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ABO

ABO

s

short for an aborigine

BAO

s

(Chinese) a steamed dumpling, usually eaten with a filling

available in Sainsbury’s and other local shops!

BOA

bkrst

a large constricting snake

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OBA

s

a West African ruler

ASV

SAV

es

(short for) a saveloy, a highly seasoned sausage, also SAVELOY

aku

VAS

aet

(Latin) an anatomical duct

EEM

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EME

su

an uncle (obsolete)

s

MEE

dkrst

(Chinese) a Malaysian noodle food

EMU

EMU

s

a large flightless bird, also EMEU

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MEU

s

the plant baldmoney

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UME

s

(Japanese) a fleshy yellow fruit, with a flavour similar to a sour apricot, used mainly to make drinks, preserves, and sauces

ABEN

BANE

ds

an evil, a poison

BEAN

osy

the seed of one of several genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food.

NABE

s

a neighbourhood movie theatre

AILM

LIMA

nsx

an edible seed of a tropical American plant

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MAIL

els

to send by the government postal system

MALI

cks

(Hindi) a member of the gardener caste in India

BEET

BEET

s

any plant of the genus Beta, widely cultivated in such varieties as the sugar beet, mangelwurzel, beetroot, and spinach beet

BETE

dls

to mend, improve

DNOU

DOUN

(Scots) down, also DOON

UDON

s

(Japanese) in Japanese cooking, large noodles of wheat flour

UNDO

s

a computer feature that allows the user to reverse the effect of the last action / to bring to ruin

ABDER

ARDEB

s

(Arabic) an Egyptian measure

BARDE

ds

to cover a horse with armour, also BARD

BARED

BARE, to make bare

BEARD

sy

hair on the lower face / to oppose with effrontery

BREAD

sy

a staple food prepared from a dough of flour and water, usually by baking

DEBAR

ks

to exclude

ACEHP

CHAPE

ls

the plate of metal at the point of a scabbard

CHEAP

osy

inexpensive / to take a cheap option

PEACH

y

a round stone fruit with juicy yellow flesh and downy pinkish-yellow skin

ACIPS

ASPIC

ks

a clear savoury meat or fish-jelly used as a glaze, also ASPIS

s

PICAS

PICA, an old type size, approximately, and still used synonymously for, 12-point

SCAPI

SCAPUS, (Latin) the shaft of a column or feather

SPICA

es

(Latin) a bandage wound around an injured limb in figures-of-eight forming a series of overlapping V-shapes suggesting an ear of barley

CENOS

is

CONES

CONE, to bear cones

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ONCES

ONCE, one time

SCONE

s

a flattish, usually round or quadrant-shaped plain cake of dough, baked on a griddle or in an oven

SONCE

s

(Scots) good luck, abundance, also SONSE

ABELTT

BATLET

s

a wooden mallet for beating clothes, also BATLER

BATTEL

s

to have an account for kitchen provisions

BATTLE

drs

to fight

TABLET

s

a medium-hard, sugary confection from Scotland, similar to fudge

ADEEGR

AGREED

AGREE, to have the same opinion

DRAGEE

s

(French) a sugarcoated candy

GEARED

GEARE, (Spenser) to jeer

AEHLST

l

ETHALS

ETHAL, a white waxy solid, aka cetyl alcohol

HALEST

HALE, healthy

HASLET

s

a pressed meat made from pig offal, also HARSLET

LATHES

LATHE, to shape or cut on a type of machine

SHELTA

s

(Irish) a secret jargon used by vagrants in Britain and Ireland

CEHILS

CHESIL

s

shingle, gravel

CHIELS

CHIEL, (Scots) a man, a lad, also CHIELD

CHILES

CHILE, (Nahuatl) the (dried) red pod of a Capsicum pepper used in sauces, relishes, etc., and made into a hot cayenne, also CHILI, CHILLI

CHISEL

s

to use a cutting tool

ELCHIS

ELCHI, (Turkish) an ambassador, also ELCHEE, ELTCHI

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LICHES

LICH, (obsolete) a corpse, also LYCH

ABEIRRT

ARBITER

s

(Latin) a person with power to decide a dispute, a judge

RAREBIT

s

a dish of melted and seasoned or simply toasted cheese on toast

ABELORT

BLOATER

s

a smoked herring

RETABLO

s

a shelf or ornamental setting for panels behind an altar, also RETABLE

AEHLRST

HALTERS

HALTER, to put a restraint upon

HARSLET

s

a pressed meat made from pig offal, also HASLET

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LATHERS

LATHER, to cover with a light foam

SLATHER

s

to spread thickly

THALERS

THALER/TALER, an obsolete German silver coin

AEIPSTT

PATTIES

PATTY, a small, flat cake of chopped food, also PATTIE

TAPETIS

TAPETI, (Tupi) a small South American hare

one way to remember this pair of words is to remember that a TAPETI can be made into a PATTIE!