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- DOGMATICSThe systematic study of dogmata.
- DOUGHTYBold; brave, courageous.
- DOXYA sweetheart, a prostitute, a mistress or kept woman.
- DUCHYA dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.
- DUOLOGY
- DUPLICITYIntentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.
- EMBRANGLETo embroil.
- ESCHATONThe apocalypse; the approach of Christ’s reign immediately preceding the end of the world; a conception of or circumstance pertaining to this era.
- EUPHONICCharacterized by euphony; harmonious.
- EUPHONIUMA valved brass instrument with conical tubing similar in appearance to a tuba but of higher pitch.
- EXEDRAA semicircular recess, with stone benches, used as a place for discussion.
- EXPULSIVETending to expel or resulting in expulsion.
- EYREA journey taken by certain Medieval English itinerant judges (justices in eyre)
- FADGETo be suitable (with or to something).
- FANTODSplural of fantod
- FARTHINGSplural of farthing
- FATUOUSObnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
- FECUNDITYAbility to produce offspring.
- FELONIOUSOf, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony.
- FICTIVEHaving the characteristics of fiction: fictional.
- FILCHEDsimple past and past participle of filch
- FINAGLERA person who finagles; a cheat or swindler
- FIXATIONThe act of fixing.
- FLANEUROne who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.
- FLENSEDsimple past and past participle of flense
- FLUMPA sound of something moving or falling heavily, or with a dull sound.
- FOLDEROLNonsense or foolishness.
- FOLKSYCharacteristic of common folk. Characteristic of simple country life. Informal, affable, and familiar.
- FOVEALOf or pertaining to the fovea.
- FOXGLOVESplural of foxglove
- FRACASA noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
- FRACTIOUSGiven to troublemaking.
- FRANKPLEDGEA form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
- FRENETICFrenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
- 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
- FROWSYHaving a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance.
- FUBSYshort and stout; low and wide
- FULGENTShining brilliantly; radiant.
- FUNICULAROf, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable.
- FURTIVEOf a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.
- 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
- GAINSAYTo say something in contradiction to.
- 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
- GAMBITEDsimple past and past participle of gambit
- GARNISHEDDecorated with garnish.
- GARNISHEEThe person whose money is garnished.
- GASCONADEBoastful talk.
- GELATINOUSJelly-like.
- GIMBLE
- GLAIKITSenseless; silly, foolish.
- GLEBESplural of glebe
- GLUTINOUSGlue-like, sticky, viscid.
- GRAFTEDsimple past and past participle of graft
- GREISENA highly altered granitic rock containing quartz and mica.
- GUILDERSplural of guilder
- HELIXESplural of helix
- HERIOTThe return of military equipment.
- HETAIRAAlternative form of hetaera.
- HIATALRelating to a hiatus.
- HIRPLETo walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.
- HIRSUTECovered in hair or bristles; hairy.
- HOVELSplural of hovel
- IMBROGLIOSplural of imbroglio
- IMPALPABLEIncapable of being touched or felt; incorporeal, intangible.
- IMPLUVIAplural of impluvium
- INCHOATERecently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
- JALOUSIEA component in a ventilation system.
- JAMBSplural of jamb
- JAVELINASplural of javelina
- JICAMASplural of jicama
- JIRBLEDsimple past and past participle of jirble
- JOCUNDITYThe state of being jocund.
- JUBESplural of jube
- KERMESAny of several insects of the genus Kermes.
- KNAVERYThe antics or tricks of a knave; boyish mischief.
- KOBOLDAn ambivalent, sometimes vindictive, spirit that is capable of materialising as an object or human, often a child; a sprite.
- KOINEA linguistic variety that has developed in supraregional contact between speakers of various interrelated dialects, typically in such a way that features shared by several dialects
- KYRIESplural of kyrie
- LACUNAEplural of lacuna
- LANAIA Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
- LANGUOROUSlacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical.
- LAPISEllipsis of lapis lazuli.
- LAVRAAlternative form of laura.
- LIMNTo draw or paint; to delineate.
- MALARKEYNonsense; rubbish.
- MANIPLEA division of the Roman army numbering 120 (or sometimes 60) soldiers exclusive of officers; any small body of soldiers.
- MARPLOTSynonym of spoilsport, one who ruins other's plans or enjoyment of something.
- MAWKISHExcessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.
- MELANGEA mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
- MENISCIplural of meniscus
- MENOLOGYThe study of months; the names and system of months within a given calendar.
- MEPHITICFoul-smelling or noxious, particularly of a gas or atmosphere.
- MERLEA Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
- MESONICOf or pertaining to mesons
- METROLOGYThe science of weights and measures or of measurement.
- MEWLINGpresent participle and gerund of mewl
- MINGYMean, miserly, stingy.
- MONOCLESplural of monocle
- MUDLARKINGpresent participle and gerund of mudlark
- MUSKINGpresent participle and gerund of musk