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- GEODESICThe shortest curve between two points on a specific surface.
- GEODUCKThe species of large saltwater clam Panopea generosa, native to the northeast Pacific coasts from Alaska to Washington State, distinguished by its deep burrowing and long unprotect
- GEODUCKSplural of geoduck
- GERONTICOf or pertaining to old age or the elderly.
- GERUNDSplural of gerund
- GICLEE
- GNARTo snarl or growl.
- GNARSplural of gnar
- GNOSTICAlternative letter-case form of Gnostic.
- GNOSTICALSynonym of gnostic.
- GONADICRelating to the gonads.
- GOURMANDA person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink; a greedy or ravenous eater.
- GRADIENTSplural of gradient
- GRAVIDPregnant.
- GRAVIDLYIn a gravid manner.
- GRISTLECartilage; now especially: cartilage present, as a tough substance, in meat.
- GUMSHOEA sneaker or rubber overshoe.
- GUNWALEThe top edge of the hull of a nautical vessel, at or above where the hull meets the deck.
- GURRIERSplural of gurrier
- HADALOf or relating to the deepest parts of the ocean.
- HALVERSplural of halver
- HANGULThe phonetic alphabet used to write the Korean language.
- HANTSplural of hant
- HAOLEA non-Hawaiian, especially a person of white European ancestry.
- HAOLESplural of haole
- 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
- HECTARESplural of hectare
- HEMATITEAn iron ore, mainly peroxide of iron, Fe2O3: iron(III) oxide.
- HERMITAGESplural of hermitage
- HEURISTICALOf or pertaining to heuristics.
- HIRSUTISMExcessive and increased hair growth in locations where terminal hair is normally minimal or absent.
- HOOVEDAlternative form of hoofed.
- HOVELSplural of hovel
- ICHORSplural of ichor
- 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.
- ILLUMESthird-person singular simple present indicative of illume
- IMPROVISEDCreated by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.
- INORDINATEExcessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude.
- INVIOLATENot violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
- INVOCABLEThat can be invoked; callable.
- INVOCATEDsimple past and past participle of invocate
- IRIDESCENTLYIn an iridescent manner.
- ISOTROPICHaving properties that are identical in all directions; exhibiting isotropy
- JODHPURAttributive form of jodhpurs.
- JODHPURSFlared riding trousers of heavy cloth, fitting tightly from knee to ankle.
- KAFTANSplural of kaftan
- KAKAAny of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands.
- KARSTA type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.
- KELOIDALOf, pertaining to or causing keloids.
- 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.
- KHATSplural of khat
- KNUTAn idle upper-class man about town.
- KOFTAAny of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans.
- LANGUIDOf a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness; faint, listless.
- LARIATSplural of lariat
- LAVAGEA washing.
- LEUKOCYTESplural of leukocyte
- LIGATETo bind with a ligature or bandage.
- LLANOSplural of llano
- LOCIAlternative form of locie (“locomotive”).
- LOCUSA place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
- LOGGIAA roofed, open gallery, usually on an upper level.
- LORRIESplural of lorry
- LOUTSplural of lout
- LOUVERSplural of louver
- MACERATIONThe act or process of macerating. Soaking and softening (in combination), plus or minus dissolving. Communition, dissolving, or any combination thereof.
- MACERATIONSplural of maceration
- MACHINATETo devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.
- MACHINATEDsimple past and past participle of machinate
- MACHINATESthird-person singular simple present indicative of machinate
- MALIGNERSplural of maligner
- MANDIBLESplural of mandible
- MASTICAn evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.
- MELANGESplural of melange
- MINUTIAEplural of minutia
- MISANTHROPYA negative view or hatred of the human race.
- MODALITIESplural of modality
- MONOCRATSplural of monocrat
- MONOPHASICof, related to or affected with monophasia
- MYCELIAplural of mycelium
- MYOPICSplural of myopic
- NATIVISMA policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.
- NECROPHILIASplural of necrophilia
- NITROUSPertaining to or composed of nitre; having the properties of nitre, bitter.
- 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
- NYMPHOA nymphomaniac.
- 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.
- OCCLUDINGpresent participle and gerund of occlude
- OCTAGONALShaped like an octagon, in having eight sides and eight angles.
- 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
- OLIGARCHIESplural of oligarchy
- OLIGARCHSplural of oligarch
- OMNICIDEThe total extinction of the human species as a result of human action, most commonly through nuclear warfare, but also through other means such as global anthropogenic ecological c
- OPINEROne who opines.
- OPULENCYArchaic form of opulence.
- ORATEDsimple past and past participle of orate
- ORDINALIndicating position in a sequence.
- ORDINALSplural of ordinal
- ORIENTATEDsimple past and past participle of orientate