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1.vis·cous
[vis-kuh s] Show IPA
adjective

1. of a glutinous nature or consistency; sticky; thick; adhesive.

2. having the property of viscosity.

2.Trickery
: the practice of crafty underhanded ingenuity to deceive or cheat
[trik-uh-ree] Show IPA
noun, plural trick·er·ies.
1. the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception.
2. a trick used to deceive.

3.top·sail
[top-seyl; Nautical top-suh l] Show IPA
noun, Nautical .
:a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.

4.aisles

[ahyl] Show IPA

noun

1. a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.

2. Architecture .

a. a longitudinal division of an interior area, as in a church, separated from the main area by an arcade or the like.

b. any of the longitudinal divisions of a church or the like.

5.re·vile

[ri-vahyl] Show IPA verb, re·viled, re·vil·ing.

verb (used with object)

1.    to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.

6.lichen

 (lī'kən)
n.

1. A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae, resulting in a composite organism that characteristically forms a crustlike or branching growth on rocks or tree trunks.
2. Pathology. Any of various skin diseases characterized by patchy eruptions of small, firm papules.

7.leeches

¹ [leech] Show IPA
noun

1. any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.

2. a person who clings to another for personal gain, especially without giving anything in return, and usually with the implication or effect of exhausting the other's resources; parasite.

3. Archaic. an instrument used for drawing blood.

8.towed

¹ [toh] Show IPA

verb (used with object)

1.    to pull or haul (a car, barge, trailer, etc.) by a rope, chain, or other device: The car was towed to the service station.

9.vis·count

[vahy-kount] Show IPA

noun

      1.a nobleman next below an earl or count and next above a baron.

2. History/Historical . a deputy of a count or earl.

3. (in England) a sheriff.

10.heif·er

[hef-er] Show IPA

noun
a young cow over one year old that has not produced a calf.

11.scourging.

noun

1. a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
2. a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism.

3. a cause of affliction or calamity: Disease and famine are scourges of humanity.

12.strewn

[stroo] Show IPA

verb (used with object), strewed, strewn [stroon] Show IPA or strewed, strew·ing.

1. to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle: to strew seed in a garden bed.

2. to cover or overspread (a surface, place, etc.) with something scattered or sprinkled: to strew a floor with sawdust.

3. to be scattered or sprinkled over (a surface): Sawdust strewed the floor.

4. to spread widely; disseminate: to strew rumors among the troops.

13.stowed

[stoh] Show IPA

verb (used with object)

1. Nautical .

a. to put (cargo, provisions, etc.) in the places intended for them.

b. to put (sails, spars, gear, etc.) in the proper place or condition when not in use.

2. to put in a place or receptacle, as for storage or reserve; pack: He stowed the potatoes in our cellar.

14.cro·quet

[kroh-key; British kroh-key, -kee] Show IPA noun, verb, cro·queted [-keyd; British -keyd, -keed] Show IPA , cro·quet·ing [-key-ing; British -key-ing, -kee-ing] Show IPA .

noun

1. a game played by knocking wooden balls through metal wickets with mallets.

2. (in croquet) the act of driving away an opponent's ball by striking one's own when the two are in contact.

15.fo·li·age

[foh-lee-ij] Show IPA

noun

1. the leaves of a plant, collectively; leafage.

2. leaves in general.

3. the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches in painting, architectural ornament, etc.

16.tran·som

[tran-suh m] Show IPA

noun

1. a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.

2. Also called transom light, transom window. a window above such a crosspiece.

3. a crossbar of wood or stone, dividing a window horizontally.

4. a window so divided.

5. Nautical .

a. a flat termination to a stern, above the water line.

b. framework running athwartships in way of the sternpost of a steel or iron vessel, used as a support for the frames of the counter.

17.plague

[pleyg] Show IPA noun, verb, plagued, pla·guing.

noun

1. an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence.

2. an infectious, epidemic disease caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis,  characterized by fever, chills, and prostration, transmitted to humans from rats by means of the bites of fleas. Compare bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, septicemic plague.

18.mauve

[mohv] Show IPA

noun

1.    a pale bluish purple.
2. a purple dye obtained from aniline, discovered in 1856: the first of the coal-tar dyes.

19.skein

[skeyn] Show IPA

noun

1. a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.

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2.    anything wound in or resembling such a coil: a skein of hair.

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3.    something suggestive of the twistings of a skein: an incoherent skein of words.

20.aer·ie

[air-ee, eer-ee] Show IPA

noun

1. the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.

2. a lofty nest of any large bird.

3. a house, fortress, or the like, located high on a hill or mountain.

4. Obsolete . the brood in a nest, especially of a bird of prey.

21.corpse

[kawrps] Show IPA

noun

1. a dead body, usually of a human being.

2. something no longer useful or viable: rusting corpses of old cars.

3. Obsolete . a human or animal body, whether alive or dead.

22.ef·face
[ih-feys] Show IPA
verb (used with object), ef·faced, ef·fac·ing.
1. to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one's unhappy memories.
2. to rub out, erase, or obliterate (outlines, traces, inscriptions, etc.).

23.clam·or

¹ [klam-er] Show IPA

noun

1. a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.

2. a vehement expression of desire or dissatisfaction: the clamor of the proponents of the law.

3. popular outcry: The senators could not ignore the clamor against higher taxation.

24.cha·let

[sha-ley, shal-ey; French shah-le] Show IPA

noun, plural cha·lets [sha-leyz, shal-eyz; French shah-le] Show IPA .

1. a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.

2. a kind of farmhouse, low and with wide eaves, common in Alpine regions.

3. any cottage, house, ski lodge, etc., built in this style.

25. verging

¹ [vurj] Show IPA noun, verb, verged, verg·ing.

noun

1. the edge, rim, or margin of something: the verge of a desert; to operate on the verge of fraud.

2. the limit or point beyond which something begins or occurs; brink: on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

3. a limiting belt, strip, or border of something.