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- ACTUARYRegistrar, clerk.
- APONEUROTICOf or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
- BOTULISMPoisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.
- BRACHIALPertaining or belonging to the arm.
- CAMBERA slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
- CAPITULUMA densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
- CARDITISinflammation of the heart (any or all parts of it).
- CARPALAny of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus).
- CAUDALPertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
- CENTRIFUGEA device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
- COMBINATEThe result of a combining of two or more components.
- CORONALRelating to a crown or coronation.
- CORPUSA collection of written or spoken texts. Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.
- COURTESANA female prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.
- CULVERA dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.
- CUNEIFORMHaving the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
- DECEITAn act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
- DUALITYThe quality of containing or comprising two often opposed parts or aspects.
- DUCTILECapable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
- EDIFYTo build, construct.
- EGREGIOUSConspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
- EMULSIONA stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.
- EPIGASTRICOf or relating to the epigastrium.
- EXCULPATORYTending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
- FATUOUSObnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
- FEMORALOf, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh.
- FEROCITYThe condition of being ferocious.
- FESTERA fistula.
- FISTULAAn abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
- FISTULOUSOf or pertaining to a fistula.
- FORNIXAn archlike or vaulted structure or fold: The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera. A triangular area of white matter in the
- FRIABLEEasily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
- FULMINATETo make a verbal attack.
- FUSILEThat can be melted; meltable
- GENUThe knee.
- GLADIATORA person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.
- GRAVIDPregnant.
- GRAVITASSeriousness in bearing or manner; dignity.
- GUTTURALOf, relating to, or connected to the throat.
- HABITUSHabitude; mode of life; bearing.
- HAFNIUMA chemical element (symbol Hf) with an atomic number of 72: a lustrous, silvery-grey tetravalent transition metal.
- HAMATEHooked at the end.
- HERMETICPertaining to the ancient Greek Olympian god Hermes.
- IDOLATEROne who worships idols; a pagan.
- ILIACRelating to the ilium.
- ILIUMThe upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.
- INDEMNITYSecurity from damage, loss, or penalty.
- INGRATEUngrateful.
- JUDICATETo judge; to adjudicate.
- LICENTIOUSLacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
- LIMBICRelating to the limbic system.
- LUNATEShaped like a crescent.
- METAPHYSICALOf or pertaining to metaphysics.
- MURINEOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mouse.
- NEXUSA form or state of connection.
- OBLATIONThe offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.
- OFFICIOUSObliging, attentive, eager to please.
- OVOIDShaped like an oval.
- PANNUSA hanging flap of skin or other tissue, especially one covering the cornea (in trachoma) or cartilage (in rheumatoid arthritis).
- PERNICIOUSCausing much harm in a subtle way.
- PETULANCERudeness, insolence.
- PICAA disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
- PINNAThe visible part of the ear in most therians that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.
- PISIFORMResembling a pea or peas in size and shape
- PLENARYFully attended by a plenum; for everyone's attendance.
- PLEURISYInflammation of lung pleura.
- PLEURITISPleurisy (inflammation of the pleura).
- PLEXUSA network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.
- PLICAA fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.
- PORCINEOf, pertaining to, or being a pig.
- PUCEA brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.
- PUERILEChildish; trifling; silly.
- PUSTULEA small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.
- QUANTICA homogeneous polynomial in two or more variables.
- QUARTILEAny of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.
- REDOUBTA small, temporary, military fortification.
- RETINACULUM(Can we clean up this sense?) A connecting band.
- RETROGRADEDirected or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
- SCAPULARA short cloak worn around the shoulders, adopted as part of the uniform of various religious orders, later often with an embroidered image of a saint.
- SEPTICEMIAA disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever.
- SEPULCHREA burial chamber.
- SUBLIMATETo heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.
- TALUSThe bone of the ankle.
- TARSALOf or relating to the tarsus.
- TERESA terete muscle.
- TIBIALOf or pertaining to a tibia or a structure associated with a tibia.
- TREMULOUSTrembling, quivering, or shaking.
- TRIDENTA three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork.
- TRIPEDALHaving three feet.
- TUBERCLEA round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth.
- UNDULATETo cause to move in a wavelike motion.
- VANADIUMA chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.
- VAUNTTo speak boastfully.
- VENIALAble to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.
- VENTRALRelated to the abdomen or stomach.
- VERSOThe back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal; The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from lef
- VERTIGINOUSHaving an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
- VOLUMINOUSOf or pertaining to volume or volumes.
- ZONAA zone or band; a layer.