New Words 2 Flashcards
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gaberdine (n)
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a closely woven twill fabric, especially of cotton or wool; a coat of this material; originally a loose coat
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gaberlunzie (n)
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a beggar’s pouch, a strolling beggar
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gabion (n)
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a wickerwork or wire basket of earth or stones used for embankment work, eg in fortification
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gabnash (n)
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(Sct) prattle; chatter; a cheeky chatterbox
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gaboon (n)
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a West African hardwood of the genus Aucoumea
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gaby (n)
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(dialect) a simpleton
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gad (n)
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a miner’s wedge or chisel; a metal spike or pointed bar
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gadgie (n)
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(dialect) person (derogatory)
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gadi (n)
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an Indian throne
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gadling (n)
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a vagabond
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gado-gado (n)
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a Malaysian dish of mixed vegetables, hard-boiled eggs and peanut sauce
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gadroon (n)
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an embossed bead or cable like decoration used as an edging on silverware
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gadsman (n)
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(Sct) a person who drives the horses on the plough
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Gadus (n)
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the cod genus
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gadoid (adj)
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a fish of the Genus Gadus; belonging to, or resembling, this genus
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gadwall (n)
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a northern freshwater duck
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gaff (n)
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a hook used esp for landing large fish; the spar to which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is fastened
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gagaku (n)
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a type of Japanese classical music played mainly at ceremonial occasions at court
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gag-tooth (n)
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a projecting tooth
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gage (n)
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something thrown down as a challenge
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haaf (n)
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(Orkney & Shetland) a deep-sea fishing ground
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haar (n)
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(East coast) a raw sea-mist
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habanera (n)
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a Cuban dance or dance-tune in two four time
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habdabs (n pl)
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a state of extreme nervousness
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Habdalah
a Jewish ceremony or prayer that marks the end of Sabbath
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haberdine (n)
dried salt cod
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habergeon (n)
a sleeveless coat of mail, lighter than a hauberk
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habile (adj)
fit, suitable; competent; dextrous
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habiliment (n)
attire
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habilitate (v)
to qualify; to equip or finance; to attire
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haboob (n)
a sandstorm
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haček (n)
In Slavonic languages, the diacritic (ˇ) placed over a letter to modify its sound
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hachure (n)
shading, in the form of lines, showing a hill or a slope on a map; any such line
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hackamore (n)
a halter used especially in the breaking of foals, consisting of a single length of rope with a loop to serve instead of a bridle.
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hackberry (n)
the hagberry, an American tree related to the elm
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hackbolt (n)
the greater shearwater
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hackbut, hagbut (n)
an arquebus
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hackle (n)
a comb for flax or hemp; a cock's neck feather; hair on a dog's neck
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hacklet, haglet (n)
kittiwake; also perhaps the shearwater
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hackmatack (n)
an American larch
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hade (n)
(mining) the angle between the plane of a fault and a vertical plane
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had-I-wist (n)
vain regret, remorse
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hadrome (n)
the conducting elements and associated parenchyma in xylem
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haemanthus (n)
the blood-flower, a South African amarylid
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haematic (adj)
relating to blood
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ianthine (adj)
violet-coloured
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iatrochemistry (n)
an application of chemistry to medical theory introduced by Franscicus Sylvius of Leyden
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iatrogenic (adj)
(of a disease of symptoms) induced unintentionally in a patient by the treatment or comments of a physician
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Ibadat (n)
(Islam) service, worhsip
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iberis (n)
any plant of the iberis genus of the Cruciferae, eg Candyfruit
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Ibo (n)
a tribe in eastern Nigeria; a member of this tribe; their language
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ice-action (n)
the action of glaciers and land-ice on the Earth's surface
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ice apron (n)
a structure on he upstream side of a bridge pier to break or ward off floating ice
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iceblink (n)
a glare in the sky caused by light reflecting off distant ice
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ichabod (interj)
the glory is departed (Hebrew)
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ichnite, ichnolite (n)
a fossilised footprint
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ichnography (n)
a ground-plan; the art of drawing ground-plans
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jabble (n & v)
(Sct) an agitation in liquid; a rippling; to ripple
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jabot (n)
a frill of lace, etc, worn in front of a woman's dress or on a man's shirt front
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jacamar (n)
any one of a S American family of long-billed insect-catching birds with usually metallic green or bronze plumage
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jaçana, jacana (n)
a long-toed swamp bird of the tropics
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jacaranda (n)
a tropical tree of the family Bignoniaceae, with lilac-coloured flowers, fern-like leaves and hard, heavy, fragrant brown wood
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jacchus (n)
a S American marmoset
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jacent (adj)
lying flat; sluggish
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jacinth (n)
a blue gemstone, perhaps sapphire; a reddish-orange variety of transparent zircon; a variety of garnet, topaz, quartz of other stone; a slaty-blue fancy pigeon
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Jackeen (n)
a person from Dublin with parochial views, derogatory
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jack bean (n)
a subtropical American climbing bean
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jack block (n)
a block of pulleys used for lowering and raising topgallant-masts
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jack-by-the-hedge (n)
garlic mustard
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jack plane (n)
a large strong plane used by carpenters
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jackaroo, jackeroo (n)
(Austl) a newcomer on a cattle farm
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jacobus (n)
a gold coin of James I, worth 20-25 shillings
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jaconet (n)
a cotton fabric, stronger than muslin; a thin material with waterproof backing used for medical dressings
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Jacqueminot (n)
deep-red hybrid perpetual rose
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Jacquerie (n)
the revolt of the French peasants in 1358; any peasant revolt
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jactation (n)
the act of throwing
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jactitation (n)
restless tossing in illness; bodily agitation, twitching, jerking; bragging, ostentation
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jaculation (n)
the act of throwing or hurling, eg a dart
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ka (n)
(ancient Egypt) the spirit or soul within a person, a god, or a statue of a dead person
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kaama (n)
the hartebeest
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kabaya (n)
a loose fabric
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kabelijou, kabelijouw (n)
a large S African fish
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Kabyle (n)
one of the Berber people of N Africa; a member of this people; a dialect of Berber
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kaccha (n)
the short trousers traditionally worn by Sikhs
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kachahri, kacheri (n)
an Indian's magistrate's office or courthouse
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kachina (n)
any of the ancestral spirits invoked by the Pueblo peoples of N America at ritual ceremonies; a dancer who impersonates the ancestral spirits at these ceremonies
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kae (n)
(Scot) a jackdaw
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kaffiyeh, keffiyeh, kufiyah (n)
an Arab headdress of cloth, folded and held by a cord around the head
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kago (n)
a Japanese basketwork palanquin
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kagu (n)
a ground-dwelling bird with pale grey plumage and a loose crest, found only in New Caledonia
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kahal (n)
any of the Jewish communities scattered across Europe; the local governing body of any of these communities
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kahawai (n)
a large marine fish, of the perch family but resembling a salmon
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kahikatea (n)
a tall coniferous tree of New Zealand
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kai (n)
(NZ) food, a meal
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kail (n)
a nine-pin, the game of nine-pins, skittles
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kainga (n)
a Maori village
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kaizen (n)
the Japanese principle of continuously improving industrial and business working practices
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kajawah (n)
a camel saddle, or pannier
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kakemono (n)
a Japanese wall-picture or calligraphic inscription on a roller
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kakiemon (n)
a Japanese porcelain, first made by Sakaida Kakiemon in the 17th c, recognisable from its use of iron-red
