April 24, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. POMPOON

n. (obsolete) any trifling ornament for a woman’s dress or bonnet
Also: POMPOM, POMPON
Back hooks: S

2. FORFAIR

v. (obsolete) to perish or decay
Verb forms: FORFAIRED, FORFAIRN, FORFAIRING, FORFAIRS

3. QUAYAGE

n. dues levied on goods landed or shipped at a quay, or on ships using a quay
Back hooks: S

4. PRIVILY

adv. PRIVY, private

5. QUILLON

n. (French) the arm of the cross-guard of a sword handle
Back hooks: S

6. EXERGUE

n. (French) a space on a coin, token or medal usually on the reverse below the date
Back hooks: S

7. ACHARYA

n. (Sanskrit) a Hindu teacher or learned man
Back hooks: S

8. CUMULET

n. a variety of domestic fancy pigeon
Back hooks: S

9. LATILLA

n. a peeled limb used in ceilings
Back hooks: S

10. KYANIZE

v. to treat wood with a preservative
Also: KYANISE
Verb forms: KYANIZED, KYANIZING, KYANIZES

11. FARRUCA

n. (Spanish) a gypsy dance with sudden tempo and mood changes
Back hooks: S

12. CRUMMIE

n. (Scots) a cow with crooked horns
Also: CRUMMY
Front hooks: S
Back hooks: R, S

13. KAMOTIQ

n. (Inuit) a sled with wooden runners
Also: COMATIK, KAMOTIK, KOMATIK, QAMUTIK
Back hooks: S

14. LYNCHET

n. a terrace or ridge formed in prehistoric or medieval times by ploughing a hillside
Also: LINCH, LINCHET
Back hooks: S

15. AMOKURA

n. (Maori) a white pelagian bird of tropical latitudes, with a red beak and red tail feathers
Back hooks: S

April 14, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. HEIGHTH

n. (archaic) height
Also: HIGHTH
Back hooks: S

2. MAFTIR

n. (Hebrew) the concluding section of a parashah, a passage in Jewish literature
Back hooks: S

3. NOTOUR

adj. in Scots law, notorious
Anagrams: UNROOT

4. PARDALIS

n. a leopard
Also: PARD, PARDAL, PARDALE
Plural: PARDALISES

5. DIOXIN

n. an extremely toxic poison found in certain weedkillers
Back hooks: S

6. TURNDUN

n. (Native Australian) an Australian bullroarer
Also: TUNDUN
Back hooks: S

7. DIRIGE

n. (obsolete) a dirge
Back hooks: S

8. FILBERD

n. a hazel nut
Also: FILBERT
Back hooks: S

9. BERGERE

n. (French) a type of easy chair or sofa with cane back and arms
Back hooks: S

10. MARARI

n. (Maori) the butterfish
Back hooks: S

11. MAMPARA

n. (South African) a fool, idiot
Back hooks: S

12. PARASHOT

n. PARASHAH, (Hebrew) a passage in Jewish literature
Also: PARASHOTH, PARASHIOTH, PARASHAHS

April 13, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. PEATARY

n. a region covered with peat
Also: PEATERY, PETARY
Plural: PEATARIES

2. MARERO

n. a member of a mara in the US or Central America
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: REMORA, ROAMER

3. KILERG

n. a thousand ergs
Back hooks: S

4. HABILE

adj. (French) dexterous; adroit

5. SWEIRED

v. SWEIR, to swear

6. YONNIE

n. (Australian slang) a child’s word for a stone
Back hooks: S

7. HELLCAT

n. a spiteful or furious (esp. female) person
Also: HELLICAT
Back hooks: S

8. NACELLE

n. (French) a structure on the wing of an airplane containing the engine
Back hooks: S

9. TRYPTIC

adj. relating to trypsin, an enzyme secreted by the pancreas

10. VITRAIN

n. a separable constituent of bright coal
Back hooks: S

11. RIMAYE

n. (French) a bergschrund, a crevasse formed where a glacier or snowfield moves away from a mountain wall
Back hooks: S

April 12, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. HOWZAT

interj. a cry in cricket appealing for dismissal of batsman

2. RAPPEE

n. (French) a pungent kind of snuff made from the darker and ranker kinds of tobacco leaves
Front hooks: F
Back hooks: S

3. HAULST

v. HALSE, (Spenser) to embrace
Also: HAUSE, HAWSE

4. FIORIN

n. (Irish) a species of creeping bent grass
Back hooks: S

5. BUPKUS

n. (Yiddish) a very small amount
Also: BUBKES, BUBKIS, BUPKES, BUPKIS

6. ZINNIA

n. a garden flower
Back hooks: S

7. ACROMIA

n. ACROMION, (Greek) the outer extremity of the shoulder blade
Back hooks: L

8. FLEECIE

n. (New Zealand) someone who collects fleeces in a shearing shed
Back hooks: R, S

9. KRYTRON

n. an electronic timing device used for detonating nuclear and other explosive charges
Back hooks: S

10. REDBACK

n. a venomous spider found in Australia, the male of which has a red stripe on its back
Back hooks: S

April 8, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. PODITIC

adj. relating to a podite, a walking leg of a crustacean

2. FOUGHTY

adj. (dialect) musty, mouldy
Comparative and superlative: FOUGHTIER, FOUGHTIEST

3. GRYDING

v. GRYDE, to scrape harshly
Also: GRIDE

4. PYRRHIC

n. (Greek) an ancient Greek war dance
Back hooks: S

5. WINGNUT

n. a nut with projections for gripping with the thumb and finger
Back hooks: S

6. GURUDOM

n. the state of being a guru
Also: GURUISM
Back hooks: S

7. BODIKIN

n. a diminutive of body, in Od’s bodikins, God’s little body
Back hooks: S

8. VIDUITY

n. the state of being a widow
Plural: VIDUITIES

9. TRICORN

n. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides
Also: TRICORNE
Back hooks: S

10. MURRION

n. (Shakespeare) a disease of cattle
Also: MURRAIN, MURREN, MURRIN
Back hooks: S

April 7, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. VOLVULI

n. VOLVULUS, (Latin) a twisting of the intestine that causes obstruction

2. BARILLA

n. (Spanish) the alkali plant; an impure alkali made by burning this
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: AIRBALL

3. POLACCA

n. (Italian) a vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean
Also: POLACRE
Back hooks: S

4. SEMPLER

adj. SEMPLE, (Scots) of humble birth

5. MINNOW

n. any of the small freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family
Back hooks: S

6. SATRAPY

n. the territory of a satrap
Plural: SATRAPIES

7. RAPPINI

n. (Italian) immature turnip plants
Also: RAPINI

8. CACOLET

n. (French) a military mule litter
Back hooks: S

9. LUSTICK

adj. (obsolete) lusty, healthy
Also: LUSTIQUE

10. CHIRRUP

v. to chirp repeatedly
Verb forms: CHIRRUPED, CHIRRUPING, CHIRRUPS
Back hooks: Y

11. MURSHID

n. in Sufism: a spiritual guide who initiates into a mystical order a postulant wishing to follow the Sufi path to God
Back hooks: S

12. CAMOGIE

n. (Irish) an Irish game, a form of hurling, played by women
Back hooks: S

13. BOURSIN

n. a mild, smooth, creamy cheese without rind
Back hooks: S

14. GOWLAND

n. (dialect) a name for various yellow flowers including marigold
Also: GOLLAN, GOLLAND, GOWLAN
Back hooks: S

15. ALLONYM

n. the name of a person, usually historical, taken by an author as a pen name (as opposed to using a fictional pseudonym)
Back hooks: S

April 6, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. NOSEBAG

n. a food bag hung over a horse’s head
Back hooks: S

2. SEALGH

n. (Scots) a seal (the animal)
Also: SEALCH, SELKIE, SILKIE
Back hooks: S

3. APYRASE

n. any of several enzymes that hydrolyze ATP with the liberation of phosphate and energy
Back hooks: S

4. LUPANAR

n. (Latin) a brothel
Back hooks: S

5. WHOLISM

n. the philosophical theory that a complex system is more than the sum of its parts
Also: HOLISM
Back hooks: S

6. FLAMFEW

n. a fantastic trifle
Back hooks: S

7. CLOOTIE

adj. as in clootie dumpling, a suet pudding, containing currants, raisins, etc., steamed or boiled in a cloth

8. WERGILD

n. (Old English) a price paid for taking a man’s life
Also: WEREGILD, WERGELD, WERGELT
Back hooks: S

9. GLAIVED

adj. provided with a glaive (a sword)

10. VIRGULE

n. (French) a diagonal printing mark used to separate alternatives
Back hooks: S

11. SAXTUBA

n. a bass saxhorn
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: SUBTAXA

12. GRUTTEN

v. GREET, to address in a friendly and courteous way
Anagrams: TURGENT

13. ZEBRINE

n. a member of the zebra family
Back hooks: S

14. DESYNED

v. DESYNE, (Spenser) to plan in outline
Also: DESIGN, DESINE

15. KARAISM

n. a Jewish doctrine of literalism
Back hooks: S

April 5, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. CANTREF

n. (Welsh) a district comprising a hundred villages
Also: CANTRED
Back hooks: S

2. GILBERT

n. an electrical unit of induced magnetic force
Back hooks: S

3. AJUTAGE

n. (French) a tube added to or inserted into an aperture to control the outflow of water, as a pipe at the mouth of an artificial fountain
Also: ADJUTAGE
Back hooks: S

4. TANIWHA

n. (Maori) a mythical monster, that lives in very deep water
Back hooks: S

5. KURSAAL

n. (German) a public hall or room, for the use of visitors at watering places and health resorts in Germany
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: RUSALKA

6. SHOEPAC

n. a waterproof boot
Also: SHOEPACK
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: CHEAPOS, EPOCHAS, POACHES

7. THALWEG

n. (German) a line following the lowest point of a valley; the middle of a navigable waterway used as boundary line
Also: TALWEG
Back hooks: S

8. PSAMMON

n. (Greek) a group of microorganisms living in waterlogged sands
Back hooks: S

9. CORIXID

n. a type of water bug
Back hooks: S

10. HIBACHI

n. (Japanese) a portable barbecue for cooking food out of doors
Back hooks: S

11. SPATZLE

n. (German) in Jewish cooking, a small dumpling
Also: SPAETZLE
Back hooks: S

12. KNEIDEL

n. (Yiddish) in Jewish cooking, a dumpling
Also: KNAIDEL
Plural: KNEIDELS, KNEIDLACH
Anagrams: LIKENED

13. VONGOLE

n. (Italian) in Italian cooking, small clams

14. MOLIMEN

n. (Latin) a great effort, esp. any physical effort made by the body in carrying out a natural function
Back hooks: S

15. SANGOMA

n. (Zulu) a witch-doctor
Back hooks: S

16. COWHAGE

n. (Hindi) a leguminous climbing plant with crooked pods covered with sharp stinging hairs
Also: COWAGE, COWITCH
Back hooks: S

17. ANATMAN

n. (Sanskrit) the Buddhist belief in the impermanence of self
Also: ANATA
Back hooks: S

18. DRACONE

n. (tradename) a towed flexible container for transporting liquids by water
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: ACORNED

19. AUTOPUT

n. a motorway in Yugoslavia
Back hooks: S

20. YEGGMAN

n. a burglar esp. of safes
Also: YEGG
Plural: YEGGMEN

21. PAMPOEN

n. (South African) a pumpkin
Back hooks: S

22. PARVENU

n. (French) one that has suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the manner associated with it
Back hooks: E, S

23. AMADODA

n. (South African) grown men

24. INCIPIT

n. (Latin) an inscription meaning ‘here begins’, serving as the opening words of a text
Back hooks: S

25. NORIMON

n. (Japanese) a covered litter, carried by men
Back hooks: S

26. MUONIUM

n. an electron and a positive muon bound together
Back hooks: S

27. MAGALOG

n. (colloquial) a large mail-order catalog in the form of a magazine
Also: MAGALOGUE
Back hooks: S

28. SKYHOME

n. (Australian slang) a sub-penthouse flat in a tall building
Back hooks: S

29. VIVARIA

n. VIVARIUM, (Latin) a place for raising and keeping live animals
Also: VIVARY

30. CORNROW

v. to braid hair tightly in rows close to the scalp
Also: CORNBRAID
Verb forms: CORNROWED, CORNROWING, CORNROWS

31. PSCHENT

n. (Greek) a crown worn by ancient Egyptian kings
Back hooks: S

32. OENOMEL

n. (Greek) an ancient Greek beverage
Also: OINOMEL
Back hooks: S

33. LEKYTHI

n. LEKYTHUS, (Latin) an oil jar used in ancient Greece
Also: LEKYTHOS, LECYTHUS

34. HURLBAT

n. (obsolete) an ancient Roman boxing glove loaded with metal, aka cestus
Also: WHIRLBAT, WHORLBAT
Back hooks: S

35. ISOPACH

n. a line connecting points of equal thickness of geological strata
Back hooks: S

36. JAMBEAU

n. (obsolete) armour for the legs below the knees, a greave
Also: JAMB, JAMBART, JAMBE, JAMBER, JAMBIER
Back hooks: S, X

37. BUGBANE

n. a perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculaceae, aka bugwort
Back hooks: S

38. TARDYON

n. a subatomic particle that travels slower than the speed of light
Back hooks: S

39. CENTNER

n. (German) an old unit of weight equal to about 110 pounds
Back hooks: S

40. RUCKMEN

n. RUCKMAN, in Australian rules football, a person who plays in the ruck
Front hooks: T

41. PLANXTY

n. an Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character
Plural: PLANXTIES

42. TORGOCH

n. (Welsh) a red-bellied form of the char found in certain Welsh lakes, aka saibling
Back hooks: S

43. SHINKIN

n. (Welsh) a worthless person
Back hooks: S

44. SCHANZE

n. (South African) a heap of stones used as protection against rifle-fire
Also: SCHANSE, SCHANTZE
Back hooks: S

45. DASHEKI

n. (Yoruba) an African tunic
Also: DAISHIKI, DASHIKI
Back hooks: S

46. GEMSBOK

n. (South African) a kind of antelope, having long, sharp, nearly straight horns
Also: GEMSBUCK
Back hooks: S

47. PEMPHIX

n. (Greek) a somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different part of the body
Also: PEMPHIGUS
Plural: PEMPHIXES

48. ALCALDE

n. (Arabic) the mayor of a Spanish town
Also: ALCADE
Back hooks: S

49. SIMPKIN

n. an Urdu corruption of champagne
Also: SIMKIN
Back hooks: S

50. BIOPLAY

n. a play based on the life of a famous person, esp. one giving a popular treatment
Back hooks: S

51. REJONEO

n. (Spanish) the art of bullfighting on horseback using rejones
Back hooks: S

52. POGONIP

n. (Native American) a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western US
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: POOPING

53. NANOBEE

n. an artificial nanoparticle containing a toxin found in bee stings, used to target and destroy precancerous cells
Back hooks: S

54. SHLUMPY

adj. (Yiddish) slovenly
Comparative and superlative: SHLUMPIER, SHLUMPIEST

55. AMOROSO

n. (Italian) a (male) lover; a dark sweet sherry
Back hooks: S

56. CANTRIP

n. (Scots) a charm; an incantation
Also: CANTRAIP, CANTRAP
Back hooks: S

57. NANDINA

n. (Japanese) an evergreen Asiatic shrub of the barberry family
Also: NANDIN
Back hooks: S

58. HAYLAGE

n. silage made from partially dried grass
Back hooks: S

59. TUATERA

n. (Maori) a primitive reptile found in New Zealand, of the genus Hatteria
Also: TUATARA
Back hooks: S

60. BOUCLEE

n. (French) a loop made with forefinger and thumb to guide a billiard stick
Back hooks: S

61. ALALIA

n. loss of speech
Back hooks: S

62. SWINDGE

v. (Shakespeare) to swinge, beat
Verb forms: SWINDGED, SWINDGING, SWINDGES
Anagrams: SWINGED

63. DISMAYD

adj. (Spenser) misshapen
Anagrams: MIDDAYS

64. TERSELY

adv. TERSE, succinct
Anagrams: RESTYLE

65. DERVISH

n. (Turkish) a Muslim (specifically a Sufi) religious man who has taken vows of poverty and austerity
Plural: DERVISHES
Anagrams: SHRIVED

66. EPIBLEM

n. the outer cell layer of the root of a plant
Back hooks: S

67. UROMERE

n. any one of the abdominal segments of an arthropod
Back hooks: S

68. BREWSKI

n. (colloquial) beer
Plural: BREWSKIS, BREWSKIES

69. SHALWAR

n. (Urdu) loose-fitting trousers worn by both sexes in many parts of Asia
Back hooks: S

70. KURVEY

v. (South African) to move goods by ox wagon
Verb forms: KURVEYED, KURVEYING, KURVEYS

71. APSIDAL

adj. of an apse or apsis
Front hooks: C

72. SANTIMU

n. SANTIM, a formerly used coin of Latvia
Also: SANTIMI
Anagrams: MANITUS, TSUNAMI

73. BELEAPT

v. BELEAP, to leap upon

74. SHINOLA

n. (tradename) a kind of boot polish
Back hooks: S

75. SABKHAT

n. (Arabic) a broad, salt-encrusted coastal plain above the level of normal tides
Also: SABKHA, SABKHAH
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: BHAKTAS

76. FUEHRER

n. (German) a leader
Also: FUHRER
Back hooks: S

77. LULIBUB

n. (archaic) a piece of candy on the end of a stick
Also: LOLLIPOP, LOLLYPOP
Back hooks: S

78. BOSCAGE

n. (French) thick foliage; woodland
Also: BOSKAGE
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: BOCAGES

79. JACKEEN

n. (Irish) a person from Dublin, esp. one with a parochial attitude
Back hooks: S

80. ZOOGLEA

n. (Greek) a jellylike mass of bacteria
Also: ZOOGLOEA
Plural: ZOOGLEAS, ZOOGLEAE
Back hooks: E, L, S

81. SEAMAID

n. (Shakespeare) a mermaid
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: AMIDASE

82. RUTTISH

adj. (Shakespeare) lustful
Adverb form: RUTTISHLY

83. COCTILE

adj. baked, hardened by fire

84. CATARRH

n. inflammation of a mucous membrane
Back hooks: S

85. NUMNAH

n. (Urdu) a pad under the saddle to prevent chafing
Back hooks: S

86. BRONCHO

n. (Spanish) a native or a Mexican horse of small size
Also: BRONC, BRONCO
Back hooks: S

87. CALECHE

n. (French) a light low-wheeled carriage with folding top
Also: CALASH, CALESA
Back hooks: S

88. PANCHAX

n. (Latin) any of several kinds of brightly coloured fish, often stocked in aquariums
Plural: PANCHAXES

89. COMPAND

v. to put a signal through a compander (a system of clarifying sound)
Verb forms: COMPANDED, COMPANDING, COMPANDS

90. ENTAYLE

v. (obsolete) to carve
Verb forms: ENTAYLED, ENTAYLING, ENTAYLES
Front hooks: V

91. SEROVAR

n. a group of microorganisms having a characteristic set of antigens
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: SAVORER

92. SONANCY

n. the quality of being sonant
Also: SONANCE
Plural: SONANCIES
Anagrams: CANYONS

93. ACARIAN

adj. pertaining to mites, small arachnids

94. BOUDOIR

n. (French) a woman’s bedroom
Back hooks: S

95. ACRYLYL

n. an organic radical
Back hooks: S

96. LARMIER

n. (French) a corona or other course serving as a dripstone
Back hooks: S

97. CRUPPER

n. a strap on a saddle that passes beneath a horse’s tail
Also: CROUPER
Back hooks: S

98. OILCAMP

n. a living area for workers at an oil well
Back hooks: S

99. BOTONEE

adj. having buds or knobs at the extremities, applied to a cross
Also: BOTONE, BOTONNEE, BOTTONY

100. ACULEUS

n. (Latin) a prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses
Plural: ACULEI

April 4, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. PROTHYL

n. (Greek) a hypothetical source of the chemical elements
Also: PROTYLE, PROTYL
Back hooks: S

2. ORCINOL

n. a chemical compound obtained from archil and other lichens
Also: ORCIN, ORCINE
Back hooks: S

3. ACYLOIN

n. a type of chemical compound, consisting of a hydroxyl group attached to a carboxyl group
Back hooks: S

4. PARABEN

n. any of a group of chemicals widely used as preservatives in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries
Back hooks: S

5. INTAGLI

n. INTAGLIO, (Italian) a figure engraved into a gem or another substance
Back hooks: O
Anagrams: TAILING

6. QUINOID

n. a quinonoid substance
Back hooks: S

7. INDOXYL

n. a nitrogenous substance obtained as an oily liquid
Back hooks: S

8. ZYMOGEN

n. a substance that develops into an enzyme
Also: ZYMOGENE
Back hooks: E, S

9. MEGILPH

n. a substance with which pigments are mixed in painting
Also: MEGILP, MAGILP
Back hooks: S

10. HIRUDIN

n. a substance present in the salivary glands of leeches, used as an anticoagulant
Back hooks: S

11. GUMWEED

n. a plant covered with a gummy substance
Back hooks: S

12. FIXATIF

n. (French) a substance for preserving paintings or drawings
Also: FIXATIVE
Back hooks: S

13. EXUDATE

n. an exuded substance
Back hooks: S

14. PTARMIC

n. (Greek) a substance that causes sneezing
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: CRAMPIT

15. BADWARE

n. malicious computer software, aka malware
Back hooks: S

16. PHABLET

n. a handheld personal computer between a smartphone and a tablet in size and which combines features of both
Also: FABLET
Back hooks: S

17. WETWARE

n. the living human brain, viewed as part of a computer system
Back hooks: S

18. CONKOUT

n. (US) a situation where a car, machine, computer etc. ceases to work
Back hooks: S

19. ORGANON

n. (Greek) a system of rules for scientific investigation
Also: ORGANUM
Plural: ORGANONS, ORGANA
Anagrams: ARGONON

20. OPPIDAN

n. a town-dweller; a student at Eton boarding in the town
Back hooks: S

21. HAEMONY

n. a plant which could act against magic
Plural: HAEMONIES

April 3, 2022

• Today’s words are about music!
• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. SOUKOUS

n. (French) a form of Central African dance music
Plural: SOUKOUSES

2. POMPOSO

adj. (of a piece of music) to be played in a ceremonial or grand manner

3. EUROPOP

n. a form of simple yet infuriatingly catchy pop music, performed by European artists
Back hooks: S

4. STRETTI

n. STRETTO, (Italian) a concluding musical passage played faster
Also: STRETTA
Anagrams: TITTERS, TRITEST

5. SESTETT

n. a piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments
Also: SESTET, SESTETTE, SESTETTO, SEXTET, SEXTETT, SEXTETTE, SEXTUOR
Back hooks: E, O, S

6. STRETTE

n. STRETTA, (Italian) a concluding musical passage played faster
Also: STRETTO
Anagrams: TETTERS

7. GLEEMEN

n. GLEEMAN, (obsolete) an itinerant minstrel or musician

8. TENDENZ

n. (German) tendency, esp. in musical composition
Also: TENDENCE, TENDENCY
Plural: TENDENZEN

9. COWPUNK

n. music combining country and western with punk rock
Back hooks: S

10. PYCNON

n. (Greek) a term in ancient Greek music; in mediaeval music, a semitone
Back hooks: S

11. DOLENTE

adj. (Italian) musical direction, to be performed in a sorrowful manner

12. FERMATA

n. (Italian) a pause in music
Plural: FERMATAS, FERMATE

13. SCHERZO

n. (Italian) a lively musical movement
Plural: SCHERZOS, SCHERZI

14. EMOCORE

n. a type of music combining traditional hard rock with personal and emotional lyrics
Also: EMO
Back hooks: S

15. BLUETTE

n. (French) a spark, a flash; a short playful piece of music
Back hooks: S

16. PSALTRY

n. an ancient stringed musical instrument
Also: PSALTERY
Plural: PSALTRIES

17. VIHUELA

n. (Spanish) an old Spanish musical instrument related to the guitar
Back hooks: VIHUELAS

18. FLEADH

n. (Irish) a festival of Irish traditional music, dancing, etc.
Back hooks: S

19. MORCEAU

n. (French) a short literary or musical composition
Plural: MORCEAUX

20. GOOMBAY

n. calypso music of the Bahamas
Back hooks: S

21. CADENZA

n. (Italian) an elaborate musical passage
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22. TOCCATA

n. (Italian) a quick, fantasia-like musical composition
Plural: TOCCATAS, TOCCATE
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23. BRAVURA

n. (Italian) a brilliant display of musical technique
Plural: BRAVURAS, BRAVURE

24. BACHATA

n. (Spanish) a type of Latin American music played with guitar and percussion; a dance performed to this music
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