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- COMETA small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and particles of rock whose very eccentric solar orbit periodically brings it close enough to the Sun that the ice
- DAISA raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit,
- DELTAAlternative letter-case form of Delta of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
- DIABETESDiabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficie
- DIALOGUEA conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
- DIASPORAThe dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).
- EULOGYAn oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
- GASTERThe stomach.
- HELIUMThe second-lightest chemical element (symbol He), with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602, a colorless, odorless and inert noble gas.
- HELIXA curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase
- KINETICSThe branch of mechanics concerned with motion of objects, as well as the reason i.e. the forces acting on such bodies. This, along with kinematics constitute dynamics, which is con
- KUDOSPraise; accolades.
- MEANDEROne of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
- METEORAn atmospheric or meteorological phenomenon. These were sometimes classified as aerial or airy meteors (winds), aqueous or watery meteors (hydrometeors: clouds, rain, snow, hail, d
- NEFARIOUSSinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.
- NOSTALGIAA longing for home or familiar surroundings; homesickness.
- ONYXA banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.
- PANTA quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
- PARASITEAn organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organi
- PASTRYA baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
- PHAROSAn ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors.
- POETA person who writes poems.
- RAVAGETo devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
- SANDALA type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot
- SAXOPHONEA single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.
- SEPTICOf or pertaining to sepsis.
- SHULAn Ashkenazi synagogue.
- TAXIDERMYThe art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state.
- THRONEAn impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
- THYROIDOf, relating to, or being the thyroid cartilage.
- TOMEOne in a series of volumes.
- TRAGICCausing great sadness or suffering.
- TROPESomething recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif.
- XENIAThe concept of hospitality to strangers.