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- ALUMAn astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate o
- ASPICA meat or fish jelly.
- BEATIFICBlessed, blissful, heavenly.
- BIFURCATETo divide or fork into two channels or branches.
- CHASTESynonym of pure and virtuous, particularly Sexually pure, abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.
- CITRINEA goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon.
- COAGULANTThat causes coagulation or that coagulates.
- COAGULATETo become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
- COGITATETo meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
- CORIUMThe layer of skin between the epidermis and the subcutaneous tissues.
- COTTAA surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
- CRETINA person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism.
- CUTANEOUSOf, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis.
- DEVOLUTIONA rolling down.
- DOMICILEA home or residence.
- DOWAGERA widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
- EXHUMETo dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
- EXPUNGETo erase or strike out.
- FEIGNTo make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
- FIATAn arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
- FIDUCIARYRelating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
- FLEXORA muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
- FLUXThe act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
- GENUSA category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
- GLUTENFibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").
- JUDICIOUSHaving, characterized by, or done with good judgment or sound thinking.
- JUNTAThe committee of military officers that have usurped political control.
- JUXTAPOSETo place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
- LIMPETAny of various gastropods with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.
- LUXELuxury.
- MALIGNEvil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.
- MONETIZETo convert something (especially a security) into currency.
- NEXUSA form or state of connection.
- NIHILISMThe view that all endeavours are devoid of objective meaning.
- OCULUSA window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye). The central boss of a volute. An opening at the apex of a dome.
- OLEANDERNerium oleander, a notoriously poisonous shrub in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, but nonetheless widely grown as an ornamental, having leathery lance-shaped leaves and deep rose-
- OVULEThe structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.
- PEDESTRIANOf or intended for those who are walking.
- PEONA lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
- PERNICIOUSCausing much harm in a subtle way.
- PHARYNGEALOf or pertaining to the pharynx.
- PICAA disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
- 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.
- PLEXUSA network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.
- POLONIUMA rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84. An atom of this element.
- PONTIFICATEThe status or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex.
- PRECOCIOUSCharacterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.
- PREDICATEThe part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
- PREDICATIONA proclamation, announcement or preaching.
- PREFECTAn official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.
- QUANTAplural of quantum
- RAZETo level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish. To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remov
- RETICULARHaving the structure of a net or a network; netlike.
- SEMINALOf or relating to seed or semen.
- STOICISMA school of philosophy popularized during the Roman Empire that emphasized reason as a means of understanding the natural state of things, or logos, and as a means of freeing onese
- TESTEA witness.
- TORSIONThe act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a
- TSARAn emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.
- UVULAEllipsis of palatine uvula, the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.
- VACUOLEA large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
- VACUUMA region of space that contains no matter.
- VAGABONDA person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
- VESTALOf or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth.
- VESTIBULEA small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
- VESTIGEA mark left on the earth by a foot.
- VIATORA wayfarer, traveler.
- VIOLAAny of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.
- VITRIOLAny of various metal sulphates.