ScrabList #16

General:

GAIJIN – (Japanese) a foreigner in Japan
TEEND – to kindle, burn, also TIND
JOLLOF – as in jollof rice, a West African dish made from rice and meat or fish
HANGRY – irritable as a result of feeling hungry
CHELAE – CHELA, (Greek) a pincerlike claw
CESTOI – CESTOS, (Greek) a belt or girdle
DITTIT – DIT, (Scots) to block
WEBFED – pertaining to a type of printing press
JALAP – a Mexican plant, also JALOP
TITTUP – to prance, skip about gaily
PLAAS – (South African) a farm
SALPA – a free-swimming small marine animal, also SALP, SALPIAN, SALPID
SHCHI – (Russian) a kind of cabbage soup, also SHTCHI
SYRINX – (Greek) the vocal organ of a bird
PHLOX – (Greek) any plant of the North American genus Phlox
DRACHM – (Greek) a Greek monetary unit, also DRACHMA
ILLTH – the contrary of wealth or wellbeing
KHAPH – (Hebrew) the eleventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet, also CAPH, KAF, KAPH, KHAF
BUSHWA – nonsense, also BUSHWAH
KAWAU – (Maori) the black shag
SWOUN – to faint, also SWOON, SWOUND
QUARTO – a book size made by folding sheet into four leaves
QUOAD – (Latin) as far as
HAPAX – (Greek) a word that occurs only once
TOWZE – to dishevel, rumple, also TOUSE, TOUSLE, TOUZE, TOUZLE, TOWSE
WEIZE – (Scots) to guide in a certain direction, also WEISE
WAREZ – illegally copied computer software which has had its protection codes deactivated
WOJUS – (Irish slang) of a poor quality or low standard
KALPAC – (Turkish) a triangular Turkish or Tatar felt cap, also CALPAC, CALPACK, KALPAK
EQUALI – (Italian) pieces for a group of instruments of the same kind e.g. Beethoven’s Equali for four trombones
SACQUE – a woman’s loose-fitting gown; a train of silk hanging from the shoulders of such a gown
BEEGAH – (Hindi) an Indian land measure, also BIGHA
GHUBAR – as in ghubar numeral, any of a set of numerals forming the stage between ancient Hindu numerals and present-day Arabic numerals, also GOBAR
KENTIA – the Howea feather palm
MATOKE – (Bantu) in Uganda, plantain used as a staple food, also MATOOKE
KAINGA – (Maori) a Maori village
PURDAH – (Urdu) seclusion of women from public observation among Muslims and some Hindus, also PARDAH, PURDA
HANIWA – (Japanese) japanese clay sculptures
WAIATA – (Maori) a Maori song
JOWARI – (Hindi) Indian millet, aka durra, also JOWAR, JAWARI
KELSON – a wooden or steel structure lengthwise within ship’s frame to bear and distribute stress, also KEELSON
ECHINI – ECHINUS, (Latin) a sea urchin, also ECHINOID
JORDAN – a chamberpot
GRABEN – (German) a rift valley
KINEMA – a motion-picture theatre, also CINEMA
AMAZON – a powerful woman
MOKIHI – (Maori) a Maori raft
CHINO – (Spanish) a strong twilled cotton cloth, usually khaki-coloured
ZERIBA – (Arabic) an improvised stockade, esp. one made of thorn bushes, etc., also ZAREBA, ZAREEBA, ZARIBA, ZEREBA
ZIPOLA – nothing
ZIRCON – (Arabic) a tetragonal mineral, zirconium silicate, of which jacinth and jargoon are varieties
ZUFOLI – ZUFOLO, (Italian) a small flute used to train songbirds, also ZUFFOLO
ZOYSIA – a kind of perennial grass
XEROMA – (Greek) a dry lustreless condition of the conjunctiva, also XEROPHTHALMIA
RAMJET – a type of engine
MOLINE – a cross with two outward curving branches
YARCO – (Australian slang) a young working-class person who wears casual sports clothes
CYATHI – CYATHUS, (Latin) an ancient Greek measuring cup
SHUMAI – (Japanese) Japanese dumplings
KIBOSH – to put a stop to, ruin the chances of, also KYBOSH
TIETAC – a tie clip, also TIETACK
APGAR – as in apgar score, a system for determining the condition of an infant at birth
SIALID – an alderfly, also SIALIDAN
BEJADE – to tire out
QUININ – a colourless, bitter alkaloid obtained from cinchona bark, used as an antipyretic or analgesic, also QUININA, QUININE
PULAO – (Persian) a dish made from seasoned rice and meat, also PILAO, PILAU, PILAFF, PILAF, PILAW, PILOW, PILLAU
FERULE – to fit with a metal cap to prevent splitting, also FERREL, FERRULE
DOGEAR – to turn down a corner of a page

Short words:

AWOL – one who is absent without leave
TELT – TELL, to inform
REPP – a kind of corded cloth, also REP
AUNE – (obsolete) an ell; a French measure of cloth
PAAL – (Dutch) in the Caribbean, a stake driven into the ground
NAAM – (historical) the action of taking another’s goods by distraint; goods so taken, also NAM
EUGE – (Greek) an interjection meaning well done
PACA – (Tupi) a South American rodent, the spotted cavy
ANSA – (Latin) the projecting part of Saturn’s rings
HAPU – (Maori) a Maori subtribe (a subdivision of an iwi)
PUHA – (Maori) sow thistle
PUIR – (Scots) poor
LATI – LAT, (short for) latrine
SITZ – as in sitz bath, a bath in which the hips and buttocks are immersed in warm water
YUGA – (Sanskrit) one of the four Hindu ages of the world, also YUG
GOEY – anxious to go
PROO – (Scots) a call to a cow to come near, also PRUH
FAND – (Scots) to try or attempt
OULK – (Scots) a week, also OUK
MINO – (Japanese) a raincoat of hemp

7’s and 8’s:

BANXRING – (Javanese) a tree-shrew, an E. Indian insectivorous mammal, also BANGSRING
ANKLUNG – (Javanese) a musical instrument of South Asia, composed of bamboo tubes, also ANGKLUNG, ANKLONG
WAYANGS – WAYANG, (Javanese) a type of Indonesian theatre featuring puppets or human dancers
HYENINE – of or like a hyena, also HYAENIC, HYENIC, HYENOID
OBLIGATI – OBLIGATO, (Italian) a musical accompaniment of independent importance, esp. that of a single instrument to a vocal piece, also OBBLIGATO
APACHES – APACHE, (French) a member of the French underworld
DEWLAPS – DEWLAP, a fold of loose skin under the neck
TUMSHIE – (Scots) a turnip
HUMITES – HUMITE, a magnesium orthosilicate that occurs as an impurity in marble
GIRNIER – GIRNIE, ill-tempered
CANTATA – (Italian) a kind of vocal composition with instrumental accompaniment
CEILIDH – (Gaelic) an informal gathering with music, dancing etc., also CEILI
OVERAPT – excessively apt
DEADPAN – to act without emotion
OSTRACON – (Greek) a piece of tile for writing a message upon, also OSTRAKON
OCTONARY – a stanza of eight lines
GANJAHS – GANJAH, (Hindi) cannabis used for smoking, also GANJA
DEMIJOHN – (French) a large bottle having a wicker case
CYATHIA – CYATHIUM, (Latin) the characteristic inflorescence of the spurges
JINGOISH – chauvinist, sabre-rattling, also JINGOISTIC
CHIASMI – CHIASMUS, (Greek) the inversion of the order of corresponding elements of two parallel phrases, as ‘do not live to eat but eat to live’
MIJNHEER – (Dutch) the Dutch equivalent of Mr. or Sir; hence, a Dutchman, also MENEER, MYNHEER
CHILIAD – (Greek) a group of one thousand
POSTRACE – following a race
TOPSCORE – to be the highest scorer in a sports match
CROWSTEP – a steplike figure on a gable
DACTYLI – DACTYLUS, (Greek) the leg joint of certain insects
PERSICOT – (French) a cordial made of the kernels of apricots, nectarines, etc. with refined spirit, also PERSICO
SPROCKET – a toothlike projection that turns the links of a chain
ACTINON – an isotope of radon
CANTION – (Spenser) a song
YINDIES – YINDIE, a person in his or her early 30’s who combines a lucrative career with nonmainstream tastes
DINKEYS – DINKEY, a small locomotive, also DINKY
SERINGA – (Portuguese) a Brazilian tree yielding rubber
SIGNIEUR – (Shakespeare) a lord, esp. of manor, also SEIGNEUR, SEIGNIOR
TELEMEN – TELEMAN, a naval officer
GENTILIC – belonging to a tribe or nation
PENTICED – PENTICE, to provide with a penthouse, also PENTISE
DEPEINCT – (Spenser) to paint, also DEPAINT
PECTINES – PECTEN, (Latin) a comblike anatomical part
INCISURE – a cut or incision
SCIURINE – a member of the squirrel family, also SCIURID, SCIUROID
DISINURE – to render unfamiliar
URIDINE – a pyrimidine nucleoside based on uracil and ribose
NEURITIS – inflammation of a nerve
UNITISER – one who unitises, also UNITIZER
MYOGENS – MYOGEN, an albumin, soluble in water, found in muscle
MYELONS – MYELON, (Greek) the spinal cord
NOYSOME – (obsolete) noisome, hurtful, also NOISOME
EPONYMS – EPONYM, a personal name from which another name is derived
RENEGADO – (archaic) a renegade
DIGERATI – the elite who make money by internet related commerce
DOTCOMS – DOTCOM, a company that conducts most of its business on the internet
EGOSURF – to search for one’s own name on the internet
EVERNET – a hypothetical form of the Internet
QUADPLAY – the supply to a customer by one provider of television, internet and both fixed-line and mobile telephony, also FOURPLAY
INFOBAHN – an information superhighway such as the Internet
LISTSERV – (tradename) an Internet mailing service
WORKSAFE – (of an internet link etc.) suitable for viewing in the workplace because of an absence of pornographic content
ONLINER – a user of the internet
NETROOT – a political activist who promotes his or her cause via the internet
INTERWEB – a facetious name for the Internet, used to imply that the speaker has little understanding of or interest in the subject
HOMESITE – one’s own site on the Internet
MANGABY – (Malagasy) a long-tailed African monkey, also MANGABEY
EPIDOTE – a mineral, a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese
BREIING – BREI, (South African) to pronounce r sound at the back of the throat, also BREY
BOONEST – BOON, as in boon companion
LORNEST – LORN, (archaic) lost, abandoned
DIPTYCH – an ancient writing tablet, also DIPTYCA
KOORIES – KOORI, (Native Australian) a young Aborigine girl
PELOIDS – PELOID, a mud or other natural medium used as a medicinal plaster
BOLDFACE – to print in thick type
POPLARS – POPLAR, a genus of rapidly growing trees of the willow family
FOISTER – one who foists
FOETORS – FOETOR, (Latin) a stench, also FETOR
FORPETS – FORPET, (Scots) a measure of grain, also FORPIT
FOUTRES – FOUTRE, (Scots) to mess around aimlessly, also FOOTRA, FOUTER, FOUTRA
TWOFERS – TWOFER, something that is sold at the rate of two for the price of one
ACRIDER – ACRID, sharp to the taste or smell
PIASTRE – (French) a monetary unit of several Arab countries, also PIASTER
PRATIES – PRATIE, (Irish colloquial) a potato, also PRATY
NASHGAB – (Scots) prattle, chatter, also GABNASH
ATONICS – ATONIC, an unaccented syllable or word
AGITANS – as in paralysis agitans, Parkinson’s disease
ANTISAG – designed to prevent sagging
GITANAS – GITANA, (Spanish) a female gypsy
CINEREA – the grey matter of the brain
RESIANCE – (archaic) a residence, abode
AGNAMES – AGNAME, a name extra to one’s usual name
SAGAMEN – SAGAMAN, (Old Norse) a writer of sagas
SHELTERY – affording shelter
RESTRUNG – RESTRING, to string again
TABOULI – (Arabic) a kind of Lebanese salad, also TABBOULEH, TABBOULI, TABOOLEY, TABOULEH, TABULI
UPTREND – a tendency toward growth
PRUNTED – ornamented with a prunt
BOULTER – a sieve, a machine for separating bran from flour, also BOLTER
INASMUCH – to such a degree, also INSOMUCH
NIMBUSES – NIMBUS, (Latin) a halo; a type of cloud
SUBERIN – a substance found in cork cells
UNBUSIES – UNBUSY, to make less busy
PILFERS – PILFER, to steal
CRUIVES – CRUIVE, (Scots) a pen or sty, also CROOVE, CRUVE
REVUIST – a writer of revues
SERUEWE – (Spenser) to surview, also SERVEWE
AMANITIN – a toxin produced by certain mushrooms
FLEMISH – to coil a rope in a certain way
SMATTER – to speak with little knowledge
SUASION – persuasion
SAGOUIN – (Tupi) a South American monkey, also SAGOIN, SAGUIN
ABUSION – (Spenser) misuse, deception
SANIOUS – pertaining to sanies, a watery foul discharge from wounds or sores
PAUPERS – PAUPER, to reduce to poverty
UPSPEAR – to shoot up like a spear
UNWONTED – unaccustomed, also UNWONT
CODRIVE – to work as a codriver
NAVARIN – (French) a stew containing mutton and turnips
NIRVANA – (Sanskrit) freedom from the endless cycle of birth and death and related suffering, in Hindu and Buddhist religions
RIBEYES – RIBEYE, a choice cut of beefsteak, cut from the rib
PARBOIL – to cook partially by boiling for a short time
TOPRAIL – a top rail of e.g. an article of furniture
IRONCLAD – an armored warship
BRINJAL – (Sanskrit) the aubergine
BAIRNLY – like a bairn, a child
RANCELS – RANCEL, to search for stolen goods, also RANSEL, RANZEL
CANTLES – CANTLE, to break a piece from
CENTALS – CENTAL, a weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois
SCANTLE – to stint, make scant
BROMIDS – BROMID, a bromine compound, also BROMIDE
POLEAXE – to strike with an axlike weapon, also POLEAX
MACHERS – MACHER, (Yiddish) an important person
MESARCH – originating in a mesic habitat
SCHMEAR – (Yiddish) to spread or smear, also SCHMEER, SHMEAR, SHMEER
ENCALMS – ENCALM, (obsolete) to becalm
FILABEG – (Gaelic) the kilt, also FILIBEG, FILLIBEG, PHILABEG, PHILIBEG, PHILLABEG, PHILLIBEG
FLEABAG – an inferior hotel
BEFLAGS – BEFLAG, to deck with flags
AWEARIED – (archaic) wearied
FATWAED – FATWA, to issue an Islamic religious decree, also FATWAH
MANACLE – to handcuff
ANALECTA – (Greek) collected literary fragments, also ANALECTS
LACTEAL – pertaining to milk, also LACTEAN, LACTEOUS
MARCHESA – (Italian) the wife or widow of a marchese
KAYOING – the act of a knockout
RENEGUE – to refuse, deny, also RENAGUE, RENEAGUE, RENEGE, RENIG
WAKANDA – (Native American) a supernatural force in Sioux belief, also WACONDA, WAHCONDA

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

ScrabList #15

Assorted:

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

ScrabList #14

General:

SADZA – a type of porridge made from maize flour
WHILK – (Scots) which
QUEME – (Spenser) to please, suit, fit
RACINO – a racetrack that offers additional facilities for gambling
QUOLL – (Native Australian) an Australian marsupial, about the size of a cat
LABNEH – (Arabic) a kind of soft cheese produced by straining yogurt
VOLVA – (Latin) a sac that encloses certain immature mushrooms
BOKEH – the blurred quality of a photograph
CEROC – a form of dance combining many styles, including jive and salsa
CLARO – (Spanish) a light-coloured, mild cigar
QAPIK – (Azerbaijani) a monetary unit of Azerbaijan, one hundredth of a manat, also GOPIK
MULCT – to take money from, by taxation or by trickery
BIZJET – a small airplane used for business
EXOME – a part of the genome consisting of exons
LATKE – (Yiddish) a traditional Jewish pancake
FLEXI – (short for) flexitime
NDUJA – (Italian) a paste of cured pork, peppers, and spices, originating in Calabria in SW Italy
MUSMON – a Corsican wild sheep, also MOUFFLON, MOUFLON, MUFLON, MUSIMON
CLEIK – a kind of golf club
KIRRI – (Hottentot) a stick, club, also KIERIE
AMENE – pleasant, offering amenity
OMLAH – (Arabic) an Indian staff of officials
RECULE – (Spenser) to recoil, also RECOYLE, RECUILE, REQUOYLE
YOWZA – an interjection used to express surprise
HEIDUC – (Hungarian) a brigand, a guerilla warrior, also HAIDUK, HEYDUCK
HARIM – (Arabic) a women’s quarters in a Muslim house, also HARAM, HAREEM, HAREM
PERNIO – a chilblain
LORCHA – (Portuguese) a light vessel of European build, like a Chinese junk
ARUHE – (Maori) the edible root of a New Zealand fern
ILIACI – ILIACUS, (Latin) the flexor muscle of the thigh
FROWIE – (Spenser) musty, rancid, also FROUGHY, FROWY
ACMITE – a soda pyroxene whose crystals show a steep pyramid
EJECTA – material ejected esp. from a volcano, also EJECTAMENTA
ROTGUT – (colloquial) rough, cheap alcohol, also GUTROT
ASHRAM – (Sanskrit) the dwelling of a Hindu religious philosopher, also ASRAMA
COTIJA – a kind of Mexican cheese
ANSATZ – a possible solution to a problem
PHYLLO – (Greek) a kind of very thin pastry dough, also FILLO, FILO
KLEENEX – (tradename) a kind of soft paper tissue, used esp. as a handkerchief
THROWE – (Shakespeare) a throe
NYAOPE – (South African) another name for the drug whoonga
DONKO – (New Zealand) an informal tearoom in a factory
JUGAAD – (Hindi) a resourceful approach to problem-solving
GOMPA – (Tibetan) a Buddhist temple or monastery in Tibet

Short words:

SOCA – a variety of Caribbean calypso music, also SOKAH
BUBU – a long flowing garment worn in Mali, also BOUBOU
MIFF – to annoy
JOCO – (Scots) a joke
LIMN – (archaic) to portray, paint or delineate
FIFI – a kind of hook
CALS – CAL, (short for) calorie, as in low cal
BLUD – blood, in the sense of a close friend
GYAN – (Hindi) knowledge
MACA – a cruciferous biennial plant, native to the Peruvian Andes
OWIE – an injury that is not serious
PEDI – (short for) pedicure
ROHE – (Maori) the territory controlled by a Maori tribal group
TIFO – an elaborate organized display performed by supporters during a football match
SETA – (Latin) a coarse, stiff hair
PLIE – (French) a movement in ballet
FROE – a cleaving tool with its blade at right angles to its handle
NIEF – (archaic) the fist, also NEAFE, NEAFFE, NEIF, NEIVE, NIEVE
KORA – an African musical instrument like the harp
COWY – suggestive of a cow
PUGH – (obsolete) an expression of contempt, also PUH
LEVO – turning towards the left, also LAEVO
VIRL – (Scots) a ferrule
ECOD – (archaic) a mild oath, also EGAD, EGADS, IGAD
HETH – (Hebrew) the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, also CHETH, KHET, KHETH
EKKA – (Hindi) a small one-horse carriage
SPIF – a postage stamp perforated with the initials of a firm to avoid theft by employees
COXY – self-important, also COCKSY
PREX – (US slang) the president of a college, also PREXIE, PREXY
PIXY – a small fairy, also PISKY, PIXIE
JEAT – (obsolete) jet, the mineral
ZACK – (Australian slang) sixpence, now a five-cent piece
NONA – a virus disease
ETAT – (French) the staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel
LALL – to articulate the letter R as L

7-Letter Bingos:

BHANGRA – (Punjabi) a combination of traditional Punjabi and Western pop music
BHISTEE – (Urdu) an Indian water carrier, also BHEESTIE, BHEESTY, BHISHTI, BHISTI, BHISTIE
CNEMIAL – relating to the shin
FJORDIC – of or like a fjord
LLANERO – (Spanish) an inhabitant of the llanos of South America
NGARARA – (Maori) a lizard found in New Zealand
MWALIMU – (Swahili) a teacher
MRIDANG – (Sanskrit) a two-headed Indian drum, one head being larger than the other, also MRIDAMGAM, MRIDANGA, MRIDANGAM
OKIMONO – (Japanese) a Japanese ornament
OQUASSA – (Native American) a small, handsome trout, found in some of the lakes in Maine
KGOTLAS – KGOTLA, (Bantu) an assembly of tribal elders in Botswana, also LEKGOTLA
PTYALIN – (Greek) a ferment in saliva that turns starch into sugar
SFUMATO – (Italian) a painting having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance
UILLEAN – (Irish) as in uillean pipes, a kind of bagpipes developed in Ireland and operated by squeezing bellows under the arm, also UILLEANN
WYSIWYG – denoting the text on a computer screen that exactly corresponds to the text on a printout
XEROTIC – of abnormally dry body tissues
YPERITE – mustard gas
YPSILON – (Greek) the twentieth letter of the Greek alphabet, also UPSILON
TANTIES – TANTY, (short for) tantrum
SONLIER – SONLY, pertaining to a son
ARAWANA – a large tropical fish, also ARAHUANA, AROWANA, ARUANA
DELUBRA – DELUBRUM, (Latin) a font; a temple or shrine having a font
PILIEST – PILY, of carpets, having a pile
VEGIEST – VEGIE, (colloq.) of school subjects, trivial, not taxing, also VEGGIE
UPVOTED – UPVOTE, to register approval of (a post) on social media
TAIHOAS – TAIHOA, (Maori) to hold on, wait
SWOLEST – SWOLE, having well-developed muscles as a result of weight training
PLUTOES – PLUTO, to reduce in importance
SANTOKU – (Japanese) a kind of Japanese kitchen knife
SOOKIER – SOOKY, (Australian slang) given to petulant complaining
NUBBERS – NUBBER, in baseball, a weakly hit ball
VEDUTAS – VEDUTA, (Italian) a panoramic view of a town
WILDMAN – a man who lives outside civilization
EGGLIKE – like an egg
TUFOLIS – TUFOLI, (Italian) a large macaroni shell
DANGEST – DANG, damned
DADBODS – DADBOD, an untoned and slightly plump male physique, esp one considered attractive
EELINGS – EELING, the practice of catching eels
ANTIVAX – opposed to vaccination
AGYRIAS – AGYRIA, a disease of the brain
AGENDER – of or relating to a person who does not identify with any gender
BITRATE – the speed of data processing
CAVEOLA – a tiny pit in a cell membrane
CONLANG – an invented language

SCRABLISTmid #6

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.

ScrabList Mini #4

FURZE – a spiny shrub, aka gorse or whin
NIZAM – (Hindi) the title of the native sovereigns of Hyderabad, in India, since 1719
XENIA – XENIUM, a gift made to a guest or ambassador; any compulsory gift
DENTEX – (Latin) a strongly toothed voracious fish related to perch, found in the Mediterranean
EDUCT – that which is educed, as by analysis
MOIRAI – MOIRA, (Greek) fate or destiny, in ancient Greek religion
GAZON – (obsolete) one of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks, also GAZOON
PADRI – PADRE, (Italian) father; a title given to priests; an army chaplain
TRUGO – (Australian) a game similar to croquet
CAIQUE – (French) a light skiff used on the Bosphorus
UBIQUE – (Latin) everywhere
JERQUE – to search a vessel for contraband
HUZOOR – (Urdu) an Indian potentate, a title used by Indians in respectful address
PREVUE – (US) to preview, also PREVIEW
WAZIR – (Arabic) a minister in various Muslim states, also PHEAZAR, VEZIR, VISIER, VIZIER, VIZIR, WIZIER
VILDE – (Spenser) vile, also VILD
HYLEG – the ruling planet at the hour of one’s birth
CONFAB – to converse, gossip
BHAJAN – a Hindu religious song
NIQAAB – (Arabic) a veil worn by some Muslim women, also NIKAB, NIQAB
MEGARA – MEGARON, (Greek) the principal hall in an ancient Greek house
FORHOW – to desert or abandon, also FORHOO, FORHOOIE
BOMBYX – (Greek) a moth of the genus Bombyx, which includes the silkworm moth
ZABETA – (Arabic) a stated tariff
FECHT – (Scots) to fight
BIFTAH – (slang) a cannabis cigarette, also BIFTER
CULPA – (Latin) negligence for which one is liable
FAJITA – (Spanish) marinated or grilled beef or chicken, served hot, wrapped in flour tortillas
ULAMA – (Arabic) the body of professional theologians, expounders of the law, in a Muslim country, also ULEMA
IXORA – a flowering plant, aka St Rita and Maltese Cross
VEEJAY – an announcer on a programme of music videos
CHINTZ – a glazed printed cotton fabric, also CHINTS
MACAW – a large tropical American parrot, having a long tail and brilliant plumage
PYKNIC – a person of pyknic build, also PYCNIC
BUNYIP – (Native Australian) a fabulous monster of swamps and lagoons
KEWPIE – (tradename) as in kewpie (doll), a brightly coloured doll
CROJIK – a triangular sail
EXFIL – to remove (data) from a computer, network, etc. surreptitiously and without permission or unlawfully
AFGHAN – a heavy knitted or crocheted woollen blanket or shawl
QUOOKE – QUAKE, to shake

ScrabList #13

General:

FIZGIG – to dob someone in to the police, also FISGIG, FISHGIG, FIZZGIG
SNOEK – (Dutch) the barracouta
COYPOU – an aquatic rodent, also COYPU
GIDJEE – (Native Australian) a small Australian acacia tree, also GIDGEE
ENJAMB – in poetry, to join the sense from one line to the next
VERTUE – moral excellence, also VIRTUE
KELEP – a stinging ant
PHIAL – to keep in a small bottle, also VIAL
PEWEE – a small, olive-brown North American bird
GARBO – (Australian slang) a garbage collector
DECCIE – (slang) interior decoration
CHENIX – (Greek) an ancient Greek dry measure
ANURIA – failure to urinate
PROJET – (French) a draft of a proposed measure; a project
FINNAC – (Gaelic) a young seatrout, also FINNACK, FINNOCK, PHINNOCK
USQUE – (Gaelic) whiskey, also USQUABAE, USQUEBAE, USQUEBAUGH
TOQUE – (French) a close-fitting woman’s hat, also TOQUET
RONYON – (Shakespeare) a mangy or scabby creature, also RONION, RUNNION
VOULGE – a weapon carried by foot-soldiers in the 14th century, also VOUGE
SCYPHI – SCYPHUS, (Greek) a drinking vessel used in ancient Greece, also SKYPHOS
HOWDAH – (Arabic) a seat on an elephant’s back, also HOUDAH
MEDFLY – a Mediterranean fruit fly
RIANCY – merriment
ZORIL – (Spanish) a small African mammal, also ZORILLA, ZORILLE, ZORILLO
ZOMBI – in West Indian magic, a reanimated corpse, also ZOMBIE
DECAD – (obsolete) a period of ten years, also DECADE
ZOFTIG – (Yiddish) having a full rounded figure, pleasingly plump, also ZAFTIG
BEYLIK – (Turkish) the domain of a bey, also BEYLIC
BILLYO – in the phrase “like billyo”, extremely, also BILLYOH
BLUIDY – (Scots) stained with blood, also BLOODY, BLUDIE, BLUDY
BORTZ – (Dutch) diamond dust or fragments, also BOART, BORT
BWAZI – an African shrub, also BUAZE
CAHOUN – (Spanish) a South American palm tree, also COHUNE
CHAZAN – (Hebrew) a cantor in a synagogue, also CHAZZAN, CHAZZEN, HAZAN, HAZZAN, KHAZEN
WICCA – (Old English) the practice of witchcraft
IXODID – (Greek) a tick, a bloodsucking insect
KWELA – (Zulu) a form of Zulu folk music
HUTZPA – (Yiddish) sass, moxie, also CHUTZPA, CHUTZPAH, HUTZPAH
MIZUNA – (Japanese) a variety of lettuce with crisp green leaves
VRAIC – a kind of seaweed, aka kelp, also VAREC, VARECH

Short words:

NADS – (slang) testicles
PFFT – used to express a sudden ending
BAHU – (Hindi) a daughter-in-law
OMOV – a voting system of one man, one vote
GRAV – a unit of acceleration
DERV – fuel for a diesel engine road vehicle
AESC – (Old English) an Old English rune used for ‘ae’
FLOC – to aggregate into floccules
HUIC – used to encourage hunting hounds
MERC – (short for) a mercenary
SAIC – (Turkish) a Levantine vessel like a ketch, also SAICK, SAIQUE
TORC – a necklace or armband in the form of a twisted metal band
LUTZ – a jump in figure skating
NEUK – (Scots) a nook, a corner
WAUK – to full (cloth), also WAULK
IGLU – (Inuit) a snow house, also IGLOO
GENU – (Latin) the knee
OMBU – a type of South American tree
TROU – (short for) trousers
THRU – (archaic) through
RYND – a fitting to support a millstone
TRYP – (short for) a trypanosome
SKRY – to see the future e.g. via a crystal ball, also SCRY
XYST – (historical) a long covered portico or court, also XYSTOS, XYSTUS
VIFF – to change direction abruptly of a VTOL aircraft
BLAH – to talk stupidly or insipidly
HOIK – to hitch up, also HOICK
MWAH – a representation of the sound of a kiss
LWEI – a monetary unit of Angola
VIZY – (Scots) to take a close look, also VISIE, VIZZIE

7’s and 8’s:

GALLEIN – a red crystalline dyestuff
NIGELLA – (Latin) a garden flower
LEGALIST – someone inclined to legalism
TILLAGE – the operation of tilling, preparing land for seed
STILLAGE – a cask stand, also STILLING, STILLION
GALLIZE – in winemaking, to bring to standard proportions by adding water and sugar to an inferior must, also GALLISE, GALLISISE, GALLISIZE
GALILEE – a small chapel or porch at western end of some medieval English churches
CHEDITE – a mixture of castor oil, ammonium perchlorate and a solvent, used as an explosive, also CHEDDITE
EIDETIC – marked by or involving extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall
PEDETIC – relating to pedesis, Brownian movement
TIERCED – divided into three equal parts
TELEFILM – a motion picture made for television
ORALISM – the use of the oral method for teaching the deaf
CALIGOES – CALIGO, (Latin) a reduction in vision due to a speck on the cornea
CAMISOLE – (French) a loose under-bodice with thin shoulder straps instead of sleeves
CALORISE – to coat steel with aluminum, also CALORIZE
CARIOLE – (French) a small open carriage, also CARRIOLE
EUSOCIAL – characterized by cooperative specialization of tasks
LATIGOES – LATIGO, (Spanish) a strap used to fasten a saddle
AGOUTIES – AGOUTY, a burrowing rodent, also AGOUTI, ACOUCHI, ACOUCHY, AGUTI
RUMBAED – RUMBA, (Spanish) to perform a kind of dance, also RHUMBA
APOMIXES – APOMIXIS, (Greek) nonsexual reproduction, from an apomict or unfertilized ovum
INTITLE – to give a right to, also ENTITLE, INTITULE
COINAGE – the act of making coins
ANGINOSE – relating to angina
ARMOIRE – (French) a large ornate cabinet
AMIDONE – a synthetic opioid used as an analgesic
DAIMONES – DAIMON, (Greek) an inward spirit; personality; genius, also DAEMON
NOMADIES – NOMADY, the life of a nomad
NOMADISE – to lead a nomadic life, also NOMADIZE
SEMOLINA – (Italian) a granular product of wheat
ANEMOSIS – the separation of rings of growth in timber due to wind
MOINEAU – (French) a small flat bastion to protect a fortress under construction
JALOPIES – JALOPY, a decrepit car, also JALOPPY
JALOUSIE – (French) an outside shutter with slats
JAROVISE – to hasten the flowering of a plant, also JAROVIZE
BASENJI – (Bantu) a small African hunting-dog
HEJIRAS – HEJIRA, (Arabic) the flight of Mohammed from Mecca, also HEGIRA, HEJRA, HIJRA, HIJRAH
JIVEASS – (colloquial) a person who loves fun and excitement
JALEBIS – JALEBI, (Hindi) an Asian snack of deep-fried dough covered with syrup, also JALLEBI

SCRABLISTmid #5

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

ScrabList #12

General:

COCCO – the taro or other edible araceous tuber, also COCO
GRUYERE – (French) a kind of cheese made at Gruyere, Switzerland
MOJITO – a traditional Cuban cocktail
POESY – to utter poetry
SADDO – (slang) an unsociable person, also SADDIE
COGWAY – a railway operating on steep slopes
FLEME – (Scots) to put to flight
OUTJUT – to stick out, also OUTJET
EGESTA – (Latin) egested matter
MULIE – a western North American deer
HAULM – a plant stem, also HALM
MUNSHI – (Hindi) a secretary, an interpreter, also MOONSHEE
BINDHI – (Hindi) a dot worn on the forehead by women in India, also BINDI
SALEWD – SALUE, (obsolete) to salute
IRRUPT – to enter forcibly or violently
GANEV – (Yiddish) a thief, also GANEF, GANOF, GONEF, GONIF, GONIFF, GONOF, GONOPH
PAREV – (Yiddish) of food, containing neither dairy nor meat ingredients, also PAREVE, PARVE
SCHAV – (Yiddish) a cold soup of leafy vegetables
ENTREZ – (French) come in
SUIVEZ – (French) follow (the solo part, as a direction to accompanists)
SQUIZ – (Australian slang) a quick, close look
CHOUX – CHOU, (French) a cabbage; an ornamental soft rosette; a cream bun
TETTIX – (Greek) the cicada
URBEX – (short for) urban exploration
GODOWN – (Malay) an oriental warehouse
AMOWT – (Inuit) a hood on a woman’s parka for carrying a child, also AMAUT, AMAUTI, AMAUTIK
STOWP – a vessel for holding holy water, also STOOPE, STOUP
DWANG – (Dutch) a piece of timber used to reinforce joists, a strut
UPHROE – (Dutch) a block or long slat of wood, also EUPHROE
NOYAUX – NOYAU, (French) a liqueur made from brandy flavoured with bitter almonds or peach-stones
VERDOY – (French) in heraldry, a floral ornament
FICHU – (French) a light cape worn by women
FUSTIC – (French) the wood of a tree growing in the West Indies, also FUSTET, FUSTOC
ROSBIF – (French) an English person
BOURG – (French) a market-town
DIRNDL – (German) an Alpine peasant woman’s dress
KNAWEL – (German) a cornfield weed of the chickweed family, also KNAWE
POTZER – (German) an inept chess player, also PATZER
CATSUP – (Malay) a spicy tomato sauce, also KETCHUP, CATCHUP
ZENDO – (Japanese) a place where Zen Buddhists study

Short words:

PROB – (colloquial) a problem
DYKE – to furnish with an embankment, also DIKE
WAIN – (obsolete) to carry, convey
MOZE – to raise a nap on
HAAF – (Old Norse) a deep sea fishing region
MOKI – (Maori) a New Zealand sea fish, aka nanua
GAPO – (Tupi) in Peru, a riverside forest periodically flooded, also IGAPO
KUEH – (Malay) a Malaysian, Indian or Chinese cake
SAAG – (Hindi) in Indian cookery, spinach
URVA – (Nepali) the crab-eating mongoose of SE Asia
WYTE – (Scots) to blame, lay the blame on, also WIGHT, WITE
BOAB – a tropical tree with a swollen trunk, also BAOBAB
DZHO – a cross between a yak and a cow, also ZHO, DSO, DZO, JOMO
KART – a small motor vehicle
DELF – a type of earthenware originating in the Dutch city of Delft, also DELFT, DELPH, DELFTWARE
GEUM – (Latin) a plant of the Geum genus of the rose family, aka avens
TUNG – (Chinese) a kind of Chinese tree
WERO – (Maori) a challenge made by an armed Maori warrior to a visitor to a marae
YIRK – to draw tight
RIAD – (Arabic) a traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden
YOOF – youth, young people
PLIM – to swell, as grain or wood with water
JIAO – (Chinese) a Chinese monetary unit, one tenth of a yuan, also CHIAO
NOGG – an eggnog or similar drink
ALEC – a herring
KARO – (Maori) a small New Zealand tree
YEDE – (Spenser) to go or proceed, also YEAD, YEED
SLEE – (Scots) sly
YOMP – to march with heavy equipment over difficult terrain; to cover a certain distance in this way
JATO – a jet-assisted take off

7-Letter Bingos:

TORULIN – a vitamin in yeast
FLANEUR – (French) an idle man-about-town; a lounger, gossiper
AMENTAL – of a catkin
URODELE – one of the Urodela, tailless amphibians, including newts and salamanders
BRIARED – covered with briars
EPACRID – an Australian plant resembling heath, also EPACRIS
FORELIE – (Spenser) to lie in front of
FACIEND – (Latin) a number to be multiplied by another
ALIUNDE – (Latin) from another source
MANGEAO – (Maori) a small New Zealand tree with glossy leaves
ATRETIC – relating to atresia, absence of, or closure of, a body passage, also ATRESIC
LANGUET – (French) a tonguelike appendage or outgrowth, also LANGUETTE
INGOTED – INGOT, to shape (metal) into a convenient form for storage
RAUNGED – RAUNGE, (obsolete) to range
ENDLEAF – an endpaper
QUORATE – having a quorum
ARMERIA – the generic name for the plant thrift
GLEANER – one who gleans, gathers after reapers
VENTIGE – (Shakespeare) a fingerhole, as in a flute, also VENTAGE
PEARLIN – (Scots) a lace of silk or thread, used as edging, also PEARLING
LAETARE – (Latin) the fourth Sunday in Lent
ROUILLE – (French) a peppery garlic sauce
CERRIAL – of or pertaining to the cerris, a species of turkey oak
TWANGER – TWANGY, twanging
CLOOTIE – as in clootie dumpling, a suet pudding, containing currants, raisins, etc., steamed or boiled in a cloth
TOMENTA – TOMENTUM, (Latin) closely matted hair or downy nap covering leaves or stems of some plants
GAUDIER – GAUDY, tastelessly showy
HORDEIN – a protein found in barley grain
METOPAE – METOPE, (Greek) a space between two triglyphs
CLAYIER – CLAYEY, resembling clay