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- PLEBISCITARYOf or pertaining to a plebiscite.
- VERSTA Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about ⁄3 of a mile.
- ABHENRYA unit of inductance equal to one billionth (1 x 10) of a henry, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
- GWEDUCKSplural of gweduck
- WAXEYE
- WYTINGpresent participle and gerund of wyte
- XYRIDACEOUSBelonging or pertaining to the Xyridaceae, a family of flowering plants.
- YARDINGSA small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
- AIGRETAlternative spelling of aigrette.
- APYREXIAThe absence or an intermission during a bout of fever.
- CARNYXESplural of carnyx
- CONGRUEDsimple past and past participle of congrue
- FLYSCHA series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.
- GAUNTLETProtective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
- QUEP
- WRAXLETo wrestle.
- WURZELSplural of wurzel
- BEWRAYINGThe act or process of divulging or revealing information
- CHELIFEROUSHaving chelae (cheliform claws)
- DRUXYHaving decayed spots or streaks of a whitish colour; rotten, decayed.
- UHLANA lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian or German, Austrian, and Russian armies.
- COORIETo crouch, stoop down.
- BULLIONA bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.
- BULRUSHA plant referred to in the story of Moses as growing along the banks of the Nile, which is believed to be the papyrus (Cyperus papyrus).
- GWYNIADSplural of gwyniad
- JANITRIXA female janitor.
- KALEWIVES
- ZOANTHROPYThe belief that one has transformed into an animal.
- CHARIVARIThe noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion.
- MOLDAVITEA substance formed by meteorite impact, a component of the tektites found across central Europe.
- TUMESCENTLYIn a tumescent manner.
- WRAXLINGSTo wrestle.
- AXILLARYOf or pertaining to the axilla or armpit.
- VIBRAHARPISTSomeone who plays the vibraharp.
- JYNXESA bird, the wryneck, once thought a bird of ill omen (Jynx torquilla).
- ANAPTYXISThe epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.
- QUOPTo throb or beat.
- ALKOXYany univalent radical R-O-, or anion R-O, where R is an alkyl group
- MASTOPEXYAny operation designed to lift or reshape a woman's breast.
- METHOXYFLURANEAn inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned because of its detrimental effects on the kidneys.
- VIBRAPHONISTSomeone who plays the vibraphone.