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- CORONALRelating to a crown or coronation.
- CORUSCATETo give off light; to reflect in flashes; to sparkle.
- COTERMINOUSMeeting end to end or at the ends.
- COVERTUREConcealing cover, disguise, veil; .
- CUBITThe distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.
- CUPRICOf, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper.
- DEIFYTo make into a god.
- DESCANTA lengthy discourse on a subject.
- DIELHaving a 24-hour period regardless of day or night.
- DILUVIANPertaining to a deluge, or flood.
- DIURNALHappening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.
- ENERVATETo reduce strength or energy; debilitate.
- ESTIVALOf or relating to summer.
- EXCORIATETo remove the skin and/or fur of, to flay, to skin.
- EXCORIATEDsimple past and past participle of excoriate
- EXCULPATETo clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.
- EXCULPATORYTending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
- EXPLICATETo explain meticulously or in great detail.
- EXPLICATORYExplanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
- FATUOUSLYWith smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically.
- FECULENTDirty with faeces or other impurities
- FECUNDITYAbility to produce offspring.
- FIBULAEplural of fibula
- FILAMENTARYOf, pertaining to, containing or resembling a filament or filaments.
- FLOCCULEA small, loosely aggregated mass of material suspended in, or precipitated from a solution; a floc.
- FOETIDAlternative spelling of fetid.
- FRIABLEEasily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
- FRICATIVEAny of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonan
- FULCRUMThe support about which a lever pivots.
- FULMINATETo make a verbal attack.
- FULMINATESplural of fulminate
- FUNEREALOf or relating to a funeral.
- FUNICULAROf, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable.
- GRANULOMAAn inflammatory nodule consisting of histiocytes (macrophages) attempting to wall off substances they perceive as foreign but are unable to eliminate, such as certain infectious or
- GUTTAEplural of gutta
- HARUSPEXA soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced haruspicy, divination by inspecting entrails.
- HIRSUTECovered in hair or bristles; hairy.
- IMMURETo cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
- INCHOATERecently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
- INCUBUSAn evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.
- INCULPATETo imply the guilt of; to blame or incriminate.
- INCULPATEDsimple past and past participle of inculpate
- INCULPATORYThat causes someone to be blamed for something.
- INVEIGLEDsimple past and past participle of inveigle
- LAMINAROf fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers.
- LITTORALOf or relating to the shore, especially the seashore.
- LOACHESplural of loach
- MATRICIDEThe killing of one's mother.
- MENSURATETo measure absolutely the height, latitude and longitude of a point on the earth.
- MYXEDEMAA form of cutaneous and dermal edema that is secondary to increased deposition of connective tissue components in subcutaneous tissue.
- NAVEThe middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
- NOSTRUMA medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects.
- OBFUSCATETo make dark; to overshadow.
- OBVIATETo anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
- OBVIATEDsimple past and past participle of obviate
- OCCIDENTALOf, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western.
- OCCIPUTThe back part of the head or skull.
- OCCLUDEDsimple past and past participle of occlude
- OCCLUSIONThe process of occluding, or something that occludes.
- OCTONARYOf eighth rank or order.
- OCULAROf, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight
- OLEAGINOUSOily, greasy.
- OMNIVOREAn animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).
- ORGEATA sweet syrup made from sugar and almonds (or originally barley) and rose water or orange-flower water.
- ORTOLANSplural of ortolan
- OTIOSEHaving no effect.
- OVIPARYThe laying of eggs by an animal.
- OVIPOSITTo lay eggs.
- PALADINSplural of paladin
- PARVENUEFemale equivalent of parvenu.
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PECULATETo embezzle.
- PECUNIARYOf, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.
- PENUMBRALOf, or pertaining to, the penumbra.
- PERFIDYA state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.
- PETIOLEThe stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
- PHARYNGEALOf or pertaining to the pharynx.
- PLANGENTHaving a loud, mournful sound.
- PLANTARRelating to the sole of the foot.
- PLEBISCITEA direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy.
- PONIARDA dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade.
- POROSITYThe state of being porous.
- PROCONSULA magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province.
- PROMULGATEDsimple past and past participle of promulgate
- PUERPERALOf, pertaining to, or associated with the puerperium (the first month of postpartum), or, sometimes also:
- QUOTIDIANHappening every day; daily.
- REDOUBTA small, temporary, military fortification.
- REDUPLICATEdoubled
- REFULGENTResplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.
- REIFYTo regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.
- RETICULEA reticle; a grid in the eyepiece of an instrument.
- SAGACITYThe quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful.
- SALUBRITYThe quality of being salubrious or invigorating.
- SAPIENCEThe property of being sapient, the property of possessing or being able to possess wisdom.
- SAPONIFIEDsimple past and past participle of saponify
- SAPONIFYTo convert (a fat or oil) into soap.
- SCAPULAEplural of scapula
- SEPTENARYConsisting of or containing seven.
- SIDEREALOf or relating to the stars.
- SINGULARITYThe state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.