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Padauk (also padouk) (noun) pad-ouk Any of several trees belonging to the genus Pterocarpus, of…

Mountebank (noun) moun-te-bank a person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out…

Katabatic (adj) kat-a-bat-ik (of a wind or air current) moving downward or down a slope.…

Banderole (noun) ban-duh-rol a small flag or streamer fastened to a lance, masthead, etc. Banderole…

Terricolous (adj) ter-ik-u-lus living on or in the ground. Terricolous is based on the Latin…

Coquettish (adj) koh-ket-ish characteristically flirtatious, especially in a teasing, lighthearted manner. Coquettish comes from the French…

Peruke (noun) pe-rook a man's wig of the 17th and 18th centuries, usually powdered and…

Girasol (noun) jai-ra-sol a sunflower, having edible, tuberous, underground stems or rootstocks. Girasol, from Italian…