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- ABLATIONA carrying or taking away; removal.
- ACUITYSharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
- ADIPOSEContaining, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
- ALIMONYA court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
- AMBIGUOUSOpen to multiple interpretations.
- AMBULATORYOf, relating to, or adapted to walking.
- AMNIOTEAny of the Amniota group of vertebrates having an amnion during the development of the embryo; mammals, birds and reptiles.
- AMPHORICOf or related to an amphora, either as a large vessel or a Roman unit of liquid measure.
- AQUILINEOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.
- ASPICA meat or fish jelly.
- BEATIFYTo make blissful.
- CENTRIFUGALTending, or causing, to recede from the center.
- CORPULENTLarge in body; fat; overweight.
- CORPUSA collection of written or spoken texts. Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.
- CROMULENTAcceptable, satisfactory, or valid.
- DEISMA philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable through human reason; especially, a belief in a creator god unaccompanied by any belief in supernatural pheno
- DEPOSITORYA place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation.
- EXCULPATIONThe act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime.
- EXEUNTA stage direction for more than one actor to leave the stage.
- EXPULSIVETending to expel or resulting in expulsion.
- EYRIEThe nest of a bird of prey.
- FECUNDITYAbility to produce offspring.
- FOETALAlternative spelling of fetal.
- FUNICULAROf, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable.
- GRAVIDPregnant.
- ICTALOf or pertaining to a sudden physiologic attack such as a seizure, stroke or headache.
- ILIUMThe upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.
- INORDINATEExcessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude.
- INVIOLATENot violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
- LIGATETo bind with a ligature or bandage.
- LOCUSA place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
- MACERATIONThe act or process of macerating. Soaking and softening (in combination), plus or minus dissolving. Communition, dissolving, or any combination thereof.
- NITROUSPertaining to or composed of nitre; having the properties of nitre, bitter.
- OBLATEA person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
- OCTAVOA sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches (= 17.78 to 25.4 cm) high and 4.5 to 6 inches (= 11.43 to 15.24 cm) wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. It is ma
- ORDINALIndicating position in a sequence.
- OVOIDShaped like an oval.
- PATERFather.
- PROCLIVITYA predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.
- PULCHRITUDEPhysical beauty.
- REGNUMA rank in the classification of organisms, below dominium and above divisio.
- RICTUSA bird’s gaping mouth.
- RUBRICATEMarked with red.
- SIBILANTCharacterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
- SOPORAn unnaturally deep sleep.
- SOPORIFICSomething inducing sleep, especially a drug.
- SPITALA charitable house to receive and care for sick people, later distinguished from a hospital as being especially for those of a low class or meagre financial means.
- SQUAMAA scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
- STABILEabstract sculpture or structure of wire, sheet metal, etc.
- TUTTIAll together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices.
- USURPATIONThe wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
- UVULAROf or relating to the uvula.
- VERITASTruth, particularly of a transcendent character.
- VIMINALOf, pertaining to, consisting of, or producing twigs.
- VIRULENCEThe state of being virulent.
- VULGARITYThe quality of being vulgar.