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- AMBIGUITYThe state of being ambiguous; the state of leaving room for more than one interpretation.
- AUXILIARYHelping; giving assistance or support.
- AVUNCULARIn the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
- CAUSEWAYA road that is raised so as to be above water, marshland, and similar low-lying obstacles, which in some cases may flood periodically (e.g. due to tides). Originally causeways were
- CONVULSETo suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.
- DESTRUCTIVECausing destruction; damaging.
- EQUESTRIANOf horseback riding or horseback riders.
- EXCULPATIONThe act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime.
- EXCULPATORYTending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
- EXHAUSTIONThe point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
- EXTRUSIONA manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.
- FRICATIVEAny of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonan
- INQUESTA formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death
- LUXURIATETo enjoy luxury, to indulge.
- PROFLIGATEInclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
- QUIESCENTInactive, quiet, at rest.
- QUINTICOf or relating to the fifth degree, such as a quintic polynomial which has the form ax5+bx4+cx3+dx2+ex+f=0 (containing a term with the independent variable raised to the fifth powe
- REGICIDEThe killing of a king.
- TITULAROf, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
- UTERINEOf or pertaining to the uterus.
- UVULAEllipsis of palatine uvula, the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.
- UVULAROf or relating to the uvula.