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- CATALOGUEA systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.
- GLAUCOMAAn eye disease or disorder that is defined as a characteristic optic neuropathy, or disease of the optic nerve, possibly, if untreated, leading to damage of the optic disc of the e
- MACROPHAGEA white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes.
- MASTICAn evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.
- JOURNALISMThe aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications, broadcast news media, or printed newsp
- TAMBOURINEA percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in t
- WONKYLopsided, misaligned or off-centre.
- LEPRECHAUNA type of diminutive, solitary fairy or sprite, traditionally depicted as a small, bearded man wearing a green coat and hat, often found repairing a single shoe; they typically pos
- COMPORTTo tolerate, bear, put up (with).
- COMPURGATIONAcquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths of a number of other people; vindication.
- CURMUDGEONAn ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions, often an older man.
- CURSIVERunning; flowing.
- DENSITYThe amount of a certain phenomenon (such as stuff, things, energy, or otherwise) in a given area (surface area) or volume (amount of space).
- DEPOSITARYActing as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
- DILUVIANPertaining to a deluge, or flood.
- EXPOUNDTo set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length.
- FEROCITYThe condition of being ferocious.
- FOUNDEROne who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
- FURIOSITYfuriousness; fury
- INDISPUTABLENot disputable; not open to question; obviously true
- INVOLUCRUMA sheath that covers or envelopes, especially one that forms around the sequestrum of new bone.
- MERIDIONALlocated in the south, southern; later especially, often pertaining to the southern parts of Europe.
- METAPHYSICALOf or pertaining to metaphysics.
- MINERALOGYThe branch of petrology that studies minerals.
- ORDAINTo prearrange unalterably.
- ORDINATEThe second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
- ORIGINATETo cause (someone or something) to be; to bring (someone or something) into existence; to produce or initiate a person or thing.
- PROXIMALCloser to the point of attachment or observation.
- PROXIMATEClose or closest; adjacent.
- RUMINATETo chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
- SCAMPERA quick, light run.
- SELECTIONThe process or act of selecting.
- SIGNATUREA person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.
- SUBORDINATEPlaced in a lower class, rank, or position.
- TEPIDLukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
- UNIVERSALOf or pertaining to the universe.
- UNIVERSALITYthe property of being universal, common to all members of a class
- UTERINEOf or pertaining to the uterus.
- GRIEVOUSLYIn a grievous manner, severely.
- MADNESSThe state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
- RACKETAn implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a shuttlecock in badminton.
- RAMSHACKLEIn disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles.
- WORKMANSHIPThe skill of an artisan or craftsman.
- MANSLAUGHTERThe slaying of a human being.
- UNDERWRITETo write below or under; subscribe.
- CLAVIFORMLarger at the tip than at the base; club-shaped.
- FURTIVEOf a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.
- PRESCIENTExhibiting or possessing prescience: having knowledge of, or seemingly able to correctly predict, events before they take place.
- WRITA written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
- ADVERTISINGCommunication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.
- AMYGDALINEAlternative form of amygdalin.
- ANGLEWORMAn earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
- ANTIPLAGUESCountering plague
- AVOUCHMENTThe act of avouching.
- BEHAVIOURALOf or pertaining to behaviour.
- CRAFTSWOMANA female artisan.
- CRUMMINESSThe state of being crummy.
- CURMUDGEONLYCharacteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish.
- DIAPHANOUSLYIn a diaphanous manner.
- DISAGREEABLYIn a disagreeable manner.
- DISEMBOWELTo take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
- DISSYMMETRICasymmetric
- DISULPHATEA salt or ester of disulphuric acid or pyrosulfuric acid; a pyrosulfate.
- DOUGHNUTLIKEResembling a doughnut.
- EGOMANIACA person obsessed with their own (supposed) importance.
- ENCEPHALOGRAMAn image of the brain obtained by encephalography.
- ESTROGENAny of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.
- FLAMBOYANCEThe condition of being flamboyant.
- FLAVOPROTEINany of a group of enzymes, containing flavin, that act as dehydrogenases
- FLOWCHARTINGThe design and construction of flowcharts.
- GAWKERSomeone who gawks; someone who stares stupidly.
- GAWKILYIn a gawky manner.
- GRUESOMELYIn a gruesome manner.
- HOMONUCLEARHaving atoms of only one element, especially having elements of only a single isotope.
- HOMUNCULARResembling or characteristic of a homunculus; small.
- INTRASEXUALWithin a group of individuals of the same sex.
- JUSTIFIABLYin a justifiable manner; with justification
- LIMBERFlexible, pliant, bendable.
- MEADOWLARKThe meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
- NOTARISEAlternative spelling of notarize.
- PLATEMAKINGSThe production of plates (printing surfaces).
- PREDEVALUATIONSBefore devaluation.
- SECTIONALRelating to a section.
- SILICATEAny salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates.
- SYSTEMICEmbedded within and spread throughout and affecting a whole system, group, body, economy, market, or society.
- UNDISPUTABLEAlternative form of indisputable.
- UNMISTAKABLYIn an unmistakable manner; unquestionably.
- UNPREDICTABLEUnable to be predicted.
- VAGARIOUSLYIn a vagarious manner.
- WAXCLOTHAn oilcloth.
- WHIMSICALGiven to whimsy.
- WISHBONEA forked bone between the neck and breast of a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused at their median or lower end, regarded as a lucky charm in some countries.
- WRITTENOf, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written).