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- CONFIRMABLECapable of being checked, verifiable.
- CONFLUXESplural of conflux
- CONJUGATIVEOf, relating to, or producing combination or conjunction; combinative or connective.
- CONSTITUTEDsimple past and past participle of constitute
- COPLANARWithin the same plane.
- CORNEMUSEA French musical instrument very similar to bagpipes.
- COUNTERVAILEDsimple past and past participle of countervail
- CRIMINATETo accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate.
- CUMBROUSUnwieldy because of size or weight; cumbersome.
- CUMULATIONSynonym of accumulation.
- CURMUDGEONAn ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions, often an older man.
- CUTANEOUSOf, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis.
- CYTOMEGALOVIRUSAny of several herpes viruses, of the genus Cytomegalovirus, that infect the salivary glands of certain primates, including humans.
- CYTOPATHICThat damages or destroys cells
- DAUPHINThe eldest son of the king of France. Under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, the Dauphin of France, generally shortened to Dauphin, was heir apparent to the throne of France. The
- DEBOUCHMENTSplural of debouchment
- DECLAIMANTSplural of declaimant
- DECLINATORYContaining or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.
- DECLIVOUSsloping downward
- DECREMENTA small quantity removed or lost; one of a series of regular subtractions.
- DEFENESTRATETo eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window.
- DEFERENTIALRespectful and considerate; showing deference.
- DEFLUXIONA flowing down; a running down.
- DEFLUXIONSplural of defluxion
- DEFORCIANTSplural of deforciant
- DEGLACIATIONThe removal of all glacial land ice from a region, usually by melting.
- DEMARCATIONSplural of demarcation
- DEMYSTIFIEDsimple past and past participle of demystify
- DEPRECATINGLYIn a deprecating manner.
- DEPRECIATINGpresent participle and gerund of depreciate
- DEPRECIATINGLYSo as to disparage or belittle.
- DEPRECIATIONSplural of depreciation
- DEPURATIONSplural of depuration
- DEPURATIVESplural of depurative
- DESQUAMATETo remove the scales from, to scale; (less narrowly) to peel.
- DEUTERANOMALOUSHaving or relating to deuteranomaly.
- DEXTRALOf or pertaining to the right side
- DIADELPHOUSOf a flower, or the plant bearing it: having the stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form two separate bundles, or a bundle and a lone separate sta
- DIASPORAThe dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).
- DIATHERMANOUSHaving the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal.
- DIATHERMYThe generation of heat using high-frequency electromagnetic currents; especially the therapeutic production of heat in tissues in order to form coagulation
- DIMWITTEDAlternative form of dim-witted.
- DISANALOGYA lack or failure of analogy. A false analogy.
- DISSEMINATETo sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
- DITOKOUSHaving two kinds of young, such as offspring from asexual reproduction versus those from sexual reproduction.
- 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
- DROSOPHILAEplural of drosophila
- DUBIOUSLYIn a dubious manner.
- DUBITANCYDoubt; uncertainty.
- DUOPOLIESplural of duopoly
- DUOPOLISTICCharacteristic of a duopoly.
- ECHINODERMATOUSRelating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.
- EDULCORATINGpresent participle and gerund of edulcorate
- ELASTICITYThe property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
- ELOCUTEDsimple past and past participle of elocute
- ELOCUTIONARYOf or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical
- ELUCIDATIONSplural of elucidation
- ELUCIDATIVEExplanatory, clarifying; that serves to elucidate.
- ELUCIDATORYServing to elucidate.
- ELUCUBRATIONThe act of elucubrating.
- EMANCIPATORA person who emancipates.
- EMASCULATINGpresent participle and gerund of emasculate
- EMBROCATINGpresent participle and gerund of embrocate
- EMICATIONA spark, flickering or scintillation.
- ENCAPSULATEDsimple past and past participle of encapsulate
- ENCEPHALOGRAMAn image of the brain obtained by encephalography.
- ENCEPHALOGRAMSplural of encephalogram
- ENDOLYMPHATICPertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- ENDOMIXISA periodic reorganization of the cell nucleus in certain ciliated protozoa
- ENDOPHYTICOf or relating to an endophyte.
- ENDOTHELIOMASplural of endothelioma
- ENDOTRACHEALWithin, or through the trachea.
- ENHYDROUSHaving water within; containing fluid drops.
- ENOMOTIESplural of enomoty
- EPHEMERALITIESplural of ephemerality
- EPIDERMISThe outer, protective layer of the skin of vertebrates.
- EPITHELIUMA membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lin
- ERADIATESthird-person singular simple present indicative of eradiate
- ETHANEDIOLSethylene glycol
- EUCHREA trump card game played by four players in two partnerships with a reduced deck of 24 cards.
- EUCHROMATINuncoiled dispersed threads of chromosomal material that occurs during interphase; it stains lightly with basic dyes
- EUHARMONICPleasingly melodious or harmonious — applied especially to the euharmonic organ invented by Henry Ward Poole (1825-1890), in whose design mathematical principles of harmony were em
- EUKARYOTEAny of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.
- EUKARYOTICHaving complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- EUPHOBIASFear of hearing good news.
- EUPHRASYThe eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis.
- EXASPERATINGLYIn an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
- EXCEPTIONALISMThe state of being special, exceptional or unique.
- EXCLUSORYhaving the power or the function of excluding.
- EXCULPATORYTending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
- EXIMIOUSLYIn an eximious way; with distinction, outstandingly.
- EXODONTIASplural of exodontia
- EXORABILITYThe quality or state of being exorable.
- EXTRUDABLECapable of being extruded.
- EXUBERANTLYIn an exuberant manner
- FARRINGpresent participle and gerund of far
- FEBRICULEA slight fever.
- FEDERALISMA system of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.
- FELDSPATHICContaining feldspar.