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- SURDAn irrational number, especially one expressed using the √ symbol.
- VIZIERA high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.
- KOANA story about a Zen master and his student, sometimes like a riddle, other times like a fable or parable, which has become an object of Zen study, and which, when meditated upon, m
- FJELDA rocky, barren plateau, especially in Scandinavia.
- BOORISHBehaving as a boor; rough in manners.
- BUMPKINA clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
- HARPOONA spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
- OGLETo stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
- OGLESplural of ogle.
- PINKISHSomewhat pink.
- ARTESIANOf a water supply, rising to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure.
- ATAVISMThe reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
- CABERNETCabernet Sauvignon, a wine.
- DORMITIVECausing sleep.
- ENFILADEA line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
- FABULISEAlternative form of fabulize.
- FAUVISMAn artistic movement of the first decade of the 20th century which emphasized spontaneity and the use of extremely bright colors.
- FLANEUROne who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.
- FONDUEA dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.
- GRILLADEA piece of slow-cooked meat (usually beef, veal, or pork) traditionally served with grits in New Orleans cuisine.
- KETONEA homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.
- LAVAGEA washing.
- LEVANTA disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.
- LOUCHEOf questionable taste or morality; decadent.
- MALADROITNot adroit; awkward, clumsy, inept.
- MANDATEAn official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
- NARCOLEPSYA disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.
- PATOISA regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French).
- POSEUROne who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
- TAXONOMICOf or relating to taxonomy.
- TELEPHONYThe act of sound transmission via the electromagnetic spectrum.
- VARIOLEAlternative form of variola; smallpox
- VIRULENTOf animals, plants, or substances: extremely venomous or poisonous.
- AGHASTTerrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
- BIVOUACAn encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering.
- CYTOPLASMThe contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.
- GLOMTo take.
- LESBIANHomosexual, gay; preferring exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners.
- NEOPLASMAn abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue in animals or plants.
- SCOWLThe wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
- SWINDLERA person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.
- VAINGLORYExcessive vanity.
- GOYIMplural of goy
- JEREMIADA long speech or prose work that bitterly laments the state of society and its morals, and often contains a prophecy of its coming downfall.
- KABBALISMAlternative form of cabalism.
- MOLOCHAny of species Moloch horridus of Australian lizards, sole species of the genus Moloch.
- YESHIVAAn academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts.
- VECTORA directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
- GALVANICOf or pertaining to galvanism; electric.
- GONDOLAA small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice.
- LAZARETSynonym of lazaretto. A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis. A building such as a hospital, or occasional
- SIGNOREA courtesy title for Italian men.
- ABLATETo remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
- ABLATIONA carrying or taking away; removal.
- AGNATICof the male bloodline; patrilineal
- ALIENATEEstranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign
- ANALOGICOf or pertaining to analogy.
- ANNUITYA right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.
- ARCANASpecialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated.
- ARRAIGNTo officially charge someone in a court of law.
- ASEITYThe attribute of being entirely self-derived, in contrast to being derived from or dependent on another; the quality of having within oneself the entire reason for one's being; utt
- BICAMERALBeing or having a system with two, often unequal, chambers or compartments; of, signifying, relating to, or being the product of such a two-chambered system.
- BOTULINAn extremely potent nerve toxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Ingesting botulin results in the serious medical condition of botulism.
- BOVINEOf, relating to, or characteristic of cattle, buffaloes, or bison.
- BRACHIALPertaining or belonging to the arm.
- BRACHIATEHaving decussate branches.
- BULBOUSHaving the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
- CAPTIOUSThat captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.
- CERULEANA greenish-blue color.
- CESURAAlternative spelling of caesura.
- CONATIVEOf or pertaining to a striving action.
- CONATUSAn effort, an endeavour, a striving. Such a striving effort that is a life force.
- CONVOLUTETo make unnecessarily complex.
- COPULAA word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predi
- COVENA nunnery, a convent.
- DELECTTo delight.
- DENIGRATETo criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- DENUDETo divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip.
- DERACINATETo pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
- DEROGATETo partially repeal (a law etc.).
- DESULTORYJumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; lacking logical sequence.
- DEVOLUTETo devolve.
- DILATORYIntentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
- DIURNALHappening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.
- DOMICILEA home or residence.
- DORMITIONThe process of falling asleep.
- DOWAGERA widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
- DOYENA commander in charge of ten men.
- EGREGIOUSConspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
- ETIOLOGYUS standard spelling of aetiology.
- EXPURGATETo edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
- FACETIOUSTreating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
- FACTORIALThe result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3
- FATALISMThe doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot alter them.
- FATIGUEA weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
- FATUOUSObnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
- FEBRILEFeverish, or having a high temperature.
- FESTERA fistula.
- FETIDFoul-smelling, stinking.
- FETISHSomething which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.