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- ALGOPHOBIAFear of pain.
- ALGOPHOBIASFear of pain.
- AMYLSynonym of pentyl.
- BOREALOf, relating to, or coming from the north.
- DEMOTICSThe area of knowledge relating to the care and culture of the people; sociology in its broadest sense.
- DICASTERYA ministry or department of the Roman Curia of the Holy See, whether administrative or ecclesiastical.
- DYSPHONIAA difficulty in producing vocal sounds.
- EURYPHAGEAny animal that eats a large variety of food.
- SCARIFYTo remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
- SPAGYRICPertaining to alchemy; alchemical, especially regarding medicine.
- CHARMEUSEA fine semi-lustrous crepe in satin weave.
- FARCEUSEA female farceur
- FLANEUSEA female flaneur.
- FROTTAGETo rub, especially to rub onto one surface placed upon another surface that is textured, in order to create a mottled or patterned area on the first surface.
- ORAGIOUSstormy
- PLANCHETA flat disk of metal used as a blank for stamping a coin.
- REVANCHISMThe political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory.
- REVANCHISTA revanchist person; occasionally, anyone seeking vengeance.
- DEBOUCHA narrow outlet from which a body of water pours.
- 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.
- FORECASTLEA raised part of the upper deck at the front of a ship; the structure of this part of the ship; the crew's quarters located within it.
- SEAFARINGLiving one's life at sea.
- UNDERBLOWTo fail to blow with sufficient force or energy
- COMPLOTA plot (involving more than one person), conspiracy
- ADOWNDown, downward; to or in a lower place.
- WAYFARINGTravelling, especially on foot.
- WHOMSOwhichever person, whomever
- WHOSOwhosoever, whatever person
- GENTRICEThe state or quality of being high-born; gentility.
- GENTRICESThe state or quality of being high-born; gentility.
- EXOTERICOf a doctrine, information, etc.: suitable to be imparted to the public without secrecy or other reservations.
- MATTOCKAn agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.
- VALEDICTORYOf or pertaining to a valediction (“an act of parting company; a speech made when parting company”); designed for or suitable to an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.
- PANDITAn honorary title for a learned man or scholar.
- ALLOGENICHaving an external cause, or source; exogenous.
- ANOSMICHaving anosmia; lacking a sense of smell.
- AQUIVERIn a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering.
- ARCHLETA small arch.
- AXIONA hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems concerning the strong nuclear force.
- BARGEMANA member of the crew of a barge.
- BIFACIALHaving two faces or opposing surfaces.
- CHUFFIERFat or puffed out in the cheeks.
- CHUFFIESTFat or puffed out in the cheeks.
- COLIPHAGEAny of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli
- DICKENSThe devil.
- DIOESTRUSA period of sexual inactivity (in female mammals) between periods of oestrus.
- DISENCUMBERTo remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden.
- DOGGERYA squalid tavern.
- DYSPHONICHaving or relating to dysphonia.
- ENDOPLASMICOf or relating to endoplasm.
- EUSOCIALOf or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals whose genetic endowment they share.
- FLAGMANA man who carries a flag, especially one used for signalling.
- GALLOUSFit to be hanged; wicked; mischievous.
- GLAIVEDArmed with a glaive.
- HOGGERYHoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness.
- HOUSEMANA male follower or retainer; a male domestic worker or servant.
- HYPOBARICOf, relating to, or using less than normal air pressure.
- HYPOKINESIASlowed or diminished movement of the body.
- HYPOMANICafflicted with a mild state of mania
- KINESICOf or pertaining to non-verbal behaviour related to movement, either of any part of the body or the body as a whole.
- LEAVENOUSContaining leaven; leavened.
- LEGMANA person hired to carry out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place; an errand boy or errand girl, a runner.
- NECROPHOBIAAn abnormal fear of death or corpses.
- OSTREOPHAGESynonym of ostreophagist.
- OVERMIGHTYExcessively mighty.
- PAGANISTPagan.
- PAGANISTICInvolving or resembling paganism.
- PALAVERINGgerund of palaver: the act of one who palavers.
- PREBOUNDOf a book: rebound with a library quality hardcover binding. In almost all commercial cases, the book in question began as a paperback.
- PYICpurulent
- RHOTICThat allows the phoneme /ɹ/ to be followed by a vowel, as in bar (/bɑːɹ/) and bard or barred (/bɑːɹd/); who speaks with such an accent.
- SCUMBLINGpresent participle and gerund of scumble
- SERVICEMANA man who serves in the armed forces.
- SNUGGERYA comfortable room or dwelling.
- SPIVVERYBehaviour characteristic of a spiv; crookery, petty crime.
- TRIFACIALtrigeminal
- UNCITEDnot cited
- VIROPHAGEAny virus that infects other viruses.
- XYLOGENNascent wood; wood cells in a forming state.
- XYLOGENSNascent wood; wood cells in a forming state.