25 words in English is a tough stuff
sward
the grassy surface of land; turf.
a stretch of turf; a growth of grass.
plague
an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence.
any widespread affliction, calamity, or evil, especially oneregarded as a direct punishment by God: a plague of war anddesolation.
anemone
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of thebuttercup family, having petallike sepals and including severalwild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated fortheir showy flowers in a variety of colors.
mica
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum withother bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, thatseparate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usuallyelastic laminae; isinglass.
lichen
any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of afungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish,gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike,crustlike, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc.
mallet
a hammerlike tool with a head commonly of wood butoccasionally of rawhide, plastic, etc., used for driving any toolwith a wooden handle, as a chisel, or for striking a surface.
viscous
of a glutinous nature or consistency; sticky; thick; adhesive.
viscount
a nobleman next below an earl or count and next above a baron.
fiend
Satan; any evil spirit; demon.
a diabolically cruel or wicked person.
ivy
a climbing vine, Hedera helix, havingsmooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, small, yellowish flowers, andblack berries, grown as an ornamental.
any of various other climbing or trailing plants.
privy
participating in the knowledge of something private or secret
devour
to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
mauve
a pale bluish purple.
a purple dye obtained from aniline, discovered in 1856: the firstof the coal-tar dyes.
foliage
the leaves of a plant, collectively; leafage.
query
a question; an inquiry.
victual
food supplies; provisions.
food or provisions for human beings.
zephyr
a gentle, mild breeze.
heifer
a young cow over one year old that has not produced a calf.
pint
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquidand dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches
Balmoral
a colored woolen petticoat, formerly worn under a skirt anddraped so that portions of it could be seen.
indict
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as ameans of bringing to
trial
verging
to incline; tend
crevice
a crack forming an opening; cleft; rift; fissure.
sedate
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement
efface
to wipe out; do away with; expunge
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