As indicated previous post, here is list #10!
Shanghai - the practice of kidnapping people to serve as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence
Diaphanous - (especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent.
Clochard - a beggar (possibly a French word the writer has used as if it were English)
Barmecide - lavish or plentiful in imagination only; illusory; sham: a Barmecide feast
Bastinado - a form of corporal punishment in which the offender is beaten with a cane on the soles of the feet.
Pruritis - Severe itching of the skin, as a symptom of various ailments
Chiaroscuro - an effect of contrasted light and shadow.
By-blow - an illegitimate child; bastard
Haaf - open sea, especially that which is fish-bearing
Copacetic - all right, satisfactory, in good order
Sapper - a soldier responsible for tasks such as building and repairing roads and bridges, laying and clearing mines, etc.
Propinquity - the state of being close to someone or something; proximity
Banian - (or Banyan): an Indian fig tree whose branches produce aerial roots that later become accessory trunks. A mature tree may cover several acres in this manner.
Encomium - a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
Shulk - a group of foxes
Claudication - impairment or pain in walking that is relieved by rest.
All the prior lists:
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Shanghai - the practice of kidnapping people to serve as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence
Diaphanous - (especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent.
Clochard - a beggar (possibly a French word the writer has used as if it were English)
Barmecide - lavish or plentiful in imagination only; illusory; sham: a Barmecide feast
Bastinado - a form of corporal punishment in which the offender is beaten with a cane on the soles of the feet.
Pruritis - Severe itching of the skin, as a symptom of various ailments
Chiaroscuro - an effect of contrasted light and shadow.
By-blow - an illegitimate child; bastard
Haaf - open sea, especially that which is fish-bearing
Copacetic - all right, satisfactory, in good order
Sapper - a soldier responsible for tasks such as building and repairing roads and bridges, laying and clearing mines, etc.
Propinquity - the state of being close to someone or something; proximity
Banian - (or Banyan): an Indian fig tree whose branches produce aerial roots that later become accessory trunks. A mature tree may cover several acres in this manner.
Encomium - a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
Shulk - a group of foxes
Claudication - impairment or pain in walking that is relieved by rest.
All the prior lists:
List 1
List 2
List 3
List 4
List 5
List 6
List 7
List 8
List 9
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