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- ALGOPHOBIAFear of pain.
- BOREALOf, relating to, or coming from the north.
- DIAPHANOUSTransparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.
- ENTERALOf, pertaining to, within, or by way of the intestines; especially, the small intestine.
- EXODICConducting influences from the spinal cord outward; said of the motor nerves or efferent nerves.
- GLYPHICCarved, sculpted.
- HEDONICOf or relating to pleasure
- MAGUSA magician; a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster.
- MONADICof, relating to, or being a monad
- OMPHALOSAn ancient religious stone artifact, or baetylus, used to denote the direction of the "center" of the world.
- PERICOPEA section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech.
- PERIPATETICTending to walk about.
- PHLEGMATICNot easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
- PSILOPHYTEAny plant that is adapted to live in a savannah
- TROCHALResembling a wheel.
- XENIUMA gift or offering. A gift or offering given to a guest or a stranger, especially of food, in Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome.
- XENOGAMIESThe transfer of pollen from the anthers of one plant to the stigma of another; cross-pollination.
- XEROPHAGYA restrictive diet (of bread and water, for example) as a punishment or religious form of discipline.
- XEROSTOMAThe condition of having a dry mouth.
- XYSTERA surgical instrument used to scrape bones.
- BOULESplural of boule
- MEPHITICFoul-smelling or noxious, particularly of a gas or atmosphere.
- MIREPOIXA combination of diced onions, carrots, celery and herbs sautéed in oil or butter as used in French cooking.
- PROSODICOf, or relating to, prosody.
- VIRULENTOf animals, plants, or substances: extremely venomous or poisonous.
- CYTOPLASMThe contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.
- WERGELDBlood money, the monetary value assigned to a person, set according to their rank, used to determine the compensation paid by the perpetrator of a crime to the victim in the case o
- BOUNDERSomething that bounds or jumps.
- ANTEROOMA room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.
- ALACRITYEagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
- AMBULANTAble to walk; ambulatory.
- AURALOf or pertaining to the ear.
- BEATIFICBlessed, blissful, heavenly.
- BESTIALBeast-like.
- BUTYRICOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter
- CALTROPA metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heral
- CERULEANA greenish-blue color.
- CRUSThe shin (tibia and fibula)
- DANIOAny of various fish of the genera Danio or Devario.
- DESOLATIONThe act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
- DILUVIANPertaining to a deluge, or flood.
- EGOISTAn advocate of egoism.
- EXONUMIACoinlike objects.
- EXORDIUMA beginning.
- EXTEMPORALExtemporaneous.
- EXULTANCYexultance, exultation
- FIDUCIALAccepted as a fixed basis of reference.
- FLAVESCENTyellowish in colour, or turning yellow
- GLOBUSA spherical or nearly spherical structure. A lump in the throat; the sensation of having such a lump present.
- HIRSUTECovered in hair or bristles; hairy.
- ILIACRelating to the ilium.
- INDEMNITYSecurity from damage, loss, or penalty.
- MARITALPertaining to marriage.
- MONASTICOf or relating to monasteries or monks.
- NOCTILUCOUSShining in the night or darkness; luminescent.
- OBFUSCATIONThe act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to inte
- OCULATEHaving a good sight, sharp-eyed.
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PECULIAROut of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
- PLEXUSA network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.
- PORCINEOf, pertaining to, or being a pig.
- PUERILITYThe state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile.
- RICTUSA bird’s gaping mouth.
- STRIGILA grooming tool used to scrape away dead skin, oil, dirt, etc.
- SUPERNALPertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial.
- TENSILEOf or pertaining to tension.
- TRIPEDALHaving three feet.
- URSINEOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears.
- 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
- VENEREOUSvenereal (of diseases)
- VERTIGINOUSHaving an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
- VESTIGEA mark left on the earth by a foot.
- WORSTEDYarn made from long strands of wool.
- EPISTOLARYOf or relating to letters, or the writing of letters.
- EVANGELICevangelical
- ASUNDEROf two or more people or things: Apart or separate from each other. Moving apart from each other.
- CARVENMade by carving, especially when intricately or artistically done.
- MENSCHA person of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion; a gentleman.
- WEFTEDThe horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
- WEFTINGThe horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
- EXOTERICOf a doctrine, information, etc.: suitable to be imparted to the public without secrecy or other reservations.
- INEXORABLEImpossible to prevent or stop; inevitable.
- PATIENCEThe quality of being patient.
- PUGILISTOne who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer.
- WEASANDThe oesophagus; the gullet.
- WROTHFull of anger; wrathful.
- DACHAA Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.
- ACRIDITYBitterness or acerbity.
- AILUROPHOBEA person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
- AKINESIAThe loss of the ability to control motor muscles.
- ALGESICPain-causing; painful in nature.
- AMNESTICSynonym of amnesic (adjective).
- ANDROPHOBICExhibiting androphobia; averse to or fearful of men.
- APICALOf or connected with the apex.
- AUSTERELYIn an austere manner.
- AUTOLYSISThe destruction of an organism's cells by enzymes produced by the organism itself.
- BARDICOf or pertaining to bards.
- BIPEDALWalking on two feet or two legs; biped.
- CAHOOTA company or partnership.
- CALAMITOUSLYIn a calamitous manner.