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- ANALOGOUSHaving analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".)
- BOLUSA round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
- CALYXThe outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
- DACTYLA metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | – ⏖ |:
- DYNASTA ruler or governor, especially a hereditary ruler or someone who founded or is part of a dynasty.
- ENDOTHERMICOf a chemical reaction that absorbs heat energy from its surroundings.
- ENTERICOf, relating to, within, or by way of the intestines.
- EROGENOUSSensitive to sexual arousal.
- GAMETEA reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
- GLYCOSIDEA molecule in which a sugar group (the glycone) is bound to a non-sugar group (the corresponding aglycone) by a nitrogen or oxygen atom. Glycosides yield a sugar after undergoing h
- ILEUSDisruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract, due to failure of peristalsis.
- KELOIDA hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.
- KERATINThe protein of which hair and nails are composed.
- LYCANTHROPEA werewolf.
- NOUSThe mind or intellect, faculty for rationality or reason using the necessary common sense or awareness.
- OXYTOCINA hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk; also plays a role in social bonding.
- PSEUDAn intellectually pretentious person; a poseur.
- RHESUSA macaque monkey native to southern and southeastern Asia; Macaca mulatta.
- RHODIUMA rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45.
- SOLENOIDA coil of wire that acts as a magnet when an electric current flows through it. An electromechanical device consisting of such a coil containing a metal core, the movement of which
- THEMAA subject or theme.
- THERMICOf, related to, or associated with heat; thermal.
- TYROSINEA nonessential amino acid 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid found in most animal proteins, especially casein
- XYLEMA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.
- ZEUGMAThe act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.
- KHATA shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.
- QADIA judge who is trained in and practices Islamic law.
- JURISTIClegal, juridical, pertaining to the law and jurisprudence
- BRICOLAGEConstruction using whatever materials were available at the time.
- FABULISTA person who writes, tells, or extensively studies fables.
- FLEXIONThe act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
- OXALICOf or pertaining to oxalic acid or its derivatives.
- TITREThe strength or concentration of a solution that has been determined by titration.
- EUCHREA trump card game played by four players in two partnerships with a reduced deck of 24 cards.
- INTERSEXOf an individual, having any of a variety of inherent conditions (in a species with distinct sexes) in which one's sex characteristics differ from those of a typical male and femal
- LIEDAn art song, usually sung solo in German and accompanied on the piano.
- NEUTROPHILOf a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.
- PHYLOGENETICOf, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics.
- TOLUENEA colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH3.C6H5, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds.
- TROPISMThe turning of an organism (chiefly a plant) or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this.
- WALDGRAVEThe head forestkeeper, or nobleman who held some power in forested areas, in the Holy Roman Empire, now Germany.
- GOLEMA humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic.
- WHETTo sharpen (something, such as a knife or sword) by rubbing on an object, especially a whetstone; to hone.
- VOLTAICOf, relating to, or producing electricity.
- KANAThe hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived f
- AURICOf or pertaining to trivalent gold.
- AURICLEAny appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe. The outer ear or pinna.
- BILIOUSOf or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.
- CELERITYSpeed, swiftness.
- DERISIONAct of treating with disdain.
- DURUMEllipsis of durum wheat.
- EXALTTo honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.
- EXAMPLESomething that is representative of all such things in a group.
- FALSITYSomething that is false; an untrue assertion.
- FEROCITYThe condition of being ferocious.
- FOETALAlternative spelling of fetal.
- FRAGILITYThe condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
- FRIABLEEasily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
- FUNGIBLEAble to be substituted for something of equal value or utility.
- GYMNASIAplural of gymnasium
- LAXITYThe state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.
- MODALOf, or relating to a mode or modus.
- OCULUSA window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye). The central boss of a volute. An opening at the apex of a dome.
- OVIDUCTA duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.
- PEDOMETERA device, often electronic, that measures the number of steps taken, and thus estimates the distance walked.
- RHENIUMA metallic chemical element with the atomic number 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal.
- SALACITYThe state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness.
- TELOPHASEThe final stage of mitosis or meiosis during which the daughter chromosomes move towards opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
- UVULAROf or relating to the uvula.
- UXORIOUSVery devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.
- VARIEGATETo add variety to something.
- VELOCIPEDEAn early two-wheeled conveyance upon which one rode astride a wooden frame propelled by means of pushing the feet against the ground.
- VENALVenous; pertaining to veins.
- WHOMSOEVERWhatever person or persons (as object of a verb or preposition): emphasised or elaborated form of whomever.
- WHORESONAn illegitimate or misbegotten child born of unwed parents.
- LUSTREUK standard spelling of luster (shine, etc.).
- ELFINAn elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
- OAKENMade from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness.
- GRAUPELA precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake.
- QUEANA woman, now especially an impudent or disreputable woman; a prostitute.
- SEQUELAChiefly in the plural: a condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one, being either partly or wholly caused by it, or made possible by it.
- WOADThe plant Isatis tinctoria.
- BACTERIOLOGYThe scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.
- BIVALENTHaving a valence of 2; having two ligands.
- CHARWOMANA woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.
- COCHLEAROf or pertaining to the cochlea.
- CROFTINGA form of land tenure and small-scale food production, unique to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, in which individual crofts are established on the better land while a large
- CYTOPENIAA reduction in the number of blood cells for any of several reasons.
- DEUTERICOf or pertaining to reactions of liquids derived from magma with the solidified rock from the same magma.
- DEXTROUSAlternative spelling of dexterous.
- DUOPOLYAn economic condition in which two sellers exert most control over the market of a commodity.
- ECTOPLASMA visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
- FIXITYThe state or condition of being fixed; Fixation.
- FLUORESCETo emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength.
- FLUORESCENTOf or relating to fluorescence.
- FLUOXETINEA synthetic compound which inhibits the uptake of serotonin in the brain and is taken to treat depression.
- FOLATEA salt or ester of folic acid, especially one present in the vitamin B complex.
- HYPERCUBEA geometric figure in four or more dimensions, which is analogous to a cube in three dimensions. Specifically, the n-dimensional equivalent of a cube for any non-negative integer n
- JALOPYAn old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
- KILOCURIEA unit equal to 1,000 curies.