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- ABACIplural of abacus
- ACRIDITYBitterness or acerbity.
- AGAMOUSHaving no marital partner or pair-bonded mate; being neither monogamous (pair-bonded) nor polygamous.
- AGNATHOUSJawless.
- AIKIDOA Japanese martial art developed from jujitsu and making use of holds and throws.
- AMPHIOXUSThe lancelet, particularly of the genus Branchiostoma.
- AMPHORAEplural of amphora
- APHORISMA concise expression of a principle in an area of knowledge; an axiom, a precept.
- APHORISTA person who creates or recites aphorisms.
- AQUARIUMA tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
- ASTILBEAny species, subspecies, cultivar, or specimen of the genus Astilbe.
- ASTROLABEAn astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the Sun and stars.
- AUBERGINEAn Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
- BEHOOVETo befit, be appropriate or necessary to somebody. Alternative form of behove.
- BLOVIATETo speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
- BOURSEA stock exchange. Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
- BWANABig boss, important person.
- CATATONICOf, relating to, or suffering from catatonia; having a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.
- CENTRIFUGALTending, or causing, to recede from the center.
- CENTRIFUGEA device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
- CHYND
- COMFREYAny of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically common comfrey (Symphytum officinale).
- CORUNDUMAn extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al2O3, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive.
- CRAPULOUSCharacterized by excessive eating or drinking.
- CUBOIDOf the shape of a cube.
- CUMULIplural of cumulus
- CUPIDITYExtreme greed, especially for wealth.
- CUVEEAlternative form of cuvée.
- CYBORGA being which is part machine and part organic.
- DAEMONICArchaic spelling of demonic.
- DASHIA type of soup or cooking stock, often made from kelp.
- DHOTIA long loincloth worn by men in India.
- DIPTYCHA writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
- DISEMBOWELINGpresent participle and gerund of disembowel
- EMBOLIZATIONA nonsurgical, minimally invasive procedure that affects the selective occlusion of blood vessels by purposely introducing emboli.
- EOSINA red, acidic dye commonly used in histological stains.
- ETHNOLOGYThe branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes different human cultures and the relationships between them.
- EUGLENAAny of several protists, of the genus Euglena, that contain chloroplasts and a single flagellum.
- EUPHONIAAny of the birds of the genus Euphonia.
- EUPHONICCharacterized by euphony; harmonious.
- EUPHONICALEuphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- EUPHONIUMSplural of euphonium
- EUPHORBIAAny plant of the genus Euphorbia, the spurges.
- EUPHORICFeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria.
- EUTROPHICBeing rich in nutrients and minerals and therefore having an excessive growth of algae and thus a diminished oxygen content to the detriment of other organisms.
- FAUVESynonym of fauvist.
- FICTIVEHaving the characteristics of fiction: fictional.
- FLENSETo strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.
- FRUITIONThe fulfillment of something worked for.
- FUCHSIAA popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
- FULSOMEOffensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.
- FULVOUSTawny-colored.
- FURTIVEOf a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.
- GENUFLECTTo bend the knee, as in servitude.
- GHERKINA small cucumber, often pickled whole.
- HARMONIOUSShowing accord in feeling or action.
- HEDONISTICDevoted to pleasure.
- HEGEMONYDomination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
- HEMIZYGOUSHaving some single copies of genes in an otherwise diploid cell or organism
- JAPERYJesting, joking
- KHEDIVEThe title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.
- LEUKOCYTEAny of a class of blood cells that play various roles in cell-mediated immunity.
- LIMNTo draw or paint; to delineate.
- MANQUEunable to fully realise one's ambitions; would-be
- MAWKISHExcessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.
- MICROPHAGEA small phagocyte, especially a polymorphonuclear leucocyte (a granulocyte)
- MISANDRYHatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against men.
- MONOCYTEA type of leukocyte (white blood cell) that differentiates into a macrophage.
- MUCILAGINOUSOf or pertaining to mucilage; of, pertaining to, or resembling mucus; slimy and viscous.
- NEOPHYTEA beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.
- OPACITYThe state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through.
- PALAVERA village council meeting.
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PECKISHLYIn a peckish manner.
- PECUNIARYOf, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.
- PEDERASTYErotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.
- PERFIDYA state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.
- PERIWINKLEAny of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
- PHAGOCYTEA cell of the immune system, such as a neutrophil, macrophage or dendritic cell, that engulfs and destroys viruses, bacteria and waste materials, or in the case of mature dendritic
- PHALANXAn ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
- PHLOEMA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.
- PHOTICOf, related to, or irradiated by light. Describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.
- PHRENOLOGISTAn adherent or practitioner of phrenology.
- PHYTONOne of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves.
- PROFUSIVEprofuse; lavish; prodigal
- PROSODYThe study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech.
- PSYCHODELIA
- PULCHRITUDEPhysical beauty.
- QUIREOne-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold.
- QUOITA flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
- RHOMBICHaving the characteristics of a rhombus.
- RHOMBOIDA parallelogram which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle.
- TRIGLYPHA vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze.
- TRIGLYPHICConsisting of, or relating to, triglyphs.
- TRIGLYPHSplural of triglyph
- TYND
- TYPHONICRelating to a typhoon.
- UXORIOUSVery devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.
- VACUITYEmptiness.
- VERTIGINOUSHaving an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.