Definitions
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- n. Alternative capitalization of Shiraz
Examples
“As you can see, the term shiraz is a marketing invention and doesn't refer exclusively to Australian wine.”
“Any shiraz from the Barossa Valley is pretty spectacular.”
“She includes Aussie shiraz, as I expected, but to say that all Aussie shiraz is overrated is ignorant.”
“Australians called shiraz "Hermitage" up into the late 1980s, but the French put a halt to that with their "protected designation of origin".”
“Chardonnay and riesling are the leading white grapes and syrah (called shiraz locally) and cabernet sauvignon dominate the reds.”
“Boatloads of cheap, colorfully labeled syrah from Down Under (dubbed "shiraz" there) have turned off many North American drinkers to all syrah.”
“The revolution demands a more geographically appropriate focus on Mediterranean varietals, such as shiraz, cinsault and grenache for reds, and chenin blanc and clairette blanche for white.”
“Australia's Hunter Valley, a broad swath of land known for its chardonnay and shiraz grapes, is also one of the world's largest coal-export basins.”
“David Fickling/The Wall Street Journal Australia's Hunter Valley, a broad swath of land known for its chardonnay and shiraz grapes, is also one of the world's largest coal export basins.”
“Australia's southwest corner has been better known for whale and dolphin-watching cruises, white sandy beaches, world-class surf breaks and the peppery shiraz of its Margaret River premium wineries than for fatal shark attacks.”
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Non-Scrabble words
Common words not in any officially recognised scrabble dictionary, including CSW2012.
No need to add variations (plurals etc.), just the base form will do. No words requiring spaces, punctua...beaner, crema, conman, fakest, fakeness, figgy, kaboom, laggy, nutjob, pide, pissy, roadmap and 14 more...
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Tip-Top Toponymic
Place names that have entered general speech. Toponyms that interest me in other ways are on Place Names Of Distinction
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AbraxasZugzwang's Words
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Australian
words not found in other
dictionaries,these are from Macquarie
Dictionary and not playable in
scrabbleabdul, abdulled, abdulling, abi, abiu, ablactate, absinthial, absinthian, absoluter, acalypha, acanthodian, acaroids and 5128 more...
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lotic words of flow
fast flowing, rapid, confluent words
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Like
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her goddamn Bokhara rug
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products named after their (purported...
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