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- AASVOGELVulture.
- ABLATIONA carrying or taking away; removal.
- ABLUTIONThe act of washing something. Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or
- ACROMEGALYA chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by over-activity of the pituitary gland.
- ACTUALIZEDsimple past and past participle of actualize
- ACYLATIONSplural of acylation
- ADENOMATOUSOf or pertaining to adenoma
- ADHERENTLYIn an adherent manner.
- ADUNCITYCrookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness.
- ADVECTIONThe horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.
- AGORAEplural of agora
- AGOUTIA rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs, mainly native to Central and South America.
- AGRANULOCYTEAny of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
- AGRIMONYAny of several perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Agrimonia, that have spikes of yellow flowers.
- AILANTHIC
- AILUROPHOBEA person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
- AILUROPHOBESplural of ailurophobe
- AKIMBOWith a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
- ALBUMINAny of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty
- ALEXANDRITESplural of alexandrite
- ALKOXIDEAny organic compound derived from an alcohol by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a metal or other cationic species
- AMBIDEXTROUSLYIn an ambidextrous manner.
- AMELIORATIONSplural of amelioration
- AMELIORATIVEAble to repair or ameliorate.
- AMYLOPECTINA highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose)
- 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.
- ANEMOPHILOUSPollinated by the wind.
- ANTIHEROICOf, pertaining to or typical of an antihero.
- ANTILEPROSYCountering leprosy.
- ANTIMERICOf or pertaining to antimeres.
- AORTAEplural of aorta
- APERITIVESplural of aperitive
- APHOTICHaving no light, especially no sunlight.
- ARTHRALGIAJoint pain: pain in a joint, especially when not caused by arthritis.
- ARTHRALGICOf, pertaining to, or suffering from arthralgia
- ASCERTAINEDsimple past and past participle of ascertain
- ASTROPHOBIC
- AURATEAny salt of auric acid.
- AUTARKYA personal condition or state of self-reliance; independence.
- AUTOCEPHALOUSFully independent of the authority of any other church.
- AUTOECIOUSLYIn an autoecious manner.
- AUTONOMICActing or occurring involuntarily, without conscious control.
- AUTOPHYTIC
- AVOUCHMENTThe act of avouching.
- AYURVEDA
- 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.
- BACTERIOPHAGESplural of bacteriophage
- BACTERIOPHAGIESThe feeding on bacteria.
- BACTERIUMA single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
- BALKANISEDsimple past and past participle of balkanise
- BASIDIOMYCETEAny fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota, that produces sexual spores on a basidium.
- BAWDYHOUSEAlternative spelling of bawdy-house.
- BEGLAMOUREDsimple past and past participle of beglamour
- BELEAGUERMENTSplural of beleaguerment
- BEMUSINGWryly perplexing.
- BESEEMINGBecoming, befitting, suitable.
- BICEPHALOUSHaving two heads.
- BIFURCATEDDivided into two branches.
- BISECTORA line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts.
- BLEPHARITISAn inflammation of the eyelid.
- BLUESTOCKINGA scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
- BODKINSplural of bodkin
- BOLIDEAn extremely bright meteor.
- BOLSHEVIKAlternative form of Bolshevik.
- BOOMSLANGA highly venomous snake found in sub-Saharan Africa, Dispholidus typus.
- BOULESplural of boule
- BOURGEOISOf or relating to the middle class , and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
- BRACKISHOf water, salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
- BRICOLESplural of bricole
- BUNGALOWA single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
- CADUCITYDotage or senility.
- CALAMITOUSCausing or involving calamity; disastrous.
- 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.
- CARTOPHILESplural of cartophile
- CATARRHALRelating to catarrh.
- CATERWAULEDsimple past and past participle of caterwaul
- CATHODICProceeding from a nerve centre; efferent.
- CATIONSplural of cation
- CAUDATETapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex.
- 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.
- CENTUMVIROne of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
- CHELIFORMHaving the form of a chela
- CHIMERASplural of chimera
- 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
- CHTHONICDwelling within the underworld.
- CIBOULESplural of ciboule
- CINEMATOGRAPHYThe art, process, or job of filming movies.
- CITREOUSOf the colour of citron or a citrus fruit; yellowish.
- CLAUSTROPHOBEOne who suffers from claustrophobia.
- CLONISMclonus; clonic spasm
- CLOTURESplural of cloture
- COAGULATEDSubjected to coagulation.
- COAGULATIVEHaving the power to cause coagulation
- COEVALITIESThe condition of being coeval.
- COINTREAUAlternative letter-case form of Cointreau (“serving of Cointreau liqueur”).
- COLDHEARTEDLYAlternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
- COMBATIVELYIn a combative way.