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- ADIPOSITYObesity; the state of being fat.
- ADSORBTo accumulate on a surface, by adsorption.
- ARILA tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.
- AUSPICEPatronage or protection.
- BENEFICELand granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.
- BRACHIATEHaving decussate branches.
- BRAILA small rope used to truss up sails.
- CAESURAA pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art.
- CAPTIOUSThat captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.
- CHASUBLEThe outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass, equivalent to the phelonion of the Eastern tradition.
- COMITYCourtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony.
- COMPLAISANTCompliant.
- CORBELA structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
- COULTERA cutter, consisting of a blade in either knife form or disk form, attached to the ploughbeam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the ploughshare and mouldboard.
- DILATORYIntentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
- DISTRAINTo squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.
- DUCTILECapable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
- ESTOPTo impede or bar by estoppel.
- EVINCETo show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.
- EXCORIATETo remove the skin and/or fur of, to flay, to skin.
- EXCULPATETo clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.
- EXCULPATORYTending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
- EXIGENTUrgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
- EXIGUOUSScanty; meager.
- EXPIATETo atone or make reparation for.
- EXPLICATIVEExplanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
- EXPURGATETo edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
- EXULTTo rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over).
- EYRIEThe nest of a bird of prey.
- FALCHIONA somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao
- FEBRILEFeverish, or having a high temperature.
- FORNIXAn archlike or vaulted structure or fold: The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera. A triangular area of white matter in the
- FOVEAA slight depression or pit in a bone or organ.
- FULMINATETo make a verbal attack.
- GLACISA gentle incline. A gentle sloping landform created by the deposition or erosion of material. A gentle incline in front of a fortification which protects it from cannon fire and ex
- GRAVIDPregnant.
- HAWSERA thick or heavy-duty cable or rope used to tow or moor a ship.
- IMBUETo instill or inspire (someone) with a certain quality, feeling, or idea.
- IMPORTUNETo bother, irritate, trouble.
- JOCOSEgiven to jesting; habitually jolly
- JOCULARHumorous, amusing or joking.
- JOINTUREA joining; a joint.
- JUVENILIAWorks produced during an artist's or author's youth.
- KEPIA cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms.
- LATEENA triangular fore-and-aft sail set on a boom in such way that the tack is attached to the hull of the vessel and the free end of the boom lifts the sail.
- LICENTIOUSLacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
- LICTORAn officer in Ancient Rome, attendant on a consul or magistrate, who bore the fasces and was responsible for punishing criminals.
- LIQUESCETo become a liquid; to liquefy.
- LUXATETo dislocate; to displace a body part.
- MISERICORDRelaxation of monastic rules.
- MORDANTHaving or showing a sharp or critical quality.
- OPACITYThe state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through.
- PALAVERA village council meeting.
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PECULATIONThe wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually by a person entrusted with the guardianship of that property.
- PLATENThe part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
- POETASTERAn unskilled poet.
- POLONIUMA rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84. An atom of this element.
- PORTENDTo serve as a warning or omen of.
- QUIESCENTInactive, quiet, at rest.
- RAPINEThe seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder.
- REDOUBTA small, temporary, military fortification.
- REFULGENCYThe property of being refulgent.
- REFULGENTResplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.
- REIFYTo regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.
- RELICTSomething that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic. The surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a w
- RUGOSEHaving rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
- RUGOSITYThe state of being rugose.
- SAXIFRAGEAny plant in the genus Saxifraga.
- SEPTA clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; especially, one of the ancient clans of Ireland.
- SHRIVETo hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.).
- SIDEREALOf or relating to the stars.
- SONEa subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing
- SUSPIRETo breathe, especially to exhale
- UXORIOUSVery devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.
- VACUITYEmptiness.
- VESICLEA membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
- VIRAGOA woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation.
- VOLUMINOUSOf or pertaining to volume or volumes.
- VOTARYConsecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
- VULGATEMade common, published for common use.
- YAWLA small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.