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- ABSOLVETo set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
- ADORNTo make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
- AGHASTTerrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
- ALCHEMISTOne who practices alchemy.
- ARCUATEcurved into the shape of a bow.
- ARDUOUSNeeding or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
- ARIDVery dry.
- ARIDITYA long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.
- AURALOf or pertaining to the ear.
- AURICLEAny appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe. The outer ear or pinna.
- AVIDITYGreediness; strong appetite.
- AXILThe angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.
- BICAMERALBeing or having a system with two, often unequal, chambers or compartments; of, signifying, relating to, or being the product of such a two-chambered system.
- BIFIDCleft; divided into two principal or main parts, such as two lobes.
- BIMANOUSHaving two hands (rather than any other distal part of a forelimb).
- BOVINEOf, relating to, or characteristic of cattle, buffaloes, or bison.
- CAMEOA piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief.
- CAPUTThe head.
- CAVITARYOf or pertaining to a (body) cavity.
- CHEEKYImpudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
- CLOISTERA covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially: such an arcade in a monastery; such an arcade fitted
- CODEXAn early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
- COGENTReasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
- COITUSSexual intercourse, especially that involving penile–vaginal penetration.
- COLOSTRUMA form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth.
- CONTRAAgainst; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to.
- COPULATETo engage in sexual intercourse.
- CREPITUSGrating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.
- CRUSThe shin (tibia and fibula)
- CUBITThe distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.
- CUPULAA cup-shaped or dome-shaped object.
- CURTBrief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
- DAUBExcrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
- DECORUMAppropriate social behavior.
- DEFTQuick and neat in action; skillful.
- DEFYTo challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition).
- DEISMA philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable through human reason; especially, a belief in a creator god unaccompanied by any belief in supernatural pheno
- DESIGNATEDesignated; appointed; chosen.
- DIGITALHaving to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger.
- DINGUSA gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for the purpose of humor.
- DITTYA short, simple verse or song.
- DIURNALHappening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.
- DOCENTInstructive; that teaches.
- DOCILITYThe quality of being docile.
- DOURStern, harsh and forbidding.
- DOWAGERA widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
- DUALITYThe quality of containing or comprising two often opposed parts or aspects.
- ECTOPYAbnormal position of an organ or other body part.
- EDENTULOUSToothless.
- ELUTETo separate one substance from another by means of a solvent; to wash; to cleanse.
- ENNUIA gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.
- EQUIDAny animal of the taxonomic family Equidae, including any equine (horse, zebra, ass, mule, etc.).
- FACETIOUSTreating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
- FALXA short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
- FARSEA vernacular paraphrase inserted into Latin liturgy.
- FECUNDITYAbility to produce offspring.
- FEEBLYIn a feeble manner.
- FERALWild; untamed.
- FESTERA fistula.
- FETIDFoul-smelling, stinking.
- FISSILEAble to be split.
- FOSSEA ditch or moat.
- FOVEALOf or pertaining to the fovea.
- FRIABLEEasily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
- FULGENTShining brilliantly; radiant.
- FULIGINOUSPertaining to or resembling soot in such features as colour, texture or taste; sooty, dusky.
- FUSIONThe act of merging separate things, or the result thereof. A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy. A style of
- FUTILEIncapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
- GERUNDA verbal form that functions as a verbal noun.
- HIRSUTECovered in hair or bristles; hairy.
- HIRUDINA peptide, obtained from the salivary glands of leeches, that is used as an anticoagulant.
- HYALINEGlassy, transparent; amorphous.
- INCUBUSAn evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.
- INCUSA small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.
- INDIUMA chemical element (symbol In) with an atomic number of 49: a soft silvery-white metal.
- JOCUNDITYThe state of being jocund.
- JUXTAPOSETo place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
- LAVERA red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
- LIBATETo pour a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.
- LIRAThe basic unit of currency in Turkey.
- LOCUSA place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
- MODALOf, or relating to a mode or modus.
- MODUSThe arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.
- MUNICIPALOf or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
- MUSCARINEAn extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter.
- NEPOTISMThe favoring of relatives or also personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.
- NOSTRUMA medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects.
- NOXIOUSHarmful; injurious.
- OCULUSA window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye). The central boss of a volute. An opening at the apex of a dome.
- ODIOUSArousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
- OLEICOf or pertaining to oil, especially to vegetable oil.
- ONUSA legal obligation.
- ORGANISTA musician who plays the organ.
- ORNATEElaborately ornamented, often to excess.
- OSPREYA bird of prey of genus Pandion that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.
- OVUMThe female gamete in animals; the egg cell.
- PACIFYTo bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
- PILARRelating to hair.
- PIQUETo wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.
- PLACIDcalm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil