Monday 27 February 2017

Palindromes (6 & 7 Letters)


Palindromes (6 & 7 Letters)


Seven letters

Adinida: a suborder of planktonic organisms

deified: past tense of “to deify”, meaning to consider as a god

murdrum: in old English law, a secret killing

Nauruan: the language spoken in Nauru

peeweep: a type of bird, often understood to be a lapwing

racecar: a racing car

reifier: someone who reifies (considers an abstract concept to be real)

repaper: to cover again with paper

reviver: someone or something that revives or restores

rotator: a thing that rotates

seities: plural of seity, the essence of an individual

sememes: plural of sememe, the interpretation given to a morpheme (a language unit)

Senones: an ancient people who lived in part of what is now France

soosoos: plural of soosoo, a type of dolphin


Six letters

degged: past tense of to deg, meaning to water a plant

denned: past tense of to den, meaning to live in a den

hallah: a variant of challah, a special Jewish braided bread eaten on Sabbath and Jewish holidays.

mallam: in West Africa, a learned man

marram: a type of grass

pip-pip: an old-fashioned British word for good-bye

pull-up or pullup: an exercise in which one pulls oneself up by the arms

redder: more red

renner: an archaic variant of runner

revver: someone or something that revs (an engine)

selles: plural of selle, an archaic word for a saddle

sesses: plural or third-person present tense of sess, an archaic word for tax (a variant of assess)

succus: any of various liquids excreted by animals or plants

terret: a metal ring on a harness, through which the reins pass

tirrit: according to Webster’s Dictionary (1913): “A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare’s Henry IV., probably meaning terror”

tut-tut: a disapproving sound; to make such a sound

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