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- BOTANICOf or pertaining to botany.
- BUCOLICRustic, pastoral, country-styled.
- DOGMATICAdhering only to principles which are true a priori, rather than truths based on evidence or deduction.
- HISTOGRAMA graphical display of numerical data in the form of upright bars, with the area of each bar representing frequency.
- IDIOPATHYA disease or condition arising spontaneously or having no known cause.
- MISANTHROPYA negative view or hatred of the human race.
- PHLEBOTOMYThe opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.
- PHRASEOLOGYStudy of set or fixed expressions.
- PSYLLIUMAny of several plants of Plantago subg. Psyllium.
- RHAPSODIChighly emotional; rapturous
- CRUDITEAlternative form of crudité.
- JOVIALITYThe state of being jovial; jollity or conviviality.
- MUCOSITYThe state of being mucous or containing mucus.
- PARQUETA wooden floor made of wooden tiles or veneers arranged in a decorative geometrical pattern.
- PHRENOLOGICphrenological
- PRISMATICOf or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.
- PROVIDENTPossessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future.
- VIRULENTOf animals, plants, or substances: extremely venomous or poisonous.
- MONOCYTEA type of leukocyte (white blood cell) that differentiates into a macrophage.
- PRESCIENTExhibiting or possessing prescience: having knowledge of, or seemingly able to correctly predict, events before they take place.
- ABSOLUTIONAn absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
- AMBROSIALPertaining to or worthy of the gods.
- AMBULATORYOf, relating to, or adapted to walking.
- APPROBATIONThe act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition.
- AUDACITYInsolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.
- BRONCHIALOf or relating to the bronchia, bronchi or bronchioles.
- CAUDALPertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
- CENTRIFUGALTending, or causing, to recede from the center.
- CLAVIERThe keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.
- CONDUCTIONThe conveying of heat or electricity through material.
- CORONALRelating to a crown or coronation.
- CORPULENTLarge in body; fat; overweight.
- CUNEIFORMHaving the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
- DEFENESTRATETo eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window.
- DISCULPATETo free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exonerate.
- DISPARITYThe state of being unequal; difference.
- ELOCUTIONThe art of speaking, especially public speaking, with expert control of gesture and voice, diction (articulation and word choice), and usage.
- EVIDENTIARYOf or pertaining to evidence.
- EXCULPATORYTending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
- EXIGENCYThe demands or requirements of a situation which often demand immediate action.
- GRAVITASSeriousness in bearing or manner; dignity.
- IMPETUSAnything that impels; a stimulating factor.
- INCHOATERecently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
- INTESTATEWithout a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.
- JUDICIOUSHaving, characterized by, or done with good judgment or sound thinking.
- LIGATUREThe act of tying or binding something.
- MALEFICENTHarmful or evil in intent or effect.
- MAUDLINThe Magdalene; Mary Magdalene.
- MENDACIOUS(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
- MOROSITYThe state or quality of being morose.
- OBFUSCATIONThe act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to inte
- ORDINATEThe second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
- OVOIDShaped like an oval.
- PALAVERA village council meeting.
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PECUNIARYOf, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.
- PERPETUITYThe quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
- PLENARYFully attended by a plenum; for everyone's attendance.
- PORCINEOf, pertaining to, or being a pig.
- PREVALENCYprevalence
- PROFLIGATEInclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
- PROFUNDITYThe state of being profound; magnitude, gravity, or intensity.
- PROVIDENTIALPertaining to divine providence.
- REDOLENTFragrant or aromatic; having a sweet scent.
- RESUMPTIONThe act of resuming or starting something again.
- RIPARIANOf or relating to the bank of a river or stream.
- 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.
- SCARABA beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.
- SUPERLATIVEHaving the power to carry something or someone above, over or beyond others.
- TIBIALOf or pertaining to a tibia or a structure associated with a tibia.
- VEHEMENCEAn intense concentration, force or power.
- VENALVenous; pertaining to veins.
- VENIALAble to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.
- VIADUCTA bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles.
- VIANDAn item of food.
- VIRULENCEThe state of being virulent.
- VOCIFEROUSMaking or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.
- VOLUMINOUSOf or pertaining to volume or volumes.
- FELONIOUSOf, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony.
- GRIEVOUSLYIn a grievous manner, severely.
- QUESTIONERA person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry.
- EVOCATIONThe act of calling out or forth, or evoking.
- MELODIOUSHaving a pleasant melody or sound; tuneful.
- NATURALISENon-Oxford British English standard spelling of naturalize.
- PROVISIONALTemporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent.
- EPISTOLARYOf or relating to letters, or the writing of letters.
- WRESTLINGA sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
- CONCAVITYThe state of being concave
- MARVELOUSExciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
- NOBLESSEThe quality of being noble; nobleness.
- SYNCOPEThe elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.
- SLOUCHA hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance.
- BOURGEOISOf or relating to the middle class , and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
- UNCOUTHUnfamiliar, strange, foreign.
- 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
- FORTUITOUSHappening by fortune or chance; accidental, coincidental.
- HELIOTROPEA plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun, such as marigolds and sunflowers.
- IMPORTUNITYConstant and insistent demanding or proposing, especially if regarded as annoying or upsetting; also, the character of such behaviour; an instance of this.
- INEBRIATEDBehaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.
- PAROXYSMA period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; a sudden attack of a disease symptom, such as a bout of coughing or a s