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- ABDICATIONThe act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
- ADVOWSONThe right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
- AETIOLOGYThe establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
- AGRESTICOf or pertaining to the fields; rural; rustic, unpolished
- ALBUMINAny of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty
- APRICITYThe light or warmth of the Sun.
- AVERSIONOpposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
- BIFURCATETo divide or fork into two channels or branches.
- BITUMENA sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of th
- BRACHIALPertaining or belonging to the arm.
- CALUMNYA false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
- CICADAAny of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings. The periodical cicada.
- CLOISTERA covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially: such an arcade in a monastery; such an arcade fitted
- COLOSTRUMA form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth.
- COMBUSTION(chemistry) The act or process of burning.
- COMBUSTIVEOf, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
- COMITYCourtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony.
- CONTUMELYOffensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult.
- CREDOA statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.
- CUPIDITYExtreme greed, especially for wealth.
- DAMASKAn ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.
- DENARIUSA small silver coin issued both during the Roman Republic and during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses or 4 sesterces. Roughly one day’s wage for a skilled worker.
- DEVOLUTIONA rolling down.
- DIGHTAdorned, decorated, or furnished (with); dressed, arrayed, or decked out.
- DUCHYA dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.
- DUPLICITYIntentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.
- EXPULSIVETending to expel or resulting in expulsion.
- EYREA journey taken by certain Medieval English itinerant judges (justices in eyre)
- FATUOUSObnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
- FECUNDITYAbility to produce offspring.
- FOVEALOf or pertaining to the fovea.
- FRACASA noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
- 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
- FULGENTShining brilliantly; radiant.
- FUNICULAROf, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable.
- FUSTIANOriginally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, whic
- GALILEEA narthex, particularly in the United Kingdom and the Church of England; a vestibule, a fully-enclosed yet porch-like structure, leading to the main body of an English ecclesiastic
- GLUTINOUSGlue-like, sticky, viscid.
- HIRSUTECovered in hair or bristles; hairy.
- IMPALPABLEIncapable of being touched or felt; incorporeal, intangible.
- INCHOATERecently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
- JOCUNDITYThe state of being jocund.
- MENOLOGYThe study of months; the names and system of months within a given calendar.
- NATATIONThe act or process of swimming
- NIVEOUSSnowy; resembling snow.
- OCULUSA window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye). The central boss of a volute. An opening at the apex of a dome.
- OPACITYThe state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through.
- OSCULATIONThe action of kissing.
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PERSIFLAGEGood-natured banter; raillery.
- PLAUDITA mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed.
- PLIGHTA dire or unfortunate situation.
- PROCLIVITYA predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.
- PROLIXTediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.
- PUBESCENTAt or just after the age of puberty.
- PYXISA small box.
- REFULGENTResplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.
- RUMINATETo chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
- SALVOAn exception; a reservation; an excuse.
- SERIATIMOne after another, in order; taking one topic or subject at a time in an order; sequentially.
- SITULAA deep ceramic vase with a wide opening.
- SUFFRAGANSubordinate to an archbishop or metropolitan.
- SYNODALA monetary tribute formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest.
- TONDOA round picture or other work of art.
- TUNICLEA small tunic.
- VAPIDOffering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
- VELOCITYA vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component.
- VERSICLEOne of a series of lines that are shorter than a standard line of verse, particularly in a hymn.
- VESPERThe bell that summons worshippers to vespers; the vesper-bell.
- VIADUCTA bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles.
- VIANDAn item of food.
- VINOLOGYThe study of wine and winemaking.
- VIRULENCEThe state of being virulent.
- VISCERAplural of viscus
- WYVERNA draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.