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- BOMBARDA medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
- ANTEFIXALRelating to an antefix.
- ROBINIAAny member of the genus Robinia.
- TRIMARANA type of boat with three parallel hulls.
- CORYPHEEAlternative form of coryphée.
- HYDRIDEA compound of hydrogen with a more electropositive element.
- MEGARAplural of megaron
- MYSTAGOGUEA person who prepares an initiate for entry into a mystery cult, or who teaches mystical doctrines.
- SORDINEA mute for musical instruments.
- ZABAIONEAlternative form of zabaglione.
- ZITHERNA zither
- SILEN
- FLUORIDArchaic form of fluoride.
- SCOLIOTICOf, pertaining to, or affected by scoliosis.
- ISOTHERMIC(Of a thermodynamic process) during which the temperature remains constant.
- LAZURITEA mineral of metamorphosed limestones. Lazurite forms the gemstone lapis lazuli, and crushed lazurite provided the ultramarine color in artists' paint of the Old Masters. Sodalite
- PENTAGONALOf, relating to, or shaped like a pentagon.
- SORBICOf, or relating to the rowan tree (the sorb).
- CANTHALAny of the scales along the upper surface of the canthus rostralis in snakes, located behind the level of the prenasal/postnasal suture and before the supraocular.
- ENSILAGEThe process of producing silage by the fermentation of green fodder.
- SEELIE
- AGNATEA relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
- HYDRICCharacterized by, or requiring, moisture.
- LAICISMSecularism.
- ANTEFIXThe vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Roman, Etruscan, or Greek temple.
- ASPARTICOf or pertaining to aspartic acid or its derivatives
- COELACANTHAny of the class Actinistia of primitive lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes—thought to have been extinct for 70 million years until a living specimen was discovered in
- EXOMORPHICOf or pertaining to exomorphism.
- AZURINESky-blue; azure.
- CHASMALOf or like a chasm.
- EPITHETICOf or relating to epithets.
- EXHILARATETo cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate.
- SORBATEAny salt or ester of sorbic acid.
- ASTHENICCharacterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.
- EMERYAn impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.
- PENTALOGYA set of five works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as five individual works.
- TETRALOGYA set of four works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as four individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games
- LEPROTICOf or related to the disease leprosy.
- MYASTHENICOf, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia.
- OGIVALHaving the curved, pointed shape of an ogive.
- ELECTRUMAmber.
- ANNUITYA right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.
- OREADA mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a mountain.
- VESTIGIAplural of vestigium