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- ADIPOSEContaining, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
- AGISTTo take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same.
- ALIENATEDsimple past and past participle of alienate
- ALIMONYA court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
- AMPUTEEA person who has had one or more limbs removed.
- ANCESTRYThe state of being ancestors.
- ARCHIVEChiefly in the form archives. A repository or other place for storing material (such as documents and records) no longer in current use, and usually having historical value.
- ASTEROIDA naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.
- ASYLUMA place of safety or refuge.
- ATROCIOUSFrightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.
- AXELSplural of axel
- 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.
- AZTEC
- AZUREThe clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
- BAILSecurity, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- BALSAMA sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants.
- BANTERSharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
- BAREFOOTWearing nothing on the feet.
- BASALBasic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.
- BASMATIA variety of long-grain rice, notable for its fragrance.
- BASTEDsimple past and past participle of baste
- BEDPANA pan used for urination and defecation while in bed, now usually for reasons of medical necessity or convenience.
- BEESWAXA wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
- BEQUEATHTo give or leave by will; to give by testament.
- BEQUESTThe act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
- BEYSplural of bey
- BIDETA low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus.
- BITCOIN
- BLAISE
- BLASPHEMYAn act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
- BLEMISHA small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
- BLIPA small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.
- BLIPSplural of blip
- BLITHECasually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern; nonchalant.
- BLOKEA fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.
- BLUMER
- BLUNGEDsimple past and past participle of blunge
- BOCA
- BOGUSCounterfeit or fake; not genuine.
- BONKERSMad; crazy.
- BOOGIEA piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril cavity.
- BOPSplural of bop
- BORAXA white or gray/grey crystalline salt, found in nature as a mineral, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on por
- BORAXESplural of borax
- BORIS
- BORSCHTA beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.
- BOUTSplural of bout
- BOXENMade of boxwood.
- BRAILA small rope used to truss up sails.
- BRASHOverly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.
- BRAVADOA swaggering show of defiance or courage.
- BRAWLA disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
- BRAZENMade of brass.
- BREAKDOWNA failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.
- BREAKFASTThe first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
- BREATHYAccompanied by audible breathing.
- BRIEAn originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.
- BRINESalt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
- BRITTo break in pieces; divide.
- BRITSplural of brit
- BROACHA series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
- BROACHESplural of broach
- BROADWide in extent or scope.
- BROCHEObsolete form of brooch.
- BROMIDEA binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
- BROMINEA nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Br) with an atomic number of 35; one of the halogens, it is a fuming red-brown liquid at room temperature.
- BROTHELA house of prostitution.
- BUNDTA baking pan with a hollow, circular, raised area in the middle.
- BUNGALOWA single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
- BUNTSplural of bunt
- BUOYA float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes A lifebuoy; a life preserver.
- BURLYLarge, well-built, and muscular.
- BUSPAR
- BUTCHVery masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
- BUTTONA knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
- CADEN
- CADETA student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
- CALAMINESynonym of smithsonite, a pink form of zinc oxide (mainly zinc carbonate ZnCO3) formed as a byproduct of zinc sublimation, now used in skin lotions.
- CALKA pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent its slipping.
- CALKEDsimple past and past participle of calk
- CANIBUS
- CANOPYA high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
- CARNAGEDeath and destruction.
- CASTEAny of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.
- CEASER
- CHIMI
- CHIMNEYA vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based f
- CHINEY
- CHISplural of chi
- CHLORIDEAny binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical.
- CHLORINEA toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.
- CHOUDRY
- CIRUS
- CLAMPINGpresent participle and gerund of clamp
- CLEAVAGEThe act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
- CLIPARTAlternative spelling of clip art.
- CLITORISA sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals.
- CLITSplural of clit
- CLOISTERA covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially: such an arcade in a monastery; such an arcade fitted
- CLOUTInfluence or effectiveness, especially political.