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- 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
- PLATONICSNeither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love.
- PLEBSplural of pleb
- PLENARYFully attended by a plenum; for everyone's attendance.
- PLEURAEach of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
- PLICAA fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.
- PLICATEFolded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.
- PORCINEOf, pertaining to, or being a pig.
- POSITSomething that is posited; a postulate.
- PRIVYPrivate, exclusive; not public; one's own.
- PROGENYOffspring or descendants considered as a group.
- PUERILEChildish; trifling; silly.
- PUSTULEA small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.
- QUIDThe inherent nature of something.
- QUORUMA select body of (usually eminent) justices of the peace, every member of which had to be present to constitute a deciding body; a member of this body. Later more generally: all ju
- RIVULETA small stream; a streamlet; a gill.
- RUSEA turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
- SALIENTWorthy of note; pertinent or relevant.
- SEPTICEMIAA disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever.
- SERFA partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rig
- SERIFA short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman.
- SIGNETAn object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin.
- SILICASilicon dioxide.
- SOLUTEFree; liberal; loose.
- SOUTERA shoemaker or cobbler.
- STIPEThe stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
- SUMACAny of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and certain other genera in Anacardiaceae. particularly, one of species Rhus coriaria (tanner's sumac)
- SURALOf or pertaining to the calf of the leg.
- TIMIDLacking in courage or confidence.
- TINEAA fungal infection of the skin, known generally as ringworm.
- TITULAROf, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
- TOPHUSA deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood.
- TUBULARShaped like a tube.
- TUNICA garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.
- UNCUSA hook or claw.
- UNIFYCause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine.
- UVULAEllipsis of palatine uvula, the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.
- UVULAROf or relating to the uvula.
- VAINOverly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
- VALEA valley.
- VALGUSknock-kneed (having the distal part of a limb displaced or twisted away from the midline of the body)
- VARUSA deformity in which the foot is turned inward.
- VELUMA thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain. The soft palate. A thin membrane partially covering the cluster of sporangia near the leaf base in quillworts and their extinct relati
- VENOUSOf or pertaining to veins.
- VENTRALRelated to the abdomen or stomach.
- VENTRICLEAny small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially: One of two lower chambers of the heart.
- VERDANTGreen in colour.
- VESICALPertaining to the urinary bladder.
- VICARIOUSDelegated.
- VINOSITYThe quality or state of being vinous, or of having some essential characteristic of wine.
- VINOUSPertaining to or having the characteristics of wine.
- VISCERAplural of viscus
- VITRIOLAny of various metal sulphates.
- VOCIFEROUSMaking or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.
- VOLARPertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
- VORACIOUSWanting or devouring great quantities of food.
- AGARA gelatinous substance obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
- STIVEThe floating dust in a flour mill caused by the operation of grinding.
- WAINSCOTAn area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
- BEREFTsimple past and past participle of bereave
- BEVYA group of animals, especially quail, roe deer or other game.
- CADEabandoned by its mother and reared by hand
- CUMBROUSUnwieldy because of size or weight; cumbersome.
- DOTINGpresent participle and gerund of dote
- FIERYOf or relating to fire.
- LAVETo bathe or wash (someone or something). Of a river or other water body: to flow along or past (a place or thing); to wash. Followed by into, on, or upon: to pour (water or some ot
- MACERA mace bearer; specifically, an officer of a court in Scotland.
- PITHYConcise and meaningful.
- SAWYEROne who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
- SWOONA faint.
- INGOTA solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often i
- PORCELAINA hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often suc
- OGLETo stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
- ASHENMade from the wood of the ash-tree.
- COOTAny of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
- DEWYCovered by dew.
- ELFINAn elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
- FLEYTo frighten.
- FOISTTo introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
- MIRTHThe emotion usually following humor and accompanied by laughter.
- SLEYReed (of a loom).
- SLOPA loose outer garment; a jacket or overall.
- STYEA bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.
- SWORDPLAYfighting with a sword
- TAREA vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa).
- WAMEThe belly.
- CRONEAn old woman.
- FLACKETA barrel-shaped bottle, or a flagon.
- LIVERYAny distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.
- REBUTTo drive back or beat back; to repulse.
- TRIPEThe lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.