* AFRICAN * BA the eternal soul, in Egyptian mythology [n -S] KA the spiritual self of a human being in Egyptian religion [n -S] DEY a former North African ruler [n DEYS] OBE {obeah=n} [n -S] : OBE OBEAH OBI OBIA OBI {obeah=n} [n -S] : OBE OBEAH OBI OBIA OUD a stringed instrument of northern Africa [n -S] RAI a style of popular Algerian music [n -S] SUK {souk=n} [n -S] : SOOK SOUK SUK SUKH SUQ SUQ {souk=n} [n -S] : SOOK SOUK SUK SUKH SUQ ALMA {almah=n} [n -S] : ALMA ALMAH ALME ALMEH ALME {almah=n} [n -S] : ALMA ALMAH ALME ALMEH ALOE an African plant [n -S] : ALOETIC [adj] ANKH an Egyptian symbol of enduring life [n -S] CEDI a monetary unit of Ghana [n -S] COLY an African bird [n COLIES] DOUM an African palm tree [n -S] KORA a stringed African musical instrument [n -S] OBIA {obeah=n} [n -S] : OBE OBEAH OBI OBIA ORYX an African antelope [n -ES] PULA a monetary unit of Botswana [n PULA] SEPS an African lizard [n -ES] SHEA an African tree [n -S] SOOK {souk=n} [n -S] : SOOK SOUK SUK SUKH SUQ SOUK a marketplace in northern Africa and the Middle East [n -S] : SOOK SOUK SUK SUKH SUQ SUKH a souk (a marketplace in northern Africa and the Middle East) [n -S] : SOOK SOUK SUK SUKH SUQ VELD {veldt=n} [n -S] VLEI a hollow in South Africa in which water collects [n -S] ALMAH an Egyptian girl who sings and dances professionally [n -S] : ALMA ALMAH ALME ALMEH ALMEH {almah=n} [n -S] : ALMA ALMAH ALME ALMEH ANISE a North African plant [n -S] ARDEB an Egyptian unit of capacity [n -S] ARIEL an African gazelle [n -S] BABUL a North African tree [n -S] : BABOOL CONGO an eellike amphibian [n -GOES] / {congou=n} [n -GOS] DONGA a gully in a veldt [n -S] GRIOT a tribal entertainer in West Africa [n -S] IROKO a large African tree [n -KOS] KANZU a long white garment worn in Africa [n -S] KAROO {karroo=n} [n KAROOS] KENTE a colorful fabric made in Ghana [n -S] LIMBA an African tree [n -S] MBIRA an African musical instrument [n -S] OBEAH a form of sorcery of African origin [n -S] : OBE OBEAH OBI OBIA OKAPI an African ruminant mammal [n -S] ORIBI an African antelope [n -S] : OUREBI(s) PITTA a perching bird of Asia, Australia, and Africa [n -S] POMBE an African drink made from grain and fruit [n -S] POTTO a lemur of tropical Africa [n -TOS] SASSY {impudent=adj} [adj SASSIER, SASSIEST] / {sasswood=n} [n -SIES] : SASSY SASSWOOD SASSYWOOD THEBE a monetary unit of Botswana [n -S] UTILE an African hardwood tree [n -S] VELDT a grassland of southern Africa [n -S] : VELD(s) WHYDA whydah (an African bird) [n -S] : WHIDAH WHYDA WHYDAH XERUS an African ground squirrel [n -ES] ZANZA an African musical instrument [n -S] ZEBRA an African mammal that is related to the horse [n -S] : ZEBRAIC [adj] ZORIL a small African mammal [n -S] : ZORIL ZORILLA ZORILLE ZORILLO AJOWAN the fruit of an Egyptian plant [n -S] AMARNA pertaining to a certain historical period of ancient Egypt [adj] ASKARI a soldier or police officer of eastern Africa [n -S] BABOOL {babul=n} [n -S] CASBAH the old section of a North African city [n -S] : KASBAH(s) DIRHAM a monetary unit of Morocco [n -S] DJEMBE a type of African hand drum [n -S] FENNEC an African fox [n -S] FYNBOS a type of biome in South Africa [n FYNBOS] IMPALA an African antelope [n -S] IMPHEE an African grass [n -S] INDABA a meeting of South African tribes [n -S] INDUNA a tribal overseer in Africa [n -S] KAROSS an African garment [n -ES] KARROO a dry plateau (semi-arid region of South Africa) [n -ROOS] : KAROO(s) KASBAH {casbah=n} [n -S] LECHWE an African antelope [n -S] MAJLIS the parliament in various North African and Middle Eastern countries [n -ES] MEDINA the native quarter of a North African city [n -S] NAGANA a disease of horses in Africa [n -S] OBIISM {obeahism=n} [n -S] OUREBI {oribi=n} [n -S] PESEWA a monetary unit of Ghana [n -S] QUAGGA an extinct zebralike mammal [n -S] QUELEA an African weaverbird [n -S] SABKHA a coastal, flat, periodically flooded area in northern Africa [n -S] SAPELE a large tropical African tree [n -S] SERDAB a chamber within an ancient Egyptian tomb [n -S] SERVAL an African wildcat [n -S] SHADUF {shadoof=n} [n -S] SHAMBA a farm in East Africa [n -S] SPHINX a monster in Egyptian mythology [n SPHINXES or SPHINGES] SPHYNX a cat of a breed of hairless cats [n -ES] TSETSE an African fly [n -S] : TZETZE(s) TSOTSI a black African urban criminal [n -S] TURACO {touraco=n} [n -COS] : TOURACO TURACO TURACOU TZETZE {tsetse=n} [n -S] URAEUS the figure of the sacred serpent on the headdress of ancient Egyptian rulers [n URAEI or URAEUSES] VERVET an African monkey [n -S] WHIDAH {whydah=n} [n -S] : WHIDAH WHYDA WHYDAH WHYDAH an African bird [n -S] : WHIDAH WHYDA WHYDAH AVODIRE an African tree [n -S] BAASKAP the policy of domination by white people in South Africa [n -S] : BAASKAP BAASKAAP BAASSKAP BALAFON a musical instrument of Africa [n -S] BUBINGA an African tree [n -S] BUSHPIG a wild African pig [n -S] CAMWOOD an African hardwood tree [n -S] CANOPIC pertaining to an Egyptian jar [adj] CARACAL an African lynx [n -S] CATJANG an African shrub [n -S] DASHIKI an African tunic [n -S] : DAISHIKI(s) DEMOTIC pertaining to a simplified form of ancient Egyptian writing [adj] EBONICS a dialect of English spoken by some African-Americans [n] FLYBELT an area infested with tsetse flies [n -S] FREESIA an African herb [n -S] GAZANIA a South African herb [n -S] HARISSA a spicy North African sauce [n -S] KALIMBA an African musical instrument [n -S] KONGONI an African antelope [n KONGONI] LITHOPS a succulent African plant [n LITHOPS] LOIASIS a tropical African disease [n -ASES] / [n LOIASES, -ES] MARABOU an African stork [n -S] : MARABOUT(s) MARIMBA a percussion instrument [n -S] MASTABA an ancient Egyptian tomb [n -S] MEERKAT an African mongoose [n -S] MOROCCO a soft leather [n -COS] NEMESIA a flowering African plant [n -S] PHARAOH a ruler of ancient Egypt [n -S] PSCHENT a crown worn by ancient Egyptian kings [n -S] REITBOK the {reedbuck=n} [n -S] ROBUSTA a coffee grown in Africa [n -S] ROOIBOS a South African evergreen shrub [n -ES] SASSABY an African antelope [n -BIES] SHADOOF a device used in Egypt for raising water for irrigation [n -S] : SHADUF(s) SHADUF {shadoof=n} [n -S] SISTRUM an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument [n -TRUMS or -TRA] SJAMBOK to strike with a whip used in South Africa [v -ED, -ING, -S] SOUKOUS a dance music in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [n -ES] TILAPIA an African fish [n -S] TOURACO an African bird [n -COS] : TOURACO TURACO TURACOU TRITOMA an African herb [n -S] TROCHIL an African bird [n -S] : TROCHILUS TROCHILI TURACOU {touraco=n} [n -S] : TOURACO TURACO TURACOU WARTHOG an African wild hog [n -S] XENOPUS a frog native to southern Africa [n -PUSES] YOHIMBE a tropical African tree [n -S] ZEBRANO a tree having striped wood [n -BRANOS] ZEBRASS the offspring of a zebra and an ass [n -ES] ZEBRINE the offspring of a male horse and a female zebra [n -S] ZEBROID pertaining to a {zebra=n} [adj] ZORILLA {zoril=n} [n -S] : ZORIL ZORILLA ZORILLE ZORILLO ZORILLE {zoril=n} [n -S] : ZORIL ZORILLA ZORILLE ZORILLO ZORILLO {zoril=n} [n -LOS] : ZORIL ZORILLA ZORILLE ZORILLO AARDVARK an African mammal [n -S] AARDWOLF an African mammal [n -WOLVES] AASVOGEL an African {vulture=n} [n -S] BAASKAAP the policy of domination by white people in South Africa [n -S] : BAASKAP BAASKAAP BAASSKAP BAASSKAP {baaskap=n} [n -S] : BAASKAP BAASKAAP BAASSKAP COUSCOUS a North African cereal [n -ES] DAISHIKI {dashiki=n} [n -S] EGYPTIAN a typeface with squared serifs [n -S] GLOSSINA a tsetse fly [n -S] MARABOUT a {marabou=n} [n -S] MBAQANGA a South African dance music [n -S] MILLIEME unit of value of Egypt and Sudan [n -S] MONELLIN a protein extracted from a West African red berry [n -S] OBEAHISM the use of obeah [n -S] : OBIISM(s) OXPECKER an African bird [n -S] PUFFBACK a small African bird [n -S] REEDBUCK an African antelope [n -S] : REITBOK(s) SASSWOOD an African tree [n -S] : SASSWOOD SASSY SASSYWOOD STAPELIA an African plant [n -S] STEENBOK an African antelope [n -S] : STEENBOK STEENBUCK STEINBOK STEINBOK {steenbok=n} [n -S] : STEENBOK STEENBUCK STEINBOK TALAPOIN a small African monkey [n -S] TROCHILI {trochils=n} [n] : TROCHILUS ZOMBIISM the system of beliefs connected with a West African snake god [n -S] SASSYWOOD [n -S] : SASSY SASSWOOD SASSYWOOD STEENBUCK {steenbok=n} [n -S] : STEENBOK STEENBUCK STEINBOK TROCHILUS {trochil=n} [n TROCHILI] ZEBRAFISH [n -ES] ZEBRAWOOD [n -S] * List compiled from OWL2 + Long List by Rebecca Slivka