| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| pronunciamento20 | a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| aggiornamento17 | |
| generalissimo16 | the officer who holds the supreme command |
| incommunicado22 | without the means or right to communicate |
| stratovolcano18 | |
| supervirtuoso18 |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| antimosquito23 | |
| antineutrino12 | the antiparticle of a neutrino |
| banderillero15 | the bullfighter who implants decorated darts (banderillas) into the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight |
| divertimento18 | a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form |
| quattrocento23 | the 15th century in Italian art and literature |
| risorgimento15 |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| accelerando16 | a gradually increasing tempo of music |
| afficionado20 | |
| amontillado14 | pale medium-dry sherry from Spain |
| antitobacco17 | |
| archipelago19 | a group of many islands in a large body of water |
| braggadocio18 | vain and empty boasting |
| caudillismo16 | |
| chiaroscuro18 | a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color |
| cinquecento24 | |
| countermemo17 | |
| decrescendo17 | (music) a gradual decrease in loudness |
| embarcadero18 | |
| internuncio13 | (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio |
| prestissimo15 | (of tempo) as fast as possible |
| punchinello18 | |
| rallentando12 | gradually decreasing in tempo |
| sextodecimo23 | |
| violoncello16 | a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| aficionado16 | a fan of bull fighting |
| allargando12 | gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner |
| allegretto11 | a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro |
| avgolemono16 | |
| baldachino18 | |
| camerlengo15 | |
| cappuccino20 | equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream |
| carabinero14 | |
| concertino14 | |
| didgeridoo14 | |
| didjeridoo20 | |
| diminuendo14 | (music) a gradual decrease in loudness |
| fantastico15 | |
| fianchetto18 | |
| fortepiano15 | |
| fortissimo15 | (music) loud |
| haciendado17 | |
| hullabaloo15 | disturbance usually in protest |
| impresario14 | a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments |
| intermezzo30 | a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony |
| langostino11 | |
| latifundio14 | |
| lentissimo12 | (of tempo) very slow |
| maraschino17 | distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries |
| moustachio17 | a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) |
| nontobacco16 | |
| parmigiano15 | |
| peccadillo17 | a petty misdeed |
| pianissimo14 | (music) low loudness |
| portabello14 | |
| portamento14 | |
| portobello14 | |
| preembargo17 | |
| prosciutto14 | Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin |
| radiophoto16 | a photograph transmitted by radio waves |
| recitativo15 | |
| ritardando12 | gradually decreasing in tempo |
| ritornello10 | |
| saltarello10 | |
| scherzando25 | |
| stringendo12 | |
| supercargo15 | an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase |
| superjumbo23 | |
| supermacho19 | |
| supermicro16 | |
| switcheroo18 | a sudden unexpected switch |
| ultramicro14 |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| algarrobo12 | |
| altiplano11 | |
| andantino10 | (of tempo) moderately fast |
| antimacho16 | |
| antipasto11 | a course of appetizers in an Italian meal |
| armadillo12 | burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates |
| barricado14 | block off with barricades |
| bastinado12 | a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet |
| beccafico20 | |
| boliviano14 | the basic unit of money in Bolivia; equal to 100 centavos |
| burladero12 | |
| caballero13 | |
| calamanco15 | |
| campesino15 | |
| capriccio17 | an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation |
| carbamino15 | |
| carbonado14 | an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing |
| carpaccio17 | |
| centesimo13 | a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile |
| cheechako23 | |
| cigarillo12 | small cigar or cigarette wrapped in tobacco instead of paper |
| cipollino13 | |
| contralto11 | a woman singer having a contralto voice |
| coyotillo14 | |
| crescendo14 | (music) a gradual increase in loudness |
| curandero12 | a Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans |
| desperado13 | a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) |
| duodecimo15 | |
| embroglio14 | |
| fidelismo15 | |
| finocchio19 | aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads |
| glissando11 | a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale |
| grandioso11 | |
| gravitino13 | |
| hacendado16 | |
| imbroglio14 | an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation |
| inamorato11 | a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship |
| incognito12 | with your identity concealed |
| lambrusco15 | |
| larghetto13 | (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio |
| lazaretto18 | hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) |
| libecchio18 | |
| magnifico17 | a person of distinguished rank or appearance |
| majordomo21 | |
| manifesto14 | a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) |
| muscovado17 | |
| mustachio16 | a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) |
| nonghetto13 | |
| obbligato14 | a persistent but subordinate motif |
| paparazzo31 | a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines |
| pasticcio15 | |
| pastitsio11 | |
| picadillo14 | |
| pistachio16 | small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts |
| pistolero11 | |
| pizzicato31 | a note or passage that is played pizzicato |
| politburo13 | the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party |
| portfolio14 | a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather |
| prepueblo15 | |
| punctilio13 | a fine point of etiquette or petty formality |
| quebracho25 | |
| radicchio17 | prized variety of chicory having globose heads of red leaves |
| sanbenito11 | |
| semimicro15 | |
| sforzando22 | an accented chord |
| sgraffito16 | a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground |
| simpatico15 | |
| sixteenmo18 | |
| solfeggio14 | singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale of C major |
| solferino12 | a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino |
| sopranino11 | higher in range than soprano |
| sostenuto9 | |
| spiritoso11 | |
| stinkeroo13 | |
| strappado14 | a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope |
| superhero14 | |
| sympatico18 | |
| taekwondo17 | a Korean martial art similar to karate |
| tamarillo11 | South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor |
| telephoto14 | a photograph made with a telephoto lens |
| thereinto12 | |
| thereunto12 | |
| thitherto15 | |
| tomatillo11 | Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes |
| trebbiano13 | |
| vaporetto14 | |
| whereinto15 | |
| whereunto15 | |
| wirephoto17 | |
| zapateado21 | |
| zucchetto25 |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| alfresco13 | in the open air |
| amaretto10 | an Italian almond liqueur |
| amoretto10 | |
| antihero11 | a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine) |
| armigero11 | |
| arpeggio12 | a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously |
| atamasco12 | |
| autogiro9 | an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller |
| autogyro12 | an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller |
| ballyhoo16 | blatant or sensational promotion |
| barbasco14 | West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood |
| bargello11 | needlepoint embroidery stitch that produces zigzag lines |
| barranco12 | |
| biscotto12 | |
| bocaccio16 | |
| bordello11 | a building where prostitutes are available |
| buckaroo16 | local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) |
| buckayro19 | |
| buckeroo16 | local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) |
| cabestro12 | |
| cabresto12 | |
| callaloo10 | |
| camisado13 | |
| castrato10 | a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice |
| caudillo11 | |
| cavalero13 | |
| chechako22 | |
| chubasco17 | |
| cicisbeo14 | |
| cilantro10 | Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley |
| cioppino14 | |
| classico12 | |
| cockapoo18 | |
| cockatoo16 | white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds |
| cocobolo14 | a valuable timber tree of tropical South America |
| colorado11 | a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains |
| commando15 | a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids |
| concerto12 | a composition for orchestra and a soloist |
| confetto13 | |
| conjunto17 | |
| contempo14 | |
| continuo10 | a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played |
| converso13 | (medieval Spain and Portugal) a Jew or Moor who professed to convert to Christianity in order to avoid persecution or expulsion |
| couranto10 | |
| crostino10 | |
| cruzeiro19 | |
| curculio12 | |
| dolcetto11 | |
| doloroso9 | |
| duecento11 | |
| espresso10 | strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans |
| expresso17 | |
| falsetto11 | a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register |
| fandango13 | a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets |
| farolito11 | |
| fellatio11 | oral stimulation of the penis |
| finochio16 | |
| flamenco15 | guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco |
| flamingo14 | large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes |
| forzando21 | |
| fricando14 | |
| garbanzo20 | the seed of the chickpea plant |
| gardyloo13 | |
| gazpacho25 | a soup made with chopped tomatoes and onions and cucumbers and peppers and herbs; served cold |
| gracioso11 | |
| graffito15 | a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls |
| grazioso18 | |
| guacharo14 | nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter |
| habanero13 | |
| hereinto11 | |
| hereunto11 | |
| hitherto14 | used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time |
| huaracho16 | |
| impetigo13 | a very contagious infection of the skin; common in children; localized redness develops into small blisters that gradually crust and erode |
| innuendo9 | an indirect (and usually malicious) implication |
| intaglio9 | a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print |
| jackaroo21 | |
| jackeroo21 | |
| jalapeno17 | plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red |
| kakemono18 | a Japanese (paper or silk) wall hanging; usually narrow with a picture or writing on it and a roller at the bottom |
| kangaroo13 | any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail |
| largando10 | |
| leggiero10 | |
| lentando9 | |
| libeccio14 | |
| libretto10 | the words of an opera or musical play |
| locofoco15 | |
| lothario11 | a successful womanizer; a man who behaves selfishly in his sexual relationships with women |
| machismo17 | exaggerated masculinity |
| maestoso10 | |
| makimono16 | |
| martello10 | |
| mercapto14 | |
| micromho17 | |
| milesimo12 | |
| millimho15 | |
| moderato11 | (of tempo) moderate |
| mosquito19 | two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals |
| muchacho20 | |
| mundungo12 | |
| neutrino8 | an elementary particle with zero charge and zero mass |
| nonmetro10 | |
| nopalito10 | |
| notturno8 | a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano) |
| obligato11 | a persistent but subordinate motif |
| ocotillo10 | desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers |
| oratorio8 | a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text |
| ostinato8 | a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition |
| pachinko19 | a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board |
| palmetto12 | any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves |
| palomino12 | a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail |
| parlando11 | |
| pastitso10 | |
| pecorino12 | |
| peekaboo16 | a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo! |
| peekapoo16 | |
| perfecto15 | |
| pimiento12 | plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers |
| plumbago15 | used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| politico12 | a person active in party politics |
| preradio11 | |
| presidio11 | a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings |
| prunello10 | |
| ranchero13 | |
| renegado10 | |
| rubbaboo14 | |
| sargasso9 | brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea |
| scenario10 | an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work) |
| scirocco14 | |
| seicento10 | |
| semihobo15 | |
| seraglio9 | living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household |
| sforzato20 | |
| solidago10 | goldenrod |
| sombrero12 | one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis |
| spiccato14 | bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings |
| staccato12 | (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply |
| stiletto8 | a small dagger with a tapered blade |
| stoccado13 | |
| superego11 | (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience |
| superpro12 | |
| taleggio10 | |
| tapadero11 | |
| terrazzo26 | |
| tornillo8 | shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods |
| trapunto10 | |
| trecento10 | |
| twelvemo16 | |
| vigoroso12 | |
| vindaloo12 | |
| virtuoso11 | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field |
| vitiligo12 | an acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border) |
| wallaroo11 | |
| wanderoo12 | |
| waterloo11 | a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat |
| zecchino24 |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| agitato8 | |
| alfredo11 | |
| allegro8 | a brisk and lively tempo |
| amorino9 | |
| amoroso9 | |
| animato9 | |
| annatto7 | |
| aparejo16 | |
| arnatto7 | |
| arnotto7 | |
| avocado13 | a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed |
| azulejo23 | |
| bacalao11 | |
| bambino13 | a young child |
| bandito10 | |
| beefalo12 | hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds |
| bizarro18 | |
| boniato9 | |
| bracero11 | a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II |
| bravado13 | a swaggering show of courage |
| broncho14 | an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang |
| buffalo15 | large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains |
| bugaboo12 | an imaginary monster used to frighten children |
| bummalo13 | |
| burrito9 | a flour tortilla folded around a filling |
| bushido13 | traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living |
| cabildo12 | |
| calando10 | gradually decreasing in tempo and volume |
| calypso14 | rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf |
| carabao11 | water buffalo of the Philippines |
| cassino9 | a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand |
| cattalo9 | hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds |
| cavetto12 | a concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section |
| cembalo13 | a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots |
| centavo12 | a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal |
| centimo11 | a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain |
| chamiso14 | |
| cheerio12 | a farewell remark |
| chicano14 | a person of Mexican descent |
| chorizo21 | a spicy Spanish pork sausage |
| coquito18 | |
| coranto9 | |
| cornuto9 | |
| criollo9 | a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish) |
| crusado10 | |
| cruzado19 | |
| curacao11 | a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles |
| diabolo10 | |
| dinitro8 | |
| eightvo14 | the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves |
| electro9 | |
| embargo12 | a government order imposing a trade barrier |
| esparto9 | |
| farrago11 | a motley assortment of things |
| furioso10 | |
| gambado13 | |
| gestapo10 | the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods |
| guanaco10 | wild llama |
| hapkido17 | |
| hidalgo12 | |
| hornito10 | |
| impasto11 | painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible |
| inferno10 | any place of pain and turmoil |
| jigaboo17 | (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person |
| kerchoo16 | |
| lentigo8 | a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin |
| lumbago12 | backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc |
| madrono10 | evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning |
| maestro9 | an artist of consummate skill |
| mafioso12 | a member of the Sicilian Mafia |
| magneto10 | a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine |
| marcato11 | |
| marengo10 | a battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the Austrians |
| marrano9 | (medieval Spain and Portugal) a disparaging term for a Jew who converted to Christianity in order to avoid persecution but continued to practice their religion secretly |
| memento11 | a reminder of past events |
| mendigo11 | |
| mesteso9 | |
| mestino9 | |
| mestizo18 | a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) |
| momento11 | |
| montero9 | |
| morello9 | any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice |
| morocco13 | a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956 |
| mulatto9 | an offspring of a black and a white parent |
| nelumbo11 | sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses |
| nitroso7 | |
| nonhero10 | |
| nonzero16 | |
| oloroso7 | |
| oregano8 | aromatic Eurasian perennial |
| outecho12 | |
| pachuco16 | a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes |
| paesano9 | |
| paisano9 | |
| palazzo27 | |
| pampero13 | |
| passado10 | (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward |
| pekepoo15 | |
| picacho16 | |
| piccolo13 | a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute |
| pimento11 | plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers |
| pintado10 | large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters |
| pintano9 | |
| placebo13 | an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug |
| poblano11 | |
| pompano13 | flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish |
| porcino11 | |
| portico11 | a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area |
| primero11 | |
| proviso12 | a stipulated condition |
| proximo18 | in or of the next month after the present |
| prurigo10 | chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching |
| pummelo13 | southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits |
| quomodo19 | |
| relievo10 | sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background |
| relleno7 | |
| reverso10 | |
| ridotto8 | |
| rilievo10 | sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background |
| ripieno9 | |
| risotto7 | rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese |
| rosolio7 | |
| rubaboo11 | |
| saguaro8 | extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit |
| sahuaro10 | extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit |
| santero7 | |
| sapsago10 | a hard green Swiss cheese made with skim-milk curd and flavored with clover |
| scalado10 | |
| scherzo21 | a fast movement (usually in triple time) |
| secondo10 | the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet) |
| semipro11 | an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis |
| senecio9 | enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds |
| sentimo9 | |
| serpigo10 | |
| serrano7 | |
| sfumato12 | |
| shampoo14 | cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair |
| sirocco11 | a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand |
| skiddoo13 | |
| soprano9 | a female singer |
| sordino8 | a mute for a violin |
| stretto7 | |
| subecho14 | |
| subzero18 | |
| supremo11 | the most important person in an organization |
| synchro15 | a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized |
| tallyho13 | |
| tamarao9 | small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines |
| tangelo8 | hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida |
| testudo8 | a movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification |
| theorbo12 | |
| thereto10 | to that |
| timpano11 | |
| tobacco13 | leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion |
| tombolo11 | |
| tornado8 | a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground |
| torpedo10 | a professional killer who uses a gun |
| tostado8 | |
| touraco9 | large brightly crested bird of Africa |
| tremolo9 | (music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones |
| tympano14 | |
| underdo9 | |
| undergo9 | pass through |
| unmacho14 | |
| uptempo13 | |
| vaquero19 | local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) |
| verismo12 | |
| vertigo11 | a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall |
| vibrato12 | (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch |
| volcano12 | a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt |
| wendigo12 | |
| whereto13 | |
| windigo12 | |
| zamarro18 | |
| zapateo18 | |
| zebrano18 | |
| zemstvo21 | |
| zingano17 | |
| zingaro17 | |
| zorillo16 |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| adagio8 | (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully) |
| aerugo7 | |
| ahchoo14 | |
| aikido11 | a Japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo |
| akimbo14 | (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body |
| albedo9 | the ratio of reflected to incident light |
| albino8 | a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink |
| alnico8 | trade name for an alloy used to make high-energy permanent magnets; contains aluminum and iron and nickel plus cobalt or copper or titanium |
| ammino10 | pertaining to or characteristic of an ammine (an inorganic coordination compound of ammonia and a metallic salt) |
| ammono10 | |
| anatto6 | |
| apollo8 | (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis |
| arioso6 | (music) a short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria |
| aristo6 | |
| arroyo9 | a stream or brook |
| arseno6 | |
| arsino6 | |
| ausubo8 | |
| bagnio9 | a building where prostitutes are available |
| bamboo12 | the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles |
| barrio8 | a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States) |
| bayamo13 | |
| bistro8 | a small informal restaurant; serves wine |
| blotto8 | very drunk |
| bolero8 | music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance |
| bonito8 | flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna |
| bonobo10 | small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species |
| booboo10 | |
| boocoo10 | |
| boohoo11 | |
| bookoo12 | |
| brillo8 | |
| bronco10 | an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang |
| burgoo9 | porridge made of rolled oats |
| calico10 | coarse cloth with a bright print |
| cardio9 | |
| cashoo11 | |
| casino8 | a public building for gambling and entertainment |
| catalo8 | |
| charro11 | |
| cheapo13 | |
| cheero11 | |
| chromo13 | |
| churro11 | |
| cicero10 | a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em |
| cogito9 | |
| colugo9 | arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps |
| comedo11 | a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin |
| concho13 | |
| coocoo10 | |
| crambo12 | |
| crypto13 | |
| cuatro8 | |
| cuckoo14 | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool |
| daimio9 | |
| daimyo12 | |
| dextro14 | |
| dinero7 | informal terms for money |
| domino9 | United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928) |
| doodoo8 | |
| dorado8 | a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Reticulum and Pictor; contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud |
| drongo8 | |
| duello7 | |
| dynamo12 | generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature |
| embryo13 | (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium |
| enduro7 | |
| enhalo9 | |
| enviro9 | |
| eringo7 | any plant of the genus Eryngium |
| eryngo10 | any plant of the genus Eryngium |
| escudo9 | formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo |
| fiasco11 | a sudden and violent collapse |
| finito9 | |
| foredo10 | |
| forego10 | be earlier in time; go back further |
| fresco11 | a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster |
| fugato10 | |
| gabbro11 | one of a family of granular intrusive rocks |
| galago8 | agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears |
| gaucho12 | a cowboy of the South American pampas |
| gazabo18 | |
| gazebo18 | a small roofed building affording shade and rest |
| gelato7 | |
| gentoo7 | |
| gherao10 | |
| ghetto10 | formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live |
| gigolo8 | a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman |
| gingko12 | deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree |
| ginkgo12 | deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree |
| gitano7 | a Spanish male Gypsy |
| gringo8 | a Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen) |
| grotto7 | a small cave (usually with attractive features) |
| hairdo10 | the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) |
| halloo9 | a shout to attract attention |
| hereto9 | to this writing or document |
| hetero9 | |
| holloo9 | |
| honcho14 | a person who exercises control over workers |
| hoodoo10 | (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock |
| hoopoo11 | any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill |
| hulloo9 | |
| indigo8 | a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically |
| jazzbo33 | |
| jingko18 | |
| journo13 | |
| kakapo16 | |
| karroo10 | |
| kimono12 | a loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by Japanese |
| klepto12 | |
| koodoo11 | either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush |
| kousso10 | |
| ladino7 | a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) |
| lanugo7 | the fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation |
| latigo7 | |
| latino6 | a native of Latin America |
| lavabo11 | a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression) |
| legato7 | (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected |
| libido9 | (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire |
| macaco12 | |
| maduro9 | |
| manito8 | |
| medico11 | a student in medical school |
| menudo9 | |
| merino8 | white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality |
| mikado13 | the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno |
| modulo9 | |
| morpho13 | |
| niello6 | |
| nonego7 | |
| nuncio8 | (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status |
| nympho16 | a woman with abnormal sexual desires |
| obento8 | |
| octavo11 | the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves |
| olingo7 | |
| overdo10 | do something to an excessive degree |
| panino8 | |
| paramo10 | |
| pedalo9 | |
| pepino10 | |
| pernio8 | inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture |
| phyllo14 | tissue thin sheets of pastry used especially in Greek dishes |
| picaro10 | |
| pomelo10 | southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits |
| poncho13 | a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head |
| potato8 | an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland |
| presto8 | (of tempo) very fast |
| pronto8 | in a punctual manner |
| pseudo9 | a person who makes deceitful pretenses |
| psycho16 | a person afflicted with psychosis |
| pueblo10 | a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock) |
| pumelo10 | |
| quango16 | a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government |
| quarto15 | the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves |
| rabato8 | a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century |
| rancho11 | |
| rebato8 | a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century |
| rebozo17 | a long woolen or linen scarf covering the head and shoulders (also used as a sling for holding a baby); traditionally worn by Latin-American women |
| reecho11 | echo repeatedly, echo again and again |
| rezero15 | |
| rialto6 | |
| righto10 | |
| roadeo7 | |
| robalo8 | a kind of percoid fish |
| rococo10 | fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century |
| romano8 | |
| rubato8 | a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat |
| rubigo9 | |
| schizo20 | |
| shacko15 | |
| skidoo11 | |
| sleazo15 | |
| smalto8 | |
| solano6 | |
| sorgho10 | any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup |
| speedo9 | |
| spinto8 | |
| stereo6 | reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound |
| stingo7 | |
| stinko10 | |
| stucco10 | a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces |
| studio7 | workplace for the teaching or practice of an art |
| subito8 | |
| tapalo8 | |
| tattoo6 | a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters |
| techno11 | a style of fast heavy electronic dance music usually without vocals |
| tenuto6 | |
| teredo7 | typical shipworm |
| toledo7 | an industrial city in northwestern Ohio on Lake Erie |
| tomato8 | mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable |
| torero6 | a matador or one of the supporting team during a bull fight |
| tupelo8 | pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum |
| turaco8 | large brightly crested bird of Africa |
| tuxedo14 | semiformal evening dress for men |
| ultimo8 | in or of the month preceding the present one |
| velcro11 | nylon fabric used as a fastening |
| vibrio11 | curved rodlike motile bacterium |
| virago10 | a noisy or scolding or domineering woman |
| vomito11 | |
| voodoo10 | a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers |
| weirdo10 | someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric |
| whacko18 | a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad |
| whammo16 | |
| whomso14 | |
| zocalo17 | |
| zydeco21 | music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| abmho12 | |
| achoo10 | |
| adobo8 | a dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish; served with rice |
| aggro7 | (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression |
| alamo7 | a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico |
| altho8 | |
| amido8 | |
| amigo8 | a friend or comrade |
| amino7 | the radical -NH2 |
| amnio7 | (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities |
| ancho10 | |
| andro6 | |
| anglo6 | |
| audio6 | the audible part of a transmitted signal |
| aviso8 | |
| azido15 | relating to or containing the azido group N3 |
| baboo9 | used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' |
| banco9 | |
| banjo14 | a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body |
| basso7 | an adult male singer with the lowest voice |
| bazoo16 | |
| beano7 | a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards |
| bento7 | |
| bilbo9 | |
| bimbo11 | a young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men |
| bingo8 | a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards |
| boffo13 | resoundingly successful and popular |
| bongo8 | a small drum; played with the hands |
| bravo10 | a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed |
| bromo9 | |
| bucko13 | |
| buffo13 | |
| bunco9 | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property |
| bunko11 | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property |
| burro7 | small donkey used as a pack animal |
| buteo7 | broad-winged soaring hawks |
| cacao9 | tropical American tree producing cacao beans |
| cameo9 | engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring) |
| campo11 | |
| canso7 | |
| canto7 | the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music |
| carbo9 | |
| cargo8 | goods carried by a large vehicle |
| cello7 | a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing |
| cento7 | |
| chemo12 | |
| chiao10 | |
| chico12 | United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961) |
| chino10 | trousers made with chino cloth |
| chiro10 | |
| cholo10 | |
| cisco9 | cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward |
| claro7 | a cigar made with light-colored tobacco |
| combo11 | a small band of jazz musicians |
| compo11 | |
| condo8 | one of the dwelling units in a condominium |
| congo8 | a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960 |
| conto7 | 1 conto equals 1,000 escudos in Portugal |
| credo8 | any system of principles or beliefs |
| curio7 | something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting |
| cusso7 | |
| cyano10 | |
| cyclo12 | |
| danio6 | |
| datto6 | |
| dekko14 | British slang for a look |
| diazo15 | relating to or containing diazonium |
| dildo7 | a vibrating device that substitutes for an erect penis to provide vaginal stimulation |
| dingo7 | wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia |
| dipso8 | |
| disco8 | popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques |
| ditto6 | a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated |
| dobro8 | |
| doggo8 | quietly in concealment |
| dumbo10 | |
| duomo8 | the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese |
| erugo6 | |
| fatso8 | a rotund individual |
| fillo8 | |
| folio8 | the system of numbering pages |
| fordo9 | |
| forgo9 | do without or cease to hold or adhere to |
| fugio9 | |
| fungo9 | |
| gadjo14 | |
| gazoo15 | |
| gecko12 | any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless |
| genro6 | |
| gesso6 | gypsum or plaster of Paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared) |
| ginzo15 | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent |
| gismo8 | something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known |
| gizmo17 | something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known |
| gombo10 | |
| gonzo15 | conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual |
| grego7 | |
| guaco8 | |
| guano6 | the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer |
| guiro6 | |
| gumbo10 | any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water |
| gusto6 | vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment |
| hallo8 | |
| helio8 | |
| hello8 | an expression of greeting |
| hillo8 | |
| hippo12 | an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria |
| hollo8 | a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) |
| hullo8 | an expression of greeting |
| hydro12 | |
| igloo6 | an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome |
| imago8 | (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood |
| imido8 | |
| imino7 | |
| intro5 | formally making a person known to another or to the public |
| iroko9 | |
| jello12 | fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder |
| jingo13 | an extreme bellicose nationalist |
| jocko18 | |
| jumbo16 | of great mass; huge and bulky |
| junco14 | small North American finch seen chiefly in winter |
| junto12 | a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue |
| karoo9 | |
| kazoo18 | a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece |
| kendo10 | |
| kiddo11 | |
| kusso9 | |
| laevo8 | |
| largo6 | (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner |
| lasso5 | Belgian composer (1532-1594) |
| lento5 | (of tempo) slow |
| lesbo7 | |
| limbo9 | the state of being disregarded or forgotten |
| lingo6 | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
| litho8 | |
| llano5 | an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America) |
| lotto5 | a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards |
| macho12 | a male exhibiting or characterized by machismo |
| macro9 | a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language |
| mambo11 | a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba |
| mango8 | large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit |
| matzo16 | brittle flat bread eaten at Passover |
| metro7 | an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) |
| mezzo25 | a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto |
| micro9 | extremely small in scale or scope or capability |
| mimeo9 | a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo) |
| misdo8 | do wrongly or improperly |
| molto7 | much |
| mondo8 | |
| mongo8 | 100 mongo equal 1 tugrik in Mongolia |
| morro7 | |
| mosso7 | |
| motto7 | a favorite saying of a sect or political group |
| mucho12 | |
| mucro9 | |
| mungo8 | |
| nacho10 | a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled |
| narco7 | |
| nitro5 | |
| ortho8 | |
| outdo6 | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outgo6 | money paid out; an amount spent |
| ovolo8 | a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse |
| panto7 | an abbreviation of pantomime |
| pareo7 | |
| pargo8 | |
| parvo10 | any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease |
| paseo7 | a path set aside for walking |
| patio7 | usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence |
| pedro8 | |
| pengo8 | formerly the basic unit of money in Hungary until it was replaced by the forint in 1946 |
| pesto7 | a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil |
| petto7 | |
| phono10 | |
| photo10 | a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material |
| piano7 | a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds |
| pingo8 | |
| pinko11 | a person with mildly leftist political views |
| pinto7 | a spotted or calico horse or pony |
| pisco9 | |
| polio7 | an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord |
| porno7 | creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire |
| potto7 | arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail |
| primo9 | the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet) |
| promo9 | |
| proso7 | |
| punto7 | |
| putto7 | |
| radio6 | medium for communication |
| ratio5 | the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) |
| recto7 | right-hand page |
| repro7 | |
| retro5 | a fashion reminiscent of the past |
| rhino8 | massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout |
| rodeo6 | an exhibition of cowboy skills |
| romeo7 | an ardent male lover |
| rondo6 | a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata |
| salvo8 | an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs |
| sambo9 | |
| santo5 | |
| sargo6 | |
| schmo12 | (Yiddish) a jerk |
| scudo8 | |
| secco9 | |
| segno6 | (music) a notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated |
| servo8 | control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system |
| sexto12 | |
| shako12 | tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions |
| sicko11 | |
| sixmo14 | |
| skimo11 | |
| socko11 | |
| soldo6 | |
| sorgo6 | any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup |
| spado8 | |
| steno5 | |
| sulfo8 | |
| taboo7 | a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature |
| tango6 | a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin |
| tanto5 | |
| tardo6 | |
| telco7 | a public utility that provides telephone service |
| tempo9 | (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played |
| thoro8 | |
| tondo6 | |
| torso5 | the body excluding the head and neck and limbs |
| trigo6 | |
| turbo7 | |
| uredo6 | |
| verso8 | left-hand page |
| video9 | the visible part of a television transmission |
| vireo8 | any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color |
| vulgo9 | |
| wacko14 | a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad |
| wahoo11 | upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas |
| wazoo17 | |
| whamo13 | |
| whoso11 | |
| wilco10 | |
| yahoo11 | a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture |
| yobbo12 | a cruel and brutal fellow |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| aero4 | |
| agio5 | a fee charged for exchanging currencies |
| also4 | in addition |
| alto4 | a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef |
| ambo8 | a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it |
| ammo8 | projectiles to be fired from a gun |
| arco6 | (of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow |
| arvo7 | |
| auto4 | a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine |
| biro6 | a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper |
| boho9 | |
| bolo6 | a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie |
| boyo9 | |
| bozo15 | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool |
| brio6 | quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous |
| broo6 | |
| bubo8 | a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis |
| calo6 | |
| camo8 | fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background |
| capo8 | the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate |
| cero6 | large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters |
| chao9 | |
| ciao6 | an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian) |
| coco8 | tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics |
| coho9 | fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes |
| dado6 | panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall |
| dago6 | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent |
| dato5 | |
| deco7 | a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s; marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production |
| demo7 | a visual presentation showing how something works |
| dido6 | (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas |
| dino5 | |
| dodo6 | someone whose style is out of fashion |
| dojo12 | |
| duro5 | |
| echo9 | the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves |
| eddo6 | edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants |
| ergo5 | (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently |
| euro4 | the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies |
| expo13 | a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display |
| fado8 | a sad Portuguese folksong |
| fano7 | |
| faro7 | a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box |
| fico9 | |
| fido8 | |
| filo7 | |
| fino7 | |
| giro5 | a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office |
| gobo7 | |
| gogo6 | |
| gyro8 | a Greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread |
| halo7 | an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint |
| helo7 | |
| hero7 | a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength |
| hobo9 | a disreputable vagrant |
| homo9 | someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex |
| hypo12 | a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing |
| info7 | a message received and understood |
| inro4 | |
| into4 | |
| jato11 | |
| jiao11 | 10 jiao equal 1 yuan in China |
| juco13 | |
| judo12 | a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan |
| kayo11 | a blow that renders the opponent unconscious |
| keno8 | a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards |
| keto8 | |
| kilo8 | one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites |
| kino8 | a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning |
| kobo10 | 100 kobos equal 1 naira in Nigeria |
| kolo8 | |
| koto8 | Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding board and usually 13 silk strings that are plucked with the fingers |
| kudo9 | |
| leno4 | |
| levo7 | |
| lido5 | a recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports |
| lilo4 | a type of inflatable air mattress |
| limo6 | large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur |
| lino4 | a floor covering |
| lobo6 | |
| loco6 | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular |
| logo5 | a company emblem or device |
| mako10 | powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific |
| mano6 | |
| mayo9 | egg yolks and oil and vinegar |
| memo8 | a written proposal or reminder |
| meno6 | |
| milo6 | small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains |
| miso6 | a thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt; used in Japanese cooking to make soups or sauces |
| mojo13 | a magic power or magic spell |
| mono6 | an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing |
| mozo15 | |
| nolo4 | |
| oleo4 | a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter |
| olio4 | |
| onto4 | |
| ordo5 | |
| orzo13 | pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in Greek cuisine |
| otto4 | |
| ouzo13 | a Greek liquor flavored with anise |
| pepo8 | |
| peso6 | the basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos |
| piso6 | |
| poco8 | |
| polo6 | Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324) |
| pomo8 | a member of an Indian people of northern California living along the Russian River valley and adjacent Pacific coast |
| prao6 | |
| pyro9 | |
| rato4 | |
| redo5 | make new |
| repo6 | |
| roto4 | |
| sago5 | powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener |
| sego5 | |
| shmo9 | (Yiddish) a jerk |
| shoo7 | drive away by crying `shoo!' |
| silo4 | a cylindrical tower used for storing silage |
| solo4 | any activity that is performed alone without assistance |
| sumo6 | a Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground |
| sybo9 | |
| taco6 | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent |
| taro4 | edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants |
| thio7 | |
| thro7 | |
| tiro4 | someone new to a field or activity |
| topo6 | |
| toro4 | |
| toyo7 | |
| trio4 | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one |
| typo9 | a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind |
| tyro7 | someone new to a field or activity |
| umbo8 | a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum |
| unco6 | to a remarkable degree or extent |
| undo5 | cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect |
| unto4 | |
| updo7 | |
| veto7 | a vote that blocks a decision |
| vino7 | fermented juice (of grapes especially) |
| wino7 | a chronic drinker |
| zero13 | a quantity of no importance |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| abo5 | a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived |
| ado4 | a rapid active commotion |
| ago4 | gone by; or in the past |
| apo5 | |
| avo6 | 100 avos equal 1 pataca in Macao |
| azo12 | relating to or containing the azo radical |
| bio5 | |
| boo5 | a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt |
| bro5 | |
| coo5 | the sound made by a pigeon |
| duo4 | two items of the same kind |
| ego4 | an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others |
| fro6 | |
| goo4 | any thick, viscous matter |
| hao6 | 10 hao equal 1 dong in Vietnam |
| loo3 | a toilet in Britain |
| mho8 | a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm |
| moo5 | the sound made by a cow or bull |
| noo3 | |
| oho6 | |
| ono3 | United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933) |
| oxo10 | |
| poo5 | |
| pro5 | an athlete who plays for pay |
| rho6 | the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet |
| tao3 | an adherent of any branch of Taoism |
| tho6 | a branch of the Tai languages |
| too3 | to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits |
| two6 | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number |
| udo4 | |
| upo5 | |
| who9 | a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services |
| woo6 | seek someone's favor |
| zoo12 | the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bo4 | |
| do3 | an uproarious party |
| go3 | a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else) |
| ho5 | a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds |
| jo9 | |
| lo2 | |
| mo4 | an indefinitely short time |
| no2 | a negative |
| so2 | the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization |
| to2 | |
| wo5 | |
| yo5 |
| Word | Scrabble Score | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| pronunciamento | 20p | a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) |
| Word | Scrabble Score | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| aggiornamento | 17p | |
| generalissimo | 16p | the officer who holds the supreme command |
| incommunicado | 22p | without the means or right to communicate |
| stratovolcano | 18p | |
| supervirtuoso | 18p |
| Word | Scrabble Score | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| antimosquito | 23p | |
| antineutrino | 12p | the antiparticle of a neutrino |
| banderillero | 15p | the bullfighter who implants decorated darts (banderillas) into the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight |
| divertimento | 18p | a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form |
| quattrocento | 23p | the 15th century in Italian art and literature |
| risorgimento | 15p |
| Word | Scrabble Score | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| accelerando | 16p | a gradually increasing tempo of music |
| afficionado | 20p | |
| amontillado | 14p | pale medium-dry sherry from Spain |
| antitobacco | 17p | |
| archipelago | 19p | a group of many islands in a large body of water |
| braggadocio | 18p | vain and empty boasting |
| caudillismo | 16p | |
| chiaroscuro | 18p | a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color |
| cinquecento | 24p | |
| countermemo | 17p | |
| decrescendo | 17p | (music) a gradual decrease in loudness |
| embarcadero | 18p | |
| internuncio | 13p | (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio |
| prestissimo | 15p | (of tempo) as fast as possible |
| punchinello | 18p | |
| rallentando | 12p | gradually decreasing in tempo |
| sextodecimo | 23p | |
| violoncello | 16p | a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing |
| Word | Scrabble Score | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| aficionado | 16p | a fan of bull fighting |
| allargando | 12p | gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner |
| allegretto | 11p | a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro |
| avgolemono | 16p | |
| baldachino | 18p | |
| camerlengo | 15p | |
| cappuccino | 20p | equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream |
| carabinero | 14p | |
| concertino | 14p | |
| didgeridoo | 14p | |
| didjeridoo | 20p | |
| diminuendo | 14p | (music) a gradual decrease in loudness |
| fantastico | 15p | |
| fianchetto | 18p | |
| fortepiano | 15p | |
| fortissimo | 15p | (music) loud |
| haciendado | 17p | |
| hullabaloo | 15p | disturbance usually in protest |
| impresario | 14p | a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments |
| intermezzo | 30p | a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony |
| langostino | 11p | |
| latifundio | 14p | |
| lentissimo | 12p | (of tempo) very slow |
| maraschino | 17p | distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries |
| moustachio | 17p | a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) |
| nontobacco | 16p | |
| parmigiano | 15p | |
| peccadillo | 17p | a petty misdeed |
| pianissimo | 14p | (music) low loudness |
| portabello | 14p | |
| portamento | 14p | |
| portobello | 14p | |
| preembargo | 17p | |
| prosciutto | 14p | Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin |
| radiophoto | 16p | a photograph transmitted by radio waves |
| recitativo | 15p | |
| ritardando | 12p | gradually decreasing in tempo |
| ritornello | 10p | |
| saltarello | 10p | |
| scherzando | 25p | |
| stringendo | 12p | |
| supercargo | 15p | an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase |
| superjumbo | 23p | |
| supermacho | 19p | |
| supermicro | 16p | |
| switcheroo | 18p | a sudden unexpected switch |
| ultramicro | 14p |
| Word | Scrabble Score | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| algarrobo | 12p | |
| altiplano | 11p | |
| andantino | 10p | (of tempo) moderately fast |
| antimacho | 16p | |
| antipasto | 11p | a course of appetizers in an Italian meal |
| armadillo | 12p | burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates |
| barricado | 14p | block off with barricades |
| bastinado | 12p | a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet |
| beccafico | 20p | |
| boliviano | 14p | the basic unit of money in Bolivia; equal to 100 centavos |
| burladero | 12p | |
| caballero | 13p | |
| calamanco | 15p | |
| campesino | 15p | |
| capriccio | 17p | an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation |
| carbamino | 15p | |
| carbonado | 14p | an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing |
| carpaccio | 17p | |
| centesimo | 13p | a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile |
| cheechako | 23p | |
| cigarillo | 12p | small cigar or cigarette wrapped in tobacco instead of paper |
| cipollino | 13p | |
| contralto | 11p | a woman singer having a contralto voice |
| coyotillo | 14p | |
| crescendo | 14p | (music) a gradual increase in loudness |
| curandero | 12p | a Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans |
| desperado | 13p | a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) |
| duodecimo | 15p | |
| embroglio | 14p | |
| fidelismo | 15p | |
| finocchio | 19p | aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads |
| glissando | 11p | a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale |
| grandioso | 11p | |
| gravitino | 13p | |
| hacendado | 16p | |
| imbroglio | 14p | an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation |
| inamorato | 11p | a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship |
| incognito | 12p | with your identity concealed |
| lambrusco | 15p | |
| larghetto | 13p | (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio |
| lazaretto | 18p | hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) |
| libecchio | 18p | |
| magnifico | 17p | a person of distinguished rank or appearance |
| majordomo | 21p | |
| manifesto | 14p | a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) |
| muscovado | 17p | |
| mustachio | 16p | a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) |
| nonghetto | 13p | |
| obbligato | 14p | a persistent but subordinate motif |
| paparazzo | 31p | a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines |
| pasticcio | 15p | |
| pastitsio | 11p | |
| picadillo | 14p | |
| pistachio | 16p | small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts |
| pistolero | 11p | |
| pizzicato | 31p | a note or passage that is played pizzicato |
| politburo | 13p | the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party |
| portfolio | 14p | a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather |
| prepueblo | 15p | |
| punctilio | 13p | a fine point of etiquette or petty formality |
| quebracho | 25p | |
| radicchio | 17p | prized variety of chicory having globose heads of red leaves |
| sanbenito | 11p | |
| semimicro | 15p | |
| sforzando | 22p | an accented chord |
| sgraffito | 16p | a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground |
| simpatico | 15p | |
| sixteenmo | 18p | |
| solfeggio | 14p | singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale of C major |
| solferino | 12p | a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino |
| sopranino | 11p | higher in range than soprano |
| sostenuto | 9p | |
| spiritoso | 11p | |
| stinkeroo | 13p | |
| strappado | 14p | a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope |
| superhero | 14p | |
| sympatico | 18p | |
| taekwondo | 17p | a Korean martial art similar to karate |
| tamarillo | 11p | South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor |
| telephoto | 14p | a photograph made with a telephoto lens |
| thereinto | 12p | |
| thereunto | 12p | |
| thitherto | 15p | |
| tomatillo | 11p | Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes |
| trebbiano | 13p | |
| vaporetto | 14p | |
| whereinto | 15p | |
| whereunto | 15p | |
| wirephoto | 17p | |
| zapateado | 21p | |
| zucchetto | 25p |
| Word | Scrabble Score | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| alfresco | 13p | in the open air |
| amaretto | 10p | an Italian almond liqueur |
| amoretto | 10p | |
| antihero | 11p | a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine) |
| armigero | 11p | |
| arpeggio | 12p | a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously |
| atamasco | 12p | |
| autogiro | 9p | an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller |
| autogyro | 12p | an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller |
| ballyhoo | 16p | blatant or sensational promotion |
| barbasco | 14p | West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood |
| bargello | 11p | needlepoint embroidery stitch that produces zigzag lines |
| barranco | 12p | |
| biscotto | 12p | |
| bocaccio | 16p | |
| bordello | 11p | a building where prostitutes are available |
| buckaroo | 16p | local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) |
| buckayro | 19p | |
| buckeroo | 16p | local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) |
| cabestro | 12p | |
| cabresto | 12p | |
| callaloo | 10p | |
| camisado | 13p | |
| castrato | 10p | a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice |
| caudillo | 11p | |
| cavalero | 13p | |
| chechako | 22p | |
| chubasco | 17p | |
| cicisbeo | 14p | |
| cilantro | 10p | Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley |
| cioppino | 14p | |
| classico | 12p | |
| cockapoo | 18p | |
| cockatoo | 16p | white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds |
| cocobolo | 14p | a valuable timber tree of tropical South America |
| colorado | 11p | a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains |
| commando | 15p | a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids |
| concerto | 12p | a composition for orchestra and a soloist |
| confetto | 13p | |
| conjunto | 17p | |
| contempo | 14p | |
| continuo | 10p | a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played |
| converso | 13p | (medieval Spain and Portugal) a Jew or Moor who professed to convert to Christianity in order to avoid persecution or expulsion |
| couranto | 10p | |
| crostino | 10p | |
| cruzeiro | 19p | |
| curculio | 12p | |
| dolcetto | 11p | |
| doloroso | 9p | |
| duecento | 11p | |
| espresso | 10p | strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans |
| expresso | 17p | |
| falsetto | 11p | a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register |
| fandango | 13p | a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets |
| farolito | 11p | |
| fellatio | 11p | oral stimulation of the penis |
| finochio | 16p | |
| flamenco | 15p | guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco |
| flamingo | 14p | large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes |
| forzando | 21p | |
| fricando | 14p | |
| garbanzo | 20p | the seed of the chickpea plant |
| gardyloo | 13p | |
| gazpacho | 25p | a soup made with chopped tomatoes and onions and cucumbers and peppers and herbs; served cold |
| gracioso | 11p | |
| graffito | 15p | a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls |
| grazioso | 18p | |
| guacharo | 14p | nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter |
| habanero | 13p | |
| hereinto | 11p | |
| hereunto | 11p | |
| hitherto | 14p | used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time |
| huaracho | 16p | |
| impetigo | 13p | a very contagious infection of the skin; common in children; localized redness develops into small blisters that gradually crust and erode |
| innuendo | 9p | an indirect (and usually malicious) implication |
| intaglio | 9p | a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print |
| jackaroo | 21p | |
| jackeroo | 21p | |
| jalapeno | 17p | plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red |
| kakemono | 18p | a Japanese (paper or silk) wall hanging; usually narrow with a picture or writing on it and a roller at the bottom |
| kangaroo | 13p | any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail |
| largando | 10p | |
| leggiero | 10p | |
| lentando | 9p | |
| libeccio | 14p | |
| libretto | 10p | the words of an opera or musical play |
| locofoco | 15p | |
| lothario | 11p | a successful womanizer; a man who behaves selfishly in his sexual relationships with women |
| machismo | 17p | exaggerated masculinity |
| maestoso | 10p | |
| makimono | 16p | |
| martello | 10p | |
| mercapto | 14p | |
| micromho | 17p | |
| milesimo | 12p | |
| millimho | 15p | |
| moderato | 11p | (of tempo) moderate |
| mosquito | 19p | two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals |
| muchacho | 20p | |
| mundungo | 12p | |
| neutrino | 8p | an elementary particle with zero charge and zero mass |
| nonmetro | 10p | |
| nopalito | 10p | |
| notturno | 8p | a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano) |
| obligato | 11p | a persistent but subordinate motif |
| ocotillo | 10p | desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers |
| oratorio | 8p | a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text |
| ostinato | 8p | a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition |
| pachinko | 19p | a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board |
| palmetto | 12p | any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves |
| palomino | 12p | a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail |
| parlando | 11p | |
| pastitso | 10p | |
| pecorino | 12p | |
| peekaboo | 16p | a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo! |
| peekapoo | 16p | |
| perfecto | 15p | |
| pimiento | 12p | plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers |
| plumbago | 15p | used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| politico | 12p | a person active in party politics |
| preradio | 11p | |
| presidio | 11p | a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings |
| prunello | 10p | |
| ranchero | 13p | |
| renegado | 10p | |
| rubbaboo | 14p | |
| sargasso | 9p | brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea |
| scenario | 10p | an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work) |
| scirocco | 14p | |
| seicento | 10p | |
| semihobo | 15p | |
| seraglio | 9p | living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household |
| sforzato | 20p | |
| solidago | 10p | goldenrod |
| sombrero | 12p | one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis |
| spiccato | 14p | bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings |
| staccato | 12p | (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply |
| stiletto | 8p | a small dagger with a tapered blade |
| stoccado | 13p | |
| superego | 11p | (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience |
| superpro | 12p | |
| taleggio | 10p | |
| tapadero | 11p | |
| terrazzo | 26p | |
| tornillo | 8p | shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods |
| trapunto | 10p | |
| trecento | 10p | |
| twelvemo | 16p | |
| vigoroso | 12p | |
| vindaloo | 12p | |
| virtuoso | 11p | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field |
| vitiligo | 12p | an acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border) |
| wallaroo | 11p | |
| wanderoo | 12p | |
| waterloo | 11p | a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat |
| zecchino | 24p |
| Word | Scrabble Score | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| agitato | 8p | |
| alfredo | 11p | |
| allegro | 8p | a brisk and lively tempo |
| amorino | 9p | |
| amoroso | 9p | |
| animato | 9p | |
| annatto | 7p | |
| aparejo | 16p | |
| arnatto | 7p | |
| arnotto | 7p | |
| avocado | 13p | a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed |
| azulejo | 23p | |
| bacalao | 11p | |
| bambino | 13p | a young child |
| bandito | 10p | |
| beefalo | 12p | hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds |
| bizarro | 18p | |
| boniato | 9p | |
| bracero | 11p | a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II |
| bravado | 13p | a swaggering show of courage |
| broncho | 14p | an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang |
| buffalo | 15p | large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains |
| bugaboo | 12p | an imaginary monster used to frighten children |
| bummalo | 13p | |
| burrito | 9p | a flour tortilla folded around a filling |
| bushido | 13p | traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living |
| cabildo | 12p | |
| calando | 10p | gradually decreasing in tempo and volume |
| calypso | 14p | rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf |
| carabao | 11p | water buffalo of the Philippines |
| cassino | 9p | a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand |
| cattalo | 9p | hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds |
| cavetto | 12p | a concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section |
| cembalo | 13p | a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots |
| centavo | 12p | a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal |
| centimo | 11p | a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain |
| chamiso | 14p | |
| cheerio | 12p | a farewell remark |
| chicano | 14p | a person of Mexican descent |
| chorizo | 21p | a spicy Spanish pork sausage |
| coquito | 18p | |
| coranto | 9p | |
| cornuto | 9p | |
| criollo | 9p | a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish) |
| crusado | 10p | |
| cruzado | 19p | |
| curacao | 11p | a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles |
| diabolo | 10p | |
| dinitro | 8p | |
| eightvo | 14p | the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves |
| electro | 9p | |
| embargo | 12p | a government order imposing a trade barrier |
| esparto | 9p | |
| farrago | 11p | a motley assortment of things |
| furioso | 10p | |
| gambado | 13p | |
| gestapo | 10p | the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods |
| guanaco | 10p | wild llama |
| hapkido | 17p | |
| hidalgo | 12p | |
| hornito | 10p | |
| impasto | 11p | painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible |
| inferno | 10p | any place of pain and turmoil |
| jigaboo | 17p | (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person |
| kerchoo | 16p | |
| lentigo | 8p | a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin |
| lumbago | 12p | backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc |
| madrono | 10p | evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning |
| maestro | 9p | an artist of consummate skill |
| mafioso | 12p | a member of the Sicilian Mafia |
| magneto | 10p | a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine |
| marcato | 11p | |
| marengo | 10p | a battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the Austrians |
| marrano | 9p | (medieval Spain and Portugal) a disparaging term for a Jew who converted to Christianity in order to avoid persecution but continued to practice their religion secretly |
| memento | 11p | a reminder of past events |
| mendigo | 11p | |
| mesteso | 9p | |
| mestino | 9p | |
| mestizo | 18p | a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) |
| momento | 11p | |
| montero | 9p | |
| morello | 9p | any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice |
| morocco | 13p | a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956 |
| mulatto | 9p | an offspring of a black and a white parent |
| nelumbo | 11p | sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses |
| nitroso | 7p | |
| nonhero | 10p | |
| nonzero | 16p | |
| oloroso | 7p | |
| oregano | 8p | aromatic Eurasian perennial |
| outecho | 12p | |
| pachuco | 16p | a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes |
| paesano | 9p | |
| paisano | 9p | |
| palazzo | 27p | |
| pampero | 13p | |
| passado | 10p | (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward |
| pekepoo | 15p | |
| picacho | 16p | |
| piccolo | 13p | a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute |
| pimento | 11p | plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers |
| pintado | 10p | large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters |
| pintano | 9p | |
| placebo | 13p | an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug |
| poblano | 11p | |
| pompano | 13p | flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish |
| porcino | 11p | |
| portico | 11p | a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area |
| primero | 11p | |
| proviso | 12p | a stipulated condition |
| proximo | 18p | in or of the next month after the present |
| prurigo | 10p | chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching |
| pummelo | 13p | southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits |
| quomodo | 19p | |
| relievo | 10p | sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background |
| relleno | 7p | |
| reverso | 10p | |
| ridotto | 8p | |
| rilievo | 10p | sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background |
| ripieno | 9p | |
| risotto | 7p | rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese |
| rosolio | 7p | |
| rubaboo | 11p | |
| saguaro | 8p | extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit |
| sahuaro | 10p | extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit |
| santero | 7p | |
| sapsago | 10p | a hard green Swiss cheese made with skim-milk curd and flavored with clover |
| scalado | 10p | |
| scherzo | 21p | a fast movement (usually in triple time) |
| secondo | 10p | the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet) |
| semipro | 11p | an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis |
| senecio | 9p | enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds |
| sentimo | 9p | |
| serpigo | 10p | |
| serrano | 7p | |
| sfumato | 12p | |
| shampoo | 14p | cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair |
| sirocco | 11p | a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand |
| skiddoo | 13p | |
| soprano | 9p | a female singer |
| sordino | 8p | a mute for a violin |
| stretto | 7p | |
| subecho | 14p | |
| subzero | 18p | |
| supremo | 11p | the most important person in an organization |
| synchro | 15p | a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized |
| tallyho | 13p | |
| tamarao | 9p | small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines |
| tangelo | 8p | hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida |
| testudo | 8p | a movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification |
| theorbo | 12p | |
| thereto | 10p | to that |
| timpano | 11p | |
| tobacco | 13p | leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion |
| tombolo | 11p | |
| tornado | 8p | a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground |
| torpedo | 10p | a professional killer who uses a gun |
| tostado | 8p | |
| touraco | 9p | large brightly crested bird of Africa |
| tremolo | 9p | (music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones |
| tympano | 14p | |
| underdo | 9p | |
| undergo | 9p | pass through |
| unmacho | 14p | |
| uptempo | 13p | |
| vaquero | 19p | local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) |
| verismo | 12p | |
| vertigo | 11p | a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall |
| vibrato | 12p | (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch |
| volcano | 12p | a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt |
| wendigo | 12p | |
| whereto | 13p | |
| windigo | 12p | |
| zamarro | 18p | |
| zapateo | 18p | |
| zebrano | 18p | |
| zemstvo | 21p | |
| zingano | 17p | |
| zingaro | 17p | |
| zorillo | 16p |
| Word | Scrabble Score | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| adagio | 8p | (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully) |
| aerugo | 7p | |
| ahchoo | 14p | |
| aikido | 11p | a Japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo |
| akimbo | 14p | (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body |
| albedo | 9p | the ratio of reflected to incident light |
| albino | 8p | a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink |
| alnico | 8p | trade name for an alloy used to make high-energy permanent magnets; contains aluminum and iron and nickel plus cobalt or copper or titanium |
| ammino | 10p | pertaining to or characteristic of an ammine (an inorganic coordination compound of ammonia and a metallic salt) |
| ammono | 10p | |
| anatto | 6p | |
| apollo | 8p | (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis |
| arioso | 6p | (music) a short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria |
| aristo | 6p | |
| arroyo | 9p | a stream or brook |
| arseno | 6p | |
| arsino | 6p | |
| ausubo | 8p | |
| bagnio | 9p | a building where prostitutes are available |
| bamboo | 12p | the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles |
| barrio | 8p | a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States) |
| bayamo | 13p | |
| bistro | 8p | a small informal restaurant; serves wine |
| blotto | 8p | very drunk |
| bolero | 8p | music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance |
| bonito | 8p | flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna |
| bonobo | 10p | small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species |
| booboo | 10p | |
| boocoo | 10p | |
| boohoo | 11p | |
| bookoo | 12p | |
| brillo | 8p | |
| bronco | 10p | an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang |
| burgoo | 9p | porridge made of rolled oats |
| calico | 10p | coarse cloth with a bright print |
| cardio | 9p | |
| cashoo | 11p | |
| casino | 8p | a public building for gambling and entertainment |
| catalo | 8p | |
| charro | 11p | |
| cheapo | 13p | |
| cheero | 11p | |
| chromo | 13p | |
| churro | 11p | |
| cicero | 10p | a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em |
| cogito | 9p | |
| colugo | 9p | arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps |
| comedo | 11p | a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin |
| concho | 13p | |
| coocoo | 10p | |
| crambo | 12p | |
| crypto | 13p | |
| cuatro | 8p | |
| cuckoo | 14p | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool |
| daimio | 9p | |
| daimyo | 12p | |
| dextro | 14p | |
| dinero | 7p | informal terms for money |
| domino | 9p | United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928) |
| doodoo | 8p | |
| dorado | 8p | a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Reticulum and Pictor; contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud |
| drongo | 8p | |
| duello | 7p | |
| dynamo | 12p | generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature |
| embryo | 13p | (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium |
| enduro | 7p | |
| enhalo | 9p | |
| enviro | 9p | |
| eringo | 7p | any plant of the genus Eryngium |
| eryngo | 10p | any plant of the genus Eryngium |
| escudo | 9p | formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo |
| fiasco | 11p | a sudden and violent collapse |
| finito | 9p | |
| foredo | 10p | |
| forego | 10p | be earlier in time; go back further |
| fresco | 11p | a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster |
| fugato | 10p | |
| gabbro | 11p | one of a family of granular intrusive rocks |
| galago | 8p | agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears |
| gaucho | 12p | a cowboy of the South American pampas |
| gazabo | 18p | |
| gazebo | 18p | a small roofed building affording shade and rest |
| gelato | 7p | |
| gentoo | 7p | |
| gherao | 10p | |
| ghetto | 10p | formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live |
| gigolo | 8p | a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman |
| gingko | 12p | deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree |
| ginkgo | 12p | deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree |
| gitano | 7p | a Spanish male Gypsy |
| gringo | 8p | a Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen) |
| grotto | 7p | a small cave (usually with attractive features) |
| hairdo | 10p | the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) |
| halloo | 9p | a shout to attract attention |
| hereto | 9p | to this writing or document |
| hetero | 9p | |
| holloo | 9p | |
| honcho | 14p | a person who exercises control over workers |
| hoodoo | 10p | (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock |
| hoopoo | 11p | any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill |
| hulloo | 9p | |
| indigo | 8p | a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically |
| jazzbo | 33p | |
| jingko | 18p | |
| journo | 13p | |
| kakapo | 16p | |
| karroo | 10p | |
| kimono | 12p | a loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by Japanese |
| klepto | 12p | |
| koodoo | 11p | either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush |
| kousso | 10p | |
| ladino | 7p | a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) |
| lanugo | 7p | the fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation |
| latigo | 7p | |
| latino | 6p | a native of Latin America |
| lavabo | 11p | a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression) |
| legato | 7p | (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected |
| libido | 9p | (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire |
| macaco | 12p | |
| maduro | 9p | |
| manito | 8p | |
| medico | 11p | a student in medical school |
| menudo | 9p | |
| merino | 8p | white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality |
| mikado | 13p | the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno |
| modulo | 9p | |
| morpho | 13p | |
| niello | 6p | |
| nonego | 7p | |
| nuncio | 8p | (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status |
| nympho | 16p | a woman with abnormal sexual desires |
| obento | 8p | |
| octavo | 11p | the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves |
| olingo | 7p | |
| overdo | 10p | do something to an excessive degree |
| panino | 8p | |
| paramo | 10p | |
| pedalo | 9p | |
| pepino | 10p | |
| pernio | 8p | inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture |
| phyllo | 14p | tissue thin sheets of pastry used especially in Greek dishes |
| picaro | 10p | |
| pomelo | 10p | southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits |
| poncho | 13p | a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head |
| potato | 8p | an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland |
| presto | 8p | (of tempo) very fast |
| pronto | 8p | in a punctual manner |
| pseudo | 9p | a person who makes deceitful pretenses |
| psycho | 16p | a person afflicted with psychosis |
| pueblo | 10p | a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock) |
| pumelo | 10p | |
| quango | 16p | a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government |
| quarto | 15p | the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves |
| rabato | 8p | a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century |
| rancho | 11p | |
| rebato | 8p | a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century |
| rebozo | 17p | a long woolen or linen scarf covering the head and shoulders (also used as a sling for holding a baby); traditionally worn by Latin-American women |
| reecho | 11p | echo repeatedly, echo again and again |
| rezero | 15p | |
| rialto | 6p | |
| righto | 10p | |
| roadeo | 7p | |
| robalo | 8p | a kind of percoid fish |
| rococo | 10p | fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century |
| romano | 8p | |
| rubato | 8p | a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat |
| rubigo | 9p | |
| schizo | 20p | |
| shacko | 15p | |
| skidoo | 11p | |
| sleazo | 15p | |
| smalto | 8p | |
| solano | 6p | |
| sorgho | 10p | any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup |
| speedo | 9p | |
| spinto | 8p | |
| stereo | 6p | reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound |
| stingo | 7p | |
| stinko | 10p | |
| stucco | 10p | a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces |
| studio | 7p | workplace for the teaching or practice of an art |
| subito | 8p | |
| tapalo | 8p | |
| tattoo | 6p | a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters |
| techno | 11p | a style of fast heavy electronic dance music usually without vocals |
| tenuto | 6p | |
| teredo | 7p | typical shipworm |
| toledo | 7p | an industrial city in northwestern Ohio on Lake Erie |
| tomato | 8p | mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable |
| torero | 6p | a matador or one of the supporting team during a bull fight |
| tupelo | 8p | pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum |
| turaco | 8p | large brightly crested bird of Africa |
| tuxedo | 14p | semiformal evening dress for men |
| ultimo | 8p | in or of the month preceding the present one |
| velcro | 11p | nylon fabric used as a fastening |
| vibrio | 11p | curved rodlike motile bacterium |
| virago | 10p | a noisy or scolding or domineering woman |
| vomito | 11p | |
| voodoo | 10p | a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers |
| weirdo | 10p | someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric |
| whacko | 18p | a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad |
| whammo | 16p | |
| whomso | 14p | |
| zocalo | 17p | |
| zydeco | 21p | music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues |
| Word | Scrabble Score | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| abmho | 12p | |
| achoo | 10p | |
| adobo | 8p | a dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish; served with rice |
| aggro | 7p | (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression |
| alamo | 7p | a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico |
| altho | 8p | |
| amido | 8p | |
| amigo | 8p | a friend or comrade |
| amino | 7p | the radical -NH2 |
| amnio | 7p | (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities |
| ancho | 10p | |
| andro | 6p | |
| anglo | 6p | |
| audio | 6p | the audible part of a transmitted signal |
| aviso | 8p | |
| azido | 15p | relating to or containing the azido group N3 |
| baboo | 9p | used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' |
| banco | 9p | |
| banjo | 14p | a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body |
| basso | 7p | an adult male singer with the lowest voice |
| bazoo | 16p | |
| beano | 7p | a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards |
| bento | 7p | |
| bilbo | 9p | |
| bimbo | 11p | a young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men |
| bingo | 8p | a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards |
| boffo | 13p | resoundingly successful and popular |
| bongo | 8p | a small drum; played with the hands |
| bravo | 10p | a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed |
| bromo | 9p | |
| bucko | 13p | |
| buffo | 13p | |
| bunco | 9p | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property |
| bunko | 11p | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property |
| burro | 7p | small donkey used as a pack animal |
| buteo | 7p | broad-winged soaring hawks |
| cacao | 9p | tropical American tree producing cacao beans |
| cameo | 9p | engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring) |
| campo | 11p | |
| canso | 7p | |
| canto | 7p | the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music |
| carbo | 9p | |
| cargo | 8p | goods carried by a large vehicle |
| cello | 7p | a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing |
| cento | 7p | |
| chemo | 12p | |
| chiao | 10p | |
| chico | 12p | United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961) |
| chino | 10p | trousers made with chino cloth |
| chiro | 10p | |
| cholo | 10p | |
| cisco | 9p | cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward |
| claro | 7p | a cigar made with light-colored tobacco |
| combo | 11p | a small band of jazz musicians |
| compo | 11p | |
| condo | 8p | one of the dwelling units in a condominium |
| congo | 8p | a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960 |
| conto | 7p | 1 conto equals 1,000 escudos in Portugal |
| credo | 8p | any system of principles or beliefs |
| curio | 7p | something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting |
| cusso | 7p | |
| cyano | 10p | |
| cyclo | 12p | |
| danio | 6p | |
| datto | 6p | |
| dekko | 14p | British slang for a look |
| diazo | 15p | relating to or containing diazonium |
| dildo | 7p | a vibrating device that substitutes for an erect penis to provide vaginal stimulation |
| dingo | 7p | wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia |
| dipso | 8p | |
| disco | 8p | popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques |
| ditto | 6p | a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated |
| dobro | 8p | |
| doggo | 8p | quietly in concealment |
| dumbo | 10p | |
| duomo | 8p | the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese |
| erugo | 6p | |
| fatso | 8p | a rotund individual |
| fillo | 8p | |
| folio | 8p | the system of numbering pages |
| fordo | 9p | |
| forgo | 9p | do without or cease to hold or adhere to |
| fugio | 9p | |
| fungo | 9p | |
| gadjo | 14p | |
| gazoo | 15p | |
| gecko | 12p | any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless |
| genro | 6p | |
| gesso | 6p | gypsum or plaster of Paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared) |
| ginzo | 15p | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent |
| gismo | 8p | something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known |
| gizmo | 17p | something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known |
| gombo | 10p | |
| gonzo | 15p | conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual |
| grego | 7p | |
| guaco | 8p | |
| guano | 6p | the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer |
| guiro | 6p | |
| gumbo | 10p | any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water |
| gusto | 6p | vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment |
| hallo | 8p | |
| helio | 8p | |
| hello | 8p | an expression of greeting |
| hillo | 8p | |
| hippo | 12p | an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria |
| hollo | 8p | a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) |
| hullo | 8p | an expression of greeting |
| hydro | 12p | |
| igloo | 6p | an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome |
| imago | 8p | (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood |
| imido | 8p | |
| imino | 7p | |
| intro | 5p | formally making a person known to another or to the public |
| iroko | 9p | |
| jello | 12p | fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder |
| jingo | 13p | an extreme bellicose nationalist |
| jocko | 18p | |
| jumbo | 16p | of great mass; huge and bulky |
| junco | 14p | small North American finch seen chiefly in winter |
| junto | 12p | a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue |
| karoo | 9p | |
| kazoo | 18p | a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece |
| kendo | 10p | |
| kiddo | 11p | |
| kusso | 9p | |
| laevo | 8p | |
| largo | 6p | (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner |
| lasso | 5p | Belgian composer (1532-1594) |
| lento | 5p | (of tempo) slow |
| lesbo | 7p | |
| limbo | 9p | the state of being disregarded or forgotten |
| lingo | 6p | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
| litho | 8p | |
| llano | 5p | an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America) |
| lotto | 5p | a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards |
| macho | 12p | a male exhibiting or characterized by machismo |
| macro | 9p | a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language |
| mambo | 11p | a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba |
| mango | 8p | large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit |
| matzo | 16p | brittle flat bread eaten at Passover |
| metro | 7p | an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) |
| mezzo | 25p | a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto |
| micro | 9p | extremely small in scale or scope or capability |
| mimeo | 9p | a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo) |
| misdo | 8p | do wrongly or improperly |
| molto | 7p | much |
| mondo | 8p | |
| mongo | 8p | 100 mongo equal 1 tugrik in Mongolia |
| morro | 7p | |
| mosso | 7p | |
| motto | 7p | a favorite saying of a sect or political group |
| mucho | 12p | |
| mucro | 9p | |
| mungo | 8p | |
| nacho | 10p | a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled |
| narco | 7p | |
| nitro | 5p | |
| ortho | 8p | |
| outdo | 6p | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outgo | 6p | money paid out; an amount spent |
| ovolo | 8p | a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse |
| panto | 7p | an abbreviation of pantomime |
| pareo | 7p | |
| pargo | 8p | |
| parvo | 10p | any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease |
| paseo | 7p | a path set aside for walking |
| patio | 7p | usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence |
| pedro | 8p | |
| pengo | 8p | formerly the basic unit of money in Hungary until it was replaced by the forint in 1946 |
| pesto | 7p | a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil |
| petto | 7p | |
| phono | 10p | |
| photo | 10p | a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material |
| piano | 7p | a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds |
| pingo | 8p | |
| pinko | 11p | a person with mildly leftist political views |
| pinto | 7p | a spotted or calico horse or pony |
| pisco | 9p | |
| polio | 7p | an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord |
| porno | 7p | creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire |
| potto | 7p | arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail |
| primo | 9p | the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet) |
| promo | 9p | |
| proso | 7p | |
| punto | 7p | |
| putto | 7p | |
| radio | 6p | medium for communication |
| ratio | 5p | the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) |
| recto | 7p | right-hand page |
| repro | 7p | |
| retro | 5p | a fashion reminiscent of the past |
| rhino | 8p | massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout |
| rodeo | 6p | an exhibition of cowboy skills |
| romeo | 7p | an ardent male lover |
| rondo | 6p | a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata |
| salvo | 8p | an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs |
| sambo | 9p | |
| santo | 5p | |
| sargo | 6p | |
| schmo | 12p | (Yiddish) a jerk |
| scudo | 8p | |
| secco | 9p | |
| segno | 6p | (music) a notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated |
| servo | 8p | control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system |
| sexto | 12p | |
| shako | 12p | tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions |
| sicko | 11p | |
| sixmo | 14p | |
| skimo | 11p | |
| socko | 11p | |
| soldo | 6p | |
| sorgo | 6p | any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup |
| spado | 8p | |
| steno | 5p | |
| sulfo | 8p | |
| taboo | 7p | a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature |
| tango | 6p | a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin |
| tanto | 5p | |
| tardo | 6p | |
| telco | 7p | a public utility that provides telephone service |
| tempo | 9p | (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played |
| thoro | 8p | |
| tondo | 6p | |
| torso | 5p | the body excluding the head and neck and limbs |
| trigo | 6p | |
| turbo | 7p | |
| uredo | 6p | |
| verso | 8p | left-hand page |
| video | 9p | the visible part of a television transmission |
| vireo | 8p | any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color |
| vulgo | 9p | |
| wacko | 14p | a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad |
| wahoo | 11p | upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas |
| wazoo | 17p | |
| whamo | 13p | |
| whoso | 11p | |
| wilco | 10p | |
| yahoo | 11p | a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture |
| yobbo | 12p | a cruel and brutal fellow |
| Word | Scrabble Score | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| aero | 4p | |
| agio | 5p | a fee charged for exchanging currencies |
| also | 4p | in addition |
| alto | 4p | a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef |
| ambo | 8p | a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it |
| ammo | 8p | projectiles to be fired from a gun |
| arco | 6p | (of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow |
| arvo | 7p | |
| auto | 4p | a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine |
| biro | 6p | a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper |
| boho | 9p | |
| bolo | 6p | a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie |
| boyo | 9p | |
| bozo | 15p | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool |
| brio | 6p | quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous |
| broo | 6p | |
| bubo | 8p | a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis |
| calo | 6p | |
| camo | 8p | fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background |
| capo | 8p | the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate |
| cero | 6p | large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters |
| chao | 9p | |
| ciao | 6p | an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian) |
| coco | 8p | tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics |
| coho | 9p | fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes |
| dado | 6p | panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall |
| dago | 6p | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent |
| dato | 5p | |
| deco | 7p | a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s; marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production |
| demo | 7p | a visual presentation showing how something works |
| dido | 6p | (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas |
| dino | 5p | |
| dodo | 6p | someone whose style is out of fashion |
| dojo | 12p | |
| duro | 5p | |
| echo | 9p | the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves |
| eddo | 6p | edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants |
| ergo | 5p | (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently |
| euro | 4p | the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies |
| expo | 13p | a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display |
| fado | 8p | a sad Portuguese folksong |
| fano | 7p | |
| faro | 7p | a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box |
| fico | 9p | |
| fido | 8p | |
| filo | 7p | |
| fino | 7p | |
| giro | 5p | a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office |
| gobo | 7p | |
| gogo | 6p | |
| gyro | 8p | a Greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread |
| halo | 7p | an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint |
| helo | 7p | |
| hero | 7p | a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength |
| hobo | 9p | a disreputable vagrant |
| homo | 9p | someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex |
| hypo | 12p | a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing |
| info | 7p | a message received and understood |
| inro | 4p | |
| into | 4p | |
| jato | 11p | |
| jiao | 11p | 10 jiao equal 1 yuan in China |
| juco | 13p | |
| judo | 12p | a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan |
| kayo | 11p | a blow that renders the opponent unconscious |
| keno | 8p | a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards |
| keto | 8p | |
| kilo | 8p | one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites |
| kino | 8p | a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning |
| kobo | 10p | 100 kobos equal 1 naira in Nigeria |
| kolo | 8p | |
| koto | 8p | Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding board and usually 13 silk strings that are plucked with the fingers |
| kudo | 9p | |
| leno | 4p | |
| levo | 7p | |
| lido | 5p | a recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports |
| lilo | 4p | a type of inflatable air mattress |
| limo | 6p | large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur |
| lino | 4p | a floor covering |
| lobo | 6p | |
| loco | 6p | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular |
| logo | 5p | a company emblem or device |
| mako | 10p | powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific |
| mano | 6p | |
| mayo | 9p | egg yolks and oil and vinegar |
| memo | 8p | a written proposal or reminder |
| meno | 6p | |
| milo | 6p | small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains |
| miso | 6p | a thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt; used in Japanese cooking to make soups or sauces |
| mojo | 13p | a magic power or magic spell |
| mono | 6p | an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing |
| mozo | 15p | |
| nolo | 4p | |
| oleo | 4p | a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter |
| olio | 4p | |
| onto | 4p | |
| ordo | 5p | |
| orzo | 13p | pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in Greek cuisine |
| otto | 4p | |
| ouzo | 13p | a Greek liquor flavored with anise |
| pepo | 8p | |
| peso | 6p | the basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos |
| piso | 6p | |
| poco | 8p | |
| polo | 6p | Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324) |
| pomo | 8p | a member of an Indian people of northern California living along the Russian River valley and adjacent Pacific coast |
| prao | 6p | |
| pyro | 9p | |
| rato | 4p | |
| redo | 5p | make new |
| repo | 6p | |
| roto | 4p | |
| sago | 5p | powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener |
| sego | 5p | |
| shmo | 9p | (Yiddish) a jerk |
| shoo | 7p | drive away by crying `shoo!' |
| silo | 4p | a cylindrical tower used for storing silage |
| solo | 4p | any activity that is performed alone without assistance |
| sumo | 6p | a Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground |
| sybo | 9p | |
| taco | 6p | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent |
| taro | 4p | edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants |
| thio | 7p | |
| thro | 7p | |
| tiro | 4p | someone new to a field or activity |
| topo | 6p | |
| toro | 4p | |
| toyo | 7p | |
| trio | 4p | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one |
| typo | 9p | a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind |
| tyro | 7p | someone new to a field or activity |
| umbo | 8p | a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum |
| unco | 6p | to a remarkable degree or extent |
| undo | 5p | cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect |
| unto | 4p | |
| updo | 7p | |
| veto | 7p | a vote that blocks a decision |
| vino | 7p | fermented juice (of grapes especially) |
| wino | 7p | a chronic drinker |
| zero | 13p | a quantity of no importance |
| Word | Scrabble Score | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| abo | 5p | a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived |
| ado | 4p | a rapid active commotion |
| ago | 4p | gone by; or in the past |
| apo | 5p | |
| avo | 6p | 100 avos equal 1 pataca in Macao |
| azo | 12p | relating to or containing the azo radical |
| bio | 5p | |
| boo | 5p | a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt |
| bro | 5p | |
| coo | 5p | the sound made by a pigeon |
| duo | 4p | two items of the same kind |
| ego | 4p | an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others |
| fro | 6p | |
| goo | 4p | any thick, viscous matter |
| hao | 6p | 10 hao equal 1 dong in Vietnam |
| loo | 3p | a toilet in Britain |
| mho | 8p | a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm |
| moo | 5p | the sound made by a cow or bull |
| noo | 3p | |
| oho | 6p | |
| ono | 3p | United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933) |
| oxo | 10p | |
| poo | 5p | |
| pro | 5p | an athlete who plays for pay |
| rho | 6p | the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet |
| tao | 3p | an adherent of any branch of Taoism |
| tho | 6p | a branch of the Tai languages |
| too | 3p | to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits |
| two | 6p | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number |
| udo | 4p | |
| upo | 5p | |
| who | 9p | a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services |
| woo | 6p | seek someone's favor |
| zoo | 12p | the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition |
| Word | Scrabble Score | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| bo | 4p | |
| do | 3p | an uproarious party |
| go | 3p | a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else) |
| ho | 5p | a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds |
| jo | 9p | |
| lo | 2p | |
| mo | 4p | an indefinitely short time |
| no | 2p | a negative |
| so | 2p | the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization |
| to | 2p | |
| wo | 5p | |
| yo | 5p |
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