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- FIBULAAn ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.
- FISCALRelated to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
- FLATUSGas generated in the digestive tract.
- FLOTSAMDebris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.
- FOMITEAn inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses or prions), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts; common examples inclu
- FORENSICRelating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
- 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
- FRIVOLOUSSilly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner; lacking a good reason for being, or for doing what one does; due to or moved by a caprice or whim.
- FRUCTOSEA monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.
- FRUITIONThe fulfillment of something worked for.
- FULMINATETo make a verbal attack.
- FUNICULAROf, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable.
- FUTILITYThe quality of being futile or useless.
- GARGOYLEA carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.
- HILUMThe eye of a bean or other seed, or the center of that eye; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support.
- IGNOBLENot noble; plebeian; common.
- IMBECILEA person with limited mental capacity who can perform tasks and think only like a young child, in medical circles meaning a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the ment
- IMPRUDENCEThe quality or state of being imprudent; lack of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection.
- IMPUDENCEThe quality of being impudent, not showing due respect.
- INCUBUSAn evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.
- INFECTIOUSCaused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contac
- INFLUXA flow inward or into something; a coming in.
- INSOLUBLEThat cannot be dissolved.
- INVIGORATETo impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.
- JAUNDICEA morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine.
- JOCULARHumorous, amusing or joking.
- JUXTAPOSETo place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
- LABRUMThe uppermost of the mouthparts (trophi) of a typical insect, such as a cockroach. Typically resembles an upper lip and forms part of the roof of the mouth in such insects.
- LAXATIVEHaving the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.
- LINGUALRelated to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.
- LIVEDOA form of skin discoloration.
- LONGEVITYThe quality of being long-lasting, especially of life.
- MEDICATIONA medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
- MEDICINEA substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.
- MERIDIANIn full celestial meridian: a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth's surface. In full terrestrial merid
- MILIEUAn environment or setting; a medium; environs
- MINISTERA person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
- NEPOTISMThe favoring of relatives or also personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.
- NUTRITIVEOf or pertaining to nutrition.
- OBJECTIVEOf or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
- OBVERSETurned or facing toward the observer.
- PALATINEHaving local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign. Subject to palatine authority.
- PANACHEAn ornamental plume on a helmet.
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PHARYNGEALOf or pertaining to the pharynx.
- PONTIFICATEThe status or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex.
- PORCINEOf, pertaining to, or being a pig.
- PORCUPINEAny of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), both from the infraorder Hystricognathi, not
- PROLIFICFertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance, applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
- PUERILEChildish; trifling; silly.
- QUIESCENTInactive, quiet, at rest.
- QUOITA flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
- RECUSETo reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.). Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare (oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actu
- RIDICULETo criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.
- RUGATEHaving alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled.
- SANCTIFYTo make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
- SANCTUMA place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a sacred or private place; a private retreat or workroom.
- SEMINARYA theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers.
- SEPTUMA wall separating two cavities; a partition.
- SERVITUDEThe state of being a slave; slavery; being forced to work for others or do their bidding without one's consent or against one's will, either in perpetuity or for a period of time o
- SOBRIETYThe quality or state of being sober.
- SOLITUDEAloneness; the state of being alone, solitary, or by oneself.
- SUBLIMATETo heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.
- SUBORDINATEPlaced in a lower class, rank, or position.
- SUPERFICIALExisting, occurring, or located on the surface.
- TEPIDLukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
- TERSEOf speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
- TETANYA condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism.
- TIBIALOf or pertaining to a tibia or a structure associated with a tibia.
- TUBERCLEA round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth.
- UNGUALPertaining to or resembling a creature's nail, claw or hoof; unguinal.
- URINATETo pass urine from the body.
- URSINEOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears.
- VAGARYAn erratic, unpredictable occurrence or action.
- VAGINALOf, relating to, or affecting the vagina.
- VAPIDOffering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
- VELOCITYA vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component.
- VIADUCTA bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles.
- VIGILANTWatchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary.
- VILIFYTo say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
- VIRTUOSOAn expert in virtù or art objects and antiquities; a connoisseur.
- VULGARITYThe quality of being vulgar.
- ANISEEDThe seedlike fruit of the anise, used in baking and in the flavoring of liqueurs such as ouzo.
- DRIVELNonsense; senseless talk.
- SINEWYTough; having strong sinews.
- FIGURATIVEOf use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures.
- GRISTLECartilage; now especially: cartilage present, as a tough substance, in meat.
- CANNYCareful, prudent, cautious.
- STARLINGA family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds. The common starling, Sturnus vulgaris, which has dark, iridescent plumage.
- WITHOUTOutside, externally.
- BASTETo sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
- BASTIONA projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
- FLAMBOYANTShowy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.
- MARVELOUSExciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
- PURLOINTo take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
- RAVENOUSVery hungry.
- SHOULDERThe part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and arm socket. The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
- BUNIONA bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.
- ELUCIDATETo make (something) lucid (“bright, luminous; also, clear, transparent”).
- FANTASYThat which comes from one's imagination or the act of imagining things.