1.tweed

N-MASS Tweed is a thick woolen cloth, often woven from different coloured threads.

2.thigh

N-COUNT Your thighs are the top parts of your legs, between your knees and your hips.

3.galosh

a high overshoe worn especially in snow and slush

4.kilt

N-COUNT A kilt is a skirt with a lot of vertical folds, traditionally worn by Scottish men. Kilts can also be worn by women and girls.

5.poncho

N-COUNT A poncho is a piece of clothing that consists of a long piece of material or plastic with a hole cut in the middle through which you put your head. Some ponchos have a hood.

6.scrutinize

V-T If you scrutinize something, you examine it very carefully, often to find out some information from it or about it.

7.hubcap

N-COUNT A hubcap is a metal or plastic disc that covers and protects the centre of a wheel on a car, truck, or other vehicle.

8.bloke

an informal or dialect word for man

9.rally

N-COUNT A rally is a large public meeting that is held in order to show support for something such as a political party.

10.confection

N-COUNT You can refer to a sweet food that someone has made as a confection.

11.turret

N-COUNT A turret is a small narrow tower on top of a building or a larger tower.

12.sundial

N-COUNT A sundial is a device used for telling the time when the sun is shining. The shadow of an upright rod falls onto a flat surface that is marked with the hours, and points to the correct hour.

13.mallet

N-COUNT A mallet is a wooden hammer with a square head.

14.crochet

V-T/V-I If you crochet, you make cloth by using a needle with a small hook at the end.

15.lumbago

N-UNCOUNT If someone has lumbago, they have pains in the lower part of their back.

16.furtive

ADJ If you describe someone's behaviour as furtive, you disapprove of them behaving as if they want to keep something secret or hidden.

17.shrivel

V-T/V-I When something shrivels or when something shrivels it, it becomes dryer and smaller, often with lines in its surface, as a result of losing the water it contains.

18.wasp

N-COUNT A wasp is an insect with wings and yellow and black stripes across its body. Wasps have a painful sting like a bee but do not produce honey.

19.hiccough

N-COUNT You can refer to a small problem or difficulty as a hiccup, especially if it does not last very long or is easily corrected.

20.flutter

chiefly British : a small speculative venture or gamble

21.stoke

V-T If you stoke a fire, you add coal or wood to it to keep it burning.

22.tweezers

a small tool that is made of two narrow pieces of metal which are joined at one end and that is used to hold, move, or pull very small objects

23.palpable

ADJ You describe something as palpable when it is obvious or intense and easily noticed.

24.vestige

N-COUNT A vestige of something is a very small part that still remains of something that was once much larger or more important.

25.blatant

ADJ You use blatant to describe something bad that is done in an open or very obvious way.