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- GIBELPrussian carp (Carassius gibelio).
- GILLIEA male attendant of a Scottish Highland chief.
- GIPSYWORT
- GLADIUSA Roman sword roughly two feet long.
- GLAIKITSenseless; silly, foolish.
- GNOMEAn elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical element) associated with earth.
- GRAVLAXESSalmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer.
- GUIMBARDAlternative form of guimbarde.
- GUNSELSynonym of catamite: a young man kept by an elder as a (usually passive) homosexual partner.
- GWEDUCKSplural of gweduck
- GWYNIADSplural of gwyniad
- HAIKUA Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic them
- HELIOSplural of helio
- HEXOKINASEAny enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of a hexose
- HOARYWhite, whitish, or greyish-white.
- HORNFELSAny of a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exc
- HYPOXAEMIASplural of hypoxaemia
- IMBRANGLEDsimple past and past participle of imbrangle
- JAMBEAUXplural of jambeau
- JANITRIXA female janitor.
- JEUX
- JIGAMAREEA maneuver or cunning trick.
- JUGUMSplural of jugum
- JUMBOISINGpresent participle and gerund of jumboise
- JYNXESA bird, the wryneck, once thought a bird of ill omen (Jynx torquilla).
- KALEWIVES
- KAYOEDsimple past and past participle of kayo
- KINETICRelating to motion.
- KITLINGAny young animal; cub, whelp, kit.
- KLEPTOMANIACOne who steals compulsively.
- KYLIXAn Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad, shallow body.
- LARYNGECTOMEESplural of laryngectomee
- LARYNGECTOMIESplural of laryngectomy
- LEPRECHAWN
- LIMNTo draw or paint; to delineate.
- LITMUSA dyestuff extracted from certain lichens, that changes color when exposed to pH levels greater than or less than certain critical levels.
- LOIPEA cross-country ski trail.
- MACHERAn important person, often in the negative sense of self-important; a bigwig.
- MALPIGHIAAny of the genus Malpighia of tropical American shrubs.
- MANGOUSTEA mongoose.
- MASTOPEXYAny operation designed to lift or reshape a woman's breast.
- MAWBOUND
- METHOXYFLURANEAn inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned because of its detrimental effects on the kidneys.
- MILCHIGDairy, containing anything derived from milk.
- MOLDAVITEA substance formed by meteorite impact, a component of the tektites found across central Europe.
- MONOCYTEA type of leukocyte (white blood cell) that differentiates into a macrophage.
- MYXOVIRALRelating to myxoviruses.
- MYXOVIRUSAny of a group of RNA viruses of the Orthomyxoviridae and Paramyxoviridae families.
- NAVVYINGpresent participle and gerund of navvy
- NEUTROPHILOf a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.
- NOBBUTnothing but; only; just
- OCCUPYTo take or use. To fill.
- OOSEFluff, particularly from a textile source such as cotton or wool.
- OUTJOCKEYEDsimple past and past participle of outjockey
- OXYPHILICHaving an affinity for oxygen.
- PALISADINGpresent participle and gerund of palisade
- PARAQUITOArchaic form of parakeet.
- PASQUILANTOne who lampoons.
- PASQUINADEROne who pasquinades; a lampooner.
- PENTAQUARKSplural of pentaquark
- PHEAZAR
- PILEORHIZAA cap of cells covering the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.
- PINEALIn the shape of a pine cone.
- PLEBISCITARYOf or pertaining to a plebiscite.
- POUNDA unit of weight in various measurement systems. Ellipsis of pound weight. Various non-English units of measure.
- PRAXISThe practical application of any branch of learning.
- PRIMAQUINEA synthetic compound derived from quinoline, used as a medication in the treatment of malaria and pneumocystis pneumonia.
- PTERYGOIDSplural of pterygoid
- PYINKADOSBurmese ironwood, Xylia xylocarpa
- QOPHThe nineteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
- QUEP
- QUOPTo throb or beat.
- QUOPSthird-person singular simple present indicative of quop
- REAEDIFYINGpresent participle and gerund of reaedify
- REVANCHISMThe political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory.
- RHIZOPODSplural of rhizopod
- SCHWARZLOTA kind of black enamel decoration applied to glass etc.
- SCROFULOUSOf, related to, or suffering from scrofula (form of tuberculosis tending to cause enlarged lymph nodes and skin inflammation).
- SCROGGYAbounding in scrog.
- SONDERThe profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's perso
- SYBOWAlternative form of sybo.
- TELETYPESplural of teletype
- TELPHERWAYThe system of wires along which a telpher travels.
- TETRAGYNOUSBelonging to the former order Tetragynia; having four styles.
- THALWEGThe line that connects the lowest points in a valley or river channel, and thus the line of fastest flow or deepest water along a river’s course.
- TOADAn amphibian, a kind of frog (broad sense, order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
- TOWZIERcomparative form of towzy: more towzy
- TRACHEIDA tracheid cell.
- TRADUCINGLYmalignantly; slanderously.
- TUATHA tribe or group of people in Ireland, having a loose voluntary system of governance entered into through contracts by all members.
- 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.
- TYPEFOUNDERSplural of typefounder
- UHLANA lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian or German, Austrian, and Russian armies.
- UNSEEABLEInvisible
- UNWORKABLENot workable. Not operable; not practical; unmanageable.
- URACILOne of the bases of RNA, pairing with adenine.
- VALETA man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
- VANITYThat which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
- VAWTING