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- BAGASSEThe residue from processing sugar cane or other plants such as sorghum or sugar beet after the juice is extracted.
- DESINENTEnding; forming an end; lowermost.
- EPIPLOONThe greater omentum.
- INNERVETo innervate
- PAILLONA thin leaf of metal, for use in gilding or enamelling, or to show through a translucent medium.
- ANNULETA small ring.
- AUSCULTATIONDiagnosis of disorders by listening to the sounds of the internal organs, usually using a stethoscope.
- BROCATELLEA heavy brocade fabric with raised designs.
- CHURRAlternative spelling of chirr (“to make an insect sound”).
- CONCHOIDALOf or pertaining to a conchoid; that may be defined as a conchoid.
- GRANULOMATAplural of granuloma
- PIPKINA small earthen pot.
- TEFILLAHAlternative form of tefilla.
- UVALAA closed karst depression, a landform usually of elongated or compound structure and of larger size than a sinkhole.
- CASEFYTo make or become cheeselike.
- CORDIERITEA magnesium iron aluminium cyclosilicate.
- MINIUMCinnabar, especially when used as a pigment; vermilion.
- PANNAGEAcorns and beech mast used as forage for pigs.
- RHONCHIplural of rhonchus
- SARCINA
- SCHISTOSEOf or relating to schist.
- STEALAGETheft.
- TESSERAA small square piece of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaic.
- TONUStonicity; tone
- WITTOLA man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a mari complaisant.
- ANAPHORAThe repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
- BAIZAAlternative form of paisa.
- CORYBANTICfrenetic, ecstatic and orgiastic
- CREPITATIONThe act of crepitating or crackling.
- ENANTIOMEROne of a pair of stereoisomers that is the mirror image of the other, but may not be superimposed on this other stereoisomer.
- FLUXMETER
- ICHTHYSA stylized representation of a fish, used as a Christian symbol.
- 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
- MERANTIAny of various trees of the genus Shorea.
- PICIFORMOf or pertaining to Piciformes
- SAGUMA cloak, worn in ancient times by the Gauls, early Germans, and Roman soldiers, made of a rectangular piece of (usually red) coarse cloth and fastened on the right shoulder.
- SLATYResembling the rock slate.
- TELFERAlternative form of telpher.
- TOMIAplural of tomium
- BIFACEA double-sided stone tool
- CATENATETo connect things together, especially to form a chain.
- 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
- DEBOSSTo mark or decorate with an indented design or symbol.
- MONOECYThe state of having both male and female sex organs; hermaphrodism.
- PUJAHAlternative form of puja.
- TEFILLINplural of tefilla
- ESKARAlternative form of esker.
- FILOPLUMEA hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
- GONIFFAlternative form of ganef.
- OSTINATOA piece of melody, a chord progression, or a bass figure that is repeated over and over as a musical accompaniment.
- PRETORIANAlternative spelling of praetorian.
- SALTERNAn area used for saltmaking, especially in the East Anglian fenlands.
- SLORM
- STEMWINDERAlternative spelling of stem-winder.
- VICTORINEA woman's fur tippet, fastened at the neck
- AMPHIBOLITEAny of a class of metamorphic rocks composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.
- ANTIQUEYResembling or characteristic of antiques.
- DOWNCOMEA tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
- FENNYCharacteristic of or resembling a fen (“characteristically alkaline wetland containing peat below the waterline”); marshy, swampy; also, of land: containing a fen or fens.
- GRAMAVarious species of grass in the genus Bouteloua, including Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama)
- IRREDENTISTSomeone who calls for the seizure or recovery of territories or states currently subject to other countries; an adherent of irredentism.
- RAKIAAlternative spelling of rakija.
- RUTINA flavonoid, found in many plants, that is a glycoside of quercetin and rutinose.
- SPIRYLike or resembling a spire.
- TERRINEA deep type of dish or pan, typically used for casseroles and made out of pottery.
- ANILINEThe simplest aromatic amine, C6H5NH2, synthesized by the reduction of nitrobenzene; it is a colourless oily basic poisonous liquid used in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceutica
- AUTOLYZEDsimple past and past participle of autolyze
- BINNACLEThe wooden housing for a ship's compass, with its corrector magnets and illuminating arrangements.
- POSADAA traditional Mexican Christmas procession.
- RACEMOSEHaving flowers arranged along a single central axis, as in a raceme, spike, or catkin.
- UMBRIFEROUSproviding or making shade; umbrageous.
- AMATIVEPertaining to love; amorous.
- BLETTINGA fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening.
- DISOMYThe normal state of a diploid eukaryotic cell or individual which has two members of a pair of homologous chromosomes in each nucleus. A normal chromosome is represented twice in a
- ENATEA relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.
- LENTICLEA small lens or window.
- NONSUCHAlternative spelling of nonesuch.
- ALIZARINA red substance, 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone, extracted from madder root and used as a dye.
- CAROTENOIDAny of a class of yellow to red organic pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls.
- SALSIFYAny of several flowering plants, of the genus Tragopogon, most of which have purple flowers. Tragopogon porrifolius, a plant with linear leaves; cultivated for its light-skinned ed
- GLARYOf a dazzling lustre; glaring; bright; shining.
- MESENTERICRelating to the mesentery.
- 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
- NARISa nostril
- PARTURITIONThe act or process of a mother giving birth.
- PSOASEither of two muscles, the psoas major and psoas minor, involved in flexion of the trunk.
- SETAA bristle or hair.
- SMICKERElegant; fine; attractive, beautiful.
- SOLANDERA box, in the form of a book, used for keeping botanical specimens etc; drop-spine or clamshell box
- THIGTo solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.
- ALEVINNewly hatched fish, especially salmon.
- CARTOUCHEAn ornamental figure, often on an oval shield.
- GRANAplural of granum
- OCEANID
- PEDICELA stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.
- PODGERA tool in the form of a short commonly-tapered metal rod, principally used to align holes in two items, so that a bolt, rod or other item can be inserted through them; sometimes in
- VILLUSA small projection from a membrane, particularly those found in the mucous membranes of the intestines.
- ACHENEA small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup.
- BUFFOA comic singer, particularly in comic opera
- CADUCEUSThe official wand carried by a herald in ancient Greece and Rome, specifically the one carried in mythology by Hermes, the messenger of the gods, usually represented with two snake