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- IMPORTUNETo bother, irritate, trouble.
- INARGUABLYCertainly; without the possibility of argument or debate.
- INCULPATETo imply the guilt of; to blame or incriminate.
- INCUMBERArchaic form of encumber.
- INDEFATIGABLEExtremely persistent and untiring.
- INDICTMENTSplural of indictment
- INDUCTIVELYIn an inductive manner; by using induction.
- INESTIMABLENot able to be estimated; not able to be calculated, computed or comprehended, as because of great scale, degree or magnitude.
- INEXTRICABLEImpossible to untie or disentangle.
- INFARCTEDAffected by infarcts
- INFLECTTo cause to curve inwards.
- INGROWTHGrowth inwards.
- INQUESTA formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death
- INTERDICTEDProhibited or forbidden.
- INVEIGLETo convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles.
- JOVIALCheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
- JUSTICIAROne who administers justice, particularly:
- JUVENALOf a young bird: that has its first flying plumage.
- LAMINAROf fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers.
- LANCERA cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.
- LANGOUSTEThe spiny lobster
- LANGUIDOf a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness; faint, listless.
- LEGATEA deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
- LENTICULAROf or pertaining to a lens.
- LICTORAn officer in Ancient Rome, attendant on a consul or magistrate, who bore the fasces and was responsible for punishing criminals.
- LIMNTo draw or paint; to delineate.
- LOGICIANA person who studies or teaches logic.
- MAGNIFYTo praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God).
- MALARKEYNonsense; rubbish.
- MANACLESplural of manacle
- MARLA mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.
- MAUDLINThe Magdalene; Mary Magdalene.
- MEAGREAn edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.
- MENDACITYThe fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
- MIKVEHA ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed.
- MORGANATICDesignating a marriage (or the wife involved) between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank, often having various legal repercussions (typically that such a wife has no cl
- MOXIENerve, spunk, strength of character.
- MUNIFICENTVery liberal in giving or bestowing.
- MURIATICPertaining to salt or brine.
- MUSCADETA white grape grown chiefly in the Loire valley of France, or a dry white wine made from this grape.
- NAFFBad; tasteless, poorly thought out, not workable; tacky.
- NAUTICALOf, relating to, or characteristic of sailing, sailors, or the sea.
- NECROPOLISA cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.
- NEPHROLOGYThe branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys.
- NOUSThe mind or intellect, faculty for rationality or reason using the necessary common sense or awareness.
- OBDURATEStubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
- ORDINATEThe second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
- ORGIASTOne who attends an orgy.
- ORGIASTICRelating to an orgy; uncontrolled, wild.
- OROGENYThe process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust.
- ORTHOPEDICSThe branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of disorders of the bones and associated muscles and joints.
- ORTOLANA small European migratory bunting (Emberiza hortulana), once eaten whole as a delicacy.
- OXBOWA U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of which are fastened to its yoke.
- OXIDISEAlternative spelling of oxidize.
- PALADINA heroic champion, especially a knight.
- PANTHEOLOGYA system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology.
- PARABOLICOf, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid.
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PERCOLATINGpresent participle and gerund of percolate
- PERCOLATIONThe seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.
- PHALANGESplural of phalange
- PHALANGISTAlternative letter-case form of Phalangist.
- PHARAONICOf or pertaining to a pharaoh.
- PHIALA bottle or other vessel for containing a liquid; originally any such vessel, especially one for holding a beverage; now , a small, narrow glass bottle with a cap used to hold liqu
- PHLOXAny flowering plant of the genus Phlox.
- PHOSGENEcarbonyl chloride
- PHYLACTERIESplural of phylactery
- PIASTERAlternative spelling of piastre.
- PIGMENTEDThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
- PILASTERA rectangular column that projects partially from the wall to which it is attached; it gives the appearance of a support, but is only for decoration.
- PIMIENTOSynonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.
- PLACIDITYThe state of being placid; peacefulness.
- PLAICESeveral similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae: Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth
- PLAINTA complaint.
- PLAINTIVESounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
- PLENUMA space that is completely filled with matter.
- PLOVERAny of various wading birds of the subfamily Charadriinae.
- POLECATAny of several long-bodied mammals of the subfamilies Mustelinae and Ictonychinae, both in the weasel family Mustelidae. Notably, the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- POMFRETA fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
- PORTAGEAn act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways.
- POULTERSynonym of poulterer, a dealer in poultry.
- PRAXISThe practical application of any branch of learning.
- PRIGA deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
- PRISMATICOf or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.
- PRIVETAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.
- PRIVYPrivate, exclusive; not public; one's own.
- PROGESTINA synthetic progestagen intended to mimic the effects of progesterone, often for contraceptive purposes.
- PROSCENIUMThe stage area between the curtain and the orchestra.
- PROSELYTIZEDsimple past and past participle of proselytize
- PROTEANExceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms.
- PROVIDENTIALPertaining to divine providence.
- PROXIMALCloser to the point of attachment or observation.
- PURGATIONThe process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.
- PUSTULAROf, pertaining to, or containing pustules.
- PUTATIVELYIn a putative manner; according to belief.
- PUTREFACTIONThe act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
- PUTREFYTo fester or rot and exude a fetid stench.
- QUANGOAn organization that, although financed by a government, acts independently of it.
- QUINCEThe pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
- QUOTIDIANHappening every day; daily.