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Friday 14 August 2009

quairs

is the plural of quair which is a quire (a twentieth of a ream) or a book (lexic.us).

Variations: quair, quairs.

zein

is a protein derived from corn/maize (Wiktionary).

Variations: zein, zeins.

cyprides

is the plural of cypris, a type of barnacle (lexic.us).

Variations: cypris, cyprides.

chariest

is the superlative from of chary which has the obsolete meaning of sad or grievous or the current meaning of cautious, wary, shy or ungenerous (Wiktionary).

Variations: chary, charier, chariest.

yead

is a verb meaning 'to go or to proceed' (lexic.us).

Variations: yead, yeading, yeads.

jaga

is a verb meaning 'to guard' (lexic.us).

Variations: jaga, jagaed, jagaing, jagas.

nurl

is an alternative spelling of knurl which means 'to provide with ridges to assist the grasp' (lexic.us).

Variations: nurl, nurled, nurling, nurls.

bayes

fink

See fink.

zoea

See zoeae.

wice

means canny (lexic.us).

Variations: wice.

ita

is another name for the miriti palm (lexic.us).

Variations: ita, itas.

irid

is a plant of the iris family (lexic.us).

Variations: irid, irids.