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- ADDUCTIONThe act of adducing or bringing forward.
- ADHERINGpresent participle and gerund of adhere
- ADIPOSEContaining, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
- ASPICA meat or fish jelly.
- AURICOf or pertaining to trivalent gold.
- AVULSIONThe loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma.
- BANCOBeing or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges, often an appeals court.
- BASCULEA counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers.
- CALUMNYA false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
- CATENARYRelating to a chain; like a chain.
- CAUDALPertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
- COLIFORMOf or pertaining to the bacteria that inhabit the intestines (especially the colon) of mammals.
- CRUDITYThe state of being crude.
- DESPOLIATIONA stripping or plundering; spoliation.
- DUCALOf or pertaining to a duke, a duchess, or the duchy or dukedom they hold.
- DUCATA gold coin minted by various European nations.
- EDUCTIONThe act of educing, of deducing: deduction.
- ELISIONThe deliberate omission of something.
- ESTOPTo impede or bar by estoppel.
- EXECRATIONAn act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.
- EXIGUOUSScanty; meager.
- FLOCCULENTFlocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly.
- FOEHNA warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland.
- HAWSERA thick or heavy-duty cable or rope used to tow or moor a ship.
- LAXITYThe state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.
- LIGANDA molecule or moiety (ion, functional group, or radical) that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex; as, especially: (coordination chemistry) Such an entity tha
- LUDICPlayful.
- MENSESThe discharge of blood and cellular tissue that flows from the inner lining of the uterus out through the vagina, occurring typically once a month in uninseminated women; a menstru
- METAPHYSICMetaphysical.
- OCTANTThe eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.
- PERFIDYA state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.
- PICAA disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
- POMEA type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.
- PONSA bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ.
- PROBITYIntegrity, especially of the quality of having strong moral principles; decency and honesty.
- SACERDOTALOf or relating to priests or a high religious order; priestly.
- SCABIESAn infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused by the mites burrowing into the skin of humans and other animals. It is easily transmissible fr
- SCULLERYA small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.
- SONOGRAMClipping of ultrasonogram: A medical image produced by an ultrasound echo.
- SORBThe service tree, Sorbus domestica.
- TRIUNEBoth trine and one at the same time.
- TUTTIAll together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices.
- UMBERA brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.
- UNCIALOf or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high.
- UXORIALOf or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relatives.
- UXORIOUSVery devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.
- VOLARPertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.