Norwegian/Icelandic/Swedish/Danish WoW words
kemple
: a Scotch unit of measure for straw varying around 400 pounds
tawpie
: a foolish or awkward young person
nucquedah
: a master of a native Indian vessel
dannebrog
: a red swallow-tailed ensign bearing a white cross and being the national flag of Denmark
syssel
Icelandic district
frederiks d'or
a 19th century gold coin of Frederick VI of Denmark
mezereon
a European shrub with purplish-pink flowers
marae
a Polynesian temple enclosure used for worship or sacrifice
flossa
a Scandinavian handwoven carpet
kouproh
a blackish brown short-haired forest ox
aquavit
a colorless or slightly yellow alcoholic liquor
mareograph
a device that automatically registers the rise and fall of the tide
Poulsen arc
a direct-current arc formerly used for producing undamped high-frequency oscillations
salchow
a figure-skating jump with a takeoff from the back inside edge
halleflinta
a fine-grained compact metamorphic rock rich in quartz and feldspars
Wikstroemia
a genus of chiefly Asiatic shrubs with bark that yields a fiber used in making paper and cloth
Fuirena
a genus of sedges
Lagerstroemia
a genus of shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa
ijolite
a granular igneous rock consisting chiefly of nephelite and augite
fiard
a long narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs formed by glacial action; fjord
Andreasen method
a method of estimating particle size of ceramic clay by sedimentation
erikite
a mineral consisting of a silicate and phosphate
Finsen light
a mixture of blue, violet, and near ultraviolet light
megilp
a mixture of mastic resin and linseed oil added to oil paints,
saeter
a pasture high in the mountains of Norway
rottlera
a powder obtained from the seed capsules of Kamala tree
steenstrupine
a rare mineral
Borrichia
a small genus of low shrubby American herbs
scopperil
a spinning top
James-Lange theory
a theory in psychology
palstave
a usually bronze celt designed for a split handle
knackebrod
a very crisp and brittle unleavened rye bread
ragg
a yarn formed of two strands of dyed wool and one strand of undyed wool
stirk
a young bull or cow especially when more than one but less than two years old
smorrebrod
an hors d'oeuvre served in Danish style on a slice of buttered bread
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
an inherited disorder of connective tissue
purau
an irregularly spreading or shrubby tree
lerret
an open boat with two sails
gloup
an opening in the roof of a sea cave
poe
bird
sneap
chide, reprove, chasten
Hirschsprung's disease
congenital megacolon
Danlaga
danish law
varve
layer of sediments in still water
zunyite
mineral
Shalako
one of the dancers impersonating a Zuñi mythical being
aute
paper mulberry
murrey
purplish black color
taiver
shred, tatter
snoose
snuff
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
spectrum-luminosity diagram
Clemmensen reduction
the reduction of a ketone or aldehyde directly to a hydrocarbon
rancel
to search thoroughly : ransack
krait
venomous snake
