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• AKIMBOadjectiveIcelandic458 findersWith a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
• ANCHORITEnounLatin62 findersOne who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.
• AQUILINEadjectiveLatin155 findersOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.
• AVARICEnounLatin1,012 findersExcessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
• AVION68 finders
• BETON4 finders
• BURINnounFrench12 findersA chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.
• CURTILAGEnounProto-Indo-European23 findersA small piece of land, such as a garth or yard with the buildings and structures on it, immediately surrounding a dwelling house and legally regarded as part of its property; origi
• DARKLINGadverbMiddle English32 findersIn the dark; in obscurity.
• DROLLYadverb41 findersIn a droll, odd or humorous manner.
• ECLOGUEnounAncient Greek16 findersA pastoral poem, often in the form of a shepherd's monologue or a dialogue between shepherds.
• EQUIVOCATINGverb132 finderspresent participle and gerund of equivocate
• ESCHATONnounAncient Greek180 findersThe apocalypse; the approach of Christ’s reign immediately preceding the end of the world; a conception of or circumstance pertaining to this era.
• FESCUEnounLatin164 findersA straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
• FLENSEverbDanish207 findersTo strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.
• FOVEALadjectiveLatin214 findersOf or pertaining to the fovea.
• FRESHETnounOld French42 findersA flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw.
• GOLEMnounHebrew267 findersA humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic.
• HAPLOIDadjectiveAncient Greek138 findersHaving the number of chromosomes that a typical gamete has (in the given organism), namely, half the number that a typical somatic cell has (in the given organism).
• INELUCTABLYadverb7 findersIn an ineluctable manner.
• INVOLUTEadjectiveLatin120 findersDifficult to understand; complicated.
• KETONEnounFrench64 findersA homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.
• LAPIDARYnounPolish209 findersA person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones.
• LATEENnounLatin14 findersA triangular fore-and-aft sail set on a boom in such way that the tack is attached to the hull of the vessel and the free end of the boom lifts the sail.
• MACAQUEnounPortuguese39 findersAny of a group of Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca.
• MANDRAKEnounAncient Greek62 findersAny plant of the genus Mandragora, certain of which are said to have medicinal or aphrodisiac properties; the root of these plants often resembles the shape of a small person, henc
• MASHIEnounFrench18 findersA metal-headed golf club with a moderate loft, the equivalent of a five iron in a modern set of clubs.
• MOKEnoun28 findersA donkey.
• MULCTEDverb14 finderssimple past and past participle of mulct
• MUSKETRYnounItalian33 findersThe technique of using small arms such as muskets.
• MUSTHnounProto-Indo-European33 findersChiefly preceded by in or on: the state each year during which a male animal (usually a camel or an elephant) exhibits increased aggressiveness and sexual activity due to a high le
• NEFARIOUSadjectiveAncient Greek222 findersSinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.
• PALATINEadjectiveLatin124 findersHaving local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign. Subject to palatine authority.
• PLASMONnoun13 findersThe quantum of waves produced by the collective effects of large numbers of electrons when disturbed from equilibrium.
• PLATENnounLatin32 findersThe part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
• PLUCKYadjective269 findersHaving or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances.
• PSALTERYnounAncient Greek88 findersA zither-like musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with multiple strings, played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.
• QUIRKINGverb24 finderspresent participle and gerund of quirk
• QUISLINGnounProto-Germanic766 findersA traitor who collaborates with the enemy.
• RAFFISHLYadverb5 findersIn a raffish manner.
• SHAGREENnounGerman18 findersAn untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray.
• SHOWTUNEnoun2 findersAlternative form of show tune.
• THEREMINnounFrench122 findersAn electronic musical instrument that generates sound of varying pitch and volume depending on the proximity of the musician’s hands to two antennas mounted on the instrument.
• THEROPODnoun23 findersAny bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the suborder Theropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
• TOKAYnounHungarian13 findersA variety of grape grown in eastern Hungary and in eastern Slovakia.
• TORCnoun40 findersAlternative spelling of torque (“necklace”).
• UNIVOCALadjectiveLatin24 findersHaving only one possible meaning.
• VACUOLEnounLatin157 findersA large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
• VENOUSadjectiveLatin243 findersOf or pertaining to veins.
• ZITHERnounAncient Greek100 findersA musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings placed on a horizontal surface, played with a plectrum or fingertips.

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