Word origins

• gnuA large antelope of the genus Connochaetes, native to Africa, having curved horns.
• camA turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
• padA flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
• cricketAn insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
• engNarrow.
• genevaGin, especially jenever.
• funkFoul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.
• sheerVery thin or transparent.
• yachtA slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.
• skateA runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
• elkAny of the subspecies of the moose (Alces alces, the largest member of the deer family, alternatively named Eurasian elk to avoid confusion with the wapiti), that occurs only in Europe and Asia.
• ventAn opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
• rookieAn inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.
• palmsA surname from Dutch.
• cashierTo dismiss (someone, especially military personnel) from service.
• hunkA large or dense piece of something.
• stokeTo poke, pierce, thrust.
• VanderbiltA surname.
• breweryA building where beer is produced.
• rumA spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
• brandyAn alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
• WieA surname from Korean.
• motA witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
• SenecaA member of a tribe of Native Americans in western New York state.
• bunkerA hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
• lentA period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
• hustleTo push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
• flushingThe act by which something is flushed.
• EnglewoodAn unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.
• bullyA person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.
• keepersA surname from Dutch.
• AntwerpA province of Flanders, Belgium.
• sportsmanA man who engages in sports; an athlete.
• geckoAny lizard in the infraorder Gekkota.
• shenA deity or a spirit, in Chinese folk religion.
• snipTo cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
• mootSubject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
• pancakeAn thin batter cake similar to a crepe, typically unleavened.
• hollandsFrom the province of Holland, or from the Netherlands more generally; Dutch.
• duffelA kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.
• GalenA physician.
• yonkersA city in Westchester County, New York, bordering New York City.
• sledgeA sledgehammer.
• flounderA European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).
• moorsHindustani; Urdu.
• pudPudding (either sweet or savoury).
• maassour milk
• hastenTo move or act in a quick fashion.
• jibA triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast.
• DordrechtA city, municipality, and island of South Holland, Netherlands.
• bruinA folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.
• bazookaA primitive trombone having wide tubes.
• DunkirkA town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
• hockA Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
• scribbleTo write or draw carelessly and in a hurry.
• liversA surname from Dutch.
• NoordA short tidal river in the western Netherlands.
• stadeSynonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”).
• boweryStructure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. A pavilion.
• ZeelandA province of the Netherlands.
• SchipholAn international airport in North Holland, Netherlands, serving the city of Amsterdam, and the main international airport of the Netherlands.
• frolicMerry, joyous, full of mirth; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.
• outlanderA foreigner or alien.
• ManchuriaA region of northeastern China comprising the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang and the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia.
• KoneA surname.
• luntA slow-burning match or torch.
• knickerbockerOf or relating to knickerbockers.
• cuddyA cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck.
• StuyvesantA surname from Dutch.
• TeaneckA settlement of local Amerindians and the ridge it was situated on.
• skeinA quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.
• SpitsbergenSvalbard: An archipelago, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway northeast of Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean.
• bungA stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber, used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc.
• boulangerEggplant; aubergine.
• scramTo leave in a hurry; to go away.
• clinkerA very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
• kastA type of traditional cupboard produced by Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries
• hayeA shark (cartilaginous fish of Selachimorpha).
• BirmanA medium-sized semi-longhair domestic cat of a breed originating in Burma.
• KoonsA surname.
• QuackenbushA surname from Dutch.
• KuykendallA surname from Dutch.
• plunkA brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.
• schellingA silver coin formerly current in the Low Countries.
• ostendTo exhibit or show
• easterlingA native of the East; an Easterner.
• spatterTo splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
• TeachoutA surname from Dutch.
• logySlow to respond or react; lethargic.
• manikinA little man (sometimes as a term of endearment).
• PoerA surname from Dutch.
• HaverstrawA town and village therein, in Rockland County, New York, United States.
• ZeebruggeA coastal village and port on the North Sea in West Flanders, Belgium.
• scupA common sparoid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of temperate regions of the Atlantic coast of North America; the porgy.
• SweedenA surname from Dutch.
• hookyAbsence from school or work; truancy.
• LukensA surname.
• snaffleA broad-mouthed, loose-ringed bit (metal in a horse's mouth). It brings pressure to bear on the tongue and the corners of the mouth, and is often used as a training bit.
• clopThe sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.
• knickerOf or relating to knickers.