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- DEMUREModest, quiet, reserved, or serious.
- DERISIVEExpressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.
- DIRGEA mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a deceased person.
- DOCENTInstructive; that teaches.
- DOCILITYThe quality of being docile.
- DORSALWith respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate. Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand. Produced using
- DOURStern, harsh and forbidding.
- DRACONEA large bag towed by a powered vessel to transport a fluid cargo, such as a petroleum product (especially unprocessed crude oil) by sea.
- ECTOPYAbnormal position of an organ or other body part.
- EDICTA proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
- EGOTISMA tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
- FEMURA thighbone.
- FERALWild; untamed.
- FETIDFoul-smelling, stinking.
- FIGMENTA fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
- FINITEHaving an end or limit; constrained by bounds; whose number of elements is a natural number.
- FISTULAAn abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
- FLUMEA ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
- FLUORThe mineral fluorite.
- FOLICOf or relating to foliage; pteroylglutamic, as in folic acid.
- FRACASA noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
- FRAGILITYThe condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
- FRENULUMA small fold or ridge of tissue that supports or restrains the motion of the part to which it is attached, in particular a fold of skin beneath the tongue, or between the lip and t
- FUNICULAROf, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable.
- FUTILEIncapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
- GAMUTA (normally) complete range.
- GERUNDA verbal form that functions as a verbal noun.
- GLOBULEA small round particle of substance; a drop.
- GLOBUSA spherical or nearly spherical structure. A lump in the throat; the sensation of having such a lump present.
- GOOMBAHA person of Italian descent (often implies the person is connected to Italian organized crime)
- GRADIENTA slope or incline.
- GRANULEA tiny grain, a small particle.
- IMPERVIOUSUnaffected or unable to be affected by something.
- IMPETUOUSMaking arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.
- INCUSEHammered or pressed in (usually on a coin).
- INDICTTo accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
- INDIGESTCrude; undigested; upset; unformed; unorganized.
- INGRATEUngrateful.
- INSULAROf or being, pertaining to, situated on, or resembling an island or islands.
- INTREPIDFearless; bold; brave.
- IRATEExtremely angry; wrathful; enraged.
- IRIDESCENTProducing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.
- ITERATIONA recital or a second performance; a repetition.
- JOCULARHumorous, amusing or joking.
- JOUSTA tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
- JUDICIOUSHaving, characterized by, or done with good judgment or sound thinking.
- JUGULARRelating to, or located near, the neck or throat. Of or pertaining to the jugular vein.
- JUXTAPOSETo place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
- LABORIOUSRequiring much physical effort; toilsome.
- LARYNGITISAn inflammation of the larynx, typically resulting in hoarseness.
- LAVATORYA vessel or fixture for washing, particularly: A laver: a washbasin. A bathtub. A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels. A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's
- LEMURAny strepsirrhine primate of the superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
- LEVIATHANA vast sea monster of tremendous strength, either imaginary or real, described as the most dangerous and powerful creature in the ocean.
- LIBATETo pour a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.
- LIBIDOSexual urges or drives.
- LIENtendon
- LIGATIONSomething that ties, a ligature.
- LOACHA bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea. Any true loach, of the family Cobitidae. A similar fish in one of three other families of Cypriniformes:
- LONGITUDEAngular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
- LOUVERA type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
- LUCIDITYThe property of being lucid; lucidness.
- LUPINAny member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.
- LUPUSAny of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.
- MALADYAny ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
- MALIGNEvil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.
- MEDIEVALOf or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
- MENTHOLA cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decon
- MERCANTILEConcerned with the exchange of goods for profit.
- MIENDemeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
- MINUSCULEA lowercase letter.
- MOTILEIn organisms: having the power to move spontaneously.
- MOULDCommonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- MUNDANEWorldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
- MURALA large painting, usually drawn on a wall.
- MUSTERA gathering. An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise,
- NEPOTISMThe favoring of relatives or also personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.
- NOBILITYA noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.
- NOURISHA nurse.
- NOVAAny sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
- NUCLEOTIDEThe monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or
- OLFACTORYConcerning the sense of smell.
- OMNIFEROUSThat bears everything; producing all types.
- OMNIVOREAn animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).
- ONEROUSImposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.
- ONUSA legal obligation.
- OPTIMEA student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior optime") honours in mathematics, or (loosely) in any other subject.
- OPUSA work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.
- ORATIONA formal, often ceremonial speech.
- OVALAn elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg. A two-dimensional one.
- OVATEShaped like an egg.
- OVULEThe structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.
- PARITYEquality; comparability of strength or intensity.
- PERCOLATETo pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
- PERCUSSIONThe collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.
- PESTLEA club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
- PETULANCERudeness, insolence.
- PETULANTChildishly irritable.
- PIETYReverence and devotion to God.
- PISCINEOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic.
- PLACATIONA process or act of placating; appeasement or an expression of appeasement.