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- AVIONICSThe science and technology of the development and use of electrical and electronic devices in aviation.
- AVOIDANTExhibiting avoidance; avoiding something.
- AXONEMALOf or pertaining to an axoneme
- AZYGOUSOdd; not one of a pair; single.
- BASOPHILAny cell that has granules stained by basic stains. A white blood cell responsible for inflammatory reactions during immune response. One of the endocrine basophilic cells of the a
- BEESWAXA wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
- BEGUMTo daub or cover with gum.
- BILOBEDHaving two lobes.
- BIOMETRYThe measurement of biological data.
- BLOBFISHPsychrolutes marcidus, a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of the Australian mainland and Tasmania.
- BODACIOUSAudacious and unrestrained.
- BOSUNAlternative form of boatswain (“warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship”).
- BOWDLERISEAlternative form of bowdlerize.
- BULBARRelating to, or having the form of, a bulb; used especially of the medulla oblongata.
- BURSALRelating to, or resembling, a bursa
- CARRICKAlternative spelling of carrack.
- CELLARETA deep, often metal-lined drawer in a sideboard used for storing wines and liquors.
- CLONALRelating to, or created by asexual reproduction (cloning)
- COWLEDWearing a cowl; hooded.
- CYTOPENIAA reduction in the number of blood cells for any of several reasons.
- DESALINATETo remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply
- DILATORAny nerve or muscle that causes part of the body to dilate.
- DISQUIETLack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind
- DURALRelating to the dura mater.
- EGGERYA place where eggs are deposited, produced, sold or kept.
- EMBOLICOf or relating to an embolus or an embolism.
- ENDOLYMPHThe watery fluid inside the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear.
- ENDOSTEALOf or pertaining to the endosteum.
- ENSOULTo give a soul or place in the soul.
- ENTERITISInflammation of the intestines, generally the small intestine, that may lead to diarrhea.
- ENTROPICOf, pertaining to, or as a consequence of entropy.
- EUTROPHYhealthy nutrition
- EXUDATIONThe act or process of exuding.
- FELCHTo suck semen out of a sexual partner's vagina or anus.
- FELIDAny member of the cat family (Felidae).
- FERVIDLYIn a fervid manner.
- FILAMENTOUSThin and elongated; wirelike.
- FORMATEAny salt or ester of formic acid.
- FUNDICRelating to a fundus.
- GAMETICOf or pertaining to gametes.
- GENOMICOf or pertaining to a genome.
- GLOBOIDA spherical representation or projection of a sphere or ellipsoid.
- GNATHICOf or pertaining to the jaw.
- GNOMISHResembling a gnome; gnomelike.
- HAGFISHAny of the primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather.
- HEGEMONICOf or pertaining to hegemony.
- HICKEYA bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
- HOGFISHLachnolaimus maximus, an edible species of wrasse, found in the Caribbean.
- HYALURONICOf or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives
- HYDRAA dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed.
- HYGROSCOPEAn instrument that indicates changes in atmospheric humidity
- ISOTOPICOf or pertaining to isotopes.
- JAPERYJesting, joking
- JOINERYA factory producing wooden products such as tables, doors, and cabinets.
- JUVIESynonym of juvenile hall (a youth detention centre).
- KIVAA ceremonial underground chamber in a Pueblo village.
- LATHYRISMA neurological disease of humans and domestic animals, caused by eating certain legumes of the genus Lathyrus and characterised by paralysis and emaciation.
- LOBULEDiminutive of lobe: A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe. In liverworts with bilobed leaves, the smaller of the two lobes, sometimes modified to form a sac. A tongue-like structur
- LOGARITHMICOf or relating to logarithms.
- LONICERAAny plant of the genus Lonicera, the honeysuckles.
- LUMENALOf or pertaining to the lumen.
- LYTICOf, relating to, or causing lysis.
- METRITISInflammation of the uterus.
- MONORCHIDHaving only one testicle within the scrotum.
- OCCLUSALOn the side of a tooth which mates with the opposing tooth.
- ODONTICdental
- OINKRepresenting the grunting sound made by a pig.
- OOMYCETEAny of a number of filamentous unicellular protists of the class Oomycetes; the water molds.
- OSTEOMAA benign bony tumour that typically grows on the skull.
- OWLERYAn abode of owls.
- PHENOLICOf, relating to, or derived from a phenol.
- PHONEMICRelating to phonemes.
- PIEZOOf or relating to a kind of ignition, used in portable camping stoves etc., where pressing a button causes a small spring-loaded hammer to strike a crystal of PZT or quartz, creati
- PIGFISHAny one of several species of salt-water grunts, called also hogfish. A golden-spot hogfish (Bodianus perditio) A redmouth grunt (Orthopristis chrysoptera) A red pigfish (Bodianus
- PINTAILA pintail duck, a type of dabbling duck with a characteristic pointed tail. A northern pintail, Anas acuta, a dabbling duck of the northern hemisphere that has a long pointed tail.
- PLASMIDA loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from — and replicates independently of — the chromosomes; such loops are most commonly found in bacteria, but they are also sometimes
- POLYURICRelating to polyuria
- PYURIAThe presence of pus in the urine.
- QUAREQueer, strange.
- RAFFIAA fibrous material used for tying plants, originating from the leaves of raffia palm trees (genus Raphia).
- RHABDOMAny of the rods that support each ommatidium in the compound eye of arthropods
- SEPTALOf or pertaining to a septum.
- SKINHEADSomeone with a shaved head.
- SLUBA small thickened portion or knot found in yarn, caused by defects or uneven spinning.
- SMARMYFalsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.
- SORBATEAny salt or ester of sorbic acid.
- TURBIDLYIn a turbid manner; with muddiness or confusion.
- UNAMBITIOUSHaving little ambition for success or achievement
- UNGLUEto separate that which was held by glue
- URICASEurate oxidase, an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of uric acid to 5-hydroxyisourate.
- VAPIDITYThe state or quality of being vapid; vapidness.
- VERMINOUSInfested with vermin.
- VESICULAROf, pertaining to, having, or being vesicles (vesiculae).
- VINERYA vineyard.
- VORPALSharp or deadly.
- WAPITIThe American elk (Cervus canadensis).
- XERISCAPEA kind of landscape design for arid regions, minimising the need for irrigation.
- ZONULARPertaining to a zonule or zonules.