THE MAJOR SYSTEM p2

345. Moral.
346. March.
347. Mark.
348. Morphia. The narcotic principle of opium.
349. Marble.
350. Males.
351. Malt.
352. Melon.
353. Mile Man.
354. Miller
355. Molehill.
356. Mulish. (Imagine anything that is characteristic
of a mule.)
357. Milk.
358. Mollify. To soften, assuage, appease.
359. Mail-bag.
360. Matches.
361. Mashed.
362. Machine.
363. Mishmash. A jumble; a hodge podge; a medley.
364. Major.
365. Mesh Lock. (Imagine something like a gear cog
meshing and locking, or a lock that
operates by an intricate mesh.)
366. Magician.
367. Magic.
368. Much Force.
369. Much bent. __
370. Mikes.
371. Mocked.
372. Mohican. .
373. Make Muck.
374. Maker.
375. Meekly.
376. My cash.
377. Making.
378. Make Off. To hurry away, as a thief from the
scene.
379- Magpie.
380. Movies.
381. Mufti. An expounder of Mohammedan law;
civilian dress as opposed to uniform.
382. Muffin.
383. Movement.
384. Mayfair.
385. Muffle.
386. My Fish.
387. Maffick. To celebrate uproariously.
388. Mauve Feet.
389. Movable. ____
390. Mopes. Sulks; being dull or out of spirits.
391. Moped. Having completed 390!
392. Embank. To throw up a bank; protect by a ban
393. Wampum. Name for money-beads and shells
used by North American Indians.
394. Empire.
395. Maple.
396. Ambush.
397. Impact.
398. Impavid. Fearless; bold; intrepid. .
399. Imbibe. To drink in; absorb (often used of
liquor). '
400. Recess.
401. Recite.
402. Raisin.
403. Resume*. A summing up; a condensed statement;
a summary.
404. Racer.
405. Wrestle.
406. Rose-show.
407. Risk.
408. Receive. _
409. Rasp. To rub with a coarse file; to utter in a
' grating way.
410. Raids.
411. Radiate.
412. Rattan. Indian climbing palm with long, thin,
many-jointed pliable stem.
413. Redeem.
414. Radar. (Imagine 'beaming in' on some object
in the sky.)
415. Rattle.
416. Radish.
417. Reading.
418. Ratify. To settle, confirm, approve, establish.
419. Rat Bait.
420. Reigns.
421. Rained.
422. Reunion.
423. Uranium. A radio-active white metallic element.
424. Runner.
425. Runnel. A rivulet or gutter.
426. Ranch.
427. Rank.
428. Run Off. A deciding, final contest; a gutter or
spillway.
429. Rainbow.
430. Remus. One of two brothers suckled by a wolf—-
one of the founders of Rome.
431. Rammed.
432. Roman.
433. Remember.
434. Rammer. An armoured point on the prow of a
ship.
435. Rommel. - Notorious German war leader.
436. Rummage.
437. Remake.
438. Ramify. To form branches or subdivisions or
offshots.
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439. Ramp.
440. Roars.
441. Reared.
442. Rareness.
443. Rearman. The last man in a column or file.
444. Rarer.
445- Rarely. _
446. Rare Show.
447. Rearing.
448. Rarefy. To lessen the density or solidity of,
especially air.
449. Rarebit. A dainty morsel; often applied to
Welsh Rarebit—grilled cheese on toast
450. Release.
451. Railed.
452. Re-loan.
453. Realm.
454. Roller.
455. Reel Line. (Imagine a fishing line tangled on its
reel.)
456. Relish.
457. Relic.
458. Relief.
459. Relapse.
460. Riches.
461. Reached.
462. Region.
463. Regime. Mode, style, diet; form of government
464. Rasher.
465. Rachel.
466. Rejudge.
467. Raging.
468. Arch Foe. (Imagine yourself as a knight with one
giant foe among a number of others.)
469. Reach up.
470. Racks.
471. Racket.
472. Reckon.
473. Requiem. A service spoken or sung for the peace
of the soul of a dead person.
474. Raker. (Imagine a man who does nothing but
rake gardens.)
475. Recall.
476. Roguish.
477. Rococo. A highly ornamented and florid style in
design.
478. Recover.
479. Raek up. Colloquialism meaning to injure
seriously in sport.
480. Refuse. Rubbish; garbage.
481. Raft;
482. Raven.
483. Reform.
484. Reefer. A short jacket worn by sailors; a
marijuana cigarette.
485. Raffle. __
486. Ravage.
487. Revoke. A card player's failure to follow suit
though he could.
488. Revive.
489. Roofable. .
490. Rabies.
491. Rabid. Furious, violent, unreasoning, mad.
492. Ribbon.
493. Ripe Melon.
494. Raper.
495. Rabble.
49& Rubbish.
497. Rebuke.
498. Rebuff.
499. Republic. A society of persons or animals with
equality between members.
500. Lasses.
501. Last.
502. Lesson.
503. Lyceum. A place for instruction and lectures; A
place in Athens where Aristotle taught.
504. Laser. A super-concentrated beam of light
- coming from a substance which is
vibrated.
505. Lazily.
506. Alsatian.
507. Lacing.
508. Lucifer.
509. Lisp.
510. Ladies.
511. Lighted.
512. Latin.
513. Late Meal.
514. Ladder.
515. Ladle.
516. Old-Age.
517. Leading.
518. Old Foe.
519. Lead Pipe.
520. Lance.
521. Land. , _____
522. linen.
523. Liniment.
524. Linear.
525. Lineal. Relating to a line or lines; in direct line.
526. Launch.
527. Lank.
528. Luna Flight.
529. Line-up.
530. Looms.
531. Limit. .
532. Layman.
533. Lame Mare.
534. Lamarck. Famous French Zoologist and botanist
535. Lamella. A thin plate, especially of tissue or bone.
536. Lime Juice.
537. Looming.
538. Lymph. Virus-laden matter obtained from a
diseased body.
539- Lamp.
540. Layers. ,
541. Lard.
542. Learn.
543. Alarm.
544. Leerer.
545. Laurel.
546. Large.
547. Lark.
548. Larva.
549. Larrup. Colloquial for 'to thrash'.
550. Lilies.
551. lilt;
552. Lowland.
553. Lielow Mattress. A camping mattress which serves
as a bed.
554. Lowlier.
555. Lily-livered.
556. Liliaceous. Relating to the lily family; like a lily.
557. Lilac. " .
558. Low life.
559. Lullaby.
560. Lashes. ^
561. Legit. Colloquial for that which is honest or
'above board'.
562. Legion.
563. Lush Meadow.
564. Lecher.
565. Lushly.
566. All-Jewish.
567- Logic-
568. Low shot.
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569. Lush Pea.
570. Lakes.
571. Licked.
572. Lagoon.
573. Locum. Colloquial for a deputy in any office,
especially a doctor.
574« Lacquer. .___
575. Local. '
576- Luggage.
577. licking.
578. Liquefy. To bring a solid or a gas into a liquid
condition.
579. Lock-up.
580. Leaves.
581. Livid.
582. Elfin. Like, or relating to, a fairy or an elf.
583. Alluvium. Soil deposited or washed down by the
action of water
584. Lever.
585. Level.
586. Lavish.
587. Leaving.
588. Leave Off!
589. Life-boat.
590. Lips.
591. Leaped.
592. Lib Now! (Imagine this phrase as a Woman's
__ Liberation placard.)
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593. Labium. The floor of the mouth of insects and
crustaceans etc.
594. Labour.
595. Label.
596. Lipchap. A cold sore on the lip.
597. Law-book.
598. Leap-frog.
599- Lap-up.
600. Chases.
601. Chaste.
602. Jason. And the Golden Fleece!
603. Chessman.
604. Chaser.
605. Chisel.
606. Cheese-Show.
607. Chasing.
608. Joseph.
609. Jasper. " An opaque variety of quartz, usually
red, yellow or brown.
610. Shades.
611. Shaded.
612. Jetton. An engraved disc or counter.
613. Chatham. Naval town in Kent.
614. Chatter.
615. Chattel. A movable possession; property which
_ is not freehold.
616. Chit-chat.
617. Cheating.
618. Shadoof. A water raiser consisting of a long pole
hung from a post, and a bucket or
bottle.
619. Chat-up. To talk to a person of the opposite sex
with further contact in mind.
620. Chains.
621. Chant.
622. Genuine.