Word Meaning 1
definition of "sable"
What is "a carnivorous mammal of the Mustelidae family native to Northern Europe and Asia."?
linguistic origin of "potato"
What is Spanish?
From Peninsular Spanish:
patata from batata, "sweet potato", from Taíno
and papa, "potato" from Quechua .
definition of "hooligan"
What is "one who takes part in rowdy behaviour and vandalism"?
linguistic origin of "hooligan"
What is Irish?
from the Irish family name Ó hUallacháin, anglicised as O'Houlihan
English meaning of Spanish word "éxito"
What is "success" ?
definition of "banshee"
What is "a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, usually by wailing, shrieking, or keening."
linguistic origin of "jungle"
What is Hindi? OR What is Urdu?
definition of "zenith"
What is "the high point, the pinnacle, the peak" ?
What is "the point in the sky or celestial sphere directly above an observer"?
linguistic origin of "zenith"
What is Arabic?
English meaning of Spanish word "carpeta"
Folder, binder
definition of "gulag"
What is "in the former Soviet Union, an administered system of corrective labor camps and prisons." ?
OR
What is: "an coercive institution, or an extremely oppressive environment"?
linguistic origin of "wiki"
What is Hawaian?
Hawaiian wiki wiki ‘very quick’.
definition of "jodhpurs"
What is "full-length trousers, worn for horseback riding, that are close-fitting below the knee and have reinforced patches on the inside of the leg "?
linguistic origin of "jodhpurs"
Hindi
English meaning of Spanish word "sensible"
What is "sensitive" ?
definition of "terrapin"
What is "a small edible turtle with lozenge-shaped markings on its shell, found in coastal marshes of the eastern US."?
OR
What is "a freshwater turtle, especially one of the smaller kinds of the Old World."?
(of Algonquian origin )
linguistic origin of "cider"
What is Hebrew?
definition of "cabal"
What is "a secret political clique or faction"?
linguistic origin of "cabal"
What is Hebrew?
English meaning of the Spanish word "recordar"
What is "to remember"?
definition of "gauntlet"
What is:
a stout glove with a long loose wrist; an armored glove, as worn by a medieval knight
OR
origin: Swedish
linguistic origin of "lemon"
What is Arabic?
definition of "caucus"
What is "the members of a legislative body who belong to a particular party or faction, considered as a group."
What is "(in some US states) a meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select delegates to attend a convention. "
origin of "caucus"
What is "Algonquian" ?
(i.e. the Native American language)
English meaning of the Spanish word "realizar"
What is "to do, to perform" ?