establishment
NODATION – the act of making a knot, or state of being knotted
TANDOOR – (Hindi) a type of Indian cooking in which meat, vegetables etc. are baked over charcoal in a clay oven, also TANDOORI
DOTATION – an endowment
EUDAIMON – (Greek) a benevolent spirit, also EUDAEMON, EUDEMON
EUPHONIA – an agreeable sound, also EUPHONY
EXONUMIA – objects that resemble money but do not circulate as coin or paper money e.g. tokens, coupons, medal
AEQUORIN – a protein secreted by jellyfish
ODALIQUE – (French) a female slave; a concubine in a harem, also ODALISK, ODALISQUE
OBLOQUY – abusive language
OBSEQUY – a funeral rite, also OBSEQUIE
BOUILLI – (French) boiled meat
BILIOUS – pertaining to bile; ill-tempered
OUSTITI – (French) a lock-opening tool
BUIBUIS – BUIBUI, (Swahili) a black shawl worn by African Muslim women
VIDUOUS – widowed; empty
MUONIUM – an electron and a positive muon bound together
BUSHIDO – (Japanese) a Japanese code of chivalry
MIBUNAS – MIBUNA, (Japanese) a vegetable of the cabbage family, closely related to mizuna
NUNCHUK – (Japanese) a martial arts weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a length of chain, used as a flail or garotte, also NUMCHUCK, NUNCHAKU, NUNCHUCK
SHOCHUS – SHOCHU, (Japanese) a Japanese liquor
ZAITECH – (Japanese) the commercial practice of investing in financial markets to augment a company’s normal earnings
GOBANGS – GOBANG, (Japanese) a Japanese board game, also GOBAN, GOMOKU
HAPKIDO – (Japanese) a Korean martial art

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