Word origins

• realTrue, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
• canadaA country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger.
• chinaA Chinese person.
• japanA hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.
• portA place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
• JapaneseOf, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture.
• brazilA red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood.
• launchTo throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
• tankA closed container for liquids or gases.
• PortugalA Portuguese person.
• brassA memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten: a monumental brass.
• candyCrystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
• PortugueseOf or pertaining to Portugal.
• fortuneDestiny, especially favorable.
• moroccoA soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.
• CruzA surname from Ibero-Romance.
• BarbadosTo press-gang (force into naval service).
• rnRichard Nixon, the 37th U.S. president (1913-1994, served 1969-1974).
• mozambiqueA native or inhabitant of Mozambique; a Mozambican.
• jaguarA carnivorous spotted large cat native to South and Central America, Panthera onca.
• acreAn English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.
• junkMiscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items.
• AngolaSynonym of angora (“type of cat”).
• GabonA country in Central Africa. Official name: Gabonese Republic. Capital: Libreville.
• gramA unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.
• cobraAny of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck ribs into a broad hood when threatened; a true cobra.
• PedroAn American trick-taking card game of the all fours family.
• MacauA city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong.
• cantonA division of a political unit.
• goaA form of trance music that originated during the late 1980s in Goa, India, typically with droning basslines and progressive beat changes.
• BrasilA mythical island, said to exist off the western coast of Ireland.
• labradorA Labrador retriever.
• beetleAny of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
• savvyShrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
• silvaThe forest trees of a particular area
• lacA resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.
• natalOf or relating to birth.
• BombayThe former name of Mumbai, the state capital of Maharashtra, India.
• gentooA non-Muslim inhabitant of India, a Hindu; specifically, in Southern India, an ethnic-Telugu.
• amaA traditional Japanese pearl diver, usually female, who mainly dives for seafood, typically without any tool for breathing.
• mahoganyThe valuable wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture.
• portoAn apéritif made from port.
• JorgeA male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English George.
• quintaA country house in Madeira.
• santosA municipality of São Paulo, Brazil.
• mangoAny of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.
• FloresAn island of the Azores autonomous region, Portugal, in the North Atlantic.
• baroqueFrom or characteristic of the Baroque period.
• emuA large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae.
• amorAn asteroid that orbits between the orbits of Earth and Mars.
• BengalA short-haired domestic cat of a particular breed that originated in the United States.
• teakAn extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).
• PatagoniaA geographical region in southern South America, including the southern parts of Chile and Argentina.
• siamTo move aside; to get out of the way.
• flamingoA wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.
• aniAny bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.
• madeiraA type of fortified wine produced on that island.
• typhoonA severe tropical cyclone; an intense, rotating storm.
• colomboThe commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.
• maceA heavy fighting club.
• LagosThe largest city and former capital of Nigeria, in Lagos State.
• monsoonAny of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.
• AlgarveThe southernmost region of Portugal.
• LuaA lightweight programming language with dynamic typing.
• yamAny climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
• BahiaA state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Salvador.
• MonsantoA surname.
• voltaA turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
• faroA game of chance played by betting on the order in which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack.
• atollA type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform.
• palmyraA palm (Borassus flabellifer) with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and roots can be used for many purposes.
• BambiA deer, especially a fawn.
• morayAny of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
• boiA male bottom (i.e. submissive partner), defined not by junior age, but by his obedient role and submission to the dominant "top".
• PereiraA surname.
• BorneoA Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.
• SumatraA squall or violent rainstorm coming from the south.
• OliveiraA surname from Portuguese.
• mongooseAny of several species of generalist predatory carnivores in the family Herpestidae; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. Indian mongooses are predators of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.
• barraA barrow; a hand-pushed cart of the type commonly used in markets.
• MontevideoThe capital city of Uruguay.
• RochaA surname from Portuguese.
• pagodaA Hindu temple.
• RodriguesA surname originating as a patronymic
• FerreiraA surname from Portuguese.
• neyA type of endblown flute.
• CeylonTea produced in Sri Lanka.
• MendesAn ancient Egyptian city, the modern Tell El-Ruba.
• molassesA thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (Canada, US) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.
• PraiaThe capital city of Cape Verde.
• soaresA surname from Portuguese.
• albatrossAny of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.
• BeloA surname from Portuguese.
• FormosaSynonym of Taiwan: an island of East Asia.
• grouperAny of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.
• AlmeidaA surname from Portuguese.
• VascoA surname.
• ruskA rectangular, hard, dry biscuit.
• verandaA gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.
• sousaA surname from Portuguese.