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- AERODYNEA heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift from motion.
- ANKHSplural of ankh
- AVIDEnthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.
- BACTERIOPHAGEA virus that specifically infects bacteria.
- BARGHESTA legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.
- BEGUIN
- BEGUINEA ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.
- BEGUINESplural of beguine
- BEGUINS
- BLOVIATETo speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
- BLOVIATEDsimple past and past participle of bloviate
- BOOLEANS
- BOOTLESSWithout boots.
- BOULEOne of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
- CAMELRYA military arm of service that fights while riding camels.
- CANTAn argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
- CHANTRIESplural of chantry
- CHANTRYAn endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people.
- CHELATIONThe formation of a polydentate chelate compound from a metal salt.
- CIVETAny of the small carnivorous catlike mammals encompassing certain species from the families Viverridae, Eupleridae, and Nandiniidae, native to tropical Africa and Asia.
- CLOUTEDClotted; coagulated.
- CRENELThe space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.
- CRENELSplural of crenel
- DAVENto recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray
- DAVENSthird-person singular simple present indicative of daven
- DEBOUCHA narrow outlet from which a body of water pours.
- DEBOUCHESplural of debouch
- DEBOUCHINGpresent participle and gerund of debouche
- DELPHICAlternative form of Delphic.
- DESULTORYJumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; lacking logical sequence.
- DEWPOINTAlternative form of dew point.
- DIVERSplural of diver
- DOCENTSplural of docent
- DOLORAlternative spelling of dolour.
- DOUGHTYBold; brave, courageous.
- DOVENpast participle of dive
- DOVENSthird-person singular simple present indicative of doven
- DRACHMASplural of drachma
- DUCTA pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
- DYSPRAXIAA genetic neurological disorder where a person has motor skills severely below average due to their brain's inability to consistently send messages accurately to the body during th
- DYSPRAXICOf, pertaining to, or having dyspraxia.
- ECHOPRAXIAThe involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.
- ECHOPRAXISAlternative spelling of echopraxia.
- ENFILADEA line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
- ERUVAn eruv chatzerot; ritual aggregation of properties that allows Jews observing traditional Shabbat rules to carry burdens across property lines.
- ERUVSplural of eruv
- EXARCHIn the Byzantine Empire, a governor of a distant province.
- EXARCHSplural of exarch
- EXOPLANETA planet which exists outside Earth's solar system.
- EXOPLANETSplural of exoplanet
- FABULATESplural of fabulate
- FABULATINGpresent participle and gerund of fabulate
- FABULATOROne who writes, studies or recites fables frequently; often professionally
- FALCESplural of falx
- FALXA short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
- FEWMETSplural of fewmet
- FICTIVEHaving the characteristics of fiction: fictional.
- FILCHESthird-person singular simple present indicative of filch
- FLUMESplural of flume
- FLUYTA kind of Dutch sailing vessel developed in the 16th century, used to transport cargo.
- FLUYTSplural of fluyt
- FLYTESplural of flyte
- FOLIATEDHaving a structure of thin layers.
- FRESNELA unit of frequency equal to 10 hertz, or one terahertz.
- FROTTAGETo rub, especially to rub onto one surface placed upon another surface that is textured, in order to create a mottled or patterned area on the first surface.
- FYRDIn early Anglo-Saxon times, an army that was mobilized from freemen to defend their shire, or from select representatives to join a royal expedition.
- FYRDSplural of fyrd
- GEODESICThe shortest curve between two points on a specific surface.
- GEODICOf or relating to a geode.
- GLACISA gentle incline. A gentle sloping landform created by the deposition or erosion of material. A gentle incline in front of a fortification which protects it from cannon fire and ex
- GLAIVESplural of glaive
- GLEETStomach mucus, especially of a hawk.
- GLEETSthird-person singular simple present indicative of gleet
- GNUSplural of gnu
- GOUTYSuffering from gout.
- GRAVIDPregnant.
- GRIOTA West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet.
- GRIOTSplural of griot
- GUISARMEAlternative form of gisarme.
- GYRESplural of gyre
- HAINTAlternative form of haunt.
- HEEDFULTaking heed.
- HEFTSplural of heft
- HEPATICOf or relating to the liver.
- HINDSplural of hind
- HOVETo remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.
- HYOIDShaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon (υ).
- HYRAXAny of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the family Procaviidae from the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors, native to Africa and the Midd
- HYRAXESplural of hyrax
- IMPISplural of impi
- JAPERYJesting, joking
- JAPESplural of jape
- JARLA medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark.
- KEPIA cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms.
- KEPISplural of kepi
- KIBITZTo make small talk or idle chatter.
- KIBITZEDsimple past and past participle of kibitz
- KIBITZERA person who offers unsolicited views, advice, or criticism; one who kibitzes.
- KIBITZESthird-person singular simple present indicative of kibitz
- KRIEGSPIELA board game used to train military tactics and strategy.