abolitionism |
movement to end slavery |
General |
archipelago |
group of islands |
Geography |
atoll |
coral islands or outcroppings that encircle a lagoon |
Geography |
bistro |
unpretentious food, often with a bar and music |
Eats |
casual dining |
restaurant with table service |
Eats |
Chanticleer |
a rooster: used as a proper name in medieval fables |
Literatary |
city |
incorporated local entity, expect many facilities |
Place |
coffeehouse |
typically serve coffee, light meals and snack |
Eats |
conscientious objector |
one who refuses to fight in the military |
General |
demesne |
legal possession of land |
Place |
endorheic basin |
closed basin that allows nothing to flow out, lowest point |
Geography |
fast food |
food is assembled to order, no table service |
Eats |
fast-casual |
casual dining with minimal table service |
Eats |
florilegium |
volume of collected short writings |
Literary |
flounder |
struggle to move |
Nautical |
founder |
fill with water and sink |
Nautical |
independent city |
city that is not part of another local government, ie, not part of a county |
Place |
island |
land completely surrounded by water |
Geography |
kaffa |
coffee or tea house, snack bar |
Eats |
living history |
demonstrations that use historic items |
Museum |
marine |
on or in the sea or ocean |
Geography |
maritime |
relating to the sea or ocean |
General |
Mezzobula |
medium length fiction narrative, longer than a short story but shorter than a novel |
Literary |
moniker |
Nickname |
General |
municipality |
incorporated local community made of multiple entities, expect many facilities |
Place |
museum |
any entity or collection preserved for display and learning; a house preserved as a museum |
Museum |
nabe |
Japanese cooking pot or hot pot dishes |
Culinary |
nabe |
Neighborhood within a neighborhood |
Place |
nautical |
relating to sailors, navigation or boats |
General |
Naval Architect |
one who designs or builds marine vessels or structures |
Profession |
niggardly |
not generous, stingy |
General |
omnibus |
volume of previously published books or novellas |
Literary |
Ordinary |
tavern or eating house serving regular meals |
Building |
Parkway |
Open landscaped highway |
Place |
pelagic |
deep open water, often ocean |
Geography |
peregrinate |
to travel, especially on foot |
General |
pinnacle |
tall pointed of rock |
Geography |
quick serve |
food is made to order, no table service |
Eats |
reef |
ridge of coral, sand or rock near the surface of water |
Geography |
repository |
Museum with large number of items are preserved for display and learning; Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Museum |
restaurant |
Serves food, table service |
Eats |
sagacious |
having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment, shrewd |
General |
scuttle |
purposely sinking a boat |
Nautical |
sea stack |
steep sided column of rock in the sea |
Geography |
ship chandlery |
one who provides supplies for a ship |
Nautical |
shipwright |
ship builder |
Nautical |
short story |
short fictional writing |
Literary |
sight |
entity to see with little interaction |
Sights |
site |
locale with little or nothing remaining, or unknown remains |
Sights |
sobriquet |
descriptive moniker based on a characteristic |
General |
sound |
ocean inlet that is larger than a bay |
Geography |
squib |
short satiric or humorous writing or speech |
Literary |
town |
larger than a village but smaller than a city, expect some facilities |
Place |
tributary |
stream or river that flows into a larger one |
Geography |
verfabula |
long form narrative nonfiction that reads like a novel |
Literary |
vicinage |
district, region or neighborhood |
Place |
wereman |
male of the species of man, husband |
General |
wilderness |
large tract of land in its natural state |
Geography |
woman |
female of the species of man, wife of man |
General |