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- UHLANA lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian or German, Austrian, and Russian armies.
- MACHERAn important person, often in the negative sense of self-important; a bigwig.
- ABHENRYA unit of inductance equal to one billionth (1 x 10) of a henry, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
- ALEXICRelated to or afflicted with alexia.
- ALKOXYany univalent radical R-O-, or anion R-O, where R is an alkyl group
- AMENTIFEROUSBearing catkins.
- ANAGLYPHICRelating to anaglyphs.
- ANOXAEMICRelating to, or exhibiting, anoxaemia.
- APYREXIAThe absence or an intermission during a bout of fever.
- AUXOTROPHYThe inability of a microorganism to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, often as a result of mutation.
- AXIOMATICSThe study of all the axioms associated with a particular subject.
- AZATHIOPRINEA purine antimetabolite immunosuppressant used in organ transplant and autoimmune diseases to prevent rejection.
- BACKWOODSYTypical of something or someone from the backwoods.
- BATFOWLEROne who takes part in bat-fowling.
- BICONVEXHaving both sides convex.
- BIVARIANTHaving two independent variables.
- CHELIFEROUSHaving chelae (cheliform claws)
- CLENBUTEROLThe decongestant and bronchodilator 1-(4-amino-3,5-dichlorophenyl)-2-(tert-butylamino)ethanol.
- DEMAGOGUERYThe actions of a demagogue.
- DISYOKETo free (someone or something) from a yoke; to disjoin, to unyoke.
- DONUTAlternative spelling of doughnut.
- DRUXYHaving decayed spots or streaks of a whitish colour; rotten, decayed.
- DYSKINETICOf or pertaining to dyskinesia
- EVOVAEAlternative form of euouae.
- GELIDLYIn a gelid manner; coldly, icily.
- 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.
- MYXOVIRALRelating to myxoviruses.
- NOBBUTnothing but; only; just
- OXYPHILICHaving an affinity for oxygen.
- PASQUINADEROne who pasquinades; a lampooner.
- PLEBISCITARYOf or pertaining to a plebiscite.
- PYINKADOSBurmese ironwood, Xylia xylocarpa
- TELPHERWAYThe system of wires along which a telpher travels.
- TRADUCINGLYmalignantly; slanderously.
- TUMESCENTLYIn a tumescent manner.
- TYMPA hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part of the archway of a blast furnace in which the dam stands.
- UNWORKABLENot workable. Not operable; not practical; unmanageable.
- VIBRAHARPISTSomeone who plays the vibraharp.
- VIBRAPHONISTSomeone who plays the vibraphone.
- WHIPCORDA hard, twisted cord used for making whiplashes.
- XENOGAMOUSExhibiting or relating to xenogamy.
- XERICALLYIn a xeric way.
- XEROCHASYDehiscence that occurs upon drying.
- XYRIDACEOUSBelonging or pertaining to the Xyridaceae, a family of flowering plants.