MW Challenge Words

a spitz-like dog having a shaggy greyish coat and tightly curled tail originating in Holland

treat to strengthen and improve the luster

southern African weasel

a loose high-necked blouse with long sleeves

a political system governed by a woman

an avalanche of volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano

widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green

a bullfighter who is required to fight bulls less than four years of age

a doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research

an Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices

strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal)

a mark (/) used to separate words, lines, or numbers

admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs

of or relating to Wicca

a spiked helmet worn by German soldiers

a thick Middle Eastern paste made from ground sesame seeds

breed of small stocky black dogs originally used as watchdogs on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium

small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings

east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae

omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America

a stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings

tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage

egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes

a greyish brown

a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party

a design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer rug

any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers

a German round dance resembling a slow polka

ski, alternating directions

a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes

lively, in music

shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer

with a light plucking staccato sound

nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat

a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward

mild white Italian cheese

a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting

a sauce made from melted butter, egg yolks, and lemon juice

a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air

German publisher of a series of travel guidebooks

the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian

distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries

of or concerning Qatar or its inhabitants

alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts

bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice

any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors

any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves

a fine point of etiquette or petty formality

long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp

the driver and keeper of an elephant

the most widely spoken Bantu languages

a fast movement (usually in triple time)

a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages

any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water

an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit

yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America

wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room

relating to the epoch from about 56 to 34 million years ago

nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America

a deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation

a chief of a North American tribe or confederation

egg yolks and oil and vinegar

last king of Lydia (died in 546 BC)

any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia

Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas

of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer

a resin obtained from the camphor tree

any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water

founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)