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- HIDEOUSExtremely or shockingly ugly.
- LEXICONThe vocabulary of a language.
- OBTUSEBlunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form. Blunt, or rounded at the extremity. Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, equivalently more than 90° and less than 180°.
- OPULENTLuxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.
- PABLUMAlternative letter-case form of Pablum (“a type of cereal for infants made from cornmeal, oat, and wheat”).
- QUADRATICSquare-shaped.
- RUBICONA limit that when surpassed cannot be returned from, or an action that when taken cannot be reversed.
- SINGETo burn slightly.
- VALENCEThe combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain
- VOGUEThe prevailing fashion or style.
- PALTRYTrashy, trivial, of little value.
- GUANODung from a sea bird or from a bat.
- FACILEEasy; contemptibly easy.
- GORGONA vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale
- PUNDITAn expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic.
- AMUSINGLYIn an amusing manner.
- ASPHYXIATETo smother or suffocate someone.
- AVENGEFULvengeful
- AWASHWashed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.
- BARIUMThe chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
- BATIKA wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.
- BAUXITEThe principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides.
- BLIGHTA diseased condition suffered by a plant; specifically, a complete and rapid chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as floral organs, leaves, branches, or twigs, esp
- BLOWFISHAny species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
- BURSALRelating to, or resembling, a bursa
- CARDIGANA type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool.
- CAULIFORMHaving the form of a caulis.
- COGWHEELA gear wheel.
- CORVIDPertaining to or resembling the Corvidae.
- CYBORGA being which is part machine and part organic.
- DIABETICOf or pertaining to diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.
- DOPAMINEA monoamine C8H11NO2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.
- DWARFISMThe condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature).
- EXUDATEA fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant.
- EXUDATIVEOf, pertaining to, or accompanied by exudation
- FASCIALRelating to a fascia.
- FELICITOUSCharacterized by felicity.
- FIBULAROf or pertaining to the fibula
- FLIGHTYGiven to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
- FLUORINATETo introduce fluorine into a compound.
- GRUESOMERepellently frightful and shocking; ghastly, horrific.
- HEXAGONALHaving six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
- HOLISTICRelated to holism.
- HOODWINKTo cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold.
- IATROGENICInduced by the words or actions of the physician or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedure.
- KEYSTONEThe top stone of an arch.
- LIBELOUSDefamatory, libeling, referring to something that causes harm to someone's reputation especially with malice or disregard.
- LIPOIDOf pertaining to fat.
- LOBAROf or relating to a lobe.
- LOBECTOMYThe surgical removal of a lobe from an organ such as the lung or the brain
- LOBULAROf or relating to a lobule.
- MAGNETICOf, relating to, operating by, or caused by magnetism.
- MILKWEEDAny of several plants that have a milky sap and have pods that split to release seeds with silky tufts. Principally of the genus Asclepias in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae
- MUCINOUSOf, pertaining to, containing, or producing (one or more) mucins.
- MUCOIDHaving the qualities of mucus; resembling mucus.
- OMINOUSLYIn an ominous manner; with sinister foreboding.
- OUTLIERA person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
- OVULATIONThe release of an ovum from an ovary.
- PAGEANTRYA pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant.
- PEDANTICBeing overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant.
- PEDIATRICOf or pertaining to pediatrics, the branch of medicine dealing with the care and treatment of children and adolescents.
- PHALLICRelating to, or characteristic of the penis.
- PINTAILA pintail duck, a type of dabbling duck with a characteristic pointed tail. A northern pintail, Anas acuta, a dabbling duck of the northern hemisphere that has a long pointed tail.
- PODIATRISTA health care practitioner who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments.
- PODIATRYChiropody.
- PUNISHABLESubject to punishment; appropriate for punishment.
- QUAGMIREA swampy, soggy area of ground.
- QUASARAn extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.
- RAVENOUSLYIn a ravenous manner; voraciously.
- REPOSITIONTo put into a new position
- RHEUMATOIDInvolving or pertaining to rheumatism, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- SCRAPIEA degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system.
- SEGMENTALof, relating to, or constructed from segments
- STILLBORNDead at birth.
- SUGARYOf food, drink, etc., containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.
- TUBEROUSRelating to, resembling, or producing tubers.
- UNISEXUALOf an organism, having characteristics of a single sex (as opposed to hermaphrodites).
- VAGALOf or relating to the vagus nerve.
- VARIETALPertaining to a distinct variety of organism.
- VARSITYUniversity.
- WHIMPERA low intermittent sob.
- WORDSMITHOne who uses words skilfully.
- ZONALDivided into zones.