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- BUSHVELDA terrain characterized by thick scrubby trees and dense thickets of bush, interspersed with grassy groundcover.
- ADYTUMThe innermost sanctuary or shrine in a temple, from where oracles were given.
- AGRYPNIAPersistent loss of sleep; insomnia; sleeplessness.
- AGRYPNIASPersistent loss of sleep; insomnia; sleeplessness.
- CALYPTEREither of two rounded lobes at the posterior base of the wing in many true flies.
- CORMA short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditio
- DIACHYLONA plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants, later made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerine mixed with lead salts of the fat acid
- DULCIMERA stringed instrument, with strings stretched across a sounding board, usually trapezoidal, played by plucking on the strings (traditionally with a quill) or by tapping on them (in
- ELAEOPTENEThe more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substances, such as rose oil.
- ENCARPUSAn ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.
- ENCOMIASTA person who delivers an encomium or eulogy.
- EOLITHICof or relating to the early period of the Stone Age marked by the use of eoliths.
- EPULOTICPromoting the scarring or healing of sores.
- HAEMONIESA magical plant mentioned by John Milton, said to be good against enchantments.
- HEURISTICThat employs a practical method not guaranteed to be optimal or perfect; either not following or derived from any theory, or based on an advisedly oversimplified one.
- HYPERTONIAAn abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy.
- HYPOPHYSISThe pituitary gland.
- IAMBICConsisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed–stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance.
- JYNXESA bird, the wryneck, once thought a bird of ill omen (Jynx torquilla).
- KYLIXAn Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad, shallow body.
- KYPHOTICRelating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
- MYXOVIRUSAny of a group of RNA viruses of the Orthomyxoviridae and Paramyxoviridae families.
- OECISTA founder of a colony.
- OMPHACITEAny of a range of green, monoclinic pyroxene minerals found in eclogites and similar rocks; they are solid solutions of jadeite and diopside.
- OTALGIAearache
- PHILTRUMThe shallow vertical groove running from the nasal septum to the center of the upper lip.
- PSCHENTThe double crown of ancient Egypt, combining the white crown of Upper Egypt with the red crown of Lower Egypt, worn by pharaohs after the union of the two kingdoms in around 3000 B
- RHOMBUSA parallelogram having all sides of equal length. The rhombus diamond, as one of the suits seen in a deck of playing cards ( or ).
- SYNALEPHAThe suppression of a vowel at the end of word when it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel.
- TERATOLOGYThe study of congenital malformations, their development, and people with them.
- TRIGLYPHA vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze.
- XANTHISMA yellowish colouring of pigments in hair, skin, feathers, etc.
- XENIALHospitable, especially to visiting strangers or foreigners.
- XENIUMA gift or offering. A gift or offering given to a guest or a stranger, especially of food, in Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome.
- XIPHISTERNUMSynonym of xiphoid process.
- MOFUSSILOriginally, the regions of India outside the three East India Company capitals of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras; hence, parts of a country outside an urban centre; the regions, rural
- MUFTIA Muslim scholar and interpreter of sharia law, who can deliver a fatwa.
- QURSHA monetary unit in Saudi Arabia equivalent to a twentieth of a rial.
- FLENSETo strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.
- AASVOGELVulture.
- CADUCITYDotage or senility.
- CARTILAGINOUSComprising soft cartilage rather than bone. Related to or resembling cartilage. Having a skeleton of cartilage.
- GLYPTICSThe art of engraving on precious stones.
- GROMWELLVarious plants: Lithospermum arvense or other plants of the genus Lithospermum formerly used to treat kidney stones.
- LIVRAISONA part of a serial issued from time to time.
- PERSONIFYTo be an example of; to have all the attributes of.
- PHILOSOPHEAny of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.
- REVANCHISMThe political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory.
- VAREUSEA military tunic.
- VITRAILA stained glass window.
- CYTOPLASMThe contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.
- ESTOCA type of sword used from the 14th to the 17th century, characterized by a long, straight, edgeless, sharply pointed blade designed for penetrating mail or plate.
- HIRELINGAn employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.
- PYKNICshort and stout; endomorphic
- QUAGQuagmire; marsh; bog.
- SWINGETo singe.
- TRACHEIDA tracheid cell.
- LANAIA Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
- EXILARCHThe leader of the Jews of the Babylonian exile.
- YLEMSIn the Big Bang theory, the hot and dense plasma that made up the matter in the cosmos following the initial baryogenesis at an early stage of its expansion and cooling, from which
- YODHThe tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
- SOUTACHEA narrow braid often decorated with a herringbone pattern
- FAIRISHLYTolerably well; acceptably.
- SHIITAKEA wide, brown variety of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes.
- ACERVULUSA small cluster, as of fungi appearing on bark or leaves.
- ADUMBRATETo foreshadow vaguely.
- ADUMBRATIONThe state of being in shadow or shade; a shadow.
- ARBITRALRelating to arbitration.
- AUGURYA divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
- CALXThe substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognise
- CENTUMVIROne of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
- CIRRUSSynonym of tendril (“a thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support”). A thin tendril-like appendage, such as a barbel (“whisker-like sensory organ around the m
- DECEMVIRALPertaining to the decemvirs of ancient Rome.
- EGOTISMA tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
- EVULSIONThe action of forcibly pulling something out.
- FEWMETAlternative spelling of fumet (“deer dung”).
- FORCIPATEDSynonym of forcipal (“forceps-shaped”).
- HARUSPEXA soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced haruspicy, divination by inspecting entrails.
- IMPECUNIOUSLacking money.
- MOXIBUSTIONThe burning of moxa against the skin to treat pain or illness.
- NUGATORYTrivial, trifling or of little importance.
- OCHREAAlternative form of ocrea.
- OCULISTAn eye doctor; an ophthalmologist or optometrist.
- OENOMELSA beverage made of wine and honey.
- OUGUIYAThe currency of Mauritania, divided into five khoums.
- PIMPERNELA plant of the genus Pimpinella, especially burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga).
- PINXITAn inscription indicating the identity of the one who created a painting.
- PROCLIVEHaving a tendency by nature; prone
- PROLIXTediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.
- RESIDUUMThe residue, remainder or rest of something.
- SCUTAGEA tax, paid in lieu of military service, that was a significant source of revenue in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
- SEPULCHREA burial chamber.
- SERJEANTYA land tenure in which a tenant provided his liege with some kind of personal service, as opposed to nonpersonal service, such as paying tax (socage)
- SQUALOIDCharacteristic of a shark or dogfish
- SUDAMENA small blister beneath the skin due to retention of fluid in a sweat follicle, or in the epidermis
- SUPERNALPertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial.
- TOTIPOTENTExhibiting totipotency.
- TRAMELINGA net over a river to catch fish.
- UXORIALOf or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relatives.
- VERMIFUGALTending to prevent, destroy, or expel worms or vermin; anthelmintic.