List Words
Woven
of Weave
Fretted
of Fret
Hibernicism
Alt. of Hibernianism
Scotticism
An idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland or Scotchmen.
Grille
A lattice or grating.
Interlaced
of Interlace
Acquaint
Acquainted.
Retiform
Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye.
Ram
To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
Meshed
of Mesh
Patriotism
Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's country; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country.
Beer
A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.
Netty
Like a net, or network; netted.
Annoyer
One who, or that which, annoys.
Reticulated
Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure.
Smallness
The quality or state of being small.
Reticular
Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform; as, reticular cartilage; a reticular leaf.
Streaked
of Streak
Americanism
Attachment to the United States.
Anglicism
An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English.
Openly
In an open manner; publicly; not in private; without secrecy.
Fearfully
In a fearful manner.
Scabbiness
The quality or state of being scabby.
Cancellated
Crossbarred; marked with cross lines.
Familiarize
To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self with scenes of distress.
Laced
of Lace
Abjection
The act of bringing down or humbling.
Abominableness
The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness.
Dissoluteness
State or quality of being dissolute; looseness of morals and manners; addictedness to sinful pleasures; debauchery; dissipation.
Monstrousness
The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual, extraordinary.
Plexiform
Like network; complicated.
Squalor
Squalidness; foulness; filthness; squalidity.
Tattle
To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.
Corruptness
The quality of being corrupt.
Plaguer
One who plagues or annoys.
Brinded
Of a gray or tawny color with streaks of darker hue; streaked; brindled.
Veined
of Vein
Reticulate
Alt. of Reticulated
Reprobacy
Reprobation.
Depravation
Detraction; depreciation.
Abjectness
The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.
Badgerer
One who badgers.
Harasser
One who harasses.
Inform
To give form or share to; to give vital ororganizing power to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion.
Reenact
To enact again.
Refill
To fill, or become full, again.
Doubled
of Double
Recreate
To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to gratify.
Tetany
A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.
Cruelness
Cruelty.
Random Quote
"Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything. 'Are you feeling all right?' I asked her. 'I feel all sleepy,' she said. In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead. The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was...in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her. On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunised against measles. ...I dedicated two of my books to Olivia, the first was ‘James and the Giant Peach’. That was when she was still alive. The second was ‘The BFG’, dedicated to her memory after she had died from measles. You will see her name at the beginning of each of these books. And I know how happy she would be if only she could know that her death had helped to save a good deal of illness and death among other children."
I just checked google books for BFG, and the dedication is there.
https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/_/quybcXrFhCIC?hl=en&gbpv=1
Roald Dahl, 1986
