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- ANALGESICAny medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation.
- ANEURYSMAn abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
- DAEMONA minor deity or divinity.
- SCHEMATAplural of schema
- SUBLUXATIONA partial dislocation of a joint, in which the articulating surfaces remain in partial contact.
- TEPHRAThe solid material thrown into the air by a volcanic eruption that settles on the surrounding areas.
- PHRENOLOGICphrenological
- PHYLOGENETICOf, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics.
- AMBULATORYOf, relating to, or adapted to walking.
- CORVEEUnpaid labor required by a feudal lord.
- DELICIOUSPleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
- DERACINATETo pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
- HIRSUTECovered in hair or bristles; hairy.
- JOCULARHumorous, amusing or joking.
- JUSTICIAROne who administers justice, particularly:
- METICULOUSCharacterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
- PERFIDYA state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.
- PROLIXITYLong-windedness, tiresome length, an excess of words.
- QUOTIDIANHappening every day; daily.
- SAPONIFYTo convert (a fat or oil) into soap.
- VOCIFERATETo cry out with vehemence
- BLAMEWORTHYDeserving blame or censure; reprehensible.
- MEAGREAn edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.
- WORSTEDYarn made from long strands of wool.
- AVOIRDUPOISThe official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
- SNIFTERTo sniff; also, to snivel or snuffle.
- QUISLINGA traitor who collaborates with the enemy.
- SLOUGHThe skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
- VOLUPTUARYOne whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist.
- TEPIDLukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
- AMBIDEXTROUSLYIn an ambidextrous manner.
- ANTIHOMOSEXUALOpposed to homosexuality.
- AUTOGAMYSelf-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.
- BOVINITYThe quality of being bovine.
- DISAVOWABLECapable of being disavowed.
- DYSMORPHICOf, relative to, producing, or having dysmorphism.
- DYSTROPHICAffected with dystrophy
- ENDOGAMYThe practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one's own ethnic, religious, or social group.
- EXOGAMYMarriage to or mating with a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own, especially as required by custom or law.
- EXOGENOUSHaving an external cause. Produced or originating outside of the referent organism.
- FATUOUSLYWith smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically.
- FLUORESCENTOf or relating to fluorescence.
- GRANULOMAAn inflammatory nodule consisting of histiocytes (macrophages) attempting to wall off substances they perceive as foreign but are unable to eliminate, such as certain infectious or
- HETEROGAMYThe state of conjugating gametes that are different in size, structure and function.
- HOMEOTICOf or pertaining to homeosis
- KETAMINEA synthetic compound used as a dissociative anesthetic and analgesic drug and also recreationally as a hallucinogen.
- MINUTIAEplural of minutia
- PERINATALOf or pertaining to the time around birth.
- PHYLOGENICOf or pertaining to phylogeny
- RHEOTAXISmovement in response to a current (of water or air)
- SUPERHELIXThe shape formed by a helix which in turn is twisted into a larger helix
- UNSHRIVEDNot shrived.
- VANQUISHERSomeone who vanquishes; a conqueror.