Scotland

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  1. Scottish
    of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language
  2. Scots
    of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language
  3. Scotland
    one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
  4. haggis
    made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach
  5. glen
    a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
  6. yearn
    desire strongly or persistently
  7. hame
    stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces
  8. Loch Ness
    a lake in the Scottish highlands
  9. highland
    elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
  10. beer
    an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting a cereal with hops
  11. whiskey
    a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
  12. sheep
    woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
  13. staunch
    firm and dependable especially in loyalty
  14. hark
    listen; used mostly in the imperative
  15. Glasgow
    largest city in Scotland
  16. Celtic
    relating to or characteristic of the Celts
  17. maiden
    an unmarried woman or girl
  18. gallant
    having or displaying great dignity or nobility
  19. endeavour
    a purposeful or industrious undertaking
  20. endurance
    a state of surviving; remaining alive
  21. thistle
    any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
  22. Hogmanay
    New Year's Eve in Scotland
  23. golf
    a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes
  24. bagpipe
    a tubular wind instrument
  25. wee
    a short time
  26. woollen
    of or related to or made of wool
  27. bairn
    a child: son or daughter
  28. bonnie
    very pleasing to the eye
  29. dour
    showing a brooding ill humor
  30. galoot
    a foolish or clumsy person
Created on Thu Feb 14 11:17:00 EST 2013

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