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- FETISHSomething which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
- FIDEISMThe doctrine that faith is the basis of all knowledge.
- FIGURALRepresenting by means of a figure; emblematic.
- FISTULAAn abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
- FOMENTTo incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
- FRATRICIDEThe killing of one's brother (or sister).
- FRIABLEEasily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
- FULGENTShining brilliantly; radiant.
- FULGURATETo flash or emit flashes like lightning.
- FULMINATETo make a verbal attack.
- GAOLDated spelling of jail.
- GELIDVery cold; icy or frosty; frigid.
- GLADIATORA person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.
- GRAVIDPregnant.
- GUTTURALOf, relating to, or connected to the throat.
- HIBERNALOf or pertaining to winter; brumal or hiemal
- HIRSUTECovered in hair or bristles; hairy.
- IGNEOUSPertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.
- IGNOBLENot noble; plebeian; common.
- IGNOMYObsolete spelling of ignominy.
- INANELacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.
- IPSEITYselfhood; individual identity
- LACRIMALOf or relating to tears or the tear-secreting organs.
- LAMBENTBrushing or flickering gently over a surface.
- LARESAlternative letter-case form of Lares.
- LATERITEA red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil formed in the tropics that has been leached of soluble minerals leaving insoluble iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides; used to make b
- LAUREATECrowned, or decked, with laurel.
- LEGATOSmoothly, in a connected manner.
- LEGUMINOUSOf the Leguminosae family of peas, beans etc.
- LEVITYA lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
- LICTORAn officer in Ancient Rome, attendant on a consul or magistrate, who bore the fasces and was responsible for punishing criminals.
- LIGNITEA low-grade, brownish-black coal.
- LIMINAplural of limen
- LINTELA horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
- LOCATIVEIndicating place, or the place where, or wherein.
- LUBRICATETo make slippery or smooth (normally to minimize friction) by applying a lubricant.
- LUCUBRATETo work diligently by artificial light; to study at night.
- LUCUBRATIONIntense and prolonged study or meditation; especially, late at night.
- LUDICPlayful.
- LUSTRAplural of lustrum
- LUSTRUMA lustration: a ceremonial purification of the people of Rome performed every five years after the census.
- MALEFICENTHarmful or evil in intent or effect.
- MALIGNEvil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.
- MANDIBLEThe jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.
- MARGINThe edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
- MARTIALOf, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
- MELIORATETo make better; to improve; to solve a problem.
- MELIORISTA proponent of meliorism
- MENDACIOUS(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
- MITISA process for producing malleable iron castings by melting wrought iron, to which from 0.05 to 0.1 per cent of aluminum is added to lower the melting point, usually in a petroleum
- MODULARITYThe property of being modular.
- MODULATETo regulate, adjust or adapt. To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument. To vary the amplitude, frequency or phase of a carrier wave in propo
- MOTILEIn organisms: having the power to move spontaneously.
- MUNDANEWorldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
- MUTABLEChangeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.
- NEVUSAny of a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal lesions of the skin.
- NIHILA nihil dicit.
- NOUGATA mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with almonds or hazelnuts or used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.
- NOXIOUSHarmful; injurious.
- NUGATORYTrivial, trifling or of little importance.
- NUMENA divinity, especially a local or presiding god.
- NUNCIOThe ecclesiastic title of a permanent diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church to a sovereign state or international organization, who is accorded a rank equivalent t
- OBDURATEStubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
- OBFUSCATETo make dark; to overshadow.
- OBLATEA person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
- OCCLUDEDsimple past and past participle of occlude
- OCULAROf, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight
- ORGEATA sweet syrup made from sugar and almonds (or originally barley) and rose water or orange-flower water.
- ORISONA prayer.
- OSCULATETo kiss.
- PALAVERA village council meeting.
- PALIMONYA form of alimony paid to a former partner in a nonmarital relationship.
- PATRONOne who protects or supports; a defender or advocate. A guardian or intercessor; synonym of patron saint.
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PECUNIARYOf, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.
- PEDICULAROf or relating to lice.
- PENATESThe household deities thought to watch over the houses and storerooms of ancient Rome.
- PERSIFLAGEGood-natured banter; raillery.
- POMADEA greasy or waxy substance that is used to style hair, making it look slick and shiny.
- POROUSFull of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
- PRISTINEUnspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- PUGILAs much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers; a pinch.
- PUGNACIOUSNaturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.
- PULCHRITUDEPhysical beauty.
- PUSTULEA small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.
- PUTRIDRotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
- QUESTORAlternative spelling of quaestor.
- QUODLIBETA form of music with melodies in counterpoint.
- QUODLIBETSplural of quodlibet
- QUOITA flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
- QUOTIDIANHappening every day; daily.
- RANCIDRank in taste or smell.
- REDOLENTFragrant or aromatic; having a sweet scent.
- REFULGENTResplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.
- REGICIDEThe killing of a king.
- RETICULAplural of reticulum
- RETICULEA reticle; a grid in the eyepiece of an instrument.
- REVELAn instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
- RISIBLEOf or pertaining to laughter.
- RITUALISEDsimple past and past participle of ritualise