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A breed of short-haired dog with a large head, short bowed legs, stocky body. Strong jaws with dewlaps, useful on farms for curtailing vermin.
Bogs, The
Made up of four swamplands with indistinct borders; located in southwest Amara.
borling treee (bôr´-ling)
Having dark brown wood and a deeply furrowed nut enclosed in a globose, aromatic husk.
bornut (bôr´-nt)
Nut from borling tree.
brillum (bril´-lum)
A brewed ale that none of the seven high races will consume. Smells like skunkwater, stains like black bornut juice. Mariones use it to spray around their fields to keep insects from infesting their crops.
broer (brôr)
A substance secreted by female dragons through glands in the mouth. Used for nest building, it hardens into a rocklike substance resembling gray meringue.
chukkajoop (chuk´-kuh-joop)
A favorite o’rant stew made from beets, onions, and carrots.
cygnot tree (si´-not)
A tropical tree growing in extremely wet ground or shallow water. The branches come out of the trunk like spokes from a wheel hub and often interlace with neighboring trees.
deckit powder
Yellow crystalline compound used for explosives.
doneel (dō´-nl)
One of the seven high races. These people are furry with bulging eyes, thin black lips, and ears at the top and front of their skulls. A flap of skin covers the ears and twitches in response to the doneel’s mood. They are small in stature, rarely over three feet tall. Generally musical and given to wearing flamboyant clothing.
Dormanscz Range (dôr-manz´)
Volcanic mountain range in southeast Amara.
druddums (drud´-dums)
Weasel-like animal that lives deep in mountains. These creatures are thieves and will steal anything to horde. Of course they like to get food, but they are also attracted to bright things and things that have an unusual texture.
drummerbug
Small brown beetle that makes a loud snapping sound with its wings when not in flight.
eberbark tea (b´-er-bark)
Tea made of dried root bark from the eberbark tree, a deciduous having irregularly lobed leaves and aromatic bark, leaves, and branches. Contains a volatile oil used as flavoring and for medicinal purposes.
emerlindians (´-mer-lin´-d -ins)
One of the seven high races, emerlindians are born pale with white hair and pale gray eyes. As they age, they darken. One group of emerlindians is slight in stature, the tallest being five feet. Another distinct group is between six and six and a half feet tall.
ernst
An evergreen shrub, flowering in late fall. The tiny, starlike, pale yellow flowers give off a fragrance similar to cinnamon.
ersatz (er-zäts´)
Imitation, substitute, artificial, and inferior to the real thing.
Fairren Forest (fair´-ren)
A massive forest of mostly deciduous trees in southwest Amara.
fire dragons
Emerged from the volcanoes in ancient days; these dragons breathe fire and are most likely to serve evil forces.
fortaleen (for´-tuh-leen)
Bush with two-inch long thorns.
gaperlot (gā-per-lot)
One who stares rudely.
glean band (gleen)
A bracelet delicately woven by kimens out of vines from the glean plant. It wards off wasps and other stinging insects, as well as poisonous reptiles.
glommytucks (glm´-me-tks)
Large aquatic birds with a long slender neck and shorter, rounder bills than ducks. Lay large clutches of eggs and are wonderful birds for roasting.
grand emerlindian
Grands are close to a thousand years old and are black.
grannny emerlindian
Grannies are both male and female, said to be five hundred years old or older, and have darkened to a brown complexion with dark brown hair and eyes.
grawligs (graw´-ligs)
One of seven low races, mountain ogres.
greater dragon
Largest of the dragons, able to carry many men or cargo.
gum tree
Tree with sticky leaves and yellow, rayed flower heads, the center of which may be plucked and chewed.
hadwig (ad´-wig)
A sling-type weapon with a spiked ball at the end.
halfnack bird
Brightly colored, medium-sized bird.
heirnot tree (âr´-nt)
Slender, white-barked, pole-like trunks with light green, round leaves attached by a flattened stem,