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- BIVALENCEThe state or quality of being bivalent (in any sense)
- BLIAUTA unisex overgarment worn in 12th-century Western Europe, featuring voluminous skirts and horizontal puckering or sometimes pleating across a snugly fitted underbust abdomen.
- BLOBFISHPsychrolutes marcidus, a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of the Australian mainland and Tasmania.
- BODACIOUSAudacious and unrestrained.
- BONGOSplural of bongo
- BOREALOf, relating to, or coming from the north.
- BOSUNAlternative form of boatswain (“warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship”).
- BOTULISMPoisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.
- BOVIDAn animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).
- BOVIDSplural of bovid
- 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
- BROMEAny grass of the genus Bromus.
- 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).
- CARBOYA large, rigid bottle, originally made of glass and mainly used for fermentation, and now commonly made of plastic and used to store liquids.
- CARDIAThe area of the stomach which directly receives contents from the esophagus.
- CARRICKAlternative spelling of carrack.
- CASEINA protein present in both milk and in the seeds of leguminous plants.
- CATAPLEXYAn abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.
- CATARRHInflammation of a mucous membrane.
- CATARRHALRelating to catarrh.
- CATFISHAny fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
- CATHEXISThe concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea.
- CAUDALPertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
- CAUDATETapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex.
- CAVAL
- 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.
- CEPHALON
- 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.
- CHELIDAny turtle in the family Chelidae.
- 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.
- CHIVYAlternative form of chevy.
- CHORIONThe protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus.
- CHORISTERSplural of chorister
- CHOROIDResembling the chorion, particularly in containing many blood vessels.
- CHOWDERA thick, creamy soup or stew.
- CHROMICof, relating to, or containing chromium, especially in oxidation state 3
- CICADAAny of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings. The periodical cicada.
- CISPLATINA platinum-containing antineoplastic drug cis-diamminedichloro-platinum(II) (Cl2H6N2Pt) that is cytotoxic and is used especially in the treatment of testicular and ovarian tumors a
- CIVETSplural of civet
- CLONALRelating to, or created by asexual reproduction (cloning)
- CLONUSA muscular spasm with regular contractions.
- CLOWDERSplural of clowder
- COGITATETo meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
- COMPLINEThe last of the canonical hours, sung just before retiring to bed.
- COMPOTEA dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup.
- CONGEALTo change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
- CONIDIAplural of conidium
- CONSISTORYA solemn assembly or council.
- COPA
- CORPULENTLarge in body; fat; overweight.
- COTERIEA circle of individuals who associate with one another for a common purpose.
- COULOMBIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C
- COWLEDWearing a cowl; hooded.
- COWRIESplural of cowrie
- CRAWDADSplural of crawdad
- CREPITUSGrating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.
- CYGNETSplural of cygnet
- CYMEA “head” (of unexpanded leaves, etc.); an opening bud.
- CYTOPENIAA reduction in the number of blood cells for any of several reasons.
- DACTYLA metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | – ⏖ |:
- DELVEDsimple past and past participle of delve
- DELVEROne who digs or delves, as with a spade.
- DESALINATETo remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply
- DIASTEMAA gap or space between two adjacent teeth, especially the upper front incisors (in humans).
- DILATIVEThat dilates, or causes dilation
- DILATORAny nerve or muscle that causes part of the body to dilate.
- DILATORYIntentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
- DIOPTERA unit of measure of the power of a lens or mirror, equal to the reciprocal of its focal length in meters. Myopia is diagnosed and measured in diopters.
- DIOPTERSplural of diopter
- DIPTYCHA writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
- DISQUIETLack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind
- DIURNALHappening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.
- DORPER
- DRAYAny of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without sides or with removable sides, and used especially for heavy loads.
- DRUBSthird-person singular simple present indicative of drub
- DRUIDOne of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.
- DRUPEA kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.
- DUCATSplural of ducat
- DUENDEA small, mischievous humanoid creature in Iberian (Spanish/Portuguese), Latin American, and Philippine folklore/mythology; an imp.
- DURALRelating to the dura mater.
- EFRITAlternative spelling of ifrit.
- EGGERYA place where eggs are deposited, produced, sold or kept.
- EIDERAny of the species of Somateria spp. and Polysticta stelleri or of the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).
- ELANDSplural of eland
- ELDRICHArchaic form of eldritch.
- ELECTUARYAny preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener in order to make it more palatable to swallow.