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- ANGASHOREA pitiful person; a wretch.
- ANGIOPLASTYThe mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.
- ANISOMETRICNot isometric or symmetrical
- ANORTHICHaving three unequal axes that intersect obliquely
- ANTHRACOIDResembling anthrax.
- ANTICHURCHOpposed to the church; against the Christian institution.
- ANTIDANDRUFFCountering or preventing dandruff.
- ANTIFEBRILECountering fever.
- ANTIMACHOOpposing what is macho.
- ANTIPODESomething directly opposite or diametrically opposed.
- ATAXICPertaining to ataxia
- ATEMOYAA hybrid between a cherimoya and a sweetsop
- ATHERMANCYInability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat; the quality of being a good insulator.
- ATHODYDA simple jet engine consisting essentially of a tube with a means of delivering fuel and ignition into the tube. The engine can only be started in a fast airflow. This type of engi
- AUGURSHIPThe office (or period of office) of an augur in ancient Rome.
- AUTOECIOUSOf a fungus, most often a rust: completing its life cycle on one host.
- AUTOECIOUSLYIn an autoecious manner.
- AVIRULENTNot virulent.
- AVOUCHEROne who avouches.
- AVOUCHMENTThe act of avouching.
- AVUNCULARITYThe condition of being avuncular.
- AWHAPETo confound; to terrify; to amaze.
- AZEOTROPICOf, pertaining to, or employing an azeotrope
- BATHYALRelating to the ocean bottom, between the sublittoral and abyssal zones, at a depth of between 200 and 2000 metres
- BEARDTONGUEA flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
- BILIOUSLYIn a bilious way.
- BLASTOIDA member of an extinct class of echinoderms, the Blastoidea.
- BLEPHAROPLASTYPlastic surgery on the eyelids to improve vision or for cosmetic reasons.
- BLOTTESQUECharacterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; lacking delineation.
- BRAINSICKLYIn a brainsick manner.
- BROWSTA brewage; a brew, especially a serving of beer.
- BUCKJUMPEROne who takes part in buckjumping.
- BUMPKINISHResembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.
- BYNAMEAny secondary name, particularly
- CANVASLIKEResembling canvas (the fabric).
- CARNOSITYFleshiness.
- CAROTENOIDAny of a class of yellow to red organic pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls.
- CHAIRWOMANA female chairperson
- CHARWOMANA woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.
- CHATOYANCYThe state or condition of being chatoyant.
- CHEECHAKOSomeone new to Alaska or the Yukon; originally, a gold rush newcomer.
- CLERIHEWA humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line.
- CLODDISHLYIn a cloddish manner.
- COHEIRESSOne of several people who are heiresses to an estate.
- CONCEITLESSStupid; thoughtless; dull.
- CONSTITUTIVEHaving the power or authority to constitute, establish or enact something.
- CUMBROUSLYIn a cumbrous manner.
- DAWDLINGLYIn a dawdling manner.
- DESCANTEROne who descants.
- DESERTIFYTo become desert.
- DIATOMICConsisting of two atoms.
- DILETTANTISHamateurish
- DISAMENITYA disadvantage or drawback, especially of a location
- DISANALOGYA lack or failure of analogy. A false analogy.
- DISANIMATETo deprive of life.
- DISHUMOURTo deprive of humour or desire; to put out of humour.
- DISREGARDEROne who disregards.
- DODECANOICOf or pertaining to dodecanoic acid or its derivatives
- DYNAMOGRAPHA dynamometer that produces a graphical record; especially one used to record muscular power
- DYSENTERICOf, relating, or pertaining to dysentery
- DYSGRAPHIAA language disorder that affects a person's ability to write.
- DYSKINETICOf or pertaining to dyskinesia
- EFFULGENTLYIn an effulgent manner; brilliantly.
- EMBRYOIDOf, pertaining to, or resembling an embryo
- EQUIFINALThat have the same outcome, end or result
- EQUIMOLARContaining the same number of moles (of two or more compounds)
- EUCALYPTAny tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
- EUDIOMETRICOf or relating to eudiometers and eudiometry.
- EUDIOMETRYThe art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.
- EUHARMONICPleasingly melodious or harmonious — applied especially to the euharmonic organ invented by Henry Ward Poole (1825-1890), in whose design mathematical principles of harmony were em
- EULOGISTICConveying praise or admiration, as in a eulogy.
- EUPHONIOUSLYin a euphonious manner
- EUPLOIDYThe condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.
- EUPNOEAAlternative spelling of eupnea.
- EURYBATHICAble to live at different depths of water.
- EURYHALINEAble to tolerate various saltwater concentrations.
- EUSTYLEAn intercolumniation of two-and-a-quarter column diameters.
- EXTORSIVEServing or tending to extort.
- EXTREMALRelating to extrema (maximal or minimal).
- EXURBANITEA person who lives in an exurb.
- FISHYBACKA system of transportation in which containers are moved from truck to ship.
- FLEXITARIANOne who is usually or primarily vegetarian, but not strictly so.
- FLUNKEYDOMThe state of a being a flunkey
- FLUXIONARYfluxional
- FRIARBIRDAny of several species of large Australian honeyeaters in the genus Philemon.
- GALVANOSCOPEA device used to detect electric currents, particularly one using the deflection of a magnetic needle.
- GANGSHAGSynonym of gangbang
- GLUMPISHgrumpy; sullen; gloomy
- GRAWLIXA series of images or symbols used in speech bubbles in comic strips to indicate one or more swear words. An image resembling an illegible scribble used for this purpose. A string
- GYNOPHOBIAFear of or aversion to women or girls.
- GYNOPHOBICSHaving a fear of or aversion to women.
- HELIOPAUSEThe boundary of heliosphere where the Sun's solar wind is stopped by the interstellar medium.
- HELIOTAXISPhototaxis related to the sun. Movement of an organism toward sunlight; positive heliotaxis. Movement of an organism away from sunlight; negative heliotaxis.
- HEWABLECapable of being hewn.
- HYDROMECHANICALOf or pertaining to hydromechanics.
- HYPHYRambunctious, loud, crazy, dangerous, irrational, and outrageous in behavior.
- HYPNOIDALhypnoid
- HYPOKINESIASlowed or diminished movement of the body.
- HYPOTONICHaving a lower osmotic pressure than another.
- IDOLATROUSPartaking in idolatry; worshipping idols or false gods.