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- BILTONGA South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying, similar to American jerky.
- AGORAA place for gathering.
- CATIONA positively charged ion: one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- ESCHATOLOGYA system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
- EXOCARPThe outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp.
- GARUMA fermented fish sauce popular as a condiment in Ancient Rome.
- HYOIDShaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon (υ).
- IAMBA metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
- ICOSAHEDRONA polyhedron with twenty faces.
- NOUSThe mind or intellect, faculty for rationality or reason using the necessary common sense or awareness.
- PRAXISThe practical application of any branch of learning.
- SEMAPHOREAny equipment used for visual signalling by means of flags, lights, or mechanically moving arms, which are used to represent letters of the alphabet, or words.
- SYBARITEA person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a hedonist.
- SYBARITICOf or having the qualities of a sybarite (“a person devoted to luxury and pleasure”); dedicated to excessive comfort and enjoyment; decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent.
- TOPIARYOf, or relating to art of topiaries.
- CAROBAn evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.
- DHOWA traditional sailing vessel used along the coasts of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean, generally having a single mast and a lateen sail.
- KHATA shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.
- KAOLINA fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, papermaking, etc.
- SPOORThe track, trail, droppings, or scent of an animal.
- CABOTAGEThe transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country.
- DECAGRAMAn SI unit of mass equal to 10 grams. Symbol: dag
- FONDUThe graded shift from one color into another.
- HECTOGRAMAn SI unit of mass equal to 10 grams. Symbol: hg
- IBOGAINEA naturally-occurring psychoactive compound found in a number of plants, principally iboga (Tabernanthe iboga), and used for medicinal and ritual purposes in African spiritual trad
- PICAYUNEA small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a Spanish coin with a value of half a real; a fippenny bit.
- PIKAAny of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the genus Ochotona, from the mountains of North America and Asia.
- SIMPLEXHaving a single structure; not composite or complex; undivided, unitary.
- ADSORPTIONThe adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.
- ALDOSTERONEA mineralocorticoid hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that regulates the balance of sodium and potassium in the body.
- BUNDA league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
- BUNDTA baking pan with a hollow, circular, raised area in the middle.
- DOCENTInstructive; that teaches.
- GEISTA ghost, an apparition.
- STRUDELA pastry made from multiple thin layers of dough rolled up and filled with fruit, etc.
- RUBATOA tempo in which strict timing is relaxed, the music being played near, but not on, the beat.
- DASHIA type of soup or cooking stock, often made from kelp.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DOTAGEDecline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility.
- FONDHaving a liking or affection (for). [ with of]
- UNBUTTONTo open (something) by undoing its buttons.
- UNCOMELYHomely; unattractive.
- UNKEMPTuncombed, dishevelled.
- UNMAIMEDNot maimed; unharmed, uninjured.
- UNMAKEROne who, or that which, unmakes; a destroyer.
- UNWASHEDNot having been washed.
- UNWROUGHTIn the native state, before being worked on; especially used of bars of bullion and other metal
- SABOTA wooden shoe.
- GHASTAlternative form of gast.
- SWARTHYTawny, dusky, dark.
- UNSHODNot shod; without shoes.
- UNWITTYWithout wit; foolish; silly.
- CORDONA ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.
- ROSINA solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.
- SURFEITSated; surfeited; filled.
- SKUAAny of various predatory seabirds of the genus Stercorarius that often chase other seabirds to steal their catches.
- UNSEEMLYInconsistent with established standards of good form or taste.