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- DIASTOLICPertaining to a diastole.
- DICHROMATESplural of dichromate
- DIDGERIDOOA musical instrument, endemic to the Top End of Australia, consisting of a long hollowed-out log which, when blown into, produces a low, deep mesmerising drone with sweeping rhythm
- DIFFUSIBLEThat can be diffused.
- DISENTHRALLEDNot enthralled or in thrall.
- DISSOLUTIONThe termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.
- DIVARICATEDSpread-out, divergent, especially of a branch etc. which is at nearly ninety degrees to the main stem.
- DODECAHEDRONSplural of dodecahedron
- DOOHICKEYSplural of doohickey
- DURASplural of dura
- DYSMORPHIAdysmorphism
- DYSPHORIAA state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression, or anxiety.
- ECCHYMOSISA skin discoloration caused by bleeding underneath the skin, especially one that is remote from a site of trauma or caused by a non-traumatic process (such as neoplasia).
- ECRUA beige colour.
- ECTOMORPHSplural of ectomorph
- ECUMENICALLYIn an ecumenical manner; from or by the Christian religion.
- EGESTAThe waste which is carried out from a cell or an organism; the result of egestion; excrement
- EJECTAMaterial which has been ejected, especially from a volcano or an impact crater.
- ELUCIDATINGServing to make something comprehensible or well understood; enlightening.
- ELUCIDATIONA making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration
- ELUDESthird-person singular simple present indicative of elude
- EMBOWTo bend like a bow; to curve.
- EMBROILEDsimple past and past participle of embroil
- ENCEPHALITISInflammation of the brain.
- ENCEPHALOGRAMAn image of the brain obtained by encephalography.
- ENCROACHEDsimple past and past participle of encroach
- ENCRYPTEDBeing in code; having been encrypted.
- ENDOTRACHEALWithin, or through the trachea.
- ENGRAMA postulated physical or biochemical change in neural tissue that represents a memory.
- EPISODICRelating to an episode.
- EPISTOLARYOf or relating to letters, or the writing of letters.
- EPISTOLICRelating to letters or epistles, or in the form or style of them
- ESCHATOLOGYA system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
- ESCHEWINGpresent participle and gerund of eschew
- EVISCERATINGpresent participle and gerund of eviscerate
- EXCAVATIONSplural of excavation
- EXCULPATIONThe act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime.
- EXHUMATIONThe act of digging up that which has been buried.
- FACILEEasy; contemptibly easy.
- FALXA short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
- FECUNDHighly fertile; able to produce offspring.
- FECUNDITYAbility to produce offspring.
- FERROCYANIDEThe complex ion Fe(CN)6; any salt containing this ion; they are used in making blue pigments
- FERROMAGNETICExhibiting ferromagnetism.
- FIELDSTONEA stone found in fields and used for building.
- FINIALEspecially in Gothic architecture: an ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, a pediment, a pinnacle, etc.
- FLENCHAlternative form of flense.
- FLENSETo strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.
- FLOCCULATIONA condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc.
- FLUGELHORNISTOne who plays the flugelhorn.
- FRENETICISMThe quality or state of being frenetic.
- FUNGIBLEAble to be substituted for something of equal value or utility.
- FUNGICIDESplural of fungicide
- GAMAYAlternative letter-case form of Gamay.
- GAUCHEAwkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling; apt to make gaffes.
- GENUFLEXIONAlternative spelling of genuflection.
- GEOTHERMICgeothermal
- GHEEA type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking.
- GLACIATIONThe process of covering with a glacier, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena; an ice age
- GRANULATEDsimple past and past participle of granulate
- GRISTLYResembling or containing gristle.
- GUILDSWOMENplural of guildswoman
- HAUBERKA coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless.
- HAWSEThe part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
- HERCULEANAlternative letter-case form of Herculean.
- HEXADECIMALSplural of hexadecimal
- HIPPOGRIFFa mythical beast, half griffin and half horse, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a filly.
- HUCKSTERINGpresent participle and gerund of huckster
- HUNCHBACKEDHaving an abnormally curved or hunched back
- HYDROPLANEDsimple past and past participle of hydroplane
- HYPERKINETICOf, relating to, or affected with hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.
- HYPOKALEMICHaving a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- HYPOVOLEMIA
- IDOLATRYThe worship of idols.
- IMPRECATIONSplural of imprecation
- INCISORA narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cutting; in humans there are four in each jaw.
- INCORRUPTIBLESplural of incorruptible
- INOCULATEDsimple past and past participle of inoculate
- INSPECTORA person employed to inspect something.
- INSUPERABLEImpossible to achieve or overcome or be negotiated.
- INTERLACEDsimple past and past participle of interlace
- INTERPOLATEDsimple past and past participle of interpolate
- INVIOLATEDNot violated or injured; inviolate.
- IRRADIANTThat radiates light
- IRREDUCIBLYIn an irreducible manner or state.
- ISOMETRICOf or exhibiting equality in dimensions.
- KNURLA contorted knot in wood.
- KVETCHINGpresent participle and gerund of kvetch
- LAITYPeople of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
- LARYNGECTOMIESplural of laryngectomy
- LILTEDsimple past and past participle of lilt
- LOGORRHEAExcessive talkativeness.
- LOUCH
- LUMBAGOBackache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.
- LYCANTHROPESplural of lycanthrope
- MAGISTERYA pure quality with the power to cure or to turn one substance into another; also, a substance such as a philosopher's stone able to turn one substance into another. The product of
- MALEDICTIONA curse.
- MALEFACTIONSplural of malefaction
- MISANTHROPICHaving a negative view of mankind. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.
- MITOCHONDRIAplural of mitochondrion