WADDING
Material for gun wads.

LONGSHORE
Occurring, living, or working along a seacoast.

LYMPHOCYTE
Any of the nearly colorless cells found in the blood, lymph, and lymphoid tissues, constituting approximately 25 percent of white blood cells and including B cells, which function in humoral immunity, and T cells, which function in cellular immunity.

LYCOPENE
A red carotenoid pigment, C₄₀H₅₆, found chiefly in blood, the reproductive organs, tomatoes, and palm oils.

TRAPPER
One who traps animals for their fur.

KUGEL
A baked pudding of noodles or potatoes, eggs, and seasonings, traditionally eaten by Jews on the Sabbath.

PASSBAND

The range of frequencies transmitted by a bandpass filter.

FONTANEL

Any of the soft membranous gaps between the incompletely formed cranial bones of a fetus or an infant. Also called soft spot.

SUCRALOSE

An intensely sweet, heat-stable derivative of sucrose that contains no calories.

GOOSANDER

A fish-eating duck (Mergus merganser), the male of which has a glossy greenish-black head and a white body.

QUADRANGLE

A rectangular area surrounded on all four sides by buildings.

NOTIFICATION

Something, such as a letter, by which notice is given.

KILOTON

An explosive force equivalent to that of 1,000 metric tons of TNT.

CRAWDAD

n. Chiefly Southern & Western U.S.

HELPMATE

A helper and companion, especially a spouse.

JONQUIL
A widely cultivated ornamental plant (Narcissus jonquilla) native chiefly to southern Europe, having long narrow leaves and short-tubed yellow flowers.

WELDMENT
A unit composed of an assemblage of pieces welded together.

YARROW

Any of several plants of the genus Achillea of the composite family, especially A. millefolium, native to Eurasia, having finely dissected foliage and flat corymbs of usually white flower heads. Also called achillea, milfoil.

STUMBLEBUM
A punch-drunk or second-rate prizefighter.


GENIOMETER
An optical instrument for measuring crystal angles, as between crystal faces.

CRATER
A bowl-shaped depression at the mouth of a volcano or geyser.

PAPARAZZO
A freelance photographer who doggedly pursues celebrities to take candid pictures for sale to magazines and newspapers.

DOLLHOUSE

A small model house used as a children's toy or to display miniature dolls and furniture.

BABUSHKA
A woman's head scarf, folded triangularly and worn tied under the chin.

JUNCTION
A place where two things join or meet, especially a place where two roads or railway routes come together and one terminates.

ROSETTA
A basalt tablet bearing inscriptions in Greek and in Egyptian hieroglyphic and demotic scripts that was discovered in 1799 near Rosetta, a town of northern Egypt in the Nile River delta, and provided the key to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics.

TEMPEST

A violent windstorm, frequently accompanied by rain, snow, or hail.

CHRONICLE
An extended account in prose or verse of historical events, sometimes including legendary material, presented in chronological order and without authorial interpretation or comment.
MACABRE
Suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome: macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle Ages.

COVENANT

In the Bible, God's promise to the human race.

Rottweiler

Any of a German breed of dog having a stocky body, short black fur, and tan face markings.

Collie

one of a breed of dogs having a usually long, black, tan, and white or sable and white coat, raised originally in Scotland for herding sheep.

Weimaraner

one of a German breed of hunting dogs having a smooth silver-gray to dark-gray coat, a cropped tail, and blue-gray or amber eyes.

Maltese

Any of a breed of toy dogs having a long silky white coat

Labrador Retriever

Any of a breed of dog originating in Newfoundland, having a short, yellow, black, or brown coat and a tapering tail and used in hunting to retrieve felled game.