dornick: A stone small enough to throw from a field being cleared.
luthier: One that makes or repairs stringed instruments, such as violins.
perron: an external flight of steps, esp one at the front entrance of a building
helminth: A worm, especially a parasitic roundworm or tapeworm.
jaguarundi: A long-tailed, grayish-brown wildcat (Felis yagouaroundi) of tropical America.
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Sunday, December 26, 2010
Words from my first "Dictionary Game" experience
majolica: Tin-glazed earthenware that is often richly colored and decorated, especially an earthenware of this type produced in Italy.
eloign: To remove or carry away to a distance, especially so as to conceal.
storax: An aromatic resin obtained from the snowbell.
sward: Land covered with grassy turf.
[Middle English, from Old English sweard, skin.]
eloign: To remove or carry away to a distance, especially so as to conceal.
storax: An aromatic resin obtained from the snowbell.
sward: Land covered with grassy turf.
[Middle English, from Old English sweard, skin.]
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