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- ABLUTIONThe act of washing something. Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or
- ABLUTOMANE
- ABLUTOMANES
- ABNEGATOROne who abnegates, denies, or rejects.
- ABROGATETo annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal.
- ADUMBRATETo foreshadow vaguely.
- ADUMBRATIONThe state of being in shadow or shade; a shadow.
- ADUMBRATIONSplural of adumbration
- AERIESplural of aerie
- AGONALOf or pertaining to struggle, competition or conflict; of or pertaining to an agon.
- AGONESplural of agon
- ALCIDA bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins.
- ALEXINA protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.
- ANEUPLOIDHaving a number of chromosomes that is not a multiple of the haploid number.
- ANKYLOSETo cause bony structures to fuse or stiffen as a result of ankylosis.
- ANKYLOSEDsimple past and past participle of ankylose
- ANOXIASplural of anoxia
- APHIDIANLike an aphid.
- APHIDIANSplural of aphidian
- APHISAn aphid.
- APHONICOf, relating to, or exhibiting aphonia; unable to speak.
- APOTHEGMA short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.
- ARBUSCLEA plant midway in height between a shrub and a tree; a dwarf tree.
- ARCTOPHILEOne who has a fondness for teddy bears, usually a collector of them.
- ARCTOPHILESplural of arctophile
- AUXETICHaving the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
- AUXETICSplural of auxetic
- AVOWALSplural of avowal
- AVOWRIESplural of avowry
- AVOWRYThe act of avowing and justifying in one's own right the distraining of goods.
- AVULSEDsimple past and past participle of avulse
- AVULSINGpresent participle and gerund of avulse
- 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.
- AXONALOf or pertaining to an axon.
- AXONEDated spelling of axon.
- AXONICRelating to axons.
- AZOICDestitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life.
- BACULINEOf or pertaining to a rod or cane, or punishment with either of them.
- BARGUESTAlternative spelling of barghest.
- BEKNIGHTTo make a knight of.
- BEKNIGHTEDsimple past and past participle of beknight
- BENZOICPertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin.
- BENZYLICcontaining the benzyl (C6H5-CH2-) radical or any of its derivatives
- BESHAMETo shame; put to shame.
- BEZANTA coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
- BINOCSbinoculars
- BIPHASICHaving two phases.
- BIVALENTHaving a valence of 2; having two ligands.
- BIVIOUSHaving, or leading, two ways.
- BIVOUACAn encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering.
- BOUCHEA slit, notch or opening in the edge of a (physical or heraldic) shield, through which the bearer's lance or sword could be used or in which it could be rested.
- BOVIDAn animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).
- BUMFUseless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc.
- CALXThe substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognise
- CALXESplural of calx
- CANKEROUSInfected with canker; ulcerous.
- CANKERSplural of canker
- CAPSIDThe outer protein shell of a virus.
- CATHEXISThe concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea.
- CENTILEClipping of percentile.
- CENTILESplural of centile
- CHTHONICDwelling within the underworld.
- CLOVERA plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
- CLOZEA form of written examination in which candidates are required to provide words that have been omitted from sentences, thereby demonstrating their knowledge and comprehension of th
- CRITIQUESplural of critique
- CURTILAGEA small piece of land, such as a garth or yard with the buildings and structures on it, immediately surrounding a dwelling house and legally regarded as part of its property; origi
- CURTILAGESplural of curtilage
- CYNOPHILEA person who loves canines; a dog lover.
- DERIVATIONA leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
- DEZINCTo deprive of zinc.
- DIGRAPHICOf or pertaining to a digraph.
- DILUVIANPertaining to a deluge, or flood.
- DIPTYCHA writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
- DIVALENTHaving an atomic valence of 2.
- DOMINESplural of domine
- DRACHMA small unit of weight, variously: One sixteenth (1⁄16) of an ounce avoirdupois (1.77 g; symbol: ʒ). One eighth (1⁄8) of an ounce apothecary (3.89 g; symbol: ʒ). Alternative form o
- EMYDESynonym of emys (type of tortoise).
- ENDOTHERMALendothermic
- EPARCHYA district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
- EPIGONICBeing or relating to an epigone or disciple; imitative.
- EPIGONOUSFollowing and modelling after another thing.
- ERENOWBefore now; prior to this point in time.
- EUPHONIAAny of the birds of the genus Euphonia.
- EUPHONIASplural of euphonia
- EUPHONICCharacterized by euphony; harmonious.
- EUPHONYA pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
- EUPHOTICSynonym of photic (“describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible”).
- EVOCATEDsimple past and past participle of evocate
- EVOCATESthird-person singular simple present indicative of evocate
- EVOCATINGpresent participle and gerund of evocate
- EVOCATORSomeone who evokes.
- EXARCHIn the Byzantine Empire, a governor of a distant province.
- EXARCHYThe jurisdiction of an exarch (any definition); an exarchate.
- EXCULPATIONSplural of exculpation
- EXODONTIAThe extraction of teeth.
- EXODONTIASplural of exodontia
- EXOGAMICOf or pertaining to exogamy.
- EXOGAMIESplural of exogamy
- EXOGAMOUSOf or relating to exogamy.
- EXONAn officer of the King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.