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Occident (noun) oks-ee-dent The countries of the West, especially Europe and America. Contrasted with orient…

Huddle (verb) (noun) hud-l Crowd together; nestle closely. / Curl one's body into a small…

Maelstrom (noun) mayl-strom A powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river. / A situation…

Mouly (adj) moo-lee (Scots) Mean, stingy; greedy. Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). From…

Scarper (verb) ska-per (informal British) Run away. Mid 19th century probably from Italian scappare ‘to…

Echolocation (noun) ek-o-lo-kay-shun The location of objects by reflected sound, in particular that used by…

Straggler (noun) strag-ler A person in a group who becomes separated from the others, typically…

Chunderous (adj) chun-der-us (informal) (Aus) Affected with nausea; feeling inclined to vomit. 1960s from chunder…