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- SOLVENTA fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
- STAGAn adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.
- SUBOPTIMALWorse than optimal; of less than the highest standard or quality.
- SUBPRIMELess than prime; inferior.
- 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.
- TROPHICOf or pertaining to nutrition.
- 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.
- VEXEDannoyed, irritated or distressed
- VINDICATETo clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
- VINTNERA seller of wine.
- VOWELA sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
- VULGARITYThe quality of being vulgar.
- WAINSCOTAn area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
- WANTINGThat wants or desires.
- WANTONUndisciplined, unruly; not able to be controlled.
- WARTHOGA wild pig of the genus Phacochoerus, native to Africa.
- WEIRDOA strange, odd, eccentric person.
- WENCHA girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.
- WEXEDsimple past and past participle of wex
- WOEFULFull of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
- WONDERFULTending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
- WRANGLETo convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending. Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining. To speak or write (something) in an a
- WRENCHEDsimple past and past participle of wrench
- WRITHETo twist, wring (something).