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- BLEPHARITISAn inflammation of the eyelid.
- HYACINTHAny bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.
- PHATICPertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship and whose meaning is otherwise either deemphasized or absent.
- PHILANDERA lover.
- RAPHIDEA crystal of calcium oxalate, shaped like a needle, which forms as a metabolic byproduct in some plant cells.
- AMBIVALENCEThe coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
- CRUDITESAlternative spelling of crudités.
- MUCOSITYThe state of being mucous or containing mucus.
- VAINGLORYExcessive vanity.
- BUCATINIA thicker form of spaghetti with a hole running through it.
- PENUCHEA fudge made from brown sugar, butter, milk, and often nuts.
- PENUCHESA fudge made from brown sugar, butter, milk, and often nuts.
- AMBIDEXTROUSHaving equal or comparable ability in both hands; in particular, able to write well with both hands.
- CAPONA cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
- DITTOThat which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
- FECUNDHighly fertile; able to produce offspring.
- INCHOATERecently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
- INDICIAplural of indicium
- LUBRICHaving a smooth surface; slippery.
- PENURIOUSMiserly; excessively cheap.
- PUBISESThe pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis.
- UXORICIDEOne who murders one's wife.
- VAPIDOffering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
- VENOUSOf or pertaining to veins.
- VIATICOf or pertaining to traveling or a journey.
- VIATICUMThe Eucharist, when given to a person who is dying or one in danger of death.
- VISCERAplural of viscus
- VOMITORYThe entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a vomitorium
- GARFISHAny fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.
- UPBLOWTo inflate.
- UPCASTCast up; thrown upward.
- UPGROWINGThe process of growth or maturation; growing up
- WORSTEDYarn made from long strands of wool.
- UPGOINGTrending positive.
- UPCOMETo ascend, rise; grow up; come up.
- RIMEArchaic in the form rimes: originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; hoar frost (sense 1).
- SUBORNTo induce (someone) to commit an unlawful or malicious act, especially in a corrupt manner.
- WINDReal or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
- VICUNAA South American mammal, Lama vicugna, closely related to the alpaca, llama, and guanaco.
- THANAA military outpost.
- DIVOTA torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof.
- CULTISMThe system or practice of a cult.
- AUGUSTLYIn an august or awe-inspiring manner.
- BARIATRICSThe branch of medicine dealing with obesity and weight problems.
- BIVARIATEHaving or involving exactly two variables.
- BOARISHBrutal; cruel.
- BUNGERA cigarette.
- BUOYANCYThe upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
- BUSHWOMANA woman who lives or has lived in the Australian outback.
- CAPERINGLYin a capering manner
- CATERWAULINGgerund of caterwaul: a sound that caterwauls.
- CHARKCharcoal; coke.
- CLEFTEDHaving a cleft; cloven.
- COALFISHAny of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.
- COWERINGLYIn a cowering manner.
- COWFISHAny of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
- COWPIEA single pile of cowshit.
- CUMBERSthird-person singular simple present indicative of cumber
- CUTTYShort, shortened, or small; curtailed.
- CUTUPSomeone who cuts up; someone who acts boisterously or clownishly, for example, by playing practical jokes.
- DEPILATIONThe process of stripping hair from the skin so as to make it smooth; unhairing; hair removal.
- DOWNSTAGEToward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
- ELFISHLYIn an elfish manner; mischievously.
- ENDOPLASMICOf or relating to endoplasm.
- EXTRALEGALOccurring outside the law; not governed by law; lawless.
- FINAGLERA person who finagles; a cheat or swindler
- FLUORESCETo emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength.
- FRANTICLYRare spelling of frantically.
- FUSTILYIn a fusty manner.
- GIANTISMSynonym of gigantism.
- GLAMOURISEAlternative spelling of glamorize.
- GOATFISHAny of the family Mullidae of brightly coloured fish with two barbels on the chin.
- GRANDIOSELYIn a grandiose manner
- GRUNTLEDGrunted.
- GYRATIONALOf, pertaining to, or caused by gyration
- INPOURTo pour in.
- INTERCUTTo intersect.
- LUNGFISHAn air-breathing fish, of the class Dipnoi, that have four limblike appendages instead of fins
- LYRISTA person who plays the lyre.
- MUSTACHIOEDsimple past and past participle of mustachio
- NUMEROLOGISTA practitioner of numerology
- OVERCUTTINGpresent participle and gerund of overcut
- PANFISHAny fish that is suitable for cooking in a frying pan by virtue of its size and taste.
- PLASMIDA loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from — and replicates independently of — the chromosomes; such loops are most commonly found in bacteria, but they are also sometimes
- POSTIEDiminutive of postman or postwoman.
- PUNNYResembling a pun; involving the use of a pun.
- RATFISHA fish of any of the species in family Chimaeridae. A Pacific fish, Hydrolagus colliei, that has a long rat-like tail
- SWEATBOXAny box or boxlike structure used to induce sweating, such as of hides or tobacco
- SYPHERTo lap the chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.
- ULTRARICHExtremely rich; very wealthy.
- ULTRATHINExtremely thin; of utmost thinness.
- UMPTEENTHOccurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a sequence.
- UNITISEAlternative form of unitize.
- UPBLOWINGBlowing in an upward direction
- UPBREAKTo break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.
- UPBURSTThe act of bursting upwards
- UPDRYTo dry up.
- UPFLOWTo flow or stream upwards.
- UPLAYTo lay up; hoard.
- UPLEADThe line or lines connecting the output of a transmitter to its antenna.