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- ABORTIVEProduced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
- ABRASIVEProducing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
- ATTRITIONGrinding down or wearing away by friction.
- AVARICEExcessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
- CADAVERA dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
- CANTRIPA spell or incantation; a trifling magic trick.
- CREDULITYA willingness to believe in someone or something in the absence of reasonable proof; credulousness.
- DOWAGERA widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
- FISTULAAn abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
- FRUCTOSEA monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.
- GESTICULATETo make gestures or motions, as in speaking.
- GOUTAn extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of u
- LACTOSEThe disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.
- MAGNIFYTo praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God).
- MILIEUAn environment or setting; a medium; environs
- PERFIDYA state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.
- PETULANTChildishly irritable.
- PLEXUSA network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.
- PONTIFICATEThe status or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex.
- POSITSomething that is posited; a postulate.
- PROXIMALCloser to the point of attachment or observation.
- RADIALArranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to, a common centre.
- REDUCTIVEPertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
- SANCTIFYTo make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
- SLUICEAn artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
- SULFATEAny salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- UNDULATETo cause to move in a wavelike motion.
- VERITYTruth, fact or reality, especially an enduring religious or ethical truth; veracity.
- VERTIGOA sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
- VIRTUE(Discuss this sense) The idea of all that is good or excellent (in every sense of those terms) in a human being, collectively instantiated by a varying number of human traits known
- VOLUMEA three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English me
- VOLUMINOUSOf or pertaining to volume or volumes.