Word origins

• noodleA string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.
• MaartenA male given name from Dutch.
• hinA former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
• waffleA flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.
• shenA deity or a spirit, in Chinese folk religion.
• snipTo cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
• boyerA Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.
• HalenA village in Halen, Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium.
• hoyA small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
• sleighA vehicle, generally pulled by an animal, which moves over snow or ice on runners, used for transporting persons or goods. (contrast "sled", which is smaller)
• DewittTo lynch.
• mootSubject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
• JansenA surname from Dutch.
• blockadeThe physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
• LeidenA city in South Holland, Netherlands, on the Old Rhine, seat of a famous Dutch university.
• pancakeAn thin batter cake similar to a crepe, typically unleavened.
• hollandsFrom the province of Holland, or from the Netherlands more generally; Dutch.
• FrankenA patronymic surname from Dutch, equivalent to English Franks or Frankson, for a descendant of a person named Frank
• duffelA kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.
• MaastrichtA city and capital of Limburg province, Netherlands.
• EindhovenA city in North Brabant, Netherlands.
• delftA delf; a mine, quarry, pit or ditch.
• DanesA surname.
• reeveAny of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.
• easelAn upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.
• GroningenA city and capital of Groningen, Netherlands.
• BeneluxAn economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
• horstA block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has been raised relative to the surrounding area.
• etchTo cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
• HobokenA district of Antwerp, Belgium.
• gatA Gatling gun.
• LeuvenThe largest city and provincial capital of Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium
• TasmanA surname from Dutch.
• NorseOf or relating to the people, language and culture of Norway.
• cloveA very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
• donnerTo beat up; clobber; thrash.
• SpockA person or character like a Star Trek Vulcan; someone resembling Star Trek's character Spock.
• GalenA physician.
• FransA surname from Dutch.
• yonkersA city in Westchester County, New York, bordering New York City.
• coolsA surname from Dutch.
• GrootA surname from Dutch.
• sledgeA sledgehammer.
• dopA diving bird.
• flounderA European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).
• lifeguardA lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.
• pramA small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position.
• moorsHindustani; Urdu.
• kinkTo laugh loudly.
• pudPudding (either sweet or savoury).
• ketA column vector, in Hilbert space, especially as representing the state of a quantum mechanical system; the complex conjugate transpose of a bra (a row vector); a ket vector. Symbolised by |...〉.
• trawlA net or dragnet used for trawling.
• maassour milk
• smitTo infect.
• hastenTo move or act in a quick fashion.
• ravelTo entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle.
• HarlingenA city and municipality of Friesland, Netherlands.
• 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.
• vrouwA Dutchwoman.
• caperA playful leap or jump.
• DordrechtA city, municipality, and island of South Holland, Netherlands.
• uproarTumultuous, noisy excitement.
• WindhoekA city, the capital city of Namibia.
• kasA kind of large cupboard or wardrobe of Dutch origin, popular in the Netherlands and America in the 17th and 18th centuries.
• bruinA folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.
• avastHold fast! Cease! Stop! Desist! Wait!
• NijmegenA city in Gelderland, Netherlands.
• smurfA blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.
• beetsA surname from Dutch.
• brandywineBrandy.
• bazookaA primitive trombone having wide tubes.
• VoorheesA surname from Dutch.
• SchuylkillA river in Pennsylvania, United States, which flows into the Delaware River at Philadelphia.
• 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.
• EversA surname from Dutch, equivalent to English Everetts.
• CatskillOf or relating to the Catskill Mountains.
• RuudA male given name from Dutch
• scribbleTo write or draw carelessly and in a hurry.
• liversA surname from Dutch.
• RhettAn American surname from Dutch.
• maelstromA large and violent whirlpool.
• NoordA short tidal river in the western Netherlands.
• RechtA surname.
• stoopA stooping, bent position of the body.
• 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.
• MeijerA surname from Dutch.
• SchipholAn international airport in North Holland, Netherlands, serving the city of Amsterdam, and the main international airport of the Netherlands.
• FokkerAny of a class of aeroplanes produced by the Fokker company, used by Germany in World War I.
• erfInheritance; patrimony.
• roundhouseA circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.
• slawColeslaw.
• meldTo combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse.
• cabooseA small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.
• damanThe rock hyrax.
• LimburgA province of the Netherlands.
• sloopA single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
• venterA woman with offspring.