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- ABLATIONA carrying or taking away; removal.
- ABLUTIONSplural of ablution
- ABULIAAbsence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness.
- ACETABULUMThe bony cup of the hip bone which receives the head of the femur.
- ACHENEA small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup.
- ACROLITHAn ancient Greek wooden statue furnished with a rupestral head and limbs.
- ACROMIONThe outermost point of the shoulder blade.
- ADZESplural of adze
- AEGISA mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoul
- AFFRAYSplural of affray
- AGENESISAny imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization
- AGONALOf or pertaining to struggle, competition or conflict; of or pertaining to an agon.
- AGONISTSomeone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
- AGONISTICOf or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
- AGORAA place for gathering.
- AILERONSplural of aileron
- AILUROPHOBEA person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
- AKENEAlternative spelling of achene.
- ALDICARBA carbamate insecticide that acts as a cholinesterase inhibitor.
- ALEMBICAn early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.
- ALEMBICSplural of alembic
- ALGALPertaining to, or like, algae.
- ALGOMETERSplural of algometer
- ALIMENTARYOf, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
- ALKENESplural of alkene
- AMBIDEXTROUSHaving equal or comparable ability in both hands; in particular, able to write well with both hands.
- AMBIVERTA person who is neither clearly extroverted nor introverted, but has characteristics of each.
- AMOEBICRelating to, or caused by an amoeba.
- AMYLASEAny of a class of digestive enzymes, present in saliva and also contributed to the gut by the exocrine pancreas, that break down complex carbohydrates such as starch into simpler s
- ANALECTSA collection of excerpts or quotes.
- ANALEPTICThat restores or stimulates health.
- ANALGETICanalgesic
- ANAPLASTICOf, or relating to, a tumor that shows little histogenetic differentiation. It implies that a tumor is high grade and likely to behave in an aggressive fashion.
- ANEUPLOIDYThe condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.
- ANEURYSMAn abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
- ANISOTROPYThe property of being directionally dependent.
- ANKYLOSEDsimple past and past participle of ankylose
- ANURIAA condition in which the kidneys do not produce urine.
- ANURICOf, pertaining to, causing or afflicted with anuria.
- APHASICAffected by, or pertaining to, aphasia.
- APICESplural of apex
- APONEUROTICOf or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
- AQUILINEOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.
- ARACHNIDSplural of arachnid
- ARCHONA chief magistrate of ancient Athens.
- ASCORBATEAny salt or ester of ascorbic acid.
- ASPICA meat or fish jelly.
- ASTROLABEAn astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the Sun and stars.
- ASUNDEROf two or more people or things: Apart or separate from each other. Moving apart from each other.
- ATONICunstressed
- ATOPICPertaining to or suffering from atopy.
- ATOPYA hereditary disorder marked by the tendency to develop localized immediate hypersensitivity reactions to allergens such as pollen, food etc and is manifested by hay fever, asthma,
- AURICOf or pertaining to trivalent gold.
- AURICLEAny appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe. The outer ear or pinna.
- AVAUNTBegone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence.
- AVIDITYGreediness; strong appetite.
- AVIONICSThe science and technology of the development and use of electrical and electronic devices in aviation.
- AVOIDANTExhibiting avoidance; avoiding something.
- AXONA nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.
- AXONEMALOf or pertaining to an axoneme
- AZURITEA blue vitreous mineral; a basic hydrated copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2, used since antiquity as a blue pigment or ores to extract metallic copper.
- AZYGOUSOdd; not one of a pair; single.
- BASCINETA light helmet, typically with a high, pointed skull, either open-faced (in early models) or made with a visor (later models).
- 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
- BASTINADOA blow with a cudgel or stick.
- BAUDA unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.
- 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.
- BIFURCATETo divide or fork into two channels or branches.
- BIOMETRYThe measurement of biological data.
- BITUMENA sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of th
- BODACIOUSAudacious and unrestrained.
- BOREALOf, relating to, or coming from the north.
- BOSUNAlternative form of boatswain (“warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship”).
- BOVIDAn animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).
- BOWDLERISEAlternative form of bowdlerize.
- BRANCHIALOf, pertaining to, or resembling gills; of or pertaining to the embryonic branchial arches and clefts from which the gills arise.
- BRIGANDSplural of brigand
- BRUITHearsay, rumour; talk; an instance of this.
- BUCOLICRustic, pastoral, country-styled.
- BULBARRelating to, or having the form of, a bulb; used especially of the medulla oblongata.
- BURLSplural of burl
- BURSALRelating to, or resembling, a bursa
- CABOCHONA precious stone which has only been polished, not cut into facets.
- CALAMINESynonym of smithsonite, a pink form of zinc oxide (mainly zinc carbonate ZnCO3) formed as a byproduct of zinc sublimation, now used in skin lotions.
- CAMBERA slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
- CAMBRELObsolete form of gambrel.
- CAPRINEOf or relating to Caprinae (goats, sheep, and certain wild relatives).
- CARDIAThe area of the stomach which directly receives contents from the esophagus.
- CASEINA protein present in both milk and in the seeds of leguminous plants.
- CATAPLEXYAn abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.
- CAUDALPertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
- CAUDATETapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex.
- CAVILTo criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
- CAVILSthird-person singular simple present indicative of cavil
- CELLARETA deep, often metal-lined drawer in a sideboard used for storing wines and liquors.
- CERVIDSplural of cervid
- CHAPARRALA region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.
- CHIRAL(geometry, physical chemistry) that exhibits chirality; as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix, or a molecule with L- and D- stereoisomers.
- CHORIONThe protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus.