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- ABSEILTo descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or (classic abseil) by wrapping the rope around the body.
- ADIPOSITYObesity; the state of being fat.
- ADSORBTo accumulate on a surface, by adsorption.
- ALPENSTOCKA stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain.
- ANGIOSPERMAny plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
- ANIMAThe soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.
- ANKYLOSEDsimple past and past participle of ankylose
- AQUIFERAn underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel.
- AQUIFEROUSOf or pertaining to an aquifer
- ARILA tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.
- ASPERITYThe quality of having a rough or uneven surface; roughness, unevenness; a protruding or rough area or point on a surface; a protrusion.
- ATAXYataxia
- AUSPICEPatronage or protection.
- AZIDEthe univalent N3 radical or functional group or any ester containing this group
- BARGOONcheap; discount
- BAROUCHEA four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with collapsible half-hood, two double seats facing each other, and an outside seat for the driver.
- BASTINADOA blow with a cudgel or stick.
- BATHOSOverdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
- BAUXITEThe principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides.
- BAWDOne who keeps a brothel, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer or madam.
- BEADLEA parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order.
- BEDEWTo make wet with or as if with dew.
- BEDIZENTo dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner.
- BELDAMAlternative spelling of beldame.
- BENEFICELand granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.
- BESOMA broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.
- BETIMESIn good season or time; early, especially in the morning; seasonably.
- BEZOARA mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.
- BIGHTA corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
- BIPHASICHaving two phases.
- BLOWSYHaving a reddish, coarse complexion, especially with a pudgy face.
- BOHUNKAn immigrant from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, or the Balkans, especially one who is regarded as vain, aggressively masculine, and socially unsophisticated.
- BOLIDEAn extremely bright meteor.
- BONHOMIEA friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness.
- BOULTEROne who boults or sifts.
- BOURNEA boundary; a limit.
- BOURSEA stock exchange. Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
- BOWYERA person who makes or sells bows (for use with arrows).
- BRACHIATEHaving decussate branches.
- BRAILA small rope used to truss up sails.
- BRANGLEA squabble.
- BRAZETo cover with brass, or as with brass.
- 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.
- CAPTIOUSLYIn a captious manner.
- CASQUEA helmet.
- CENOTEA deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Mexico and Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes groundwater underneath, and sometimes used by th
- CHASUBLEThe outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass, equivalent to the phelonion of the Eastern tradition.
- CHITONA loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece and in Ancient Rome.
- CHORDATEA member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine.
- CHORINEA female chorus line dancer; a chorus girl.
- CHRISMA mixture of oil and balm, consecrated for use as an anointing fluid in certain Christian ceremonies, especially confirmation.
- CHRYSOLITEOriginally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot.
- CHTHONICDwelling within the underworld.
- CHUNTERTo speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.
- CLEWA roughly spherical mass or body.
- COMITYCourtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony.
- COMPLAISANTCompliant.
- CORBELA structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
- CORMA short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditio
- COTERIEA circle of individuals who associate with one another for a common purpose.
- 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.
- COVEYA brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).
- COXSWAINIn a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
- CRINOIDOne of the numerous animals that make up the class Crinoidea; the feather stars or sea lilies.
- CRWTHAn archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop
- CTENOPHOREAny of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.
- CYNOSUREAlternative letter-case form of Cynosure: Ursa Minor or Polaris, the North Star, used as a guide by navigators.
- DAVITA spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship.
- DECKLEA frame or edge which limits the pulp and, consequently, the size of the resulting paper.
- DHOTIA long loincloth worn by men in India.
- DICOTA plant whose seedlings have two cotyledons, a dicotyledon.
- DIGRAPHA directed graph.
- DIGRAPHICOf or pertaining to a digraph.
- DILATORYIntentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
- DIOCESANPertaining to a diocese.
- DIPHASICHaving, or occurring in, two phases.
- DIPOLEAny object (such as a magnet, polar molecule or antenna) that is oppositely charged at two points (or poles).
- DIPTYCHA writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
- DISTRAINTo squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.
- DOLORAlternative spelling of dolour.
- DORYA small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
- DOUGHTYBold; brave, courageous.
- DOXIESplural of doxy
- DRAYAny of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without sides or with removable sides, and used especially for heavy loads.
- DROGUEA floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving.
- DUCTILECapable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
- DUCTILITYAbility of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force.
- DYSTROPHICAffected with dystrophy
- EALDORMANThe chief magistrate of a shire in Anglo-Saxon England.
- ENCYSTTo enclose within a cyst.
- ENDUESenses relating to covering or putting on. Of a person or thing: to take on (a different form); to adopt, to assume. To put on (a piece of clothing, etc.); to wear; also (followed
- EPHEBICPertaining to a young man or to early manhood, especially in Ancient Greek contexts.
- EPOCHALOf or pertaining to an epoch.
- EPODEThe after song; the part of a lyric or choral ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe.
- EREMITEA hermit; a religious recluse, someone who lives alone.
- ESCARPMENTA steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
- ESTOPTo impede or bar by estoppel.
- EUKARYOTICHaving complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- EVINCETo show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.