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- ABDUCTIONA leading away; a carrying away.
- ABJURATIONA solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
- ABRUPTIONA sudden termination or interruption.
- AEROMANCYDivination by use of atmospheric conditions.
- AMBISEXUALHermaphroditic.
- AMBIVALENTSimultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings.
- AMBULATORYOf, relating to, or adapted to walking.
- AVUNCULARIn the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
- BOTULISMPoisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.
- COGNITIVERelating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
- COMBUSTIVEOf, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
- COMBUSTORA chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced.
- CONFABULATETo speak casually with; to chat.
- DEFECATIONThe act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.
- DEJECTIONA state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
- DEMIGRATIONemigration
- DISCULPATETo free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exonerate.
- ELOCUTIONThe art of speaking, especially public speaking, with expert control of gesture and voice, diction (articulation and word choice), and usage.
- EPIDEMIOLOGYThe branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.
- EVOLUTIONA change of position. A manoeuvre of troops or ships. A turning movement, especially of the body. A turned or twisted shape; an involution, a complex or intricate shape.
- EXCELSIORLoftier, yet higher, more elevated; ever upward.
- EXCULPATIONThe act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime.
- EXCULPATORYTending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
- EXPULSIONThe act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
- FECUNDITYAbility to produce offspring.
- FISTULAAn abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
- FULGURITEGlass formed by a lightning strike melting sand or other material.
- FUNEREALOf or relating to a funeral.
- HAFNIUMSA chemical element (symbol Hf) with an atomic number of 72: a lustrous, silvery-grey tetravalent transition metal.
- IMPIOUSNot pious.
- IMPUDENCYImpudence, insolence.
- INEXTRICABLEImpossible to untie or disentangle.
- INVIOLATENot violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
- JURIDICALPertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).
- PEJORATIVEDisparaging, belittling or derogatory.
- PERAMBULATIONA survey, a tour; an instance of walking around.
- PERFIDIOUSOf, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.
- PERFIDYA state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.
- PERGOLAA framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a trelliswork roof; used to support and train climbing plants.
- PRAGMATICALRelating to affairs of state.
- PRESAGEA warning of a future event; an omen.
- PUDENCYModesty.
- PUDICITYModesty; chastity.
- SIMULACRAplural of simulacrum.
- SUBDUCTIONThe action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
- SUPERLATIVEHaving the power to carry something or someone above, over or beyond others.
- TINNITUSThe experience of auditory sensations, such as a ringing or pulsating sound, occurring in the absence of any external stimulus.
- TRIFURCATEForked, with three tines or points.
- VANADIUMA chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.