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- ABLATIONA carrying or taking away; removal.
- ABLATIONSplural of ablation
- ACQUIREDsimple past and past participle of acquire
- ACTUALISEDsimple past and past participle of actualise
- ACUITYSharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
- ADIPOSEContaining, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
- ADZESplural of adze
- AERIESplural of aerie
- AGARSplural of agar
- AGLETAlternative form of aiglet.
- AGLETSplural of aglet
- AGORAEplural of agora
- AGORAPHOBICOne who suffers from agoraphobia.
- AILERONSplural of aileron
- ALIMONYA court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
- AMBIGUOUSOpen to multiple interpretations.
- AMBIVALENCEThe coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
- 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.
- AMNIOTESplural of amniote
- AMPHIBIOUSLYIn the manner of an amphibian.
- AMPHORAEplural of amphora
- AMPHORICOf or related to an amphora, either as a large vessel or a Roman unit of liquid measure.
- ANIMUSThe basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions.
- ANKHSplural of ankh
- ANTIQUESplural of antique
- AQUEOUSOf or relating to water.
- AQUILINEOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.
- ARGENTSplural of argent
- ARRIBA
- ASPICA meat or fish jelly.
- ATAVISMThe reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
- AUGUREDsimple past and past participle of augur
- AUTONOMYThe right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
- AVARICESplural of avarice
- AZIDESplural of azide
- BAHTThe official currency of Thailand, equal to 100 satang.
- BANTTo regulate what one eats according to the precepts of William Banting; to go on a diet.
- BEATIFYTo make blissful.
- BEHOOVEDsimple past and past participle of behoove
- BHATAlternative form of baht.
- BICUSPIDHaving two points or prominences; ending in two points; said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.
- BILTONGA South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying, similar to American jerky.
- BIOVULARderived from two separate ova; non-identical or fraternal
- BIVOUACAn encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering.
- BLOUSEDWearing a blouse.
- BLOUSONA garment drawn tight at the waist with blousing hanging over the waistband; a blouse jacket.
- BLOVIATESthird-person singular simple present indicative of bloviate
- BLOVIATIONA boastful or pompous manner of speaking or writing; a lengthy discourse delivered in that manner.
- BLOVIATIONSplural of bloviation
- BOATSWAINA person aboard ship who is in charge of various maritime affairs. The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sail
- BODHRANA type of frame drum used in Irish music struck traditionally with an animal bone, or in modern times, with a piece of wood.
- BODHRANSplural of bodhran
- BOITE
- BOSUNAlternative form of boatswain (“warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship”).
- BOXTIESplural of boxty
- BOXTYA traditional Irish potato pancake.
- BRIGANDSplural of brigand
- BRINDLESplural of brindle
- BROGUESplural of brogue
- BRUNETOf a man's or boy's hair: brown or dark brown.
- BURNISHEDsimple past and past participle of burnish
- BUTLERINGpresent participle and gerund of butler
- BUTLINGpresent participle and gerund of butle
- BYWAYA road or track not following a main route; a secondary or minor road or path.
- BYWORDSplural of byword
- CAIRNEDPossessed of a cairn.
- CALIPHATESplural of caliphate
- CALYXESplural of calyx
- CANARDSplural of canard
- CAPOA movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar and used to raise the pitch of all strings.
- CAPOEIRAA martial art developed in Brazil, involving complex acrobatic maneuvers and flowing movements.
- CARBOSplural of carbo
- CATAPLEXYAn abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.
- CENOBITESplural of cenobite
- CENOTAPHSplural of cenotaph
- CENOTEA deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Mexico and Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes groundwater underneath, and sometimes used by th
- CENTRIFUGALTending, or causing, to recede from the center.
- CHELATEHaving chelae, or in the form of a chela.
- CHELATINGHaving the ability to undergo chelation
- CHELATIONSplural of chelation
- CHELATORSplural of chelator
- CHELOIDDated form of keloid.
- CHELOIDALDated form of keloidal.
- CHYRONSplural of chyron
- CILIATESplural of ciliate
- CINEASTEAlternative spelling of cineast.
- CLAVEsimple past and past participle of cleave
- CLUNKERSplural of clunker
- CLUNKIESTsuperlative form of clunky: most clunky
- COALERSplural of coaler
- COALESCINGpresent participle and gerund of coalesce
- COCOTTEsmall casserole (pot) for individual portions, similar to a Dutch oven
- COCOTTESplural of cocotte
- CONIFERSplural of conifer
- CORDIALITYThe quality of being cordial.
- 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.
- COVALENTContaining or characterized by a covalent bond.
- COWLICKAn unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.