Random Words by Dictionary Definition

I have chosen some words at random from the Encarta dictionary. See if you can guess them by the definition.

There is one word for each letter of the alphabet, and the words are in alphabetical order.

Some definitions have been abridged.

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Last updated: April 11, 2017

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Definition	Word
A wide street or road in a town	avenue
A platform projecting from the interior or exterior wall of a building	balcony
A pair of hardwood sticks that are hit together to make a clicking sound	clave
A dreadful fate, especially death or utter ruin	doom
A Christian festival marking the resurrection of Jesus Christ	Easter
A dealer in flowers and ornamental plants	florist
A gold coin worth 21 shillings	guinea
A small hill or mound	hillock
An owner or controller of an industrial concern	industrialist
In Islamic mythology, a spirit that can take on various human and animal forms	jinni
Loose-fitting short breeches gathered at or just below the knee	knickerbockers
In any case and despite anything else	leastways
A Polish national dance, similar to the polka	mazurka
Puzzlingly or suspiciously new or novel	newfangled
Offensive to conventional standards of decency	obscene
The human spirit or soul	psyche
A medieval knight's target for jousting practice	quintain
A garden or area of a garden that has large stones in it with plants	rockery
To avoid doing work, study or duties	skive
A small protective cap for a finger	thimble
Lacking melodic qualities and consequently unpleasant to hear	unmusical
Relating to words	vocabular
To twist something in order to force liquid out of it	wring
An intense fear or dislike of foreign people, their customs and cultures	xenophobia
Yes (informal)	yep
Lively enjoyment and enthusiasm	zest

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