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- UNCLEThe brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
- RUANAAn outer garment typical of the Andes region of Venezuela and Colombia, and resembling a poncho.
- YONICIn the shape of a vulva (yoni).
- ALKANETAny member of the species Alkanna tinctoria, a plant whose root is used as a red dye.
- SACATONA tufted perennial grass, Sporobolus airoides, grown in the southwestern United States and Mexico and used for hay and pasture in dry alkaline areas.
- TORNILLOA small tree of species Prosopis pubescens, native to Mexico and parts of the United States, that has spirally twisted pods.
- LUTEFISKA traditional Nordic dish made from stockfish and soda lye.
- SAMIELA hot desert wind, simoom.
- TAHSILAn administrative division in India and Pakistan.
- METHEGLINA spiced mead, originally from Wales.
- DAVENto recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray
- ACRIDITYBitterness or acerbity.
- ALPINISTOf or pertaining to alpinism.
- AMYLOIDA waxy compound of protein and polysaccharides that is found deposited in tissues in amyloidosis.
- ANALOGISTSomeone who makes an analogy, or represents something using an analogy.
- ANISOTROPICHaving properties that differ according to the direction of measurement; exhibiting anisotropy.
- ANTICAROpposed to automobiles or the excessive use of automobiles
- ATONICunstressed
- AXONICRelating to axons.
- AZOTURIAAn increase in the amount of nitrogenous material (such as urea) in the urine
- BACCYTobacco.
- BASALTICOf or pertaining to basalt.
- BEBLOODTo smear or stain with blood.
- BEESWINGA filmy, translucent crust found in port and other old wines which have been bottled-aged for a long time.
- BLOVIATETo speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
- BRACTEOLEA small leaf of leaf-like structure directly subtending a flower or inflorescence whose stalk itself is subtended by a bract.
- BRACTLETA bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that supports several flowers
- BRAINISHhot-headed; furious
- CASKETA little box, e.g. for jewellery.
- CAVALIERISMThe practice or principles of cavaliers; cavalier behaviour
- CHUNTERTo speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.
- CYTOLOGIESThe study of cells.
- DILATIVEThat dilates, or causes dilation
- 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
- DOVEKIEA small black and white seabird, of the genus Alle, of the north Atlantic; the little auk.
- DOVENpast participle of dive
- DOWLASA coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, later replaced by calico.
- ENDOBLASTentoblast
- ENDOCARPThe woody inner layer of the pericarp of some fruits that contains the seed: the tissue or the structure that it composes .
- ENDOPARASITEA parasite that lives inside the body of an organism, such as a tapeworm.
- ENDOPARASITICOf or pertaining to endoparasites.
- EPISODICRelating to an episode.
- EXONICOf or pertaining to an exon.
- FEVEROUSaffected with a fever.
- FOWLPOXA disease of poultry caused by viruses of the family Poxviridae and the genus Avipoxvirus.
- FURBELOWA frill, flounce, or ruffle, as on clothing; a decorative piece of fabric, especially one gathered or pleated as into a ruffle, etc.
- GONADICRelating to the gonads.
- GONOCYTEA long-lived germ cell responsible for spermatogenesis in males and oogenesis in females
- HEMATOXYLINA phenolic compound having the chemical formula C16H14O6, used (most often in conjunction with eosin) to make dye for staining tissue samples; extracted from the heart of bloodwood
- HOPLITICRelating to hoplites.
- HORSILYIn a horsy manner.
- HYPNOIDALhypnoid
- HYPOTONICHaving a lower osmotic pressure than another.
- INCURVETo cause something to curve inwards.
- ISOBUTANEA hydrocarbon, a particular isomer of C4H10 found in natural gas.
- ISOOCTANEany isomer of n-octane; especially 2,2,4-trimethylpentane, used as a reference in the determination of the octane number of fuel
- LANDAULETA small landau.
- LEVOGYRE(chemistry) Levorotatory.
- LIGNITICContaining or resembling lignite.
- LUNULATEResembling a small crescent
- MALODORAn offensive odor.
- MARLSTONEMarl when hardened into stone.
- MOLYBDICRelating to molybdenum, especially describing compounds of molybdenum in which it has an oxidation state of +6.
- MOLYBDOUSOf, pertaining to, or containing molybdenum
- MONOTYPICRelating to or exhibiting monotypy.
- MUSCADINEAn American vine of the subgenus Vitis subg. Muscadinia, Vitis rotundifolia
- NEOLITHA stone implement from the Neolithic era.
- NIOBATEAny salt, XNbO3, of the weak niobic acid.
- OBECHETriplochiton scleroxylon, a tropical tree of Africa.
- 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.
- PINFISHLagodon rhomboides, a saltwater sparid fish.
- PIONICOf, pertaining to, or composed of pions.
- PLEUSTONICRelating to the pleuston.
- PODGILYIn a podgy way.
- PROTONEMAA filament of cells that forms following the germination of the spores of mosses and liverworts
- RECOUNTALAct of recounting.
- RHODOLITEA purplish-red garnet.
- RHYOLITICPertaining to or composed of rhyolite, the lava form of granite.
- RINGDOVEthe wood pigeon
- RUBEOLARRelating to rubeola (measles).
- STONKA heavy artillery bombardment.
- THIOLICOf or pertaining to a thiol.
- THORNLIKEResembling or characteristic of a thorn; pointed, acuate.
- TOADLIKESimilar to, or resembling, a toad.
- UNDERWOOLThe short, wooly underfur of certain animals, especially sheep.
- UNGLOVEDNot wearing a glove; barehanded.
- VAGOTONICOf or pertaining to vagotonia
- WESKITwaistcoat
- WHIPCORDA hard, twisted cord used for making whiplashes.
- XENICContaining an unidentified organism, especially a bacterium.
- XENOMORPHICThat does not have its characteristic crystalline form but has a form impressed on it by surrounding grains; anhedral.
- YOBBOA yob.
- ZOEALOf or pertaining to zoeae.