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- ABJURETo solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.
- ADORNTo make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
- ADVISOROne who offers advice.
- AGORAA place for gathering.
- AMBLINGpresent participle and gerund of amble
- ANGORAA Turkish Angora cat.
- ANVILA heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
- BANDYTo give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
- BASKETRYThe process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers to make a basket.
- BEATIFICBlessed, blissful, heavenly.
- BEAUXplural of beau
- BEEFEATERAn African bird of the genus Buphagus, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc.
- BEEKEEPINGThe practice or profession of keeping and caring for bees.
- BIJOUXplural of bijou
- BILIOUSOf or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.
- BIOMEDICALOf or pertaining to biomedicine.
- BIOREACTORA vat or pressure vessel, containing microorganisms or biochemically active substances, used for biotechnological processes such as fermentation, waste recycling, or making drugs.
- BISECTIONALOf, pertaining to, or obtained by bisection
- BIVOUACAn encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering.
- BLOVIATETo speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
- BORONThe chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid found in its pure form as a dark amorphous powder. An atom of this element.
- BRAKINGpresent participle and gerund of brake
- BUSTLEAn excited activity; a stir.
- CARBOYA large, rigid bottle, originally made of glass and mainly used for fermentation, and now commonly made of plastic and used to store liquids.
- COLUMNARHaving the shape of a column.
- CONIFEROUSBearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
- CORDATEHeart-shaped, with a point at the apex and a notch at the base.
- DEBASETo lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
- DEFERENCEGreat respect.
- DOLPHINSplural of dolphin
- DORIC
- DUALITYThe quality of containing or comprising two often opposed parts or aspects.
- DYSTOCIAA slow or difficult labour or delivery.
- EAGLETThe immature young of an eagle; an eagle chick.
- ESCARPObsolete spelling of scarp.
- ESCHEWTo avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
- ETHYLAMINEA colourless, volatile liquid amine, CH3-CH2-NH2 having many industrial applications.
- FEBRILEFeverish, or having a high temperature.
- FLEETINGPassing quickly; of short duration.
- FLOTSAMDebris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.
- FONDHaving a liking or affection (for). [ with of]
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- GYRATINGpresent participle and gerund of gyrate
- GYROSCOPEAn apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer,
- HABITATConditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.
- HICCUPA spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
- HOUSINGThe activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
- HYPOTONICHaving a lower osmotic pressure than another.
- IAMBICConsisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed–stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance.
- IDOLATRYThe worship of idols.
- IOTAThe ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ι, ι).
- ISOBUTANEA hydrocarbon, a particular isomer of C4H10 found in natural gas.
- ISOMERSplural of isomer
- JUXTAPOSETo place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
- JYNXESA bird, the wryneck, once thought a bird of ill omen (Jynx torquilla).
- LAMENTSplural of lament
- MEAGERHaving little flesh; lean; thin.
- MISOGYNISTOne who professes misogyny; a hater of women.
- NOSTRILEither of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.
- OMEGAThe twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek
- OPERATESthird-person singular simple present indicative of operate
- ORBICULATEspherical or circular; orbicular
- OZONEAn allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a toxic gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge.
- PALEOZOICAlternative form of Paleozoic.
- PALISADEA long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
- PICOTAn embroidery trim made of a series of small loops.
- PIECEWORKAlternative form of piece work.
- PLAITINGpresent participle and gerund of plait
- POLYMERASEAny of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template.
- POWERFULHaving, or capable of exerting, power or influence.
- PYROCLASTSolid matter ejected into the air by an active volcano.
- REPEALINGpresent participle and gerund of repeal
- RESIDUALOf, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.
- SHRIVENpast participle of shrive
- SILVERYResembling silver in color, shiny white.
- TEETERSthird-person singular simple present indicative of teeter
- TELEGRAMA message transmitted by telegraph.
- TUBERCULESplural of tubercule
- UNBOUNDsimple past and past participle of unbind
- UNCOUTHUnfamiliar, strange, foreign.
- UNDULATESthird-person singular simple present indicative of undulate
- UNGLUESthird-person singular simple present indicative of unglue
- UNVAILESthird-person singular simple present indicative of unvaile
- UPDATESplural of update
- VIADUCTA bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles.
- VICUNAA South American mammal, Lama vicugna, closely related to the alpaca, llama, and guanaco.
- WAVEFORMSplural of waveform
- ZOISITEA mineral with orthorhombic crystals, Ca2Al3(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH).