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- ANAEROBICWithout oxygen; especially of an environment or organism.
- ANALGESICAny medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation.
- APOTHECARYSynonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
- AXIOMATICSelf-evident or unquestionable.
- CENOBITEA new or recent member of a Greek monastic religious order; a caloyer.
- CHTHONICDwelling within the underworld.
- DIAPHONYA form of harmony in which the parts proceeded by parallel motion in fourths, fifths, and octaves.
- DIASPORAThe dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).
- ENCOMIASTA person who delivers an encomium or eulogy.
- ESCHATONThe apocalypse; the approach of Christ’s reign immediately preceding the end of the world; a conception of or circumstance pertaining to this era.
- EUDAEMONICOf or pertaining to a eudaemon.
- EUPHORIAAn excited state of joy; a feeling of intense happiness.
- KINEMATICSThe branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.
- ORGIASTICRelating to an orgy; uncontrolled, wild.
- PHLEGMATICNot easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
- SPONDEEA word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.
- TOXALBUMINA protein which is toxic (i.e. organic and poisonous)
- TROCHEEA metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable.
- XENOPHOBICExhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.
- CRUDITEAlternative form of crudité.
- EUCALYPTUSAny of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.
- FLEXIONThe act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
- PACHYDERMA member of the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant and tapir.
- PHRENOLOGICphrenological
- PUNCTUATIONA set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops
- TAXONOMICOf or relating to taxonomy.
- AUTOBAHNThe high-speed intercity highways of Germany and Austria.
- FELDSPATHICContaining feldspar.
- HEGEMONYDomination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
- LEITMOTIFA melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera.
- 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
- AMBIDEXTROUSHaving equal or comparable ability in both hands; in particular, able to write well with both hands.
- AMBISEXUALHermaphroditic.
- AMBULATORYOf, relating to, or adapted to walking.
- AVUNCULARIn the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
- BICAMERALBeing or having a system with two, often unequal, chambers or compartments; of, signifying, relating to, or being the product of such a two-chambered system.
- BIFURCATEDDivided into two branches.
- CRAPULENTExhibiting or relating to crapulence.
- CUNEUSA portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing.
- DETORSIONAlternative form of detortion.
- DIURNALHappening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.
- EXCULPATORYTending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
- EXEUNTA stage direction for more than one actor to leave the stage.
- EXHAUSTIVEIncluding every possible element: fully comprehensive.
- FLUXIONThe derivative of a function.
- GLUTINOUSGlue-like, sticky, viscid.
- INSCRUTABLEDifficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
- INVECTEDHaving a border consisting of semicircles with the convex part outwards (and the points inwards).
- LINGUISTOne who studies linguistics.
- LUMINIFEROUSProducing or transmitting light; luminous.
- MANDIBULAROf or pertaining to the mandible.
- MANDIBULATEProvided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.
- MATRYOSHKAOne of a set of wooden Russian dolls of different sizes, designed such that each fits inside the next.
- OBEISANCEDemonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PHYSIOLOGICOf or pertaining to physiology.
- PONTIFICAlternative form of pontifical
- PROVIDENCEPreparation for the future; good governance; foresight.
- QUOTIDIANHappening every day; daily.
- SCAPULAEither of the two large, flat, bones forming the back of the shoulder.
- SEQUENTIALSucceeding or following in order.
- SPECULATIONThe process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.
- SUBJECTIVEFormed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, rather than upon observation or purely logical reasoning; coming more from within the observer than from observ
- TIBIALOf or pertaining to a tibia or a structure associated with a tibia.
- TREPIDANTTrembling with fear or emotion.
- MIDWIFERYThe practice and science of being a midwife.
- VENOMOUSLYIn a venomous manner; with venom.
- VISCOUNTYThe territory administered by a viscount as (notably royal) official
- MISCREANTLacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
- MANTICOREA beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be a
- FAVELAA slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil.
- FLENSEROne who flenses (cuts blubber from a whale carcass)
- PROBOSCISAn elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal. The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs. The trunk
- PROSAICPertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.
- VARICOSEAbnormally swollen, dilated or knotty.
- ODALISQUEA female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.
- ABSORPTIVEHaving power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
- ADAPTIVEOf, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
- AERODYNAMICSThe science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere.
- AGENETICNot genetic; that does not have a genetic cause.
- ALUMINATEA compound, containing aluminium and oxygen with more electropositive elements, that is a salt of the hypothetical aluminic acid
- AMNESIACA person who suffers from amnesia.
- AMYGDALINA glycoside of benzaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide found in bitter almonds, and in the kernels of some other fruit.
- ANEURISMALAlternative spelling of aneurysmal.
- ANKYLOSAURSynonym of ankylosaurus, Ankylosaurus magniventris, a herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous period notable for its heavy armor and clublike tail.
- ANODIZEto coat the surface of a metal electrolytically with an oxide, either as protection or decoration
- ANODYNICIn the way of an anodyne, relating to relief from pain.
- APIARISTbeekeeper
- AUTOECIOUSOf a fungus, most often a rust: completing its life cycle on one host.
- AUTONOMICActing or occurring involuntarily, without conscious control.
- AUTOSEXINGThe identification of the sex of newborn chicks by their physical appearance, possible with certain breeds of poultry.
- AVUNCULARITYThe condition of being avuncular.
- BOISTEROUSLYIn a boisterous manner, energetically and noisily.
- BOOKISHLYIn a bookish manner.
- BROCCOLINIA green vegetable similar to broccoli but with smaller florets and long thin stalks; a cross between broccoli and kai-lan (Chinese broccoli).
- CATERWAULINGgerund of caterwaul: a sound that caterwauls.
- CATHODICProceeding from a nerve centre; efferent.
- CRAVENLYIn a craven manner.
- CYTOPATHICThat damages or destroys cells
- DECALITERUS spelling of decalitre.