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- ALLOBARSplural of allobar
- APLANATICFree from, or corrected for, spherical aberration and chromatic aberration
- BRACTLETA bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that supports several flowers
- CHIELDSplural of chield
- FOLIOLATEOf or pertaining to leaflets of a plant.
- HORSEBEANAlternative form of horse bean.
- JARGONELArchaic form of jargonelle.
- LANDAULETA small landau.
- LATHYRITICOf or pertaining to lathyrism.
- LICHTED
- LUNULATEResembling a small crescent
- MURRELETSplural of murrelet
- ORRICESplural of orrice
- RUBEOLARRelating to rubeola (measles).
- SAMIELA hot desert wind, simoom.
- SNAWING
- TAHSILAn administrative division in India and Pakistan.
- TALCOSEOf or relating to talc.
- THERIACAAlternative spelling of theriac.
- TORNILLOA small tree of species Prosopis pubescens, native to Mexico and parts of the United States, that has spirally twisted pods.
- VINIFERASplural of vinifera
- YEELINAlternative form of yealing.
- ANTHERIDIAplural of antheridium
- BEBLOODTo smear or stain with blood.
- BEESWINGSplural of beeswing
- BONDUCSplural of bonduc
- BRACTEOLEA small leaf of leaf-like structure directly subtending a flower or inflorescence whose stalk itself is subtended by a bract.
- COWFLOPSplural of cowflop
- DIOICOUSAlternative form of dioecious.
- ICHNOLITESplural of ichnolite
- KRYOLITEAlternative form of cryolite.
- LANCEOLATEHaving the general shape of a lance; much longer than wide, with the widest part lower than the middle and a pointed apex.
- MARLSTONEMarl when hardened into stone.
- OBECHETriplochiton scleroxylon, a tropical tree of Africa.
- OUTCAVILS
- OUTDROVEsimple past of outdrive
- PARTLETA hen (originally in the form Dame Partlet).
- PERIDOTITEA rock consisting of small crystals of olivine, pyroxene and hornblende; the major constituent of the Earth's mantle.
- PLEUSTONThe organisms that live floating at the surface of water.
- RUBEFACIENTMaking red.
- RUBEOLASplural of rubeola
- TOUZLEDAlternative spelling of tousled.
- VARIOLITESplural of variolite
- AMBROIDSplural of ambroid
- AUTECISM
- AZOTURIAAn increase in the amount of nitrogenous material (such as urea) in the urine
- BEESWINGA filmy, translucent crust found in port and other old wines which have been bottled-aged for a long time.
- CALOTYPESplural of calotype
- DOGVANEA small vane of bunting, feathers, or other light material, fastened to the end of a short staff and placed on the weather gunwale of a sailing ship to assist the helmsman to judge
- DUVETYNEA heavy black cloth used in the motion picture and film industry to block out unwanted light.
- FOINEDsimple past and past participle of foin
- GONOCYTEA long-lived germ cell responsible for spermatogenesis in males and oogenesis in females
- ISOOCTANEany isomer of n-octane; especially 2,2,4-trimethylpentane, used as a reference in the determination of the octane number of fuel
- KRYOLITESplural of kryolite
- NIOBATEAny salt, XNbO3, of the weak niobic acid.
- NUDICAUL
- OUTCAVIL
- PODAGRASplural of podagra
- RHYTIDOMEThe dead layers of plant bark (undergoing or having undergone secondary growth) external to that of the last formed periderm .
- RINGDOVEthe wood pigeon
- SACATONA tufted perennial grass, Sporobolus airoides, grown in the southwestern United States and Mexico and used for hay and pasture in dry alkaline areas.
- SHEBEANArchaic form of shebeen.
- VEINULETA venule or veinlet.
- YAFFINGpresent participle and gerund of yaff
- ARTALplural of rotl
- BERYLINEAlternative form of berylline.
- CONATUSAn effort, an endeavour, a striving. Such a striving effort that is a life force.
- ENSORCELEDsimple past and past participle of ensorcel
- EPIGEANThat lives on or near the surface of the land.
- HYPONEASplural of hyponea
- LIGNITICContaining or resembling lignite.
- MANTELETAlternative form of mantlet.
- RUANASplural of ruana
- SEPIOLITEA hydrated magnesium silicate, clay mineral used for carving into decorative articles and smoking pipes.
- SURCINGLESplural of surcingle
- THEBAINESAlternative form of thebaine.
- THIOLICOf or pertaining to a thiol.
- VARIOLITEA rock containing centimeter-scale spherical or globular structures (varioles) in a fine-grained matrix.
- ANTICAROpposed to automobiles or the excessive use of automobiles
- ARMONICAA musical instrument made of blown-glass bowls mounted on a spindle turned originally by a foot pedal, and played with wetted fingers, producing an ethereal sound. Technically, it
- DOWLASA coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, later replaced by calico.
- EPIDOTESplural of epidote
- EUCRITEAn achondritic meteoritic rock consisting chiefly of pigeonite and anorthite
- RONDELETA metric verse (form), modeled after the rondeau, in two rhymes over seven lines, the first (in four syllables) being repeated as third and refrain (final one), each other line hav
- RUANAAn outer garment typical of the Andes region of Venezuela and Colombia, and resembling a poncho.
- RUTILATEDsimple past and past participle of rutilate
- SERICINA water-soluble glycoprotein that binds the two fibroin filaments of a silk fibre.
- TYMPANITICOf, pertaining to, or suffering from, tympany.
- AMBERGRISESplural of ambergris
- AMBROTYPESplural of ambrotype
- ANTALGICSplural of antalgic
- BRACTEOLESplural of bracteole
- CAVALIERISMThe practice or principles of cavaliers; cavalier behaviour
- FRUTESCENTImperfectly resembling a shrub.
- GUANAYGuanay cormorant; Guanay shag.
- HORSEMINTA coarse American plant of the mint family (Monarda punctata).
- NEURITICOf or relating to neuritis.
- PHRENITISMadness, especially as caused by inflammation of the brain; encephalitis, encephalomeningitis, or meningitis.
- PROTONEMAA filament of cells that forms following the germination of the spores of mosses and liverworts
- TRUMEAUXplural of trumeau