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- DELPHICAlternative form of Delphic.
- DEMOSAn ancient subdivision of Attica; a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together.
- DENDROLOGICSynonym of dendrological.
- DENDROLOGISTan expert or student of dendrology; someone knowledgeable about trees
- DENDROLOGYThe study of trees and other woody plants.
- DERVISHAn itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
- DEUTERONthe nucleus of deuterium, consisting of a proton and a neutron
- DEUTERONSplural of deuteron
- DHARMAThe natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.
- DIATOMAny of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.
- DIATOMICConsisting of two atoms.
- DIATOMSplural of diatom
- DIPSOMANIAAddiction to alcohol.
- DIPSOMANIACOne with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic.
- DIPTYCHA writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
- DODDERTo shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter.
- DOGMATAplural of dogma
- DOLMENA 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.
- DOLMENSplural of dolmen
- DRAUGHTSMANA person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans.
- DRAUGHTSMENplural of draughtsman
- DYNASTA ruler or governor, especially a hereditary ruler or someone who founded or is part of a dynasty.
- ECLATAlternative spelling of éclat.
- ELISIONThe deliberate omission of something.
- ENDOLITHICWithin rock.
- ENDOPLASMICOf or relating to endoplasm.
- ENERGICPotent, effective.
- ENOLICPertaining to, or derived from, an enol.
- ENOLOGISTAlternative form of oenologist.
- ENOLOGYAlternative form of oenology.
- ENOPHILEAlternative form of oenophile.
- ENOPHILESplural of enophile
- ERSTFirst.
- EULOGIAThe practice of sending the consecrated Eucharist to those not present, or the Eucharist itself so sent.
- EULOGISTA speaker who delivers a funeral oration (eulogy) for a deceased person.
- EUTAXYGood or established order or arrangement.
- EUTHYMIAA normal, nondepressed, reasonably positive mood; serenity
- EUTHYMIASA normal, nondepressed, reasonably positive mood; serenity
- EXEDRAA semicircular recess, with stone benches, used as a place for discussion.
- EXIGUOUSScanty; meager.
- EXOGENA plant characterized by wood, bark and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and growth only occurring on the outside.
- EXOGENICOriginating on or above the surface of the earth; exogenetic.
- EXOGENOUSHaving an external cause. Produced or originating outside of the referent organism.
- EXOGENSplural of exogen
- FAKIRA religious mendicant who owns no personal property.
- FATUOUSObnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
- FIDUCIALAccepted as a fixed basis of reference.
- FLOCCULIplural of flocculus
- FLOCCULUSA small fluffy tuft.
- FLUIDICOf or pertaining to a fluid.
- FLUORIDEA binary compound of fluorine and another element or radical.
- FLUORINEThe chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals.
- FOVEALOf or pertaining to the fovea.
- FRAGGEDsimple past and past participle of frag
- FRANCOPHILEAlternative letter-case form of Francophile.
- FRIGGEDsimple past and past participle of frig
- FROGGEDsimple past and past participle of frog
- FUNGIBLEAble to be substituted for something of equal value or utility.
- FUSTIANOriginally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, whic
- GALLICOf, pertaining to, or derived from galls.
- GAMELANA genre of music of Indonesian origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute (called a suling).
- GELIDVery cold; icy or frosty; frigid.
- GEMINALDescribing identical atoms or groups attached to the same atom in a molecule
- GENICof, relating to, produced by, or being a gene
- GEODICOf or relating to a geode.
- GEOPHILICSpending all or a stage of the life cycle underground; exhibiting geophily.
- GEOPHILOUSLoving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
- GESTA story or adventure; a verse or prose romance.
- GESTE
- GESTICRelating to the movement of the body, or consisting of gestures.
- GHASTAlternative form of gast.
- GHASTLYLike a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.
- GIRTA horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
- GIRTEDsimple past and past participle of girt
- GLADIUSA Roman sword roughly two feet long.
- GLEBETurf; soil; ground; sod.
- GLOBUSA spherical or nearly spherical structure. A lump in the throat; the sensation of having such a lump present.
- GNATHALRelating to the jaw.
- GNATHICOf or pertaining to the jaw.
- GNOMICOf, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings).
- GNOMICALgnomic
- GNOSISAn immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics.
- GNOSTICAlternative letter-case form of Gnostic.
- GNOSTICALSynonym of gnostic.
- GRADIANA unit of angle equal to 0.9 degree, so that there are 100 gradians in a right angle.
- GRADIANSplural of gradian
- GRAPHENEAny polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having the structure of part of a layer of graphite.
- GRAPHENESplural of graphene
- GRAVIDPregnant.
- GRAVIDAA pregnant woman.
- GYMNASIAplural of gymnasium
- GYNOPHOBEOne who fears or hates women.
- GYNOPHOBESplural of gynophobe
- GYNOPHOBIAFear of or aversion to women or girls.
- GYNOPHOBICHaving a fear of or aversion to women.
- GYPSUMA mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcinated, it forms plaster of Paris.
- GYRALOf or pertaining to a gyrus
- GYREA swirling vortex. A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
- GYREDsimple past and past participle of gyre
- HANDCRAFThandicraft