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Ceilidh (noun) kay-lee a party, gathering, or the like, at which dancing, singing, and storytelling…

Nainsook (noun) nayn-sook a fine, soft-finished cotton fabric, usually white, used for lingerie and infants'…

Booyah (Exclamation) boo-yah an exclamation used to celebrate victory or express elation First recorded in…

Lambent (adj) lam-bent running or moving lightly over a surface. Lambent comes from the Latin…

Futtock (noun) fut-ok any of a number of timbers forming the lower, more curved portion…

Wanderwort (noun) wun-der-waw-rt a loanword borrowed from one language and established in many unrelated languages,…

Pizzle (noun) piz-l the penis of an animal, especially a bull. 1515–25; probably dialectal Dutch…

Thaumaturge (noun) thaw-muh-turj a worker of wonders or miracles; magician. First recorded in 1705–15; back…