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Friday 31 July 2009

yuch

is an alternative spelling of yucch, an interjection used to express disgust (lexic.us).

Variations: yuch, yucch.

azan

is the Muslim call to prayer (Wiktionary). This article lists aazaan, adhan and athan as alternative spellings. However, only adhan is in SOWPODS.

Variations: adhan, adhans, azan, azans.

stanze

is a pattern of verse (lexic.us).

Variations: stanze, stanzes.

fink

can be a noun meaning 'someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police' or a verb meaning 'to take the place of work of someone on strike' (WordNet).

Variations: fink, finked, finking, finks.

repones

is from the transitive verb 'to repone' meaning 'to replace' (lexic.us).

Variations: repone, reponed, repones, reponing.

jors

is the plural of jor, the instrumental rendition of nomtom (Wikipedia). The variant spellings jod and jhor are also listed in this article but they are not in SOWPODS at present.

Variations: jor, jors.

dimp

is a cigarette butt (lexic.us).

Variations: dimp, dimps.

boi

See boi.

vaw

is an alternative spelling of vav, the sixth Hebrew letter (lexic.us).

Variations: vaw, vaws.

opah

is a large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean (WordNet).

Variations: opah, opahs.

ziti

is a medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces (WordNet).

Variations: ziti, zitis.

novation

is a legal word meaning 'the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties; usually the replacement of one of the original parties to a contract with the consent of the remaining party' (WordNet).

Variations: novate, novation, novations.

huma

looks likely to be the lower-case of 'Huma' as in 'Huma bird', a fabled Sufi creature (Wikipedia).

Variations: huma, humas.

frena

is the plural of frenum, 'a membranous fold of skin or mucous membrane that supports or restricts the movement of a part or organ, such as the small band of tissue that connects the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth' (TheFreeDictionary).

Variations: frenum, frenums, frena.

dawed

is part of the verb 'to daw' meaning 'to dawn' (Wiktionary).

Variations: daw, dawed, dawing, daws.

onside

means 'not offside', i.e. within the prescribed area of play (WordNet).

Variations: onside, onsides.

jane

is a noun meaning either (die.net):
  1. A coin of Genoa; any small coin. --Chaucer.
  2. A kind of twilled cotton cloth (like jean).
Variations: jane, janes.