debacle -
A sudden, disastrous collapse, downfall, or defeat.
Usage: The team had had high hopes before the debacle of their final
game, in which they did not manage to score any points.
physic -
A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic.
Usage: "Affery, woman," said Mr. Flintwinch, with a friendly
grin on his expressive countenance, "if you ever have a dream of this sort
again, it'll be a sign of your being in want of physic."
sawhorse -
A frame with legs, used to support pieces of wood being sawed.
Usage: While thus engaged they came to the edge of a wood, and the boy
sat down to rest upon an old sawhorse that some woodcutter had left there.
lumberjack -
A short, warm outer jacket.
Synonyms: lumber jacket
Usage: She insisted that he wear a formal coat to the concert, but he
was most content in his old, worn lumberjack.
netherworld -
The world of the dead.
Synonyms: Scheol, underworld, Hades, infernal region, Hell
Usage: He had nightmares about going to some fiery, haunted netherworld,
and awoke the next morning vowing to repent.
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