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- ABSCONDTo flee, often secretly; to steal away.
- APHIDA sap-sucking insect pest of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.
- ARRAIGNTo officially charge someone in a court of law.
- BASTIONA projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
- BEGATsimple past of beget
- BIOMEAny major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert.
- BOREALOf, relating to, or coming from the north.
- BRACELETA band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.
- BROMIDEA binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
- CACAOA tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
- CHASMA deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
- COATIAny of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua, that live in the range from the southern United States to northern Argentina.
- CODAA passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
- CONFABClipping of confabulation (“a casual chat or talk”).
- CROCIplural of crocus
- CULVERTA channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.
- DAUBEA stew of braised meat, usually beef.
- DOCENTInstructive; that teaches.
- DOWAGERA widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
- DOWSINGThe practice of seeking water or other substances (usually liquid) with the aid of a forked stick or similar pointing device, as believed by some practitioners to derive from super
- ELANUncommon spelling of élan.
- EPITHELIAplural of epithelium
- ERUDITIONProfound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.
- ETUDEA short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.
- EXHUMETo dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
- EXUDATEA fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant.
- EXUDATIONThe act or process of exuding.
- EXULTTo rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over).
- FETIDFoul-smelling, stinking.
- FIATAn arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
- FIBULAROf or pertaining to the fibula
- FLITA fluttering or darting movement.
- FLORIDHaving a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
- FOUNDRYA facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with:
- FRACTALA mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension, corresponding to a geometric figure or object that is self-similar at arbitrarily small scales and thus
- FRAUGHTThe hire of a boat or ship to transport cargo. Money paid to hire a vessel for this purpose; freight.
- FRIGATEAny of several types of warship: A sailing warship (of any size) built for speed and maneuverability; typically without raised upperworks, having a flush forecastle and tumblehome
- FURTIVEOf a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.
- GAFFEA foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.
- GARNISHEEThe person whose money is garnished.
- GLOWEREDsimple past and past participle of glower
- GRAPHENEAny polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having the structure of part of a layer of graphite.
- GRAPHITEAn allotrope of carbon, consisting of planes of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal arrays with the planes stacked loosely, that is used as a dry lubricant, in "lead" pencils, and a
- GRATINEEAlternative spelling of gratinée.
- GRAVIDPregnant.
- HARAMA sin.
- HARTA male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
- IRRADIANTThat radiates light
- ISOMERAny of two or more compounds with the same molecular formula but with different structure.
- JICAMAThe edible root of the yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) used in salads in Central America and as a snack in Mexico.
- KIWIA flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.
- LACUNAA small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.
- LAVAGEA washing.
- LICITUnforbidden; permitted.
- LUCRATIVEProducing a surplus; profitable.
- MAGENTAA color which is close to the equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary color but a subtractive primary color evoked by the combination of red and light blue.
- MAGIplural of mage
- MALIGNEvil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.
- MANDIBLEThe jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.
- MARAUDINGpresent participle and gerund of maraud
- MIRAGEAn optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.
- MONKISHPertaining to, or resembling, a monk or monasticism.
- NACREA shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl.
- NATALOf or relating to birth.
- NEWELEither of two kinds of supporting post in a staircase.
- NIGIRIRegular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice.
- OCCLUDETo obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
- OGEEA double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
- OMINOUSOf or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant.
- ORBITALOf or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or spacecraft).
- ORDINALIndicating position in a sequence.
- PARITYEquality; comparability of strength or intensity.
- PUNCTUALPrompt; on time. Of an event, happening at the appointed time. Of a person, acting at the appointed time.
- PUSTULEA small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.
- QUAKINGThe action of the verb quake.
- QUARKIn the Standard Model, one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter. They are theorized not to exist in isolation, but only
- RAMPAGEA course of violent, frenzied action.
- RAPTSnatched, taken away; abducted.
- SECULARNot specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
- SHIVA knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
- SINGULARBeing only one of a larger population; single, individual.
- SLUICEAn artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
- SOBRIETYThe quality or state of being sober.
- SOFFITThe visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element.
- SOFRITO
- STIMULIplural of stimulus
- SWIFTFast; quick; rapid.
- TAIGAA subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.
- TENSILEOf or pertaining to tension.
- TONSURETo shave the crown of the head of (a person) as a sign of humility and religious vocation.
- TRIBUNALAn assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.
- TWEEOverly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.
- UNCOUTHUnfamiliar, strange, foreign.
- UNDULATETo cause to move in a wavelike motion.
- UNGULATEHaving hooves.
- UPHOLSTERYThe craft or business of upholstering furniture.
- UTILEUseful.
- VESTIGEA mark left on the earth by a foot.
- VITRINEA glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, fine merchandise, natural history specimens, etc.
- VULGARIANA vulgar individual, especially one who emphasizes or is oblivious to his or her vulgar qualities.