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- ABLATIONA carrying or taking away; removal.
- ADIPOSEContaining, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
- ALATEHaving wings or winglike extensions or parts; winged.
- AMATIVEPertaining to love; amorous.
- AMICEA hood, or cape with a hood, made of or lined with grey fur, formerly worn by the clergy.
- ANCHORITEOne who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.
- ANTIQUEYResembling or characteristic of antiques.
- ARCHAEONA prokaryotic organism; a member of the domain Archaea
- AUREATEGolden in color or shine.
- AUREUSA gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 B.C.E. to 309 C.E., equal to 25 denarii.
- AURICLEAny appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe. The outer ear or pinna.
- AUSCULTATIONDiagnosis of disorders by listening to the sounds of the internal organs, usually using a stethoscope.
- AVUNCULARIn the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
- BAGASSEThe residue from processing sugar cane or other plants such as sorghum or sugar beet after the juice is extracted.
- BIFURCATETo divide or fork into two channels or branches.
- BOLETUSAn edible mushroom of genus Boletus.
- CASEFYTo make or become cheeselike.
- CATENATETo connect things together, especially to form a chain.
- CAUDALPertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
- CAVITATETo form vapour bubbles in a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure.
- CERUMENEarwax.
- COLUMNARHaving the shape of a column.
- CONGEELeave, formal permission for some action, : Formal permission to leave; a passport.
- CONTUMELYOffensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult.
- CORUSCATETo give off light; to reflect in flashes; to sparkle.
- CRENATIONThe contraction of, or formation of abnormal notchings around, the edges of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis, especially not
- CRUCIFORMHaving the shape of a cross.
- CUNEIFORMHaving the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
- CYMOSEhaving a cyme, a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side.
- DEHISCENTOf or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
- ECHIDNAAny of the small spined monotremes in the family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.
- ECHINODERMAn animal of the phylum Echinodermata, comprising radially symmetric, spiny-skinned marine animals including seastars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, crinoids, and sand dollars.
- ELISIONThe deliberate omission of something.
- ENATEA relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.
- EXCORIATIONThe act of excoriating or flaying.
- FADOA Portuguese folk song, usually featuring a single vocalist, Portuguese guitar and sometimes classical guitar. Lyrical themes are often melancholic in nature; the structure of the
- FARINACEOUSMade from, or rich in, starch or flour.
- FASCIAA wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
- FILAMENTOUSThin and elongated; wirelike.
- FILOPLUMEA hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
- FIMBRIAA series of threads or other projections resembling a fringe. An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.
- FISTULAAn abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
- FLAGITIOUSGuilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
- FLAVONOIDAny of many compounds that are plant metabolites, being formally derived from flavone; they have antioxidant properties, and sometimes contribute to flavor.
- FOMITEAn inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses or prions), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts; common examples inclu
- FULGENTShining brilliantly; radiant.
- FURCATEForked, branched; divided at one end into parts.
- FUSIFORMShaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.
- GALEAA Roman helmet.
- GELIDVery cold; icy or frosty; frigid.
- GLEBETurf; soil; ground; sod.
- GLUONA massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force.
- GRAMAVarious species of grass in the genus Bouteloua, including Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama)
- GRAMPUSA killer whale (Orcinus orca).
- GRANAplural of granum
- GRANULOMAAn inflammatory nodule consisting of histiocytes (macrophages) attempting to wall off substances they perceive as foreign but are unable to eliminate, such as certain infectious or
- GRANULOMATAplural of granuloma
- HIRSUTECovered in hair or bristles; hairy.
- ICTALOf or pertaining to a sudden physiologic attack such as a seizure, stroke or headache.
- IMPETIGOA contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect
- IMPRECATETo call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
- INDOLEAn organic compound, C8H7N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fu
- LACHESNegligence in one's duty.
- LACUNAEplural of lacuna
- LATEENA triangular fore-and-aft sail set on a boom in such way that the tack is attached to the hull of the vessel and the free end of the boom lifts the sail.
- LENTICELOne of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly whe
- LIGANDA molecule or moiety (ion, functional group, or radical) that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex; as, especially: (coordination chemistry) Such an entity tha
- LIGNITEA low-grade, brownish-black coal.
- LIMENA liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response.
- MICELLEa colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentrat
- MINIUMCinnabar, especially when used as a pigment; vermilion.
- MISCIBLEAble to be mixed together in all proportions.
- MUCILAGEA thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.
- MURIATICPertaining to salt or brine.
- NARISa nostril
- OGEEA double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
- OLEAGINOUSOily, greasy.
- OMENTAplural of omentum
- OPEROSEOf a person: busy, industrious, or painstaking.
- ORISONA prayer.
- OVIPAROUSDepositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.
- PANNAGEAcorns and beech mast used as forage for pigs.
- PARTURITIONThe act or process of a mother giving birth.
- PEDICELA stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.
- PEDUNCLEThe stalk supporting an inflorescence or a solitary flower/fruit.
- PERSIFLAGEGood-natured banter; raillery.
- PESSARYA medical device similar to the outer ring of a contraceptive diaphragm, most commonly used to support a displaced uterus; also called therapeutic pessary.
- PILARRelating to hair.
- PILUMA Roman military javelin.
- PILUSA hair.
- PIPKINA small earthen pot.
- PISCINEOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic.
- PLEACHEDEntwined, intertwined, interwoven, plaited.
- PLEURAEach of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
- PONTIFEXA pontiff, state minister, or high priest, in Ancient Rome.
- PRETORIANAlternative spelling of praetorian.
- PRURITUSItching; especially, severe itching of undamaged skin; caused by allergy, infection, lymphoma, etc.
- PUDENDAplural of pudendum
- PUERILEChildish; trifling; silly.
- PULCHRITUDEPhysical beauty.