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- APHORISTICOf, relating to, or containing aphorisms, epigrams, or maxims; gnomic.
- ASTERAny of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
- BACCHANTA priest of Bacchus.
- BOLUSA round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
- DACTYLA metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | – ⏖ |:
- DIPTYCHA writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
- GNOMICOf, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings).
- HAPTICOf or relating to the sense of touch.
- LYCANTHROPEA werewolf.
- PAROCHIALPertaining to a parish.
- PEDAGOGYThe profession of teaching.
- PYRETICCaused by, pertaining to or resulting in fever.
- SARDONICScornfully mocking or cynical.
- STYGIANAlternative form of Stygian (“of or relating to the river Styx”).
- THRENODYA song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy.
- BAIZEA thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.
- BITUMINOUSOf or pertaining to bitumen.
- CRUDITEAlternative form of crudité.
- FAIENCEA type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for tableware and in architecture as a decorative material.
- FOUNDRYA facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with:
- LAPINRabbit fur.
- REBLOCHONA soft French cow's-milk cheese from the Alpine region of Savoie.
- SABOTEURA person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.
- SAUTERNEA wine imitating those of Sauternes.
- TUREENA broad, deep serving dish used for serving soup or stew.
- CYTOPLASMThe contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.
- ESTOCA type of sword used from the 14th to the 17th century, characterized by a long, straight, edgeless, sharply pointed blade designed for penetrating mail or plate.
- FELDSPARAny of a large group of rock-forming aluminosilicate minerals containing potassium, sodium, or calcium that, together, make up about 60% of the Earth's outer crust.
- KIRSCHA clear brandy made from black cherries: kirschwasser.
- LEVIATHANA vast sea monster of tremendous strength, either imaginary or real, described as the most dangerous and powerful creature in the ocean.
- FIACREA small horse-drawn carriage for hire; a hackney carriage.
- GALVANICOf or pertaining to galvanism; electric.
- PRESCIENTExhibiting or possessing prescience: having knowledge of, or seemingly able to correctly predict, events before they take place.
- VOLTAICOf, relating to, or producing electricity.
- ADDUCTIONThe act of adducing or bringing forward.
- ALGIDCold, chilly; used of low body temperature, especially in connection with certain diseases such as malaria and cholera.
- ASPERGETo sprinkle.
- AUGURALprophetic
- AVUNCULARIn the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
- BACILLUSAny of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
- BESTIARYA medieval treatise of various real or imaginary animals.
- BILIOUSOf or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.
- BOTULISMPoisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.
- BUBONICOf or pertaining to buboes.
- CALDERAA large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.
- CALUMNYA false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
- CARBUNCLEA deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
- CELERITYSpeed, swiftness.
- CERTITUDESureness, certainty.
- COLLATIONBringing together. The act of bringing things together and comparing them; comparison. The act of collating pages or sheets of a book, or from printing etc. A collection, a gatheri
- COLUMNARHaving the shape of a column.
- DECREPITWeakened or worn out from age or wear.
- DULCETSweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.
- EBULLIENTEnthusiastic; high-spirited.
- ETUDEA short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.
- EXIGENCYThe demands or requirements of a situation which often demand immediate action.
- EXTRUSIONA manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.
- FECUNDHighly fertile; able to produce offspring.
- FELLATRIXA woman who performs fellatio.
- FETIDFoul-smelling, stinking.
- FIBULAAn ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.
- FINITUDEThe state or characteristic of being finite; limitedness.
- FISTULAAn abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
- GARRULOUSExcessively or tiresomely talkative.
- GELIDVery cold; icy or frosty; frigid.
- 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
- INCANTTo state solemnly, to chant.
- INCHOATERecently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
- INVEIGLETo convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles.
- IRASCIBLEEasily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
- MELLIFICProducing honey.
- MORIBUNDApproaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
- NUGATORYTrivial, trifling or of little importance.
- OLEICOf or pertaining to oil, especially to vegetable oil.
- OSSIFICCapable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone.
- OVATIONA victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph.
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PENTACLEA flat talisman, almost always star-shaped, made of parchment, sheet metal, or other substance, marked with a magic symbol or symbols, used in magical evocation.
- PESTILENCEAny epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
- PLANTARRelating to the sole of the foot.
- PLENITUDEFullness; completeness.
- PONDEROUSHeavy, massive, weighty.
- PONTIFICALOf or pertaining to a pontiff. Of or pertaining to a bishop; episcopal. Of or pertaining to a pope; papal.
- PORTENDTo serve as a warning or omen of.
- PUERILEChildish; trifling; silly.
- PUGNACITYThe act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative.
- PUNITIVEInflicting punishment; punishing.
- RONDELA metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.
- SACRALOf the sacrum.
- SALVIFICAble or intending to provide salvation or redemption.
- SEPULCHREA burial chamber.
- SIMULACRAplural of simulacrum.
- SUPERNALPertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial.
- TALUSThe bone of the ankle.
- TAVERNAA small Greek restaurant.
- TENEBROUSDark and gloomy; obscure.
- TITULAROf, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
- TUBEROSEtuberous
- UMBRAGEA feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
- VACUITYEmptiness.