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- GENTRICEThe state or quality of being high-born; gentility.
- GENTRICESThe state or quality of being high-born; gentility.
- GLAIVEDArmed with a glaive.
- GLOTTIDESplural of glottis
- HELLIONSplural of hellion
- HOGGERIESplural of hoggery
- HOGGERYHoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness.
- HOPLITESplural of hoplite
- 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.
- HYPOMANIASplural of hypomania
- HYPOMANICafflicted with a mild state of mania
- HYPONATREMIA
- HYRAXESplural of hyrax
- INCUMBEREDsimple past and past participle of incumber
- INCUMBERSthird-person singular simple present indicative of incumber
- 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
- INVOLUTESplural of involute
- 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.
- LEGMENplural of legman
- LICTORSplural of lictor
- LIGATIONSomething that ties, a ligature.
- LUFFINGpresent participle and gerund of luff
- LYOPHOBICHaving no affinity for the dispersion medium and thus easily precipitated.
- MATRICIDESplural of matricide
- MATTOCKAn agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.
- NECROPHOBIAAn abnormal fear of death or corpses.
- NUBBLIERcomparative form of nubbly: more nubbly
- NUBBLIESTsuperlative form of nubbly: most nubbly
- NUGATORYTrivial, trifling or of little importance.
- OBLATESplural of oblate
- OBOLIplural of obolus
- OBVOLUTEoverlapping; contorted; convoluted
- OBVOLUTEDAlternative form of obvolute.
- OSTREOPHAGESynonym of ostreophagist.
- OVERMIGHTYExcessively mighty.
- PAGANISTPagan.
- PAGANISTICInvolving or resembling paganism.
- PALAVERINGgerund of palaver: the act of one who palavers.
- PANDITAn honorary title for a learned man or scholar.
- PARANGSplural of parang
- PARRICIDALRelated to, inclined to, or guilty of, the murder of one's immediate family.
- PARVENUSplural of parvenu
- PASHEDsimple past and past participle of pash
- PLACETA vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
- PLANCHETA flat disk of metal used as a blank for stamping a coin.
- PLANCHETSplural of planchet
- POLVERINEGlassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, used in the manufacture of fine glass.
- POLVERINESplural of polverine
- POUFFIESTsuperlative form of pouffy: most pouffy
- PRANGEDsimple past and past participle of prang
- PREBOUNDOf a book: rebound with a library quality hardcover binding. In almost all commercial cases, the book in question began as a paperback.
- PRECIEUSE
- PULVERINEashes of barilla
- PULVERINESAlternative form of pulverine.
- PULVERSplural of pulver
- QUICKENEDsimple past and past participle of quicken
- RADDLINGpresent participle and gerund of raddle
- RADIOPHONICDescribing sound effects created to accompany radio broadcasts as background music.
- RAMEKINSplural of ramekin
- RANCEDsimple past and past participle of rance
- RAXEDsimple past and past participle of rax
- REDOUTSplural of redout
- REHANDLESthird-person singular simple present indicative of rehandle
- RESILINGpresent participle and gerund of resile
- REVANCHISMThe political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory.
- REVANCHISTA revanchist person; occasionally, anyone seeking vengeance.
- 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.
- ROBLESplural of roble
- RUBBLIESTsuperlative form of rubbly: most rubbly
- SCARIFYTo remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
- SCUMBLEDsimple past and past participle of scumble
- SCUMBLINGpresent participle and gerund of scumble
- SEAFARINGLiving one's life at sea.
- SERVICEMANA man who serves in the armed forces.
- SPIFFIESTsuperlative form of spiffy: most spiffy
- SPIVVERYBehaviour characteristic of a spiv; crookery, petty crime.
- STOAEplural of stoa
- STOAIplural of stoa
- SUBLATINGpresent participle and gerund of sublate
- SULPHONICAlternative spelling of sulfonic.
- SUPERVOLUTEHaving a plaited and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning glory.
- THRAWN
- TRIFACIALtrigeminal
- TRIFACIALSplural of trifacial
- UNCITEDnot cited
- UNDERBLOWTo fail to blow with sufficient force or energy
- UXORIALOf or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relatives.
- UXORIOUSVery devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.
- 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.
- VANGSplural of vang
- VELDTSplural of veldt
- VERITE
- VICARYObsolete form of vicar.
- VIROPHAGEAny virus that infects other viruses.
- WAYFARINGTravelling, especially on foot.
- WHOMSOwhichever person, whomever