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2009-04-09
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gaucho: (n) a mixed European and Indian race of equestrian herdsmen of the South American Pampas.
capybara: (n) The largest extant rodent quadruped (Hydrochœrus Capybara), nearly allied to the Guinea-pig; it lives about the rivers of tropical S. America.
terrazzo: (n) A flooring material made of chips of marble or granite set in concrete and polished to give a smooth surface.
chaparral: (n) Specifically, a thicket of low evergreen oaks; hence generically, dense tangled brushwood, composed of low thorny shrubs, brambles, briars, etc., such as abounds on poor soil in Mexico and Texas.
posole: (n) 1. In Mexican and Central American cooking: maize prepared by hulling, grinding, and boiling, for use in food or drink, hominy; (also) maize stew or soup made with this as the principal ingredient, typically also containing pork, beans, and red chilli.
2. A drink consisting of maize sourdough and water.
scrattle: (v) 1. To keep on scratching; to scrape away by quickly repeated movements.
2. to scramble or shuffle about.
trousseau: (n) 1. A bundle.
2. A bunch of keys.
3. A bride's outfit of clothes, house-linen, etc.
forficula: (n) the common earwig.
coblyn: (n) a type of underground Welsh fairy.
capybara: (n) The largest extant rodent quadruped (Hydrochœrus Capybara), nearly allied to the Guinea-pig; it lives about the rivers of tropical S. America.
terrazzo: (n) A flooring material made of chips of marble or granite set in concrete and polished to give a smooth surface.
chaparral: (n) Specifically, a thicket of low evergreen oaks; hence generically, dense tangled brushwood, composed of low thorny shrubs, brambles, briars, etc., such as abounds on poor soil in Mexico and Texas.
posole: (n) 1. In Mexican and Central American cooking: maize prepared by hulling, grinding, and boiling, for use in food or drink, hominy; (also) maize stew or soup made with this as the principal ingredient, typically also containing pork, beans, and red chilli.
2. A drink consisting of maize sourdough and water.
scrattle: (v) 1. To keep on scratching; to scrape away by quickly repeated movements.
2. to scramble or shuffle about.
trousseau: (n) 1. A bundle.
2. A bunch of keys.
3. A bride's outfit of clothes, house-linen, etc.
forficula: (n) the common earwig.
coblyn: (n) a type of underground Welsh fairy.
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