SCRABLISTmid #4

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

ScrabList Mini #3

FOEHN – (German) a warm dry wind, also FOHN
OMIGOD – an interjection of surprise, dismay, pleasure etc., also MIGAWD
CAUDEX – (Latin) the woody base of some plants
NAKFA – the standard currency unit of Eritrea
MYXOID – containing mucus
AUBADE – (French) a song or poem greeting the dawn or about lovers parting at dawn
BONZE – (Japanese) a Japanese or Chinese Buddhist religious teacher
IPPON – (Japanese) a winning point for a clean throw in judo
ZYDECO – (Creole) a popular music of southern Louisiana that combines tunes of French origin with elements of Caribbean music and the blues
VOULU – (French) willed, deliberate, contrived
FRIJOL – (Spanish) a bean used as food, the kidney bean, also FRIJOLE
JAMBU – (Sanskrit) the rose-apple tree of Malaysia, also JAMBOLAN, JAMBOLANA, JAMBOOL, JAMBUL
PANZER – (German) a German tank
POWND – (Spenser) to pound
RAYLE – (Spenser) to rail
RIVLIN – (Scots) a shoe moulded from untanned hide
ELHI – (US) pertaining to school grades 1 to 12
EEVN – evening, also EVENING, EEVEN, EEVNING
DIVNA – (Scots) do not
SRADHA – (Sanskrit) an offering to the manes of an ancestor, also SHRADDHA, SRADDHA
SVELTE – (French) slender, sleek
SWARAJ – (Sanskrit) self-government, home rule, also SVARAJ
MAHZOR – (Hebrew) a Jewish prayer book, also MACHZOR
ILKA – (Scots) every
JATAKA – (Pali) the birth-story of Buddha
GWEDUC – (Native American) a large edible clam, also GEODUCK, GWEDUCK
MBIRA – (Bantu) an African musical instrument played with the thumbs, aka kalimba
SAYYID – (Arabic) a descendant of Mohammed’s daughter Fatima, also SAID, SAIYID, SAYED, SAYID
IJTIHAD – (Arabic) the use of reasoning in Islamic law
IXTLE – (Nahuatl) a strong fibre obtained from the agave, also ISTLE
ULZIE – (Scots) oil, also ULYIE
XOANA – XOANON, (Greek) a primitive statue
LAARI – a monetary unit of the Maldives, 1/100th of a rufiyaa, also LAREE, LARI
RAUPO – (Maori) the New Zealand bulrush
BOLIX – to make a mess of, also BOLLIX, BALLOCKS, BOLLOCKS, BOLLOX
RHIZIC – of the root of an equation
QULLIQ – (Inuit) a type of oil lamp used by the Inuit, also KUDLIK
MUZJIK – (Russian) a Russian peasant, also MUZHIK, MOUJIK, MUJIK
FREMD – (Scots) a stranger, also FRAIM, FREMIT
PLONGD – (Spenser) plunged

SCRABLISTmid #3

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

ScrabList #11

General:

KAWAII – (Japanese) in Japanese culture, the quality of being cute
IMBIZO – (Zulu) a gathering of people at the request of a chieftain
DJIBBA – a long loose outer garment worn by Muslims, also DJIBBAH, JIBBA, JIBBAH, JUBBAH, JUBHAH
QUAHOG – (Native American) a kind of clam, also COHOG, QUAHAUG, QUOHOG
ZECHIN – (Italian) a former Italian gold coin, also ZECCHIN, ZECCHINE, ZECCHINO
OUGIYA – a monetary unit of Mauretania, also OUGUIYA
ACQUIS – (French) a particular piece or section of European Union legislation
JEZAIL – a heavy Afghan musket
GJETOST – (Norwegian) a hard brown Norwegian cheese made from goat’s milk
GEDDIT – (slang) do you get it
HEWGH – (Shakespeare) imitating the whistling of an arrow
MORYAH – (Irish) expressing annoyance, disbelief etc.
SDAYN – (obsolete) to disdain, also SDAINE, SDEIGN, SDEIGNE, SDEIN
PRAJNA – (Sanskrit) wisdom or understanding considered as the goal of Buddhist contemplation
BANZAI – (Japanese) a Japanese battle cry
JAGHIR – (Hindi) the government revenues of a tract of land assigned with power to administer, also JAGHIRE, JAGIR
LUNGYI – (Hindi) in India, a long cloth used as a loin cloth, turban etc., also LUNGEE, LUNGI
FLUYT – (Dutch) a small 17th century merchant ship
CHYND – (archaic) cut into chines
FLYSCH – (German) a great Alpine mass of Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary sandstone with shales
SBIRRI – SBIRRO, (Italian) an Italian police officer
SCHUYT – (Dutch) a Dutch flat-bottomed boat, used along canals and round the coast, also SCHUIT
PAYSD – (Spenser) poised
YRAPT – (Spenser) rapt
YSAME – (Spenser) together
TZURIS – (Yiddish) grief, woe, also TSOORIS, TSORES, TSORIS, TSORRISS, TSOURIS, TSURIS
PLOTZ – (Yiddish) to explode, esp. with intense emotion
GWINE – (dialect) going
SQUINY – (dialect) to squint, also SQUINNY
CHAVE – (dialect) I have
QUEBEC – (in international radio communication) a code word for the letter Q
LOQUAT – (Chinese) a Chinese and Japanese tree or its small, yellow, edible fruit
BINIOU – a small Breton bagpipe
NGWEE – (Bantu) a Zambian monetary unit, the hundredth part of a kwacha
SHINJU – (Japanese) a ritual double suicide of lovers
YANQUI – (Spanish) in Latin America, a North American
EWHOW – (Scots) expressing regret
CONGII – CONGIUS, (Latin) an ancient unit of liquid measure
MEDII – MEDIUS, (Latin) the middle finger
BONDUC – (Arabic) the seed of a tropical leguminous tree, aka nicker or nickar

Short words:

PFUI – an exclamation of contempt, scorn etc., also PHOOEY
KUIA – (Maori) an elderly Maori woman
IURE – (Latin) by right or law, also JURE
ECCO – (Italian) behold, also ECCE
JEON – (Korean) a monetary unit of South Korea, also CHON
VALI – (Turkish) a governor, esp. of a vilayet, also WALI
COCA – (Quechua) the dried leaf of a South American shrub
BYDE – (Scots) to bide
WAWL – to cry like a cat, also WAUL, WRAWL
RUSA – (Hindi) an East Indian deer
ZYME – a ferment
MYXO – (Australian slang) myxomatosis, a disease introduced to control rabbits
UNCO – (Scots) strange; foreign; extraordinary
BIGA – (Latin) a two-horse chariot
UNCE – (Scots) an ounce
LOGY – sluggish, also LOGGY
TEHR – a Himalayan wild goat, also TAHR
KAPA – a kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians, also TAPA, TAPPA
JIVE – to dance to jazz or swing music
IDYL – a description in verse of country life, also IDYLL
EUGH – (Spenser) a yew
TOLU – a fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada
MITT – any of various glove-like hand coverings, also MITTEN
WADI – (Arabic) the dry bed of a torrent; a river valley, also WADY
RAUN – (Scott) fish-roe, also RAWN
UMPH – oomph, energy
IRID – a plant of the iris family
YORP – (dialect) to shout
TINA – (slang) crystal meth
FIRK – (Shakespeare) to drive or rouse; to speed along
HELO – (short for) a helicopter
ETEN – a giant, also ETTIN
GORI – (Hinglish) a white or fair-skinned female
ZEDA – (Yiddish) a grandfather, also ZAIDA, ZAIDEH, ZAIDY
WYND – a narrow alley

7-Letter Bingos:

TOUSIER – TOUSY, shaggy, unkempt, also TOUZY, TOWSY, TOWZY
DELAINE – (French) a kind of fabric for women’s dresses
ANISEED – the dried fruit of anise; a cordial made from it
IDEATES – IDEATE, to form an idea or conception of
AUDITEE – one that is audited
SEALINE – a coastline
ALTERNE – one of two or more plant communities adjoining but differing greatly
RATEENS – RATEEN, a rough dress fabric, also RATINE, RATTEEN
NERITES – NERITE, (Greek) a type of sea snail
TRENISE – (French) the fourth movement of a quadrille
TRIENES – TRIENE, a type of chemical compound
AEROSAT – a satellite for air-traffic control
TENIOID – ribbonlike; shaped like a ribbon, also TAENIATE, TAENIOID
NOILIER – NOILY, of or like noil
ETIOLIN – a yellow pigment in light-starved plants
INOSITE – an alcohol found in plant and animal tissue, also INOSITOL
RIOTISE – (obsolete) riot, extravagance, also RIOTIZE
OSTIATE – having an ostium (a mouthlike opening)
TOASTIE – (colloquial) a toasted sandwich, also TOASTY
AIERIES – AIERY, the nest of a bird of prey, also EYRIE, AERIE, AERY, AYRIE
EARDING – EARD, (Scots) to bury, also YEARD, YERD, YIRD, YIRTH
DERAIGN – (obsolete) to vindicate; to put in battle array, also DARRAIGN, DARRAIGNE, DARRAIN, DARRAINE, DARRAYN
AREDING – AREDE, (Spenser) to declare, also AREAD, ARREEDE
TRIAGED – TRIAGE, to practise triage
LAERING – LAER, to make a defensive ring of ox-wagons, also LAAGER
UNITAGE – amount in units
STRIGAE – STRIGA, (Latin) the flute of a column [n]
AIGRETS – AIGRET, (French) a tuft of feathers worn as a head ornament, also AIGRETTE
AGISTER – a former officer of the king’s forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, also AGISTOR
ASTROID – a four cusped geometrical figure
NORTENA – (Spanish) among Latin Americans, a female North American
TERNION – a triad; a section of a book with three double leaves
NOINTER – (Australian slang) a mischievous child, a rascal
INTONER – one who intones
TRITONE – a musical interval of three whole tones
OREADES – OREAD, (Latin) a mountain nymph
ENOLASE – a muscle enzyme
LOANEES – LOANEE, a person who receives a loan
AREOLES – AREOLE, a small space in a network of leaf veins, also AREOLA
AUREOLE – a glorifying halo, also AUREOLA
OLEATES – OLEATE, a salt of oleic acid
AENEOUS – (Latin) of a shining bronze colour, also AENEUS
ELOINED – ELOIN, to remove to a distant place, also ELOIGN, ESLOIN, ESLOYNE
OREIDES – OREIDE, an alloy used in imitation gold jewelry, also OROIDE
OSIERED – covered or fringed with osiers
OLEINES – OLEINE, a glycerine ester of oleic acid, also OLEIN
LOERIES – LOERIE, a type of African bird with crimson or grey plumage, also LORY, LOURIE, LOWRIE, LOWRY
ESTOILE – (French) in heraldry, a six-pointed star whose rays are wavy, instead of straight like those of a mullet, also ETOILE
ERINITE – a basic arsenate of copper
AVENIRS – AVENIR, (French) the future

SCRABLISTmid #2

7 to 8: ROADIES

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

ScrabList Mini #2

AARRGHH – used to express disgust, also ARGH, AARGH, AARRGH
PITHOI – PITHOS, (Greek) a type of Greek storage jar
TIZWAS – a tizzy, a state of confusion, also TISWAS
SHAYKH – (Arabic) an Arab chief, also SHAIKH, SHEIK, SHEIKH
GRYCE – a young boar
MOHUA – (Maori) a small New Zealand bird with yellow head and breast
PLUTEI – PLUTEUS, (Latin) a type of sea-urchin
KOCHIA – any of several plants whose foliage turns dark red in summer
CUMULI – CUMULUS, (Latin) a kind of cloud
VIZIR – (Arabic) a minister in various Muslim states, also PHEAZAR, VEZIR, VISIER, VIZIER, WAZIR, WIZIER
ORIGAN – (Spanish) wild marjoram, also OREGANO, ORIGANE, ORIGANUM
GOMUTI – (Malay) a Malayan palm tree, yielding a black fibre, also GOMUTO
TIYIN – a monetary unit of Uzbekistan and/or Kyrgyzstan and/or Kazakhstan, also TYIN, TIYN, TYIYN
HRYVNA – a monetary unit of Ukraine, also HRYVNIA, HRYVNYA
YARFA – (Old Norse) in Shetland, peaty soil; clayey, sandy or fibrous peat, also YARPHA
PTUI – an imitation of the sound of someone spitting, also PTOOEY
MOHAIR – (Arabic) a fabric made from the silky hair of angora goats
RHODY – (colloquial) a rhododendron, also RHODIE
SHRI – (Sanskrit) in India, a title of great respect given to a man, also SRI
SIXMO – a paper size, also SEXTO
EIGHTVO – a printer’s page size, also OCTAVO
MOLTO – (Italian) very (music)
DAIKO – (Japanese) a large Japanese drum, also TAIKO
VARNA – (Sanskrit) any of the four great Hindu castes
EXEEM – (Scots) to release or exempt, also EXEME
GEYAN – (Scots) gey and easy, that is, easy enough
ZORI – (Japanese) a Japanese sandal consisting of a flat sole with a thong between the toes
AROHA – (Maori) love, compassion
TYNDE – TIND, to kindle, also TEEND
CONTO – (Portuguese) a Portuguese money of account
COMIX – (slang) comic books
BANJAX – (slang) to ruin, destroy
HIKOI – (Maori) to take part in a protest march
TUYERE – (French) a pipe through which air is forced into a blast furnace, also TUYER, TWEER, TWIER, TWYER, TWYERE
DVORNIK – (Russian) a Russian concierge or porter
PIROJKI – PIROZHOK, a small, Russian pastry
PUNKIN – a pumpkin, also POMPION, PUMPION
PIANINO – (Italian) a small piano, a pianette
ARDRI – (Irish) a title given to the High King of Ireland, also ARDRIGH
CLYPEI – CLYPEUS, (Latin) the frontal plate of the head of an insect

ScrabList Mini #1

CTENE – (Greek) a comblike swimming organ
ZOARIA – ZOARIUM, (Greek) a colony of zooids
KAAMA – a large South African antelope, aka hartebeest
IDOLA – IDOLON, a mental image, a fallacy, also EIDOLON, IDOLUM
RUANA – (Spanish) a woollen outer garment resembling a poncho, worn in parts of South America
ADMIX – to mix
BEWORM – to cover with worms
RHETOR – (Latin) a teacher of rhetoric
TRYMA – (Greek) a kind of nutlike fruit, such as walnut
WIGAN – a stiff plain-woven cotton
AVISO – (Spanish) a boat bringing news, a dispatch-boat
JAWAN – (Urdu) an Indian common soldier
DONEE – the person to whom a gift or donation is made
GAWCY – (Scots) portly, jolly, also GAUCIE, GAUCY, GAWSY, GAWSIE
POIND – (Scots) to distrain, impound
TAMBAC – (Malay) an alloy of copper and zinc, also TOMBAC, TAMBAK, TOMBACK, TOMBAK
DURGAH – (Persian) a structure over a place where a holy person was buried or cremated, also DARGA, DARGAH
BEENAH – (Arabic) a form of marriage in Sri Lanka, in which the man goes to live with his wife’s relatives
QUANGO – a quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organization
PHEERE – a companion, also FERE, FEARE, FIER, FIERE, PHEER
KEMBLA – (Australian slang) small change
BURQA – (Urdu) a coverall worn by Muslim women, also BURKA, BOORKA, BOURKHA
TOQUE – (French) a close-fitting woman’s hat, also TOQUET
DOOWOP – a style of singing in harmony
BATTIK – (Malay) a method of producing designs on cloth, also BATIK
COLUGO – (Malay) a flying lemur
AZUKI – (Japanese) a kind of bean, also ADUKI, ADSUKI, ADZUKI
JUDOGI – (Japanese) a judo costume
MILIEU – (French) a social environment
TOWKAY – (Chinese) sir, master
SAMFU – (Chinese) an outfit worn by Chinese women, also SAMFOO
URTEXT – (German) the original or earliest version of a text, such as a musical composition or literary work
KINCOB – (Urdu) a rich silk fabric made in India
MOOLVI – (Urdu) a teacher of Islamic law, also MAULVI, MOOLVIE
ALLIAK – (Inuit) an Inuit sledge

ScrabList #10

General:

SHOJO – (Japanese) manga intended primarily for girls
AJIVA – (Sanskrit) inanimate matter
CAJON – (Spanish) a steep canyon
BAJRI – (Hindi) in the Indian subcontinent, pearl millet or a similar grain, also BAJRA, BAJREE
EJIDO – (Spanish) a piece of land farmed communally in Mexico
FJELD – (Norwegian) a high, barren Scandinavian plateau
GADJO – (Romany) a non-gypsy, also GADGIE, GADJE, GAJO, GAUDGIE, GAUJE, GORGIO
POLYP – an octopus or cuttlefish, also POLYPE, POULP, POULPE
HODJA – (Turkish) an Eastern term of respect, a Muslim teacher or professor, also KHODJA, KHOJA
OBJET – (French) an object
POLJE – (Serbo-Croat) a large elliptical depression in karst regions
ROJAK – (Malay) a salad dish served in chilli sauce
SAJOU – (Tupi) a capuchin or spider monkey, also SAPAJOU
SLOJD – (Swedish) a Swedish system of manual training by woodwork, also SLOID, SLOYD
UPJET – to spout up
YOJAN – (Hindi) in the Indian subcontinent, a measure of distance, also YOJANA
ZANJA – (Spanish) an irrigation canal in Latin America
KISMET – (Turkish) destiny, also KISMAT
CAPIZ – (Tagalog) the translucent shell of a bivalve mollusc
HAFIZ – (Arabic) a Muslim who knows the Koran by heart
SOYUZ – (Russian) a Soviet manned spacecraft
SPITZ – (German) a breed of dogs with long hair
TROOZ – (Scots) close-cut tartan drawers, also TREWS, TROUSE
WOOTZ – a tough sharp steel made in southern India by fusing magnetic iron ore with material containing carbon
BHUNA – (Urdu) an Indian sauce, also BHOONA
DHIKR – (Arabic) a Sufi religious ceremony
BAYYAN – (Arabic) an official declaration in Islam
GHAZI – (Arabic) a Muslim warrior who has fought the infidel
GHYLL – a narrow ravine
IHRAM – (Arabic) the white cotton garment worn by Muslim pilgrims to Mecca
MHORR – (Arabic) a West African gazelle, also MOHR
NHANDU – (Tupi) the rhea, a South American ostrich, also NANDU, NANDOO
PHAEIC – (Greek) dusky
UHLAN – (German) a light cavalryman in semi-oriental uniform; a Prussian lancer, also ULAN
RHYTA – RHYTON, (Greek) a drinking cup with a hole in the point to drink by
VARIX – (Latin) a varicose vein
COXIB – a drug used in the treatment of osteoarthritis
XYLIC – relating to xylem
TWIXT – between, also BETWIXT
ZOOEY – like a zoo
JHALA – (Sanskrit) in Hindu music, part of the second movement of a raga
MEJLIS – (Arabic) an assembly or council in various North African and Middle Eastern countries, also MAJLIS
MVULE – (Swahili) an African tree
HAIQUE – (Arabic) an Arab head covering, also HAIK, HAICK, HYKE
SALLAL – (Native American) an American shrub of the heather family, also SALAL

Short words:

PUJA – (Sanskrit) a Hindu worship practice, also POOJA, POOJAH, PUJAH
KHAF – (Hebrew) the eleventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet, also CAPH, KAF, KAPH, KHAPH
OHIA – (Hawaiian) a Polynesian tree of the myrtle family with bright red flowers
UMPY – (Australian slang) an umpire, also UMPIE
ULVA – (Latin) a genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the kinds called sea lettuce
VULN – to wound; pierce with a weapon
JOKY – amusing, also JOKEY
YUCA – (Caribbean) a Mexican plant of the lily family, also YUCCA
YAAR – (Hinglish) friend, man (as a form of address)
LAIC – pertaining to lay people rather than clergy
LOTI – a monetary unit of Lesotho
JIRD – an African gerbil
YIRD – (Scots) to bury, also EARD, YEARD, YERD, YIRTH
YELM – (dialect) to prepare straw for thatching, also YEALM
MUGG – to make funny faces
FRIZ – to curl hair tightly, also FRIZZ, FRIZZLE
CHIZ – to swindle, also CHIZZ
BRUX – to grind teeth together
FLOX – as in flox silk, same as floss silk
BUIK – (Scots) a book, also BUKE
FAIK – (Scots) to abate
RUDD – a freshwater fish
MOTT – (US) a clump of trees, esp. on a prairie
PUPU – (Hawaiian) a dish of Asian foods served as an appetize
TREF – (Hebrew) in the Jewish religion, forbidden as food, not kosher, also TEREFA, TEREFAH, TRAYF, TREFA, TREFAH, TREIF, TREIFA, TREYF, TREYFA
LIRI – LIRA, (Italian) an Italian unit of currency
LEVA – LEV, a unit of Bulgarian currency, also LEW
ACCA – (Australian slang) an academic, also ACKER
DORB – (Australian slang) a stupid or inept person, also DORBA
JAXY – (slang) the posterior, also JAXIE, JACKSIE, JACKSY

8-Letter Bingos:

AERATION – exposure to the action of air
BARITONE – a deep male voice, also BARYTONE
ACTIONER – a film with a lot of action
DERATION – to free from rationing
ANTIHERO – a character with qualities opposite to those of the (conventional) hero
TAILERON – either part of a two-piece tailplane whose two halves can operate independently or together
NARKIEST – NARKY, irritable
PRISTANE – a saturated hydrocarbon oil found in the livers of some marine creatures
ANOESTRI – ANOESTRUS, (Greek) a period of sexual dormancy, also ANESTRUS
STRAITEN – to make strait, narrow
NOTARISE – to attest to as a notary, also NOTARIZE
AEROLITE – a meteorite
DEBONAIR – (French) of good appearance, elegant, also DEBONAIRE, DEBONNAIRE
SEAROBIN – an American fish of the gurnard family
RADIOMEN – RADIOMAN, a radio operator or technician
DONARIES – DONARY, a thing given to sacred use
DOUANIER – (French) a customhouse officer
ACROLEIN – a flammable liquid, an aldehyde of allyl alcohol
FORELAIN – FORELAY, to wait in ambush
KILOBASE – a length of a thousand base pairs in a DNA chain
ALLERION – (French) in heraldry, an eagle displayed without feet or beak, also ALERION
PELORIAN – showing peloria, an abnormal regularity in flowers, also PELORIC
OVERLAIN – OVERLAY, to lay over
TAILBONE – the coccyx
DELATION – the act of informing against someone
OLEFIANT – oil-forming, as in olefiant ethylene
LEGATION – the sending of an official envoy
ANTIPOLE – the opposite pole
INSOLATE – to expose to the sun’s rays
TONALITE – a coarse rock
BORACITE – a compound of magnesium usually occurring as greyish-white cubic crystals
FARINOSE – resembling or yielding flour
IGNAROES – IGNARO, (archaic) an ignorant person
ROMANISE – to write in the Roman alphabet, also ROMANIZE
RAISONNE – (French) arranged systematically, or according to classes or subjects; as, a catalogue raisonne
AVERSION – a feeling of repugnance
ROSINATE – a resinate
OBEISANT – showing respect
CANOEIST – one who engages in canoeing
MASONITE – (tradename) a kind of dark brown hardboard
SAPONITE – a hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina occurring in soft, soapy, amorphous masses
ASSIENTO – (Spanish) a treaty
STOVAINE – an anaesthetic cocaine-substitute, chiefly injected into spine
SAXONITE – an ultrabasic igneous rock consisting of olivine and enstatite
SOTERIAL – pertaining to salvation
SABOTIER – (French) a wearer of wooden shoes
SEPTORIA – a type of fungus
ROARIEST – ROARY, noisy, garish, too bright, also ROARIE, RORIE, RORY
SAUTOIRE – (French) a long necklace, or pendant on a long chain, also SAUTOIR
VIATORES – VIATOR, (Latin) a traveller

7-Letter Bingos:

SANTERO – (Spanish) a priest of santeria, a Caribbean religion
OESTRIN – an estrogen, also ESTRIN, ESTRONE, OESTRONE
ENATION – an outgrowth
ARENOUS – sandy, containing much sand, also ARENOSE
ROSEATE – resembling a rose; overly optimistic
ORDINEE – one that is being ordained
EROTISE – to give a sexual meaning to, also EROTIZE
NIOBATE – a salt of niobium
GENITOR – (Latin) a male parent
REDTAIL – a kind of hawk
RANDIES – RANDIE, a violent beggar, esp. a woman, also RANDY
URANIDE – a radioactive element, also URANIUM
NIDATES – NIDATE, to become implanted in the uterus
AUDIENT – a hearer
ASTERID – a starfish, also ASTERIDIAN
STAIDER – STAID, sober and sedate
SALIENT – an outward-pointing angle, esp. of a fortification or line of defences
ALUNITE – a hydrous sulphate of aluminum and potassium, aka alumstone
REGINAE – REGINA, (Latin) a queen
ARANEID – a spider
TIARAED – wearing a tiara
ASTERIA – a precious stone that shows asterism when cut en cabochon
ATRESIA – absence or closure of a bodily passage
INEDITA – (Latin) unpublished literary works
DEASOIL – (Scots) motion in the same direction as the sun, also DEASIL, DEASIUL, DEISEAL, DEISHEAL
ISOLEAD – a line on a ballistic graph
DOULEIA – (Greek) in Roman Catholicism, the inferior veneration accorded to saints and angels, also DULIA
LADRONE – (archaic) a robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal, also LADRON, LATRON
DELATOR – an accuser; an informer
RETINUE – a group of attendants
RONDEAU – (French) a poem of 13 lines with two rhymes and the opening words used as a refrain in two places
ASTONED – ASTONE, to amaze or shock, also ASTONISH, ASTONY
ONSTEAD – a single farmhouse; a steading
TROADES – TROADE, (Spenser) a track, path, also TROAD, TROD, TRODE
ALEURON – a protein found in some seeds, also ALEURONE
ETALONS – ETALON, (French) a device used to measure wavelengths
OLESTRA – (tradename) a noncaloric fat substitute
TORULAE – TORULA, (Latin) a yeastlike microorganism
SOUTANE – (French) a Roman Catholic priest’s cassock
LENTOID – something in the shape of a lens
DOILTER – DOILT, (Scots) crazy, foolish, also DOILED
DONSIER – DONSIE, (Gaelic) unlucky, also DONSY
SORDINE – a cone-shaped mute for a trumpet, also SORDINO, SOURDINE
DOURINE – (French) a disease of horses
ROISTED – ROIST, to revel noisily, carouse, also ROISTER, ROYST, ROYSTER
ETOURDI – (French) foolish, thoughtless (of a male)
IODURET – (obsolete) an iodide
ENTOILS – ENTOIL, to entangle or ensnare
ELUTION – purification or separation by washing
STOURIE – (Scots) dusty, also STOURY

Threes to fours (Part 2):

G-AIR – (Scots) a triangular piece (of cloth or land), also GORE
M-AIR – (Scots) more
S-AIR – to savour, also SAR
V-AIR – squirrel fur, much used in medieval times, to line and trim robes
W-AIR – to spend
AIR-N – (Scots) iron
AIR-T – to direct, also AIRTH
D-AIS – (French) a raised platform
P-AIS – (archaic) the people from whom a jury is drawn
R-AIT – to soak flax, also RET
T-AIT – (Scots) a small portion, a pinch, also TATE
AIT-U – a Polynesian demigod
H-AJI – (Arabic) a person who has made a hadj, a pilgrimage to Mecca, also HADJI, HADJEE, HAJJI
H-AKA – (Maori) a ceremonial war-dance
K-AKA – (Maori) a brownish-green New Zealand parrot
T-AKA – (Bengali) a monetary unit of Bangladesh
W-AKA – (Japanese) a Japanese verse-form
H-AKE – a fish of the cod family
AKE-E – (Kru) a small African sapindaceous tree; its edible fruit, often used in Caribbean cookery, also ACKEE
M-ALA – (Hindi) a string of beads or knots used in prayer
N-ALA – (Hindi) a ravine, a watercourse, also NALLA, NALLAH, NULLA, NULLAH
T-ALA – (Sanskrit) a traditional rhythmic pattern in Indian music
ALA-E – ALA, in biology, any flat winglike projection
ALA-N – a large hunting dog, also ALAND, ALANT
ALA-P – (Sanskrit) in Indian music, the introductory section of a raga, also ALAAP, ALAPA
ALA-R – pertaining to wings
ALA-Y – to quell, also ALLAY, ALEYE
ALB-A – the white substance of the brain
ALB-E – (archaic) albeit, also ALBEE, ALBEIT
E-ALE – (Shakespeare) to ail
R-ALE – (French) a rattling sound from a diseased lung
V-ALE – a broad valley
W-ALE – to mark with welts
Y-ALE – a fabulous heraldic beast
ALE-C – a herring
ALE-E – toward the side of a vessel sheltered from the wind
ALE-F – (Hebrew) the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, also ALEPH
ALE-W – (Spenser) a greeting cry, halloo
ALF-A – (Arabic) a North African esparto grass, also HALFA
L-ALL – to articulate the letter R as L
P-ALL – to grow wearisome
S-ALL – (US) shall
C-ALP – in Ireland, a dark shaly limestone
P-ALP – to sense by touch
S-ALP – a free-swimming small marine animal, also SALPA, SALPIAN, SALPID
D-ALT – (Scots) a foster-child, also DAULT
B-ALU – (Hindi) a bear, also BALOO
ALU-M – a sulphate of ammonium and potassium, used as a mordant
C-AMA – the hybrid offspring of a camel and a llama
G-AMA – (Spanish) a kind of pasture grass found in the Western United States
K-AMA – (Sanskrit) in Indian philosophy, earthly desire
L-AMA – a Buddhist monk
S-AMA – (Japanese) a title given to an exalted person
AMA-H – (Portuguese) a native maidservant or child’s nurse, esp. a wet nurse, also AMA
H-AME – (Scots) home
K-AME – (Scots) a comb, also KAIM
W-AME – (dialect) a womb, also WEAMB, WEM, WEMB
C-AMI – (short for) camisole
K-AMI – (Japanese) a Japanese divine being
R-AMI – (Malay) Rhea or China grass, a plant of the nettle family, also RAMEE, RAMIE
AMI-A – a freshwater fish, aka bowfin
AMI-E – (French) a (female) friend
AMI-N – a compound derived from ammonia, also AMINE
AMI-R – (Arabic) an Eastern ruler, also AMEER, EMEER, EMIR
G-AMP – a large umbrella
S-AMP – (Native American) a coarsely ground maize
T-AMP – to pack down by tapping
N-AMU – (Maori) a black New Zealand sandfly
K-ANA – (Japanese) the Japanese syllabic script
L-ANA – the wood of the genipap, a large West Indian tree
N-ANA – (Australian slang) an idiot, a fool
R-ANA – (Hindi) a Rajput prince
T-ANA – (Hindi) an Indian police station, also TANNA, TANNAH, THANA, THANAH, THANNA, THANNAH
ANA-N – (to a person calling for attention) in a moment! coming, also ANON
F-AND – (Scots) to try or attempt
M-AND – (Spenser) manned
P-AND – (Scots) the valance of a bed
R-AND – to rant
F-ANE – a temple
G-ANE – GAE, (Scots) to go

ScrabList #9

Assorted:

KULTUR – (German) culture
VEHM – (German) a mediaeval German court, also FEHM, FEHME
JEHAD – (Arabic) in Islam, a holy war, also JIHAD
BIRK – (Scots) birch
MYNA – (Hindi) an Asiatic bird of the starling family, MYNAH
LUZ – a supposedly indestructible bone in the sacrum
PUBCO – a company that operates a chain of pubs
BOYAR – (Russian) a member of the old Russian aristocracy, also BOYARD
JOWAR – (Hindi) Indian millet, aka durra, also JAWARI, JOWARI
WILJA – (Native Australian) an Aboriginal shelter or hut, also WILTJA
PIONY – (obsolete) a peony, also PAEONY, PINEY, PINY, PIONEY, PEONY
CLIFT – a cliff
ERICK – (Irish) a murderer’s fine in old Irish law, also ERIC, ERIACH
ABRAM – (Shakespeare) auburn
CYLIX – a shallow two-handled Greek drinking cup, also KYLIX
XYLOL – a flammable hydrocarbon, also XYLENE
YOGH – the Middle English letter representing a velar or partial fricative
UNAU – (Tupi) a two-toed sloth, also UNAI
OTAKU – in Japan, a young computer nerd
DAMAN – (Arabic) a small herbivorous mammal, the rock hyrax
WHEAR – (obsolete) where, also WHAUR, WHEARE
KHAZI – (slang) a lavatory, also KAZI, CARSEY, KARZY, KARSY, KARSEY

Threes to fours (Part 1):

W-AAH – an interjection expressing wailing
B-AAL – (Hebrew) a false god
D-AAL – the pigeon pea, also DAL, DAHL, DHAL, DHOLL
K-AAL – (South African) naked
P-AAL – (Dutch) in the Caribbean, a stake driven into the ground
T-AAL – (South African) the Afrikaans language
K-AAS – a large cupboard
B-ABA – (Polish) a kind of coffee-cake, also BABKA
C-ABA – (French) a woman’s work basket
Y-ABA – (colloquial) yet another bloody acronym
ABA-C – a nomogram
ABB-A – a Syrian cloth of goat’s or camel’s hair, also ABA, ABAYA
ABB-E – (French) a courtesy title given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress
G-ABY – (dialect) a simpleton
ABY-E – (archaic) to pay the penalty for, also ABY
D-ACE – a small river fish of the carp family and chub genus
T-ACE – one of a series of overlapping pieces forming a kind of skirt, also TASLET, TASSE, TASSET
B-ACH – a Welsh term of address
G-ACH – to behave boastfully, also GATCH, GAUCH
N-ACH – (Hindi) an entertainment in India consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing girls, also NAUCH, NAUTCH
R-ACH – (archaic) a dog that hunts by scent, also RACHE
TACH – (short for) tachometer
ACH-Y – aching
ACT-A – (Latin) official minutes of proceedings
W-ADD – an earthy ore of manganese, also WADT
ADD-Y – (slang) an email address
D-ADO – to set into a groove
F-ADO – (Portuguese) a Portuguese folk song
S-ADO – (Japanese) a Japanese tea ceremony, also CHADO, CHANOYO, CHANOYU
ADZ-E – to dress timber with a cutting tool, also ADZ
B-AFF – in golf, to strike the ground with the sole of the club
C-AFF – (slang) cafe, also CAF
D-AFF – to play the fool
F-AFF – (colloquial) to mess around
G-AFF – to catch a fish with a sharp hook
H-AFF – (German) a lagoon separated from the see by a long sandbar
N-AFF – to go away
R-AFF – (archaic) rubbish
W-AFF – (dialect) to bark, also WAUGH
Y-AFF – (Scots) to bark, scold, nag, also NYAFF
AFF-Y – (obsolete) to trust
B-AFT – (Urdu) a kind of coarse fabric
D-AFT – insane
H-AFT – a handle, especially of an axe or knife
S-AFT – (Scots) soft
W-AFT – to carry lightly in the air
G-AGA – (French) in senile dotage
J-AGA – (Malay) to guard
N-AGA – (Sanskrit) a divine snake in Hindu mythology
R-AGA – (Sanskrit) an Indian musical form
AGA-R – (Malay) a jelly prepared from seaweed
G-AGE – to pledge as security
Y-AGE – a tropical vine of the Amazon region
AGE-E – (Scots) off the straight; ajar, also AJEE
D-AGO – (offensive) a man of Italian, Spanish or Portuguese origin
K-AGO – (Japanese) a basketwork passenger litter
AGO-G – in excited eagerness
AGO-N – the dramatic conflict between the chief characters in a literary work
M-AHA – a form of yoga
T-AHA – (Zulu) the South African weaverbird
R-AIA – (Arabic) a non-Muslim subject of Turkey, also RAYA, RAYAH
C-AID – (Arabic) a North African chief, also CADI, KADI, KAID, QADI, QAID
G-AID – a miner’s wedge, also GADE
K-AID – (Arabic) a North African chief, also CAID, CADI, KADI, QADI, QAID
Q-AID – (Arabic) a North African chief, also CAID, CADI , KAID, KADI, QADI
W-AID – (obsolete) weighed, also WAIDE
AID-A – a finely-meshed cotton fabric used for cross-stitch embroidery
K-AIL – a ninepin, also KAYLE
K-AIM – (Scots) a comb; a ridge of gravel or sand left by a glacier, also KAME
M-AIM – to injure or mutilate
S-AIM – (Scots) a seam
C-AIN – (Gaelic) a tenanted farm rent paid in kind, also KAIN, KANE
F-AIN – happy; pleased, also FAINE, FAYNE
H-AIN – (Scots) to save, preserve
K-AIN – (Gaelic) a tenanted farm rent paid in kind, also CAIN, KANE
N-AIN – (Scots) one’s own
S-AIN – (archaic) to make the sign of the cross over
T-AIN – a vegetable gratin baked in an earthenware dish
W-AIN – (obsolete) to carry, convey
AIN-E – (French) of a male elder, senior

SCRABLISTmid #1

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