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- ABASHEDEmbarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.
- ABJECTExisting in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
- ACEQUIAAn irrigation ditch, chiefly with reference to Mexico or the southwestern US.
- ACETABULUMSplural of acetabulum
- ACKNOWLEDGETo admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
- ACROMEGALYA chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by over-activity of the pituitary gland.
- ACROMIALOf or pertaining to the acromion.
- ACTUARYRegistrar, clerk.
- ADAPTIONAlternative form of adaptation.
- ADENOMASplural of adenoma
- ADENOPATHYSwelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
- AGARICAny of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath.
- ALVEOLARRelating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs.
- AMIDESplural of amide
- ANABOLISMThe constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism.
- ANAEROBEAn anaerobic organism; one that does not require oxygen to sustain its metabolic processes.
- ANEURYSMAn abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
- ANHEDONIAThe inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions.
- ANTEGRADE
- ANTHOLOGIESplural of anthology
- ANTHRAXAn acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
- ANTIPATHYOften followed by against, between, for, or to: a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, normally towards a person and less often towards a thing, often without any conscious rea
- APODALWithout feet or foot-like body parts; legless ; footless ; feetless.
- APONEUROTICOf or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
- ASQUINTLooking sideways, as though warily.
- ASTROCYTEA neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain, which forms the blood-brain barrier, among other functions.
- ATRESIAA condition in which a body orifice or passage in the body is abnormally closed or absent.
- AWASHWashed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.
- AXIALRelating to, resembling, or situated on an axis
- BANYANAn Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
- BETELEither of two (parts of) plants often used in combination: An evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle, whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut: the betel pepper. The bete
- BIVALENTHaving a valence of 2; having two ligands.
- BIVOUACAn encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering.
- BLEPHARITISAn inflammation of the eyelid.
- BOTULISMPoisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.
- BRACHOriginally, a synonym of scent hound (“a hunting dog that tracks prey using its sense of smell rather than by its vision”); later, any female hound; a bitch hound.
- BRACHIALPertaining or belonging to the arm.
- BURSAAny of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.
- CAGIESTsuperlative form of cagy: most cagy
- CALAMITOUSCausing or involving calamity; disastrous.
- CALCIFIEDHardened from the deposit of calcium salts.
- CALCIFUGEAny plant that does not thrive in a soil rich in lime or chalk
- CALYXThe outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
- 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.
- CANTEDsimple past and past participle of cant
- CANTEREDsimple past and past participle of canter
- CANTERSplural of canter
- CAPITULUMA densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
- CARBONITEAn explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- CARDITISinflammation of the heart (any or all parts of it).
- CARIOCAA sideways step in which one leg crosses over the other.
- CARPALAny of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus).
- CARPALSplural of carpal
- CARRIONRotting flesh of a dead animal or person.
- CATAPLEXYAn abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.
- CAUDALPertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
- CAVORTEDsimple past and past participle of cavort
- 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.
- CESIUMAlternative form of caesium.
- CHINOOKThe descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer ai
- CHITONA loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece and in Ancient Rome.
- CHONDROMAA benign tumour formed from cartilage cells
- CHONKAlternative form of chank (“type of shell”).
- CHROMATIDAfter DNA replication, either of the two connected double-helix strands of a metaphase chromosome that separate during mitosis.
- CHROMITEA dark brown mineral species with the formula FeCr2O4.
- CHYMEThe thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.
- CHYND
- CLOISTERSplural of cloister
- CLOSTRIDIUMAny of several mostly anaerobic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Clostridium, that are present in the soil and in the intestines of humans and animals and are capable of formin
- COCHINEALA scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia).
- COCKATIELNymphicus hollandicus, a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest, native to Australia. Avicultural forms come in many color mutations such as White
- CODIFIEROne who or that which codifies.
- COMAEplural of coma (“cometary nuclear dust cloud”)
- COMBINATEThe result of a combining of two or more components.
- COPSYCharacterized by copses.
- 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.
- COUDE
- COUPLEDOMThe world or sphere of romantic couples.
- COURTESANA female prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.
- COUTHFamiliar, known; well-known, renowned.
- CRANKILYIn a cranky manner.
- CREATINAlternative form of creatine.
- CRICKSplural of crick
- CRUXESplural of crux
- CULVERA dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.
- CUNEIFORMHaving the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
- CYANOTICResembling or afflicted with cyanosis.
- CYNOPHOBIAAn irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines.
- CYSTOIDResembling a cyst or bladder.
- CYTOKINEAny of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.
- CYTOPENIAA reduction in the number of blood cells for any of several reasons.
- CYTOPLASMThe contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.
- DAMARA large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia, now genus Agathis.
- DANKERcomparative form of dank: more dank
- DECEITAn act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
- DEFILERone who defiles.
- DELAMINATETo cause (something assembled by lamination) to come apart into the layers that make it up.
- DEMONICALAlternative form of daemonical.
- DENDROIDResembling a shrub or tree.