Compiled by Jason Finley
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Akimbo |
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Amok |
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Among |
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Apothecary |
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Avuncular |
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Babble |
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Backbite |
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Bailiwick |
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Ballyhoo |
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Bamboozle |
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Bandied |
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Barmy |
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Barnacle |
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Bedazzled |
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Bedraggled |
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Beelzebub |
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Befuddled |
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Behoove |
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Bejesus |
An alteration of the oath by Jesus. Also as n. in phr. to beat the bejesus out of, to give a good hiding to. (OED) |
Besmirch |
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Bewildered |
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Bivouac |
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Blabber |
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Blunderbuss |
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Bluster |
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Bombastic |
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Boolean |
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Boondoggle |
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Bootleg |
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Bowdlerize |
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Bric-a-Brac |
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Bromide |
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Brouhaha |
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Buffoon |
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Bugbear |
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Bulwark |
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Bumble |
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Bumfuzzle |
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Bumptious |
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Bumrush |
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Bungalow |
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Buoyant |
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Buttock |
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Cacophony |
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Calliope |
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Callipygous |
Having beautifully proportioned buttocks. |
Canoodling |
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Cantankerous |
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Carbuncle |
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Carousing |
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Carpetbagger |
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Caterwaul |
The cry of the cat at rutting time. Also transf. Any similar sound. (OED) |
Cattywompus |
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Cavalcade |
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Cavorting |
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Chortle |
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Chug |
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Claptrap |
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Clobbered |
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Clout |
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Codswallop |
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Concoction |
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Cornpone |
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Coxcomb |
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Crapulous |
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Curmudgeon |
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Derring-Do |
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Dervish |
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Didjeridu |
A musical instrument of the Australian Aborigines, consisting of a long tube made from bamboo or a hollow sapling which is blown into to produce a resonant sound. (OED) |
Dillydally |
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Dingus |
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Dipthong |
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Discombobulated |
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Dogpile |
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Doppleganger |
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Dumbfounded |
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Dunderhead |
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Embouchure |
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Farcical |
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Festooned |
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Filibuster |
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Fishmonger |
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Flabbergast |
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Flagrant |
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Flapdoodle |
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Floozy |
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Flummox |
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Fluster |
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Fracas |
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Freebooter |
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Fricassee |
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Fumble |
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Fusillade |
A simultaneous discharge of fire-arms; a wholesale execution by this means. (OED) |
Fussbudget |
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Gadzooks |
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Gallimaufry |
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Gallivanting |
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Galoot |
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Gargantuan |
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Gargle |
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Gazump |
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Gazunder |
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Gerrymander |
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Gibberish |
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Gibbon |
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Gladhanding |
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Globule |
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Glower |
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Gobbledegook |
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Gobsmacked |
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Grandstanding |
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Grommit |
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Guff |
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Guffawing |
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Gulag |
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Guzzle |
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Haberdashery |
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Hackmatack |
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Hamfisted |
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Hankering |
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Haphazard |
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Hapless |
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Heebie Jeebies |
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Highfalutin |
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Hobnob |
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Hobnob |
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Hogwash |
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Hoity Toity |
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Hokum |
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Holler |
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Hoodwink |
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Hooligan |
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Hoosegow |
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Hootenanny |
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Hornswoggle |
To get the better of; to cheat or swindle; to hoodwink, humbug, bamboozle. (OED) |
Hotdogging |
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Hotentot |
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Hullabaloo |
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Humbug |
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Infarction |
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Jackanape |
Applied to a person compared to an ape. (OED) |
Jackdaw |
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Jackass |
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Jacuzzi |
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Jape |
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Jostle |
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Junket |
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Kerfuffle |
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Kibbles |
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Knickknack |
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Know-How |
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Lackadaisical |
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Lackwit |
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Lambaste |
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Lampoon |
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Layabout |
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Lollygagging |
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Mealy-Mouthed |
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Menagerie |
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Milliner |
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Mollycoddle |
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Mondegreen |
Misheard lyric |
Mooch |
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Muddle |
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Mukluk |
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Musket |
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Nabob |
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Naif |
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Narwhal |
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Newfangled |
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Nimrod |
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Nonesuch |
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Oaf |
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Ocelot |
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Ogle |
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Oodles |
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Oology |
The study of, or a description of, birds' eggs; that department of ornithology which treats of the eggs of birds, esp. in regard to their external appearance. (OED) |
Ooze |
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Palimpsest |
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Pennyroyal |
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Perambulator |
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Persnickety |
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Petard |
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Pickaninny |
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Pillory |
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Pipedream |
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Pizzazz |
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Poltroon |
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Popinjay |
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Poppycock |
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Porcupine |
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Portmanteau |
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Pratfall |
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Preposterous |
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Rabblerouser |
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Racket |
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Ragtag |
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Rambunctious |
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Ramshackle |
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Ransack |
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Rapscallion |
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Rhubarb |
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Rigmarole |
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Roughshod |
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Rouser |
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Roustabout |
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Rubbernecking |
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Rube |
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Rubicon |
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Rubric |
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Ruckus |
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Rumbullion |
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Rummage |
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Rumpus |
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Salmagundi |
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Salvo |
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Scalawag |
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Scatterbrained |
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Scofflaw |
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Scrimshaw |
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Scupper |
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Scuttle |
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Scuttlebutt |
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Sheister |
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Shenanigans |
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Shibboleth |
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Shindig |
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Showboating |
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Skullduggery |
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Slapdash |
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Slipshod |
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Slobber |
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Sloop |
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Slubberdegullion |
A slobbering or dirty fellow; a worthless sloven. (OED) |
Smidgin |
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Snafu |
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Sniglets |
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Snollygoster!!!? |
A shrewd, unprincipled person, esp. a politician. (OED) |
Snooperscope |
A device which converts infra-red radiation to a visible image; esp. a pair of such devices fitted together and worn on the head to provide binocular vision in the dark. (OED) |
Snootful |
As much (alcohol, etc.) as one can take; a quantity of alcohol, esp. one sufficient to induce drunkenness. (OED) |
Snooze |
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Snuggle |
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Spangle |
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Spank |
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Spinnakers |
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Succotash |
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Supercilious |
Haughtily contemptuous in character or demeanour; having or marked by an air of contemptuous superiority or disdain. (OED) |
Swoon |
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Tabernacle |
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Tarnation |
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Tchotchkes |
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Teetotaler |
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Tetradecagon |
14-sided object |
Tiddlywink |
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Tipple |
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Toboggan |
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Topsy-Turvy |
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Tribology |
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Tripe |
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Trope |
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Trounce |
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Tuckus |
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Tuft |
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Tukus |
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Tumble |
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Twiddle |
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Tycoon |
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Vagabond |
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Varmints |
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Verily |
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Waft |
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Walloping |
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Weeroo |
Australian slang for a cockatiel |
Wend |
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Wheedling |
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Wherewithal |
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Whippersnapper |
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Whipsaw |
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Whirligig |
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Wigwam |
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Yammer |
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Zamboni |
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Zeugma |
A figure by which a single word is made to refer to two or more words in the sentence (OED) |
Zinger |
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Zipper |
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Zoom |
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Zounds |
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Zwitterion |