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- CHOLERICSenses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”). Of or relating to choler. Of a person: having an excess of chole
- CHORDATESplural of chordate
- CHORIONThe protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus.
- CHORIONSplural of chorion
- CHRISMSplural of chrism
- CHROMATICUses relating to colour Characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue.
- CHTHONICDwelling within the underworld.
- CHYRONSplural of chyron
- CIVETSplural of civet
- CLOACALOf or pertaining to the cloaca
- CLOWDERSplural of clowder
- COELACANTHSplural of coelacanth
- COLIFORMOf or pertaining to the bacteria that inhabit the intestines (especially the colon) of mammals.
- COLOSTRUMA form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth.
- CONDYLEA smooth prominence on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone.
- CONIFEROUSBearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
- COPROLITESplural of coprolite
- CORONALRelating to a crown or coronation.
- CORUSCATETo give off light; to reflect in flashes; to sparkle.
- COTERIEA circle of individuals who associate with one another for a common purpose.
- COTERMINOUSMeeting end to end or at the ends.
- COVARIATEA variable that is possibly predictive of the outcome under study.
- COVARIATESplural of covariate
- COVERTUREConcealing cover, disguise, veil; .
- COWRIEA small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
- 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.
- CUVEEAlternative form of cuvée.
- CYANOSISA blue discolouration of the skin due to the circulation of blood low in oxygen.
- CYTOSINEA heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
- DACOITA bandit or armed robber, especially in former parts of British India.
- DAEMONA minor deity or divinity.
- DEACIDIFYTo remove or neutralize the acidic content of
- DEBOUCHETo enter into battle.
- DEBOUCHESplural of debouch
- DEIFYTo make into a god.
- DEMIURGESplural of demiurge.
- DENATURETo take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of (a thing or a person).
- DENDRITEA slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.
- DENDRITESplural of dendrite
- DESCANTA lengthy discourse on a subject.
- DHOLEAn Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus.
- DHOLESplural of dhole
- DHOTISplural of dhoti
- DIAPAUSEA temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism due to adverse environmental conditions (especially in insects and in the embryos of many of the oviparous species of
- DIASPORAThe dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).
- DIATOMACEOUSOf, pertaining to, or containing diatoms or their coverings.
- DIEGETICOf or relating to diegesis; existing within a fictional universe (rather than as background), and able to be perceived by the characters.
- DIELHaving a 24-hour period regardless of day or night.
- DILUVIANPertaining to a deluge, or flood.
- DIOECIOUSHaving the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants (of the same species) rather than different parts of the same plant.
- DIOPTERA unit of measure of the power of a lens or mirror, equal to the reciprocal of its focal length in meters. Myopia is diagnosed and measured in diopters.
- DIOPTERSplural of diopter
- DIOPTRICActing as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.).
- DISCOMFITUREDefeat in battle.
- DIURNALHappening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.
- DRAMATURGESplural of dramaturge
- DRUPEA kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.
- DUENDEA small, mischievous humanoid creature in Iberian (Spanish/Portuguese), Latin American, and Philippine folklore/mythology; an imp.
- DUODENALOf or pertaining to the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine.
- DYSPHONIAA difficulty in producing vocal sounds.
- ECTOPLASMA visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
- EFFLORESCINGpresent participle and gerund of effloresce
- EFFULGENTRadiant, resplendent, shining.
- ELASMOBRANCHAny of many cartilaginous fish of the subclass Elasmobranchii.
- ELEGIACOf or relating to an elegy.
- ELOCUTETo speak, declaim, etc., in an elocutionary manner.
- ENDOMETRIAplural of endometrium
- ENERVATETo reduce strength or energy; debilitate.
- ENTROPICOf, pertaining to, or as a consequence of entropy.
- ENVENOMTo inject or put venom onto or into (someone or something).
- EPIFAUNAThe benthic fauna, i.e. the collection of sea animals living on the seafloor.
- EPIFAUNALOf or pertaining to epifauna.
- EPIPHYTEA plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit.
- ERGOTAny fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses.
- ESCHATONThe apocalypse; the approach of Christ’s reign immediately preceding the end of the world; a conception of or circumstance pertaining to this era.
- ESTIVALOf or relating to summer.
- EUKARYOTEAny of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.
- EUKARYOTICHaving complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- EUTROPHICBeing rich in nutrients and minerals and therefore having an excessive growth of algae and thus a diminished oxygen content to the detriment of other organisms.
- EUTROPHYhealthy nutrition
- EVISCERATIONA disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- EVOCATIONSplural of evocation
- 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.
- EXHUMATIONThe act of digging up that which has been buried.
- EXOGENOUSHaving an external cause. Produced or originating outside of the referent organism.
- EXPLICATETo explain meticulously or in great detail.
- EXPLICATORYExplanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
- FABULISMA literary form in which fantastical elements are placed into an everyday setting.
- FATUOUSLYWith smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically.
- FECULENTDirty with faeces or other impurities
- FECUNDITYAbility to produce offspring.
- FEISTA small, snappy, belligerent mixed-breed dog; a feist dog.
- FIACREA small horse-drawn carriage for hire; a hackney carriage.
- FIBULAEplural of fibula
- FILAMENTARYOf, pertaining to, containing or resembling a filament or filaments.
- FLENSETo strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.