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• ABROGATEDverb67 finderssimple past and past participle of abrogate
• ACROPHOBEnoun49 findersA person who suffers from acrophobia, a fear of heights.
• ACROPHOBESnoun45 findersplural of acrophobe
• ACROPHOBIAnoun157 findersphobia or strong fear of being high above ground level
• ACTINIAnoun12 findersA sea anemone, specifically a member of the genus Actinia.
• ACTINIAEnoun8 findersplural of actinia
• ACTINIASnoun5 findersplural of actinia
• AEROLOGISTnoun15 findersOne who studies, or is knowledgeable in, aerology.
• AETIOLOGYnounLatin52 findersThe establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
• AGONALadjective70 findersOf or pertaining to struggle, competition or conflict; of or pertaining to an agon.
• AGORAnounAncient Greek158 findersA place for gathering.
• AGORAPHOBEnoun98 findersSomeone who suffers from agoraphobia.
• ALKANEnounGerman23 findersAny acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, etc.).
• ALKANESnoun24 findersplural of alkane
• ALKENEnoun24 findersAn unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds.
• ALLOMORPHnoun4 finders(chemistry) Any of the different crystalline forms of a substance.
• ALLOMORPHICadjective2 findersPertaining to allomorphism or to allomorphs.
• ALLOMORPHSnoun2 findersplural of allomorph
• AMYGDALnoun35 findersAlternative form of amygdale (“almond-shaped inclusion in igneous rock or lava”).
• AMYGDALSnoun8 findersplural of amygdal
• ANALOGICadjectiveLatin33 findersOf or pertaining to analogy.
• ANDROLOGISTnoun15 findersA person who studies andrology.
• ANERGICadjective9 findersOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of anergy.
• ANERGIESnoun2 findersplural of anergy
• ANERGYnounAncient Greek3 findersDilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work; bound energy
• ANOMICadjective34 findersCharacterized by or pertaining to anomia (the inability to remember names).
• ANOMYnoun12 findersAlternative spelling of anomie.
• ANONYMnounAncient Greek1 finderAn anonymous person.
• ANTRAnoun3 findersplural of antrum
• ANTRALadjective8 findersOf or pertaining to an antrum
• ANURIAnoun21 findersA condition in which the kidneys do not produce urine.
• ANURICadjective23 findersOf, pertaining to, causing or afflicted with anuria.
• APIOLOGYnounLatin39 findersThe scientific study of bees and honey-making.
• APOLOGISTnoun54 findersOne who makes an apology. One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution. Synonym of apologizer.
• AULICadjectiveAncient Greek13 findersOf or pertaining to a royal court; courtly.
• AURICadjectiveLatin204 findersOf or pertaining to trivalent gold.
• BACULAnoun13 findersplural of baculum
• BASTnounLatin59 findersInner bark of a tree from which rope is traditionally made.
• BEZOARSnoun97 findersplural of bezoar
• BIOMETRYnoun27 findersThe measurement of biological data.
• BOCCAnounItalian16 findersThe round hole in the furnace of a glassworks through which the fused glass is taken out.
• BONZEnounChinese4 findersA Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia.
• BONZESnoun3 findersplural of bonze
• BRACHIAnoun72 findersplural of brachium
• BRACHII27 finders
• BRACHIUMnounLatin31 findersThe upper arm.
• BRANCHnounOld Norse23 findersThe woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
• BRANCHIAnounAncient Greek10 findersA gill or other organ having the same function.
• BRANCHIAEnoun4 findersplural of branchia
• BRANCHIALadjectiveLatin24 findersOf, pertaining to, or resembling gills; of or pertaining to the embryonic branchial arches and clefts from which the gills arise.
• BRISnounHebrew208 findersRitual male circumcision; the ceremony in which this is performed.
• BROCADEnounItalian87 findersA thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns.
• BUCCINAnounLatin7 findersA curved brass instrument used by the Ancient Roman army.
• BUTYRICadjectiveLatin184 findersOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter
• CANDIDAnounLatin78 findersA yeast of the genus Candida, usually specifically Candida albicans
• CANIDnoun127 findersAny member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals) and vulpines (foxes).
• CANNAnounAncient Greek23 findersAny member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
• CARYATIDnounAncient Greek95 findersA sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.
• CARYATIDSnoun65 findersplural of caryatid
• CAUDALadjectiveLatin241 findersPertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
• CAVAnoun63 findersAlternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine.
• CEPHALADadverb13 findersTowards the head (or anterior extremity), a direction that in humans corresponds to superior.
• CHIRALadjectiveAncient Greek266 finders(geometry, physical chemistry) that exhibits chirality; as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix, or a molecule with L- and D- stereoisomers.
• CHRYSALIDadjective98 findersOf or relating to a chrysalis.
• CHTHONICadjectiveAncient Greek290 findersDwelling within the underworld.
• CHYLOUSadjectiveFrench19 findersConsisting of, or similar to, chyle.
• CHYMEnounAncient Greek100 findersThe thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.
• CHYMESnoun51 findersplural of chyme
• CIRRInounLatin34 findersplural of cirrus.
• CLEPTverb27 finderssimple past and past participle of clepe
• CONGEEnounLatin166 findersLeave, formal permission for some action, : Formal permission to leave; a passport.
• CRYPTALadjective20 findersOf or pertaining to crypts (small pits or cavities in the body).
• CRYPTIDnoun346 findersA creature known only from folklore or legend, the existence of which is not proven by scientific observation.
• CYLIXnoun40 findersAlternative form of kylix.
• DACRONnoun15 findersA polymer, polyethylene terephthalate PET, as used for making thread and cloth.
• DADOnounItalian20 findersThe section of a pedestal above the base.
• DEARTHnounProto-Germanic148 findersA period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
• DEBOUCHEverbFrench11 findersTo enter into battle.
• DELPHICadjectiveAncient Greek104 findersAlternative form of Delphic.
• DEMOSnounAncient Greek15 findersAn ancient subdivision of Attica; a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together.
• DENDROLOGICadjective3 findersSynonym of dendrological.
• DENDROLOGISTnoun9 findersan expert or student of dendrology; someone knowledgeable about trees
• DENDROLOGYnoun15 findersThe study of trees and other woody plants.
• DERVISHnounSanskrit327 findersAn itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
• DHARMAnounSanskrit385 findersThe natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.
• DIATOMnounAncient Greek338 findersAny of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.
• DIATOMICadjective153 findersConsisting of two atoms.
• DIATOMSnoun149 findersplural of diatom
• DIPSOMANIAnoun42 findersAddiction to alcohol.
• DIPSOMANIACnoun44 findersOne with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic.
• DODDERverbMiddle English11 findersTo shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter.
• DOLMENnounFrench58 findersA prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones, most having originally been covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow.
• DOLMENSnoun27 findersplural of dolmen
• DYNASTnounAncient Greek51 findersA ruler or governor, especially a hereditary ruler or someone who founded or is part of a dynasty.
• ECLATnounFrench60 findersAlternative spelling of éclat.
• ELISIONnounLatin112 findersThe deliberate omission of something.
• ENDOLITHICadjective23 findersWithin rock.
• ENDOPLASMICadjective104 findersOf or relating to endoplasm.
• ENERGICadjective6 findersPotent, effective.
• ENOLICadjective6 findersPertaining to, or derived from, an enol.

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