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Monday 17 August 2009

sauterne

is a low-quality wine badly imitating those of Sauternes (Wiktionary).

Variations: sauterne, sauternes.

vinted

See vint.

weem

See weem.

wena

means 'you' (lexic.us).

Variations: wena.

kir

See kir.

prem

kina

is the basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea (WordNet).

Variations: kina, kinakina, kinakinas, kinas.

furze

is a very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers (WordNet).

Variations: furze, furzes.

malic

means 'pertaining to apples' or 'pertaining to malic acid or its derivatives' (Wiktionary).

Variations: malic.

zoeal

See zoeae.

fiz

is an alternative spelling of fizz (Wiktionary).

Variations: fiz, fizz, fizzed, fizzer, fizzers, fizzes, fizzier, fizziest, fizziness, fizzinesses, fizzing, fizzings, fizzy.

fer

is an alternative spelling of for or an obsolete spelling of far (Wiktionary).

Variations: fer.

ikat

is a fabric of tie-dyed yarns (lexic.us). Wikipedia lists an alternative spelling of ikkat but this is not in SOWPODS.

Variations: ikat, ikats.

cortile

is an internal courtyard, surrounded by walls but open to the sky (Wiktionary). The Italian plural cortili is in SOWPODS but not the anglicised cortiles.

Variations: cortile, cortili.

pavin

is an alternative spelling of pavan which can mean either 'music composed for dancing the pavane' or 'a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries' (lexic.us).

Variations: pavan, pavans, pavin, pavins.

kir

is an alcoholic beverage (lexic.us).

Variations: kir, kirs.

hoya

can be used to refer to any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flower (WordNet).

Variations: hoya, hoyas.

deva

is a god, deity, divine being or idol (lexic.us).

Variation: deva, devas.

hoy

is a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads especially on canals (WordNet).

Variations: hoy, hoys.

oxid

is an alternative for oxide (Dictionary.com).

Variations: oxid, oxids.

tump

can function as a verb meaning to noun meaning 'to bump or knock' or 'to fall over' or as a noun meaning a 'mound or a hillock' (Wiktionary). It is often used in reference to the mounds of earth over 'inhumations or cremations' (Wikipedia).

Variations: tump, tumped, tumpier, tumpiest, tumping, tumps, tumpy.

bunds

See bund.

quirt

as a noun, means 'a rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide' and, as a verb, 'to use a quirt to urge a horse on to greater speed' (Wiktionary).

Variations: quirt, quirted, quirting, quirts.