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- ACQUESTAcquisition; the thing gained.
- AMICEA hood, or cape with a hood, made of or lined with grey fur, formerly worn by the clergy.
- BOTULISMPoisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.
- CELERITYSpeed, swiftness.
- DAMNIFYTo damage physically; to injure.
- DOWAGERA widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
- EGESTIONThe act or result of egesting
- EXTIRPTo extirpate (something).
- INDOLEAn organic compound, C8H7N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fu
- LIGATIONSomething that ties, a ligature.
- LYOPHOBICHaving no affinity for the dispersion medium and thus easily precipitated.
- NUGATORYTrivial, trifling or of little importance.
- OBVOLUTEoverlapping; contorted; convoluted
- PARRICIDALRelated to, inclined to, or guilty of, the murder of one's immediate family.
- PLACETA vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
- POLVERINEGlassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, used in the manufacture of fine glass.
- PULVERINEashes of barilla
- SUPERVOLUTEHaving a plaited and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning glory.
- UXORIALOf or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relatives.
- UXORIOUSVery devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.
- VICARYObsolete form of vicar.