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- LUNATEShaped like a crescent.
- MEDIUSThe middle finger.
- MENDACIOUS(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
- MICTURATETo urinate.
- MILIARYOf or pertaining to millet seeds.
- MISERICORDRelaxation of monastic rules.
- MONDIALWorldwide, global.
- MOXIBUSTIONThe burning of moxa against the skin to treat pain or illness.
- NEVUSAny of a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal lesions of the skin.
- NOISOMEMorally hurtful or noxious.
- NOUGATA mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with almonds or hazelnuts or used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.
- OCCIPUTThe back part of the head or skull.
- ONEROUSImposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.
- ORBICULARCircular or spherical in shape; round.
- ORIFICEA mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.
- OVOIDShaped like an oval.
- OVULAROf or pertaining to an ovule.
- PALADINSplural of paladin
- PARSNIPA biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot.
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PENDULOUSHanging from, or as if from, a support.
- PERFIDIOUSOf, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.
- PERTURBATIONAgitation; the state of being perturbed.
- PETIOLAROf or pertaining to a petiole.
- PIEDHaving two or more colors, especially black and white.
- PINEALIn the shape of a pine cone.
- PINNAThe visible part of the ear in most therians that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.
- PLEXIFORMHaving the form of a plexus.
- PRECATORYExpressing a wish.
- PUGNACIOUSNaturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.
- PUGNACITYThe act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative.
- PULMONICOf, pertaining to, or produced by the lungs.
- PUNCTAplural of punctum
- PURFLEAn ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing.
- QUIESCENTInactive, quiet, at rest.
- QUOTIDIANHappening every day; daily.
- RADIXA root.
- RETICULEA reticle; a grid in the eyepiece of an instrument.
- RETICULUMA network. For example, the endoplasmic reticulum forms a network of cellular components that functions as a transportation system within the cell.
- RHOMBOIDEUSAny of the rhomboid muscles.
- RIVAGEA coast, a shore.
- ROTAA schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
- SALETAlternative form of sallet (“helmet”).
- SALIVATIONThe process of producing saliva.
- SCUTUMAn oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavily armed infantry of the Roman army.
- SEPTALOf or pertaining to a septum.
- SINGULARITYThe state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.
- SQUALENEA linear triterpene hydrocarbon found in shark liver oil and in human sebum; it plays a role in the biosynthesis of steroids.
- STRIDORA harsh, shrill, unpleasant noise.
- SUBLIMATETo heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.
- SYNOVIAplural of synovium
- TENTACLESplural of tentacle
- TEPIDLukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
- TINCTA tint or colour.
- TORPIDunmoving
- TURBIDLYIn a turbid manner; with muddiness or confusion.
- TURGORTurgidity.
- ULNAEplural of ulna
- UNGUALPertaining to or resembling a creature's nail, claw or hoof; unguinal.
- UNGULATESplural of ungulate
- VACUITYEmptiness.
- VACUOLEA large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
- VALGUSknock-kneed (having the distal part of a limb displaced or twisted away from the midline of the body)
- VAPIDITYThe state or quality of being vapid; vapidness.
- VARICOSITYAn enlarged vessel or nerve, particularly a blood vessel.
- VARUSA deformity in which the foot is turned inward.
- VEGETALCapable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational).
- VENERYThe hunting of wild animals.
- VERMINOUSInfested with vermin.
- VESICULAROf, pertaining to, having, or being vesicles (vesiculae).
- VESPERThe bell that summons worshippers to vespers; the vesper-bell.
- VEXTsimple past and past participle of vex
- VIANDAn item of food.
- VILLIplural of villus
- VINCAAny of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle.
- VINTNERA seller of wine.
- VIRAGOA woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation.
- VIRICIDALOf or pertaining to a viricide (killing of a husband)
- VITEXAny of several species of the genus Vitex.
- VITUPEROUSVituperative.
- VOCIFEROUSMaking or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.
- VOLANTHaving extended wings as if flying.
- VOLARPertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
- VOMERThe vomer bone; the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils.
- VORACIOUSWanting or devouring great quantities of food.
- WOLFRAMwolframite
- ZONULARPertaining to a zonule or zonules.