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- FINITEHaving an end or limit; constrained by bounds; whose number of elements is a natural number.
- FORENSICRelating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
- FRACTTo break; to violate.
- FRANTICInsane, mentally unstable.
- FULCRUMThe support about which a lever pivots.
- FUSILEThat can be melted; meltable
- FUTILEIncapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
- GLUTAn excess, too much.
- GRANULEA tiny grain, a small particle.
- HABITAn action performed on a regular basis.
- HYBRIDOffspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
- JESTAn act performed for amusement; a joke.
- JOUSTA tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
- JUXTAPOSETo place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
- LABIAThe folds of tissue of the vulva, at either side of the vulval vestibule.
- LEPROSYAn infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantini
- LEVANTA disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.
- LEVITYA lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
- LIBERSynonym of phloem.
- LINEARHaving the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.
- LOACHA bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea. Any true loach, of the family Cobitidae. A similar fish in one of three other families of Cypriniformes:
- LORATEHaving the form of a thong or strap.
- LUMENIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.
- MALAA single lobe of an insect's maxilla. The grinding surface of an insect's mandible. The third segment of a mandible of some myriapods.
- MALIGNEvil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.
- MANETUsed in stage directions; literally, he, she or it remains. Compare exit, exeunt.
- MANURETo cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.
- MASCOTSomething thought to bring good luck.
- MATTERMaterial; substance. Anything with mass and volume. Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
- MISERA person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.
- MODESTNot bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
- MOILTo toil, to work hard.
- MUREwall
- MUSKETA kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock,
- MUSTARDA plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).
- MUSTYAffected by dampness or mould; damp, mildewed, mouldy.
- ORGANICPertaining to or derived from living organisms.
- PARITYEquality; comparability of strength or intensity.
- PASTORSomeone who tends to a flock of animals: synonym of shepherd.
- PATEThe head, particularly the top or crown.
- PEATSoil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.
- PIETYReverence and devotion to God.
- PIGMENTAny color in plant or animal cells.
- PONSA bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ.
- PRESTIGEThe quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
- PRISONA place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered und
- PUBESplural of pubis (“pubic bones”)
- PULSATETo expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse.
- PUMICEA light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbl
- PUTRIDRotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
- QUADClipping of quadrat. A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
- QUALEAn instance of a subjective, conscious experience.
- RABIDAffected with rabies.
- RABIESAn infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitem
- RAISINA dried grape.
- RANCIDRank in taste or smell.
- RAPTSnatched, taken away; abducted.
- REGIMEMode of rule or management.
- RENALPertaining to the kidneys.
- RESIDENTA person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
- RITEA religious custom.
- ROYALOf or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
- SALIENTWorthy of note; pertinent or relevant.
- SALINEContaining salt; salty.
- SAVAGEWild; not cultivated or tamed.
- SAVIORA person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.
- SECULARNot specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
- SENTRYA guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
- SILICONA nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.
- SKEPTICALHaving, or expressing doubt; questioning.
- SOLVENTA fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
- TONSILEllipsis of palatine tonsil.
- TREPIDTimid, timorous, fearful.
- TRIDENTA three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork.
- VAGINALOf, relating to, or affecting the vagina.
- VALEA valley.
- VASTVery large or wide (literally or figuratively).
- VETOA political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
- VIATORA wayfarer, traveler.
- VICARIn the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.
- VILIFYTo say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
- VINTAGEThe yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
- VIRTUE(Discuss this sense) The idea of all that is good or excellent (in every sense of those terms) in a human being, collectively instantiated by a varying number of human traits known
- VISAGECountenance; one's face.
- VOCATION(Ecclesiastical) A divine calling to establish one's lifestyle.
- VOIDContaining nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
- TRAMPThe act of walking with heavy steps.
- WAINSCOTAn area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
- AHOYUsed to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
- BIRKA birch tree.
- GRAINYResembling grains; granular.
- HALIBUTA large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.
- KAMEA round hill or short ridge of sand or gravel deposited by a melting glacier.
- MINGLETo intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.
- MINKAny semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammal in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are exta
- MIRYResembling or characteristic of a mire; swampy, boggy.
- MOPETo carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.
- PICKERAgent noun of pick; one who picks.
- QUOPTo throb or beat.
- ROUSETo cause (something) to be (more) active or to move; to agitate, to stir up. To stir (a liquid, especially beer in the brewing process). To provoke (someone) to react (for example,