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- LUBRICIOUSSmooth and glassy; slippery.
- LUBRICOUSSlimy to the touch.
- LUMINIFEROUSProducing or transmitting light; luminous.
- LURIDPruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.
- MANIFESTOA public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, especially that of a political party.
- MARGINALIANotes in the margin of a document.
- MINACIOUSLYSynonym of threateningly: in a minacious manner.
- NAVICULAA thurible in the shape of a boat.
- OBFUSCATIONThe act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to inte
- PANDURATEHaving a shape reminiscent of a fiddle; obovate with a pair of sinuous indentations near the base.
- PARIETALOf or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.
- PHARYNGEALOf or pertaining to the pharynx.
- PULMONICOf, pertaining to, or produced by the lungs.
- PURVEYTo prepare in advance (for or to do something); to plan, make provision.
- REPUDIATETo reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
- SQUAMATECovered in scales.
- STOLIDHaving or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
- SUBDUCTIONThe action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
- TITUBANCYstammering in speech
- VERMICULITEA hydrated silicate mineral which expands on heating; it is used in insulation and as a medium for planting.
- VESTIBULEA small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
- VICEGERENTThe official administrative deputy of a ruler, head of state, or church official.
- VITUPEROUSVituperative.
- BRACKISHOf water, salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
- CUMBROUSUnwieldy because of size or weight; cumbersome.
- IMPORTUNELYIn an importune manner.
- PETTICOATA tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.
- VOUCHSAFETo graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.
- QUICKSILVERThe metal mercury.
- KOFTGARIOrnamental work produced by inlaying steel with gold; a variety of damascening common in Indian art.
- BOURGEOISOf or relating to the middle class , and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
- FEUDALOf, or relating to feudalism.
- QUISLINGA traitor who collaborates with the enemy.
- AUTARKYA personal condition or state of self-reliance; independence.
- CALAMITOUSCausing or involving calamity; disastrous.
- FORTHCOMINGApproaching or about to take place.
- INEXORABLEImpossible to prevent or stop; inevitable.
- LUMBAGOBackache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.
- QUADRATICSquare-shaped.
- VERMICULATIONThe process of being turned into a worm.
- WHILSTOften preceded by the: During the time; meanwhile.
- WRITA written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
- ANCHOVYAny small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in sixteen genera, those of the genus Engraulis being widely sold as food.
- WHEYThe liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.
- GAUCHOA cowboy of the South American pampas.
- VERNALPertaining to or occurring in spring.
- KEEMAFinely chopped mince as used in South Asia cookery, typically lamb with peas or potatoes and spices, sometimes used as a filling in samosas or naan.
- ADENOMATOUSOf or pertaining to adenoma
- ADHERENTLYIn an adherent manner.
- AGRANULOCYTEAny of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
- AILUROPHOBEA person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
- AMBIDEXTROUSLYIn an ambidextrous manner.
- AMELIORATIVEAble to repair or ameliorate.
- AMYLOPECTINA highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose)
- ANEMOPHILOUSPollinated by the wind.
- ANTIHEROICOf, pertaining to or typical of an antihero.
- ANTILEPROSYCountering leprosy.
- ANTIMERICOf or pertaining to antimeres.
- APHOTICHaving no light, especially no sunlight.
- ARTHRALGICOf, pertaining to, or suffering from arthralgia
- AURATEAny salt of auric acid.
- AUTOECIOUSLYIn an autoecious manner.
- AUTONOMICActing or occurring involuntarily, without conscious control.
- AVOUCHMENTThe act of avouching.
- AZIMUTHALOf or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
- AZOTEMIAThe accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (such as urea) that are usually excreted in the urine.
- BACTERIOPHAGIESThe feeding on bacteria.
- BESEEMINGBecoming, befitting, suitable.
- BICEPHALOUSHaving two heads.
- BISECTORA line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts.
- BLUESTOCKINGA scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
- BUNGALOWA single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
- CALYPSOA style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to the mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by th
- CAPARISONEDHaving a richly ornamented harness.
- CATARRHALRelating to catarrh.
- CATHODICProceeding from a nerve centre; efferent.
- CHELIFORMHaving the form of a chela
- CHROMATEany salt of chromic acid; in solution the yellow chromate anion (CrO4) is in equilibrium with the orange dichromate anion (Cr2O7), the relative amount of each ion depending on the
- CINEMATOGRAPHYThe art, process, or job of filming movies.
- COAGULATIVEHaving the power to cause coagulation
- COEVALITIESThe condition of being coeval.
- COLDHEARTEDLYAlternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
- COMBATIVELYIn a combative way.
- CONFIRMABLECapable of being checked, verifiable.
- CONJUGATIVEOf, relating to, or producing combination or conjunction; combinative or connective.
- COPLANARWithin the same plane.
- CYTOMEGALOVIRUSAny of several herpes viruses, of the genus Cytomegalovirus, that infect the salivary glands of certain primates, including humans.
- CYTOPATHICThat damages or destroys cells
- DEFERENTIALRespectful and considerate; showing deference.
- DEGLACIATIONThe removal of all glacial land ice from a region, usually by melting.
- DEPRECATINGLYIn a deprecating manner.
- DEPRECIATINGLYSo as to disparage or belittle.
- DIATHERMYThe generation of heat using high-frequency electromagnetic currents; especially the therapeutic production of heat in tissues in order to form coagulation
- DISANALOGYA lack or failure of analogy. A false analogy.
- DOWNHEARTEDLYIn a downhearted manner
- DREADNOUGHTA battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber. Any type of warship heavier in armour or
- DUBIOUSLYIn a dubious manner.
- DUOPOLISTICCharacteristic of a duopoly.
- ECHINODERMATOUSRelating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.
- ELASTICITYThe property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded