SCRABLISTmid #9

MEDEVAC – to evacuate the wounded from a battlefield by helicopter, also MEDIVAC
EQUERRY – an official who attends the royal family
SEXFOIL – an ornamental design having six leaves or petals radiating from a common centre
FRAKTUR – (German) a German style of black letter, the normal type used for printing German from the 16th to the mid 20th cent, also FRACTUR
COTTOID – like a cottid, a fish of the genus Cottus
PRERACE – before a race
CAPERER – one who capers
JILBAB.S – JILBAB, (Arabic) a long robe worn by Muslim women
WALLEYE – an eye in which the iris is pale or whitish, also WATCHEYE
BEIGEST – BEIGE, greyish buff with a hint of pink
MAZUMA.S – MAZUMA, (Yiddish) money, cash
EPOXIDE – an epoxy compound
GUMWEED – a plant covered with a gummy substance
YEANING – YEAN, esp. of a sheep, to bring forth young, also EAN
FUTHORC – the runic alphabet, also FUTHARC, FUTHARK, FUTHORK
WINSOME – charming, captivating
COTERIE – (French) a social or literary circle
LOUVER.S – LOUVER, a sloping slat placed across an opening, also LOUVRE
QUERIDA – (Spanish) a Mexican term of endearment, sweetheart
TWIGLOO – a makeshift shelter made from branches
MOZETTA – (Italian) a hooded cape worn by bishops, also MOZZETTA
EILDING – (Scots) fuel, also ELDIN, ELDING, YEALDON
SUNBEAT – continually exposed to the sun, also SUNBEATEN
ATOKOUS – without offspring, also ATOKAL
OIKIST.S – OIKIST, (historical) the founder of a colony, also OECIST
BUNCOED – BUNCO, to practice such a trick, also BUNKO
NUTWOOD – a nut-bearing tree
PRECOUP – preceding a coup
ACCOURT – to entertain
AULNAGE – cloth inspection, also ALNAGE
LEGUAAN – (Dutch) a large monitor lizard of the genus Varanus, also LEGUAN
SQUAMA.E – SQUAMA, (Latin) a scale, also SQUAME
FUMETTE – (French) the scent of game when high, also FEWMET, FUMET
BORAZON – a manmade compound of nitrogen and boron, as hard as diamond
DEAIRED – DEAIR, to remove air from
DHANSAK – (Urdu) any of a variety of Indian dishes consisting of meat or vegetables braised with water or stock and lentils, also DANSAK
KHANDA.S – KHANDA, (Punjabi) a double-edged Sikh sword
RIPCORD – a cord to release a parachute
ZAMBUCK – (New Zealand) a member of the St John’s ambulance brigade, esp. one on duty at a sporting event, also ZAMBUK
ENDUING – ENDUE, to put on, as of clothes; to invest with, also ENDEW, INDEW, INDOW, INDUE
LOKSHEN – (Yiddish) noodles
ROBINIA – a genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America
TWYFOLD – twofold, also TWAFALD, TWIFOLD, TWOFOLD
MARQUIS – a British or Irish hereditary nobleman of the second rank of the peerage, below a duke and above an earl, also MARQUESS
NEOCON.S – NEOCON, (short for) a neoconservative
MATELOT – (French) a seaman, also MATLO, MATLOW
RAUPATU – (Maori) confiscation of land
OCICAT.S – OCICAT, a large shorthaired cat with a spotted coat
PAVIOUR – a person who lays paving-stones; a machine for tamping down paving-stones, also PAVER, PAVIOR
SIMPKIN – an Urdu corruption of champagne, also SIMKIN
HOUHERE – (Maori) a small evergreen New Zealand tree
INTRADA – (Italian) a musical prelude
DROVING – the action of herding cattle
ALLODIA – ALLODIUM, (Latin) an estate held in absolute ownership, also ALLOD, ALOD, ALODIUM
ANERGIA – lack of energy
EREPSIN – an enzyme of the small intestine
HOUFING – HOUF, to haunt, frequent, also HOUFF, HOWF, HOWFF
NONPLAY – a theatrical work that is not a play
RIVIERA – (Italian) a warm coastal district
NUTTING – the act of gathering nuts
BOOMER – a large male kangaroo
DACTYL.S – DACTYL, (Greek) a metrical foot of one short syllable followed by two long syllables
ROCKABY – a song used to lull children to sleep, also ROCKABYE
MESTIZA – (Spanish) a (female) person of mixed, esp. Spanish and American-Indian parentage
YAWPING – the act of yelping
SAMAAN.S – SAMAAN, (Caribbean) the rain-tree, a member of the mimosa family, also SAMAN, ZAMAN, ZAMANG
LINALOL – (Spanish) a fragrant liquid alcohol, used to make perfume, obtained from oil of rosewood, also LINALOOL
OBELION – a part of the skull
NUNHOOD – the condition of a nun
CAMPOUT – a camping out by a group
SUBRENT – to sublet or rent out (a property that is already rented)
DULOSIS – enslavement by an insect
HEPATIC – pertaining to or acting upon the liver, also HEPATICAL
ANLAGEN – ANLAGE, (German) the first discernible rudiment of an organ
PAKFONG – (Chinese) a Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, also PACKFONG, PAKTHONG, PAKTONG
CALENDS – (Latin) the first day of the ancient Roman month from which days were counted backwards to the Ides, also KALENDS
LINGAM.S – LINGAM, (Sanskrit) the phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshipped in his character of the creative and reproductive power, also LINGA
UNBLENT – not blent
SAMBAL.S – SAMBAL, (Malay) a food served with curry
SHIDDER – (Spenser) a female animal
PIXYISH – like a pixy
HONEYED – HONEY, to sweeten with a sweet thick fluid
EIGHTVO – a printer’s page size, also OCTAVO
FITCHEW – a polecat, also FITCH, FITCHET
DEAWING – DEAW, (Spenser) to cover with dew
CORONEL – the iron head of a tilting spear, used in jousting
MILLRUN – the current of water that drives a mill wheel, also MILLRACE
ABEYANT – in abeyance, suspended
GNATHIC – of or pertaining to the jaw, also GNATHAL
HULLOO.S – HULLOO, to hail, also HALLOA, HALLOO
BARGOON – (Canadian slang) a bargain
BOSHTER – (Australian slang) very good, also BOSHTA, BOSKER
CHYACK.S – CHYACK, (Australian slang) to tease, deride, also CHIACK
BOVVER.S – BOVVER, (slang) rowdy or violent behaviour by street gangs
GEECHEE – (US slang) a rural southern black
FIGJAM.S – FIGJAM, (Australian slang) a conceited person
NETHEAD – an enthusiast or expert on the internet
KAYLIED – (slang) intoxicated

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

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TRAYNED – TRAYNE, (Spenser) to train, to undergo instruction
DENTARY – a bone of the lower jaw
TYRANED – TYRAN, to play the oppressor, also TYRANNE, TYRANT
RELATUM – a term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition
LOUVRED – having a louvre
OUTPEER – (Shakespeare) to surpass, excel
AEROSOL – a spray released under pressure
ROSEOLA – a rose-coloured skin rash
TOXEMIA – blood poisoning due to toxins in blood, also TOXAEMIA
SILOXANE – any of various polymers containing silicon and oxygen
TARTINE – (French) a slice of bread and butter with jam
TENNESI – TENNE, (French) an orange-brown colour, also TENNY
POTSHOT – to shoot randomly at
RANGOLI – (Hindi) a traditional Hindu form of decoration on floors and doorsteps
ANCESTRY – a line of ancestors
ORACLING – ORACLE, to utter as an oracle
LONGHAIR – an intellectual; one having a deep interest in the arts, especially in classical music
TRIGONAL – pertaining to or having three angles, also TRIGONIC
ABORIGEN – an original or native inhabitant of a country, also ABORIGIN, ABORIGINE
GEOMANT – one who practises geomancy, also GEOMANCER
MAGNETO – a small electric generator which uses permanent magnets
MEGATON – a unit of explosive force
NATHEMO – (Spenser) nevermore, also NATHEMORE, NEVERMORE
LOMENTA – LOMENTUM, (Latin) a type of plant pod, also LOMENT
OMENTAL – of or pertaining to an omentum, a free fold of the peritoneum
TELAMON – (Greek) a draped male figure used like a caryatid as a supporting column or pilaster
MOMENTA – MOMENTUM, (Latin) force of movement
MONTANE – the lower vegetation belt of a mountain
NONMEAT – a substance that does not contain meat
TONEARM – the pivoted part of a record player that holds the needle
MANTOES – MANTO, (historical) a woman’s loose gown, also MANTEAU, MANTUA, MANTY
TOMENTA – TOMENTUM, (Latin) the closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants
NOTAEUM – (Greek) the upper surface of a bird’s trunk
OUTNAME – to exceed in naming or describing
METHADON – a synthetic drug similar to morphine, also METHADONE
HOTELMAN – a hotel manager, also HOTELIER
SUBPLOT – a subordinate plot in a novel etc.
TOMBLESS – without a tomb
OUTBRAWL – to surpass in brawling
CIGARET – finely-cut tobacco rolled in thin paper, also CIGARETTE
FRIGATE – a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line
RAGTIME – a style of American dance music
STRIGAE – STRIGA, (Latin) the flute of a column
VIRGATE – an early English land measure
VITRAGE – (French) a thin curtain for windows or glazed doors
ADENOID – relating to or like a gland, also ADENOIDAL
EULOGIA – (Latin) a blessing; holy bread
GANOINE – the hard shiny substance resembling enamel which forms the outer layer of ganoid fish-scales, also GANOIN
IPOMOEA – (Greek) a flowering plant
OTALGIES – OTALGY, pain in the ear, also OTALGIA
KEITLOA – (Setswana) a two-horned rhinoceros
ARRIERO – (Spanish) a muleteer
BEGONIA – a garden plant with waxy leaves and ornamental flowers
OCEANIC – pertaining to the ocean
DIOXANE – a toxic flammable solvent, also DIOXAN
APIEZON – (tradename) as in apiezon oils, the residue of almost zero vapour pressure left by vacuum distillation of petroleum products
OXALISES – OXALIS, (Greek) a plant of the wood-sorrel genus
CAESIOUS – having a bluish coating, also CESIOUS
AIRPOST – the system of conveying mail by air
AIRSTOP – a helicopter stopping place
PROSAIST – a writer of prose, also PROSER
PROTASIS – the introductory part of a classical drama
AMITOSES – AMITOSIS, direct cell division, without mitosis
STOKESIA – a perennial herb of the southern US
FIASCOES – FIASCO, (Italian) a wine bottle
ARGOSIES – ARGOSY, a large merchant ship
ROSARIES – ROSARY, a series of prayers in the Roman Catholic Church
SESAMOID – shaped like a sesame seed
AMEIOSES – AMEIOSIS, the non-pairing of the chromosomes
ADENOSIS – abnormal growth of glandular tissue
CASSIOPE – an evergreen shrub
ZEBRULA – the offspring of a male zebra and a female horse, also ZEBRULE
EPIGENE – taking place near the earth’s surface
MERFOLK – mermen and mermaids
MOLINET – (French) a stick used to whip drinking chocolate in the 18th century
TOWLINE – a line used for towing
POINTEL – a sharp instrument
POTLINE – a row of electrolytic cells
TOPLINE – to feature in a headline
SINUOSE – characterized by curves, bends or turns, also SINUOUS
NIVEOUS – resembling snow
COENURI – COENURUS, (Greek) a tapeworm larva, also COENURE
NOURICE – (obsolete) a nurse
FOUDRIE – the jurisdiction of a foud or bailiff in the Orkneys
SANTERA – (Spanish) a priestess of santeria
ARPENTS – ARPENT, (French) an old French land measure, also ARPEN
PERSANT – (Spenser) piercing, also PERCEANT, PERSAUNT
STRAWEN – STRAW, to cover with stalks of threshed grain
CELOSIA – an ornamental plant of the amaranth family
TUNICAE – TUNICA, (Latin) an enclosing membrane or layer of tissue
QUINATE – arranged in groups of five
ABAXILE – facing away from the axis, as the surface of a leaf, also ABAXIAL
OXAZOLE – a liquid chemical compound
WRAXLES – WRAXLE, (dialect) to wrestle, also RASSLE, WARSLE, WARSTLE, WRASSLE, WRASTLE, WRESTLE
STHENIA – unusual or abnormal strength
PENTHIA – (Spenser) another name for the unidentified plant astrophel
HEMATIN – a compound of hemoglobin, also HEMATINE
GAHNITE – (Swedish) a mineral, zinc spinel
OUTRATE – to surpass in rating
FLOTILLA – a fleet of ships
OUTASITE – amazing, excellent, also OUTASIGHT
OUTEATS – OUTEAT, to surpass in eating
MELODION – a small reed organ, also MELODEON
DIOCESAN – the bishop of a diocese
OCEANID – (Greek) an ocean nymph
DIASCOPE – an optical projector used for showing transparencies on a screen
EDACIOUS – voracious, devouring
SHIGELLA – a rod-shaped bacterium that causes bacillary dysentery
MEGILLA – (Hebrew) a scroll containing a book of the Old Testament, also MEGILLAH
MILLAGE – a type of monetary rate
DEVONIAN – relating to a type of rock formed in the fourth period of the Palaeozoic era
DONATIVE – a benefice presented to church without reference to a bishop
VOIDANCE – the act of voiding
NAARTJE – (South African) a small sweet orange like the mandarin, also NAARTJIE, NARTJIE
LEGUAAN – (Dutch) a large monitor lizard of the genus Varanus, also LEGUAN
TAILZIE – (Scots) an entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted, also TAILLIE, TAILYE
URAEMIC – relating to uraemia, retention of waste materials normally excreted, also UREMIC
PLICATE – folded like a fan
HYALITE – a pellucid variety of opal in globules looking like colorless gum or resin
TUTENAG – (Marathi) an alloy of zinc, copper etc.

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AIRSHOT – in golf, a shot that misses the ball completely but counts as a shot
ACTORISH – like an actor
HARICOT – (French) a kind of bean or pea
TRAHISON – (French) treachery; treason
APHORIST – one who makes aphorisms, also APHORISER, APHORIZER
SHORTIA – a perennial herb
TOVARISH – (Russian) friend, comrade, also TOVARICH, TOVARISCH
HETAIRA – a Greek courtesan, also HETAERA, HETAIRAI
CHARIEST – CHARY, discreetly cautious or sparing
STICHERA – STICHERON, (Greek) a short hymn
THERIAC – (archaic) an antidote to venomous bites, also THERIACA
HAIRSTED – HAIRST, (Scots) to gather in a crop, also HARVEST
FAITHER – (Scots) father
TRIPHASE – having three phases
THESAURI – THESAURUS, a dictionary of synonyms
SWATHIER – SWATHY, in swathes
WATERISH – somewhat watery
HYSTERIA – uncontrollable excitement or fear
IGNORAMI – IGNORAMUS, an ignorant person
GOLIASES – GOLIAS, to behave irreverently
OILGASES – OILGAS, a gaseous mixture of hydrocarbons used as a fuel
AREACHES – AREACH, (Spenser) to reach
VOTARIES – VOTARY, a person who is bound by religious vows, also VOTARIST
TRAVOISE – a type of sled, also TRAVOIS
VIATORES – VIATOR, (Latin) a traveller
JAROSITE – a sulphate of potassium and iron occurring as yellow or brown crusts on ferruginous ores
AMORTISE – to liquidate gradually, as a debt, also AMORTIZE
SALIGOT – (French) the water chestnut
LATIGOS – LATIGO, (Spanish) a strap used to fasten a saddle
GALIOTS – GALIOT, (French) a small galley, also GALLIOT
ISOLABLE – capable of being isolated
LOBELIAS – LOBELIA, a flowering plant
ISOBASE – a contour line of equal upheaval of the land
BEGONIA – a garden plant with waxy leaves and ornamental flowers
SENORITA – (Spanish) a mode of address for an unmarried woman, also SENHORITA
EARSHOT – a range from which a sound can be heard
ASTHORE – (Irish) darling
HAROSET – (Hebrew) a condiment of chopped apples, walnuts, and wine, also CHAROSET, CHAROSETH, HAROSETH
THORIAS – THORIA, an oxide of thorium
SHERIAT – (Turkish) the body of Islamic religious law, also SHARIA, SHARIAH, SHARIAT, SHERIA
BATHORSE – (archaic) a horse which carries an officer’s baggage during a campaign
ENAMOUR – to inspire with love, also ENAMOR
PELOTON – the main body of riders in a bicycle race
CALIBRE – the diameter of a gun barrel, also CALIBER
RATHOLE – a hole made by a rat
TERAOHM – one trillion ohms
TOHEROA – (Maori) a kind of New Zealand shellfish
OXHEART – a large heart-shaped cherry, either black, red, or white
MEARING – MEARE, (Spenser) to divide, mark off, also MEER, MERE
OUTHEAR – to surpass in hearing
RHEOSTAT – a resistor used to control electric current
HERIOTS – HERIOT, (historical) a payment to a feudal lord upon the death of a tenant farmer
TOSHIER – TOSHY, full of twaddle
ROTCHIE – the little auk, also ROCH, ROTCH, ROTCHE
THEORIC – (Shakespeare) theory, speculation, also THEORIQUE
ISOTHERE – a line connecting points of the same average summer temperature, also ISOTHERAL
MOITHER – to confuse, stupefy, also MITHER, MOIDER
ORNITHES – ORNIS, (Greek) the collection of birds of a region
TOOSHIER – TOOSHIE, (Australian slang) angry, upset
HERITOR – a proprietor or landholder in a parish
OUTHYRE – (Spenser) to hire out, also OUTHIRE
SHOUTIER – SHOUTY, prone to shouting
OVERHIT – to hit a ball beyond a target
SEMINOMA – a malignant tumour of the testicle
SENSORIA – SENSORIUM, the area of the brain that is the seat of sensation
SEPALOID – of the form of sepals, also SEPALINE
SERAGLIO – (Italian) a harem, also SERAIL
SESAMOID – shaped like a sesame seed
ANOESIS – consciousness with sensation but without thought
SARNIES – SARNIE, (colloquial) a sandwich, also SARMIE, SARNEY
SONSIER – SONSIE, buxom, comely, also SONSY
SONERIS – SONERI, (Hindi) a cloth of gold
ORNISES – ORNIS, (Greek) the collection of birds of a region
VAINEST – VAIN, filled with undue admiration for oneself
MISDOES – MISDO, to do wrongly
ADIOSES – ADIOS, (Spanish) goodbye
SOSATIE – (South African) curried meat on a skewer
NOVATES – NOVATE, to substitute a new obligation for an existing one
COENURE – a tapeworm larva, also COENURUS
ULNARIA – ULNARE, (Latin) one of the bones or cartilages of the carpus
LAIRISE – (Australian) to act like a flashy man, also LAIRIZE
MARDIER – MARDY, petulant
MANDREL – a bar of iron fitted to a turning-lathe on which articles to be turned are fixed, also MANDRIL
GOURAMI – (Malay) a large East Indian freshwater fish, also GORAMY, GURAMI
ANTICAR – opposed to cars
VIREMIA – (Latin) the presence of viral particles in the blood, also VIRAEMIA
BEMEANT – BEMEAN, (archaic) to make mean, debase
RAMPION – a European plant
TIERCET – (Italian) a triplet of lines that rhyme together or are connected with adjacent rhymes, also TERCET, TERZETTA
EDENTAL – without teeth, as of anteaters, armadillos, and sloths, also EDENTATE
SOAPIES – SOAPIE, (Australian slang) a serial melodrama on radio or television, also SOAPER
ADIPOSE – of or pertaining to fatty substances, also ADIPOUS
MIMOSAE – MIMOSA, any tropical shrubs or trees of the Mimosaceous genus Mimosa
EPINAOS – (Greek) a rear vestibule, also EPINAOI
LEIPOAS – LEIPOA, (Greek) any bird of the genus Leipoa of Australian moundbirds
ATOPIES – ATOPY, an inherited tendency to general allergy
OPIATES – OPIATE, to treat with opium
ISAGOGE – (Greek) an academic introduction to a subject
PAEONIC – a foot of four syllables, one long and three short, also PAEON
DIAZOES – DIAZO, a type of photocopy
CAPONISE – to castrate a rooster, also CAPONIZE
PAEONIES – PAEONY, a showy flower, also PEONY, PINY, PIONEY, PIONY
APPOSITE – appropriate
DIOPTASE – a mineral, a hydrous silicate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals
ECTOPIA – abnormal displacement of body parts, also ECTOPY
SPOLIATE – to despoil; to plunder
MELODIA – (Latin) a type of organ stop
VARIOLE – a small depression resembling a pockmark
LOBELIA – a flowering plant
ROSEOLA – a rose-coloured skin rash

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JEOFAIL – (obsolete) an omission or oversight in a law proceeding
VAIVODE – (Russian) originally the title of a military commander in various Slavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns or provinces, also VOIVODE, WAIVODE, WAIWODE, WAYWODE, WOIWODE
LAMINOSE – composed of laminae, also LAMINOUS
MINEOLA – a variety of citrus fruit developed from a tangerine and a grapefruit, also MINNEOLA
SEMINOLA – (Italian) a granular product of wheat
KAOLIN – (Chinese) a very pure white clay used to form the paste of porcelain, aka China clay, also KAOLINE
OPALINE – an opaque white glass
INSOLATE – to expose to the sun’s rays
SOLANIN – a poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade, also SOLANINE
SODALITE – a transparent or translucent silicate of aluminium and sodium
DIASTOLE – the normal rhythmical dilation of the heart
SONATINE – SONATINA, (Italian) a short and simple sonata
SEDATION – the reduction of stress by sedatives
ANOESTRI – ANOESTRUS, (Greek) a period of sexual dormancy, also ANESTRUS
SENOPIAS – SENOPIA, improvement of near vision occurring during the aging process
ARSONITE – one who maliciously lights fires, also ARSONIST
FOLIATE – to number the leaves of
FASCIOLE – (Latin) a band of colour, also FASCIOLA
FOCALISE – to focus, also FOCALIZE
FOLIAGE – the growth of leaves on a plant
FORESAIL – the lowest sail set on the foremast of a square-rigged ship
MISATONE – to atone wrongly
SOMNIATE – to dream
MASONITE – (tradename) a kind of dark brown hardboard
AVOWRIES – AVOWRY, the act of avowing and justifying in one’s own right the distraining of goods
AGOUTIES – AGOUTY, a burrowing rodent, also AGOUTI, ACOUCHI, ACOUCHY, AGUTI
ALOETICS – ALOETIC, a medicine containing aloes
HOARIEST – HOARY, white with age
ACIDOSES – ACIDOSIS, the presence of abnormal acid in the blood
SAPONINE – a soapy substance obtained from plants, also SAPONIN
BEDSONIA – a kind of virus
SAVORIES – SAVORY, a kind of herb
SAXICOLE – living or growing among rocks, also SAXATILE
SAXONIES – SAXONY, a fine soft woollen fabric
SEAGOING – designed for use on the sea
SEMICOMA – a coma from which a person can be aroused
SEMIOVAL – in the shape of half an oval
BOHEMIAS – BOHEMIA, a community of bohemians
OBEAHISM – belief in obia, also OBEISM, OBIISM
BESONIAN – (Shakespeare) a beggar, also BEZONIAN
CALICOES – CALICO, a brightly printed coarse cotton cloth
COELIACS – COELIAC, a person suffering an abdominal disease
OCCAMIES – OCCAMY, an alloy imitating gold or silver
TOISEACH – (Irish) a Celtic nobleman, also TOISECH, TOSHACH
ACHIOTES – ACHIOTE, (Nahuatl) the seeds of the annatto tree
ECTOPIAS – ECTOPIA, abnormal displacement of body parts, also ECTOPY
DIOXANES – DIOXANE, a toxic flammable solvent, also DIOXAN
ADENOSIS – abnormal growth of glandular tissue
ESOPHAGI – ESOPHAGUS, portion of the gut which connects the pharynx to the stomach, also OESOPHAGUS
GEOTAXIS – (Greek) the movement of an organism in response to gravity
COACHIES – COACHY, a coachman
ADHESION – the act of sticking
AIRHOLES – AIRHOLE, a hole for the passage of air
SHOALIER – SHOALY, full of shallow areas
HEMIOLAS – HEMIOLA, (Greek) in mediaeval music, a perfect fifth, also HEMIOLIA
APHONIES – APHONY, loss of voice
SPARSEST – SPARSE, thinly distributed
REPASTS – REPAST, to partake of a meal
SPAREST – SPARE, meagre
TRAIPSE – to walk wearily, also TRAPE, TRAPES, TRAPSE

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CAROTIDS – CAROTID, a large artery that supplies blood to the head and neck
GORDITAS – GORDITA, (Spanish) a small thick tortilla
TARSIOID – a fossil of the suborder Tarsioidea
DILATORS – DILATOR, something that dilates, also DILATER
DIATRONS – DIATRON, a circuitry design that uses diodes
INTRADOS – (French) the inner curve of an arch
PARODIST – one who composes parodies
PAROTIDS – PAROTID, a gland situated near the ear, also PAROTIS
SARODIST – one who plays the sarod, an Indian instrument like a cello
ISOBARES – ISOBARE, a type of atom, also ISOBAR
STRADIOT – (historical) a Venetian light horseman from Albania or Greece
AUDITORS – AUDITOR, one that audits
APHORISE – to make a concise statement, also APHORIZE
PELORIAS – PELORIA, (Greek) abnormal symmetry of structure in flowers normally zygomorphic (e.g. toadflax), also PELORISM, PELORY
POLARISE – to give polarity to, also POLARIZE
MEROPIAS – MEROPIA, partial blindness
SEPTORIA – a type of fungus
VAPORISE – to turn into vapor, also VAPORIZE
DIASPORA – (Greek) an emigration, a dispersal of people
SCARIOSE – thin, dry and membranous, also SCARIOUS
COVARIES – COVARY, to vary mean values
VARICOSE – swollen, esp. in irregular lumps and twists, also VARICOSED
AEROBICS – exercise for conditioning the heart and lungs
BOREALIS – (Latin) as in aurora borealis, lights seen round the North Pole
BIRAMOSE – divided into branches, also BIRAMOUS
BARONIES – BARONY, the territory of a baron
ARBORISE – to form many branches, also ARBORIZE
SONICATE – to disrupt with sound waves
TACONITE – a low-grade iron ore
BOTANISE – to collect plants for study, also BOTANIZE
AZOTISED – AZOTISE, to combine with nitrogen, also AZOTIZE
COALIZES – COALIZE, to bring into coalition, also COALISE
DIAZOLES – DIAZOLE, any of a group of organic compounds containing three carbon atoms and two nitrogen atoms arranged in a ring
SLEAZOID – a person of low morals or character
EPIZOANS – EPIZOAN, an animal that lives on the surface of another, esp. as a parasite, also EPIZOON
OXAZINES – OXAZINE, any of various heterocyclic chemical compound
SOLARIZE – to expose to sunlight, also SOLARISE

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AERADIOS – AERADIO, (Canadian) a Canadian radio service for pilots
IDOCRASE – another name for the mineral vesuvianite
ROADSIDE – land adjoining a road or highway
SIDEROAD – a byroad
FORESAID – FORESAY, to foretell
DARIOLES – DARIOLE, (French) a small cylindrical mould used in cooking
SOLIDARE – (Shakespeare) a small coin
SOREDIAL – relating to a soredium, a small vegetative reproduction body in lichen
ANEROIDS – ANEROID, a type of barometer
ANODISER – something that anodises, also ANODIZER
DONARIES – DONARY, a thing given to sacred use
DIASPORE – a hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly lustre
PARODIES – PARODY, to imitate in a satirical manner for comic effect
ASTEROID – a rocky object, a type of celestial body
AVODIRES – AVODIRE, (French) a yellow hardwood from an African tree
AVOIDERS – AVOIDER, one who avoids
BOARDIES – (Australian slang) a pair of board shorts [CSW19]

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FEIJOAS – FEIJOA, (Portuguese) a tropical evergreen shrub
SEQUOIA – any of a genus of coniferous trees
OXIDASE – any of a group of enzymes that promote oxidation in plant and animal cells
DIAZOES – DIAZO, a type of photocopy
AZOTISE – to combine with nitrogen, also AZOTIZE
AZIONES – AZIONE, (Italian) a composition like an oratorio but performed as a drama
OAKIEST – OAKY, like oak
EVASION – the act of evading
OVARIES – OVARY, a female reproduction gland
HOAGIES – HOAGIE, a long sandwich, also HOAGY
AIRSOME – (Canadian) cold
AMOSITE – a brown form of asbestos
ATOMIES – ATOMY, (archaic) an atom, a mote
ATOMISE – to reduce to a fine spray, also ATOMIZE
OSMIATE – a salt of osmic acid, also OSMATE
IMAGOES – IMAGO, (Latin) an insect in its final state
ANOMIES – ANOMY, (French) a condition of hopelessness, also ANOMIE
ACINOSE – relating to a saclike division of a gland, also ACINAE, ACINIC, ACINOUS
CARIOSE – of teeth, affected with caries, also CARIOUS
ORACIES – ORACY, skill in oral communication
SCORIAE – SCORIA, (Latin) the dross or slang from metal smelting
SOCIATE – (archaic) an associate
COADIES – COADY, a sauce made from molasses
CODEIAS – CODEIA, a narcotic alkaloid, also CODEIN, CODEINA, CODEINE
CELOSIA – an ornamental plant of the amaranth family
COALISE – to bring into coalition, also COALIZE
GOALIES – GOALIE, a player who defends against goals
SOILAGE – green crops for feeding animals