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- CHITONA loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece and in Ancient Rome.
- DIAMANTEAn artificial diamond used as adornment, such as a rhinestone.
- GLYPHICCarved, sculpted.
- GYROSCOPEAn apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer,
- HYSTERICHysterical; relating to hysteria.
- JASPERAny bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
- LABRYSA double-headed axe in Minoan mythology.
- PSYCHEThe human soul, mind, or spirit.
- RHOMBUSA parallelogram having all sides of equal length. The rhombus diamond, as one of the suits seen in a deck of playing cards ( or ).
- TRIGONA triangle.
- DISINTERTo take out of the grave or tomb.
- MARQUISEA marchioness, especially one who is French.
- PISTILA discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma.
- BUXOMHaving a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.
- CYTOPLASMThe contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.
- CALTROPA metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heral
- CULPANegligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart.
- DEICIDEThe killing of a deity; godslaughter.
- DIURNALHappening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.
- ENCRUSTTo cover with a hard crust.
- EQUANIMITYThe state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.
- EXPIRETo die.
- FLOURISHTo thrive or grow well.
- INCANDESCETo make or become incandescent, especially by the application of heat.
- INFLECTTo cause to curve inwards.
- INSCRUTABLEDifficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
- PLAUDITA mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed.
- SALIVATETo produce saliva.
- SEDITIONOrganized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
- VENALITYThe fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption.
- UTTERANCEAn act of, or the process of, uttering.
- FLAXENMade of or resembling flax fibers.
- BLITHECasually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern; nonchalant.
- FROSHA frog.
- QUADRATICSquare-shaped.
- WHILSTOften preceded by the: During the time; meanwhile.
- AERIALSAerial skiing.
- BAWDYObscene; filthy; unchaste.
- BESPOKEMade or done in a way adjusted to the needs of a specific person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.
- CINDERYcovered in cinders
- DEXTROUSAlternative spelling of dexterous.
- DIAPHANOUSLYIn a diaphanous manner.
- ERSTWHILEFormerly; in the past.
- EXHUMEROne who exhumes.
- GNOMISHResembling a gnome; gnomelike.
- HEPTAGONALHaving seven angles and sides.
- HOSPITABLYIn a hospitable manner.
- IMPISHLYIn an impish manner; mischievously.
- INVEIGLERSomeone or something that inveigles.
- JAMBOREEA boisterous or lavish celebration or party.
- KNAVISHLYIn a knavish manner.
- LUMINESCETo give off light, including in the invisible electromagnetic radiation frequencies, or become luminescent.
- MINISCULEAlternative form of minuscule.
- MODISHLYIn a modish manner.
- OPALINEResembling opal in having a milky white iridescence.
- PERIODICALA publication issued regularly, but less frequently than daily.
- PHENOMSomeone or something that is phenomenal, especially a promising young player in sports like baseball, American football, basketball, tennis, and golf.
- PLAGUERSomeone or something that plagues or annoys.
- PLASMICOf or pertaining to plasma.
- QUAREQueer, strange.
- QUASHEROne who quashes.
- QUAVERYApt to quaver; shaky, trembling.
- REPLATETo plate again.
- ROGUISHLYIn a roguish manner.
- SCRAPIEA degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system.
- SKELTERA gravity-based device used to store and rotate round food and drink in a first-in-first-out manner.
- SPLAYINGpresent participle and gerund of splay
- STONILYIn a stony manner.
- STORIEDMuch discussed or written about.
- SWARTHILYIn a swarthy manner.
- SYLPHICOf or pertaining to a sylph
- TAXONA group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms treated as a unit by taxonomists.
- THORNILYIn a thorny manner.
- TIMIDNESSThe property of being timid; shyness.
- TRASHILYIn a trashy way.
- TRIEAn ordered tree data structure that is used to store an associative array where the keys are usually strings.
- UNDERCLAYA stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed.
- UNDERFLOWA current flowing below the surface.
- UNDERLIPThe lower lip.
- UNDERPLAYThe act of underplaying.
- UNLICKEDNewborn (of an animal), not yet licked into shape; naïve, inexperienced, unrefined.
- UNMASKEDNot wearing a mask on one's face.
- UNPREDICTTo retract or undo a previous prediction.
- UNPREDICTABLEUnable to be predicted.
- UNTRESSEDLoose, not in tresses.
- VAPIDLYIn a vapid manner; not inspiring; in a manner unlikely to make an impression.
- WISTERIAAny of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States.