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Word
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Definition
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| afara | a type of W. African tree having a light-coloured, straight-grained wood. |
| banda | in Africa, a thatched hut. |
| borna | as in borna disease, a type of viral disease. |
| chara | a genus of flowerless wetland plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches: stoneworts etc. |
| donga | in S. Africa, a gully made by soil erosion. |
| downa | a dialect word meaning cannot, cannot be bothered. |
| erica | a genus of plants, heather. |
| fanga | a dry measure in Spain and Spanish America. |
| fonda | a Spanish word for a tavern. |
| galea | a helmet-shaped structure. |
| grama | a kind of pasture grass found in the Western United States. |
| halfa | a kind of N. African grass. |
| hooka | a pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water. |
| hovea | an Australian shrub with purple flowers. |
| idola | (Pl.) IDOLUM, a mental image. |
| limba | a kind of African tree. |
| longa | in music, a long note. |
| marka | the standard unit of currency in Bosnia-Herzegovina. |
| musha | an Irish interjection expressing surprise. |
| norma | a norm; a principle or rule. |
| palea | the membranous inner bract of a grass flower. |
| parka | a fur shirt or coat with a hood. |
| pilea | the gunpowder plant. |
| quina | a tree yielding cinchona, from which quinine is made. |
| sanga | a temporary fortification. |
| sella | a saddle-shaped area in the bone enclosing the pituitary gland. |
| softa | a Muslim student or practitioner of sacred law and theology. |
| tanka | a 5-line Japanese verse form. |
| tonga | a light two-wheeled Indian vehicle. |
| walla | a person who is associated with a particular work or who performs a particular duty or service - usually used in combination. |
| wisha | an Irish interjection expressing surprise. |