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LOSSARY

Amara (ä´-mä-rä)

Continent surrounded by ocean on three sides.

armagot (är´-muh-got)

National tree, purple blue leaves in the fall.

ballyhoo bird (b
l´-le-hōō)

An insect-eating bird with dappled brown feathers. It is rarely seen, but its distinctive ballyhoo call is frequently heard in all types of woodland.

beater frog (b
´-ter frôg)

Tailless, semiaquatic amphibian having a smooth, moist skin, webbed feet, and long hind legs. Shades of green; no bigger than a child’s fist; capable of making loud, resounding boom.

benders

A game played with a deck of cards.

bentleaf tree

Deciduous tree having long, slender, drooping branches and narrow leaves.

bisonbecks (b
-sen-beks)

Most intelligent of the seven low races. They comprise most of Risto’s army.

blattig fish (blat´-tig)

Freshwater fish often growing to a length of two to three feet, voraciously carnivorous, known to attack and devour living animals.

blimmets (blim´-mets)

One of the seven low races, burrowing creatures that swarm out of the ground for periodic feeding frenzies.

bodoggin (bō´-d
g-n)

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´-n
t)

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´-n
l)

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 (gl
m´-me-t
ks)