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- BILTONGA South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying, similar to American jerky.
- AUTONOMYThe right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
- BOLUSA round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
- CATAPLEXYAn abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.
- CYTOSINEA heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
- DENDRITEA slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.
- DIEGETICOf or relating to diegesis; existing within a fictional universe (rather than as background), and able to be perceived by the characters.
- EUNUCHA castrated man.
- GERONTICOf or pertaining to old age or the elderly.
- HECTAREA unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas o
- HEMATITEAn iron ore, mainly peroxide of iron, Fe2O3: iron(III) oxide.
- ISOTROPICHaving properties that are identical in all directions; exhibiting isotropy
- MACHINATETo devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.
- MASTICAn evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.
- MISANTHROPYA negative view or hatred of the human race.
- OXYTOCINA hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk; also plays a role in social bonding.
- PAREIDOLIAThe tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or hearing hidden messages in
- PHILANDERA lover.
- PHONEMEAn indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
- POLYTHEISMThe belief in the existence of multiple gods.
- PSEUDAn intellectually pretentious person; a poseur.
- RHEUMThin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or nose, formerly thought to cause disease.
- SUBLUXATIONA partial dislocation of a joint, in which the articulating surfaces remain in partial contact.
- KHATA shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.
- TABBYA kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
- LOGGIAA roofed, open gallery, usually on an upper level.
- AMBIVALENCEThe coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
- ATAVISMThe reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
- BLOUSONA garment drawn tight at the waist with blousing hanging over the waistband; a blouse jacket.
- BRUNETOf a man's or boy's hair: brown or dark brown.
- COCOTTEsmall casserole (pot) for individual portions, similar to a Dutch oven
- DAUPHINEThe wife of the dauphin; dauphiness.
- FRISSONA sudden surge of excitement.
- FULMINATORYThundering; striking terror.
- GEODESICThe shortest curve between two points on a specific surface.
- HADALOf or relating to the deepest parts of the ocean.
- LAVAGEA washing.
- NUDISMThe belief in or practice of going nude in social, nonsexualized and frequently mixed-gender groups specifically in cultures where going nude in the social situation is not the nor
- PHAETONa light four-wheeled open carriage drawn by four horses
- PINOCHLEA card game, similar to bezique.
- RONDEA kind of script in which the tails of the letters are curly, giving the characters a rounded look.
- SANGFROIDComposure, self-possession or imperturbability especially when in a dangerous situation.
- TAXONOMICOf or relating to taxonomy.
- BIVOUACAn encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering.
- EUCHREA trump card game played by four players in two partnerships with a reduced deck of 24 cards.
- ROANHaving a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
- HAOLEA non-Hawaiian, especially a person of white European ancestry.
- SWALEA low tract of moist or marshy land.
- BODHRANA type of frame drum used in Irish music struck traditionally with an animal bone, or in modern times, with a piece of wood.
- BOXTYA traditional Irish potato pancake.
- WIRRAExclamation of dismay.
- CAPOA movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar and used to raise the pitch of all strings.
- HANGULThe phonetic alphabet used to write the Korean language.
- 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.