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- ARCTOPHILEOne who has a fondness for teddy bears, usually a collector of them.
- DEFORMHaving an unusual and unattractive shape; deformed, misshapen; hence, hideous, ugly.
- DIATHERMANOUSHaving the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal.
- DYSPHONIAA difficulty in producing vocal sounds.
- HEDONISMThe philosophical belief that prioritizes happiness, particularly sensual pleasure as the highest good in life.
- HYSTERICALOf, or arising from hysteria.
- ISOBARA line drawn on a map or chart connecting places of equal or constant pressure.
- MACROPHAGEA white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes.
- PHILTRUMThe shallow vertical groove running from the nasal septum to the center of the upper lip.
- PHLEBOTOMYThe opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.
- PHLEGMATICNot easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
- PIRATICALOf, pertaining to, or similar to pirates.
- PYLORUSIn vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.
- SIGMOIDSemi-circular, like the uncial or lunate sigma (similar to English C).
- SYCOPHANTOne who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
- THEMATICRelating to or having a theme (“subject”) or a topic.
- TUROPHILEA gourmet/connoisseur of cheese.
- XEROPHAGYA restrictive diet (of bread and water, for example) as a punishment or religious form of discipline.
- ANEMOPHOBIAA fear of or aversion from wind.
- ATAVISMThe reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
- ATHERMANOUSNot transmitting heat.
- MODISTEA person who makes or sells fashionable women's clothing, especially dresses or hats.
- ORAGIOUSstormy
- PISTEA downhill trail.
- DYSTONIAA disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body.
- VALONIAAny member of the species Quercus macrolepis, now subspecies Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis or Quercus aegilops of European evergreen oak trees
- VERMOUTHA dry, or sweet apéritif wine flavored with aromatic herbs, and often used in mixed drinks.
- GANEFA thief; a rascal or scoundrel.
- NACHESA feeling of contentment at another person's successes.
- SHALOMA traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.
- GRADUATEA person who is recognized as having completed any of various levels of education.
- ADUNCITYCrookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness.
- AMBAGIOUSRoundabout, circuitous, vague.
- BIVIOUSHaving, or leading, two ways.
- BOTULISMPoisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.
- CAPACITYThe ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- CAPTIOUSThat captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.
- CAROUSELA pleasure ride, typically found at amusement parks and fairs and accompanied by music, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which are fixed various seats, frequen
- COACTIONForce; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling
- COCTIONAn act of boiling.
- DENIGRATETo criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- DUCTILECapable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
- EDACIOUSHaving an insatiable appetite; voracious; ravenous; piggish.
- FLAVESCENTyellowish in colour, or turning yellow
- FULCRUMThe support about which a lever pivots.
- HAUSTORIUMA root of a parasitic plant modified to take nourishment from its host.
- HIRSUTECovered in hair or bristles; hairy.
- IMPROBITYA lack of probity or integrity; dishonesty.
- INVIOUSuntrodden
- IRIDESCENTProducing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.
- LIQUESCENTMelting.
- LOQUACITYTalkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.
- METAPHYSICALOf or pertaining to metaphysics.
- OLEIFEROUSThat produces oil
- OLFACTORYConcerning the sense of smell.
- OMNIVOREAn animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).
- OPACITYThe state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through.
- OVIPAROUSDepositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.
- PERFIDIOUSOf, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.
- PILIFEROUSContaining or producing hair.
- PLACENTAAn organ in most mammals during gestation that supplies food and oxygen to the foetus and passes back waste. It is on the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umb
- PLEURISYInflammation of lung pleura.
- PRUDENTIALCharacterised by the use of prudence; arising from careful thought or deliberation.
- RAPACIOUSVoracious; avaricious.
- RUFESCENTBecoming reddish; tinged with red.
- SCENOGRAPHYThe design of theatrical sets.
- TACTIONThe act of touching; touch; contact.
- TENACIOUSClinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
- TENUIOUSRare or subtle; tenuous.
- UNCTIONAn ointment or salve.
- VELOCITYA vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component.
- VERTIGINOUSHaving an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
- VIRESCENTGreen or greenish.
- VIRIDESCENTGreen or greenish.
- VOMITUSVomit (the product of an emesis).
- VENOMOUSLYIn a venomous manner; with venom.
- SCHLEPTo carry, drag, or lug.
- POTCHTo thrust.
- BROCHA type of Iron Age stone tower with hollow double-layered walls found on Orkney, Shetland, in the Hebrides and parts of the Scottish mainland.
- MENSCHA person of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion; a gentleman.
- CARIOUSHaving caries (bone or tooth decay); decayed, rotten.
- VIRIDGreen, verdant.
- BUPKISAbsolutely nothing; nothing of value, significance, or substance.
- BOYCHIKTerm of endearment for a young boy, or a young man.
- ABUSEROne who abuses someone or something.
- ADOPTIOUSAdopted.
- AILUROPHOBEA person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
- AURALITYThe quality of being aural.
- AVUNCULARITYThe condition of being avuncular.
- AXIALITYThe state of being axial
- BASICITYThe condition of being basic.
- BEDSONIAThe chlamydia microorganism.
- BODACIOUSAudacious and unrestrained.
- BORONIAAny of several aromatic herbs, of the genus Boronia, used in perfumery.
- BRUTISMBehaviour or action characteristic of a brute.
- CAFETORIUMA large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
- CHONDRIFYTo convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
- COPIOUSLYIn a copious manner; plentifully.
- DACOITYViolent robbery carried out by a dacoit or a gang of dacoits.
- DISCOGRAPHYA catalog of the total releases of a musical act (usually with release dates of, and often other information about, the releases).