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- LESIONA wound or injury.
- LIGANDA molecule or moiety (ion, functional group, or radical) that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex; as, especially: (coordination chemistry) Such an entity tha
- LIGATETo bind with a ligature or bandage.
- LITURGYA predetermined or prescribed set of rituals that are performed, usually by a religion; a book in which they are recorded.
- LOUSEA small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
- LOUSYUnwanted and often unpleasant.
- LUDICROUSIdiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.
- LUMBERWood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.
- LYCOPODIUMA club moss of the genus Lycopodium.
- LYMPHATICPertaining to lymph or the lymphatic system.
- MALODORAn offensive odor.
- MATADORThe person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
- MAVENAn expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing; an aficionado.
- MEDICINALHaving the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.
- MILIEUAn environment or setting; a medium; environs
- NEFARIOUSSinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.
- NOOBA newb or newbie; someone who is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience.
- NOSTALGICOf, having, or relating to nostalgia.
- OBSCUREDark, faint or indistinct.
- OBSIDIANA type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes.
- OBSOLETENo longer in use or no longer useful; now disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer, better, or more fashionable); outmoded.
- OMINOUSOf or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant.
- OOMPHStrength, power, passion or effectiveness; clout.
- OPALA mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O. A precious gem, an iridescent gemstone fou
- OPERAA theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance; usually, one sung-through, based on classical music and seen as more artistic and formalized than other forms o
- OPULENTLuxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.
- ORGANISMA discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.
- OUSTERA putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
- PATERFather.
- PATERNALOf or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
- PELOTONA group of riders formed during a cycling road race; especially, the main group of riders; the pack.
- PEONA lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
- PEONYA flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.
- PETROLA fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel.
- PEWTERAn alloy of approximately 93–98% tin and 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
- PHANTASMSomething seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.
- PHANTASMICLike a phantasm; ghostly, unreal.
- PHOTONThe quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge b
- PILFERTo steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
- PLAIDA type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.
- PLOUGHA device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
- PLUNDERTo pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
- PNEUMATICOf, relating to, or resembling air or other gases
- POLYMATHA person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.
- PRUDEA person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.
- PSYCHOPsychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
- PSYLLIUMAny of several plants of Plantago subg. Psyllium.
- PUGNACIOUSNaturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.
- PULCHRITUDEPhysical beauty.
- PUREEDsimple past and past participle of puree
- PUTRIDRotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
- RAPACIOUSVoracious; avaricious.
- REBUTTo drive back or beat back; to repulse.
- RELISHFlavour or taste; an instance of this. Followed by for: one's liking or taste for something; a fondness. A small amount; a tinge, a trace.
- REPUDIATETo reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
- RIBALDCoarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way.
- RIFEWidespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
- ROWDYLoud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.
- RUMINATETo chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
- SAKIAlternative spelling of saké (“rice wine”).
- SAVANTA person of learning, especially one who is versed in literature or science.
- SCAMPIA Norway lobster, a langoustine (Nephrops norvegicus). The battered or breaded tails of this species, usually served with chips.
- SCRUPLEHesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.
- SECULARNot specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
- SEDITIONOrganized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
- SHROVEsimple past of shrive
- SIEVEA device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
- SKEWEDTwisted at an angle.
- SLANDERA false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
- SLUBA small thickened portion or knot found in yarn, caused by defects or uneven spinning.
- SOLVENTA fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
- SWARTHYTawny, dusky, dark.
- SYMBIONArchaic form of symbiont.
- SYMBIOTICOf, or relating to symbiosis; living together.
- SYNCHAlternative spelling of sync.
- TALCOriginally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referr
- TEAROOMA café which serves tea, usually with light food.
- TENACIOUSClinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
- TITRATETo ascertain the amount of a constituent in a solution (or other mixture) by measuring the volume of a known concentration (the "standard solution") needed to complete a reaction.
- TITTERTo laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement.
- TOMEOne in a series of volumes.
- TORRIDVery hot and dry.
- TOXICHaving a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
- TREPIDTimid, timorous, fearful.
- TUBERA fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.
- TYREThe ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.
- UNABASHEDNot disconcerted or embarrassed.
- UNBRIDLETo remove the bridle, and other tack, from (a horse or other animal).
- UNDULATETo cause to move in a wavelike motion.
- USURPTo seize and hold or use (powers, an office, a coat of arms, a right or copyright, etc) from another, without right (usually by illegitimate means).
- UVULAEllipsis of palatine uvula, the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.
- VACUOUSEmpty; void; lacking meaningful content.
- VAGARYAn erratic, unpredictable occurrence or action.
- VAGRANTA person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer.
- VALIDWell-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
- VANDALA person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages things, especially other people's property.
- VELOURA knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser.
- VELUMA thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain. The soft palate. A thin membrane partially covering the cluster of sporangia near the leaf base in quillworts and their extinct relati
- VENOUSOf or pertaining to veins.
- VERBOSEContaining or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy.