English Words I like beginning with…
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A small crane used to lift things onto ships.
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The grounds of a fancy manor owned by the lord of an estate.
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Popular.
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Something that is wished or longed for.
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Something that is referred to by a linguistic phrase.
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Disconnected; occurring randomly or spontaneously.
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In English, the little dots over a vowel which are used to indicate that it should be pronounced separately from the syllable before it, for example the dots over the i in ‘naïve.’
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The plural of ‘diocese,’ which refers to a group of churches under the care of a bishop.
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Confusing or destabilising.
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Lightly amusing.
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Frenzied or wildly enthusiastic.
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A woman who practises divination.
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Silly poetry.
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An expert in theatre.
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A type of stringed instrument.
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A type of blood disorder.
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Inability to breathe.
A winter sunrise at a demesne in England.
Barbie is demotic.
For many years, a cat was a desideratum of mine.