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- AGONA struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
- HEPTAGONA polygon with seven sides and seven angles.
- HETERODOXOf or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious ones, that are different from what a religion (or sect) believes to be orthodox, but (usually) not conflicti
- SEMIOTICOf or relating to semiotics or to semantics.
- CAGOULEA lightweight waterproof parka.
- CUSTODIALProviding protection, care, supervision or guarding.
- GELATINOUSJelly-like.
- JACQUERIEA revolt organized by peasants, typically violent.
- PISTILA discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma.
- PILASTERA rectangular column that projects partially from the wall to which it is attached; it gives the appearance of a support, but is only for decoration.
- BACULUMA bone found in the penis of some placental mammals.
- CELERITYSpeed, swiftness.
- CHASUBLEThe outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass, equivalent to the phelonion of the Eastern tradition.
- ESQUIREA lawyer.
- LAXITYThe state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.
- OMNIVOREAn animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).
- PERQUISITEAny monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary.
- PREBENDALOf or pertaining to a prebend; prebendary.
- PROLIXTediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.
- QUOTIDIANHappening every day; daily.
- UXORIOUSVery devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.
- GHASTLYLike a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.
- QUISLINGA traitor who collaborates with the enemy.
- AQUIVERIn a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering.
- BLUSHEROne who blushes.
- COSIGNATORYAny of several people who sign a document together (especially a treaty)
- GLUONA massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force.
- HAVERINGpresent participle and gerund of haver
- HEXAMETRICRelating to or exhibiting hexameter
- MADRIGALISTA composer of madrigals.
- MUSEOLOGYThe design, organization, and management of museums.
- PHANTASMICLike a phantasm; ghostly, unreal.
- QUORATE(of a meeting) Having a quorum; having the minimum number of people necessary to conduct business and to cast votes.
- TURGIDLYIn a turgid manner.
- VEXATIOUSCausing vexation or annoyance; teasing; troublesome.
- VEXEDLYIn a vexed manner; annoyedly.