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- DIAPHANOUSLYIn a diaphanous manner.
- DIATHERMOUSFreely permeable by radiant heat.
- DIPLONEMAThe diplotene stage of meiosis.
- DISAVOUCHTo disavow.
- DISAVOWALA denial of knowledge, relationship, or responsibility towards something or someone.
- DISCERPIBLECapable of being discerped.
- DISEMVOWELTo remove the vowels from, for example, for the purpose of expurgating offensive words.
- DISENABLETo disable (render unable)
- DISENTAILTo free from entailment.
- DISENTRAILTo pull (something) out of the entrails.
- DISINTHRALAlternative spelling of disenthrall.
- DISTRAINEEOne who is distrained.
- DITROCHEANConsisting of two trochees.
- DIVULGATEROne who divulges.
- DIVULGATORAlternative spelling of divulgater.
- EARLIESPotatoes that are harvested before the main crop.
- EMPIRICALPertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory.
- ENCAMPTo establish a camp or temporary shelter.
- ENDOBLASTICSynonym of entoblastic (“of or relating to the entoblast”).
- ENDOGAMICendogamous
- EPIGNATHOUShook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower one
- ETHEROMANIAAn addiction to ether intoxication.
- EUHARMONICPleasingly melodious or harmonious — applied especially to the euharmonic organ invented by Henry Ward Poole (1825-1890), in whose design mathematical principles of harmony were em
- EURYBATHICAble to live at different depths of water.
- EXOGAMYMarriage to or mating with a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own, especially as required by custom or law.
- FEARNAUGHTA fearless person.
- FECUNDATORYOf or relating to fecundation.
- FORWASTETo waste; waste completely; lay waste to; desolate.
- FROUGHIESTLoose, spongy, or easily broken.
- FROUGHYLoose, spongy, or easily broken.
- GEOPHILICSpending all or a stage of the life cycle underground; exhibiting geophily.
- GLANDIFORMShaped like, resembling, or characteristic of glands.
- GOURMANDISETo eat food in a gluttonous manner; to gorge; to make a pig of oneself.
- GROUNDSplural of ground
- HANDSOMELYRegarding a person's action: in a handsome or good-looking manner.
- HAPLOIDICOf or pertaining to a call having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.
- HARMDOINGSThe committing of acts that cause harm.
- HOISTEROne who, or that which, hoists or lifts.
- INDORSEEArchaic spelling of endorsee.
- KNIPHOFIAAny of several plants, of the genus Kniphofia, having bright, upright flowers.
- LAGENIFORMShaped like a Florence flask.
- LEMONYResembling or characteristic of lemons, especially in terms of aroma, taste or colour.
- LICHENOUSCovered in lichen.
- MAVERICKUnbranded.
- MEROBLASTICthat undergoes only partial cleavage
- MOPEROne who mopes or is inclined to do so.
- MUSKRATA semiaquatic rodent of the tribe Ondatrini.
- NEMOPHILAAny plant of the genus Nemophila in the family Boraginaceae
- 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
- OBEISANTLYIn an obeisant manner.
- PERUSALThe act or process of perusing, or an instance of it. Studying something carefully; a careful study.
- PHLEGMONICSynonym of phlegmonous.
- PHLEGMONOUSOf, pertaining to, or containing phlegmon.
- PHYTONICRelating to a phyton
- PLEACHINGgerund of pleach: an act of entwining or interweaving.
- POSTTREATMENTFollowing treatment.
- PUTCHEONA wire trap for catching salmon.
- QUACKISHLike a quack (fraudulent doctor), or characteristic of quackery.
- QUADRIPOLEAn electrical circuit that has two pairs of external terminals.
- QUADRUPOLEA distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions.
- QUALMISHAffected with qualms; queasy, nauseous.
- QUIVERISHquivery
- QUOTABLECapable or worthy of being quoted
- RANDOMWISErandomly
- REINDEXTo index again or anew.
- REVALIDATETo validate again.
- REVALUATETo make a new valuation or appraisal of.
- ROUTINELYIn a routine manner, in a way that has become common or expected.
- SCANTILYSparingly; not plentifully; not fully; in a scanty manner.
- SHAMBOLICChaotic, disorganised or mismanaged.
- SLUTCHSlush.
- SLUTCHIERslushy or sludgy
- SLUTCHYslushy or sludgy
- SPORULATIONThe process of a bacterium becoming a spore.
- TAUTOLOGISTOne who makes tautologies.
- TAUTONYMA binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as Bison bison.
- TEETOTALISTA teetotaler.
- TEGMENTALOf or pertaining to tegmentum, or the ventral portion of the mesencephalon.
- TERATOGENICOf, relating to, malformations or defects to an embryo or fetus.
- TERATOLOGISTA scientist specializing in teratology.
- THEURGICALOf or pertaining to theurgy.
- TILBURYA small open two-wheeled carriage.
- TITIVATETo make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up.
- TRADUCINGLYmalignantly; slanderously.
- UNABOLISHEDNot abolished.
- UNADEPTLYSomeone who is not an adept.
- UNAMORTISEDNot amortised.
- UNAPOSTOLICNot apostolic; unconnected to the apostles or contrary to their teachings.
- UNCLARIFIEDNot clarified.
- UNCURTAILEDNot curtailed.
- UNCUSTOMARYNot customary.
- UNDESIRABLYIn an undesirable manner.
- UNVALUEDNot having been valued or appraised.
- WHODUNITA novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator.
- WORDSMITHOne who uses words skilfully.