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- AXIOMATICSThe study of all the axioms associated with a particular subject.
- BAROPHILEAn organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- BESTIALITYSexual activity between a human and another animal species.
- BICHROMATESynonym of dichromate.
- BIRDHOUSEA small house or nest box for birds.
- BIVALENCEThe state or quality of being bivalent (in any sense)
- BIVALENTHaving a valence of 2; having two ligands.
- BIVARIANTHaving two independent variables.
- BLOVIATETo speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
- BLOVIATIONA boastful or pompous manner of speaking or writing; a lengthy discourse delivered in that manner.
- BROOKWEEDA small white-flowered herb (Samolus valerandi) usually found in wet places; the water pimpernel.
- BUOYANCYThe upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
- CALIPERSA device used to measure dimensions, especially for small or precise measurements.
- CAPTAINCYThe rank or status of a captain.
- CAUSTICITYThe quality of being physically caustic; burning, corrosive.
- CAUTERISMThe use or application of a caustic; cautery.
- CENTURIALOf or pertaining to a century. Of or pertaining to a century of years.
- CEREMONIOUSLYIn a ceremonious manner.
- CHONDRALOf or pertaining to cartilage
- COUNTERFOILthe part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub
- COUNTERPLAYA game move made as a response.
- COUNTERPLEAA plea made in opposition to another.
- COURTSIDEAlongside the court of play.
- COVALENTContaining or characterized by a covalent bond.
- CYNOPHILIAA fondness for dogs or other canines.
- CYNOPHILIASA fondness for dogs or other canines.
- DEFENSIBLYIn a defensible manner.
- DENTOPHOBIAFear of dentists or their medical procedures.
- DEPOSITIONALOf, pertaining to, or in the nature of a deposit or a deposition.
- DESALINATETo remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply
- DEUTERICOf or pertaining to reactions of liquids derived from magma with the solidified rock from the same magma.
- DEVOLUTIONARYOf, pertaining to, advocating or permitting devolution.
- DIASPORICOf, pertaining to, or containing diaspore
- DIGLYPHA member with two vertical channels or grooves, without the two lateral half grooves which characterize the triglyph.
- DIVALENCEThe condition of being divalent
- DIVALENCESThe condition of being divalent
- DUPABILITYThe quality of being dupable.
- ECOCIDALDestructive of the environment.
- ECTOPLASMA visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
- EMACIATIONThe act of making very lean.
- EMBLOOMTo deck or enrich with bloom.
- EMBLOSSOMTo cover with blossoms.
- EMPHATICALemphatic
- ENCEPHALITISInflammation of the brain.
- ENDOGENOUSLYIn an endogenous manner.
- ENDOMETRIALOf or pertaining to the endometrium, the lining of the uterus
- ENDOSCOPEAn instrument used to examine a bodily orifice or canal, or a hollow organ.
- ENGRAILTo make rough.
- ENSHROUDto cover with (or as if with) a shroud
- ENTROPICOf, pertaining to, or as a consequence of entropy.
- ENTROPICALLYBy means of or in relation to entropy.
- ERADICANTA substance that serves to eradicate an infestation.
- ESTUARIALRelating to an estuary.
- ESTUARINEOf or pertaining to an estuary.
- EUROPHILIAAlternative letter-case form of Europhilia.
- EUROPHILIASAlternative letter-case form of Europhilia.
- EXACTINGLYIn an exacting manner.
- EXOGENICOriginating on or above the surface of the earth; exogenetic.
- EXOGENOUSLYIn an exogenous manner
- FACETIOUSLYIn a facetious or flippant manner; in a manner that treats serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor.
- FATEFULLYIn a fateful manner.
- FIBROUSLYIn a fibrous manner
- FLORISTICDescribing a region with a relatively uniform composition of plant species.
- FRATRICIDALOf or pertaining to fratricide.
- FRENETICISMThe quality or state of being frenetic.
- FUNGIBLYIn a fungible manner.
- FUSIONISTAn adherent of fusionism or a participant in a political fusion.
- GALUMPHTo move heavily and clumsily, or with a sense of prancing and triumph.
- GALUMPHERSomeone who galumphs
- GEMOLOGIESThe art and science of gems.
- GRANDIOSITYThe state of being grandiose (pompous or pretentious).
- HAPLOIDICOf or pertaining to a call having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.
- HELIOPAUSEThe boundary of heliosphere where the Sun's solar wind is stopped by the interstellar medium.
- HEXAMETRICRelating to or exhibiting hexameter
- HOLISTICRelated to holism.
- HOUSEPLANTA plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes.
- HYDROLOGISTSomeone who is skilled in or practises hydrology.
- HYDRONAUTSynonym of aquanaut.
- HYDROPONICSThe cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution rather than in the soil.
- HYDROSCOPEA device for viewing objects below the surface of the water.
- HYPERSALIVATIONAn excessive flow of saliva
- HYPERSONICOf a speed, equal to, or greater than, or capable of achieving, five times the speed of sound.
- HYPERTONICHaving a greater osmotic pressure than another.
- HYPERVALENTHaving a higher than normal valence.
- INDELICATEImproper or immodest.
- INEVITABLYIn a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent.
- INEXTRICABLYIn an inextricable manner.
- INTERDASHTo intersperse.
- INTERLOCALBetween localities.
- INTERPHASEThe stage in the life cycle of a cell between two successive mitotic or meiotic divisions.
- INTERSCHOOLOccurring or taking place between two or more schools.
- INVARIABLYEvery time; always, without change.
- JINGOISTOne who advocates an aggressive nationalism; one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims.
- JOCULARITYJoking, humorous remarks or behaviour.
- KNAPPEROne who knaps.
- LITERALITYThe condition of being literal
- LOCKSMITHINGThe science and art of making and defeating locks.
- LOVEBUGAn insect, the honeymoon fly (Plecia nearctica, family Biblionidae), native to Central America and the southeastern United States.
- MARSHLANDMarshy land; bog or fen.
- MATRICIDALRelating to matricide, the killing of a mother.