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- ADIABATICWithout gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).
- AGOGEIn ancient Greek music, tempo or pace; rhythmical movement.
- AILUROPHILEA person with ailurophilia; a cat-lover.
- ANTIPHONA devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively.
- APOTHECIUMA type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
- BRONCHIUMA bronchial tube; a subdivision of the bronchus.
- CENOBITEA new or recent member of a Greek monastic religious order; a caloyer.
- CHRONAXIEThe minimum time over which an electric current must be applied in order to stimulate a muscle fiber or nerve cell.
- CHTHONIANPertaining to the underworld; being beneath the earth.
- DICHOGAMYThe condition in which an organism changes sex during its lifetime.
- EPISIOTOMYA surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.
- EPIZOOTICAn occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population of non-human animals at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period.
- FLORILEGIUMA collection of flowers.
- HEXAPODYA verse or measure of six metrical feet.
- IOTACISMPronunciation of another vowel or diphthong as [i], or a vowel shift resulting in such pronunciation, especially in Greek.
- LEXICOLOGYThe part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
- LOGAOEDICOf any metre rhythmically intermediate between ordinary speech (or prose) and song (or poetry), typically combining dactyls and trochees.
- OMOPHAGICEating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food.
- PARADIGMATICOf or pertaining to a paradigm.
- PLYOMETRICSA form of exercise that involves the rapid stretching and contracting of muscles to develop muscular power.
- PROPYLAEUMA vestibule or entrance, to a temple.
- PYXIDIUMA seed capsule in the form of a box, the seeds being released when the top splits off.
- UROPYGIUMThe posterior part of a bird's body from which the tailfeathers grow.
- VIRAEMIAThe condition or disease of having a virus in the bloodstream.
- ABOIDEAUA tide gate, designed to protect marshland, so constructed as to let out water at low tide, but to prevent an influx of water at high tide.
- DECOUPAGEAn art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated.
- EPIZOOTYAn epizootic disease or outbreak.
- MIREPOIXA combination of diced onions, carrots, celery and herbs sautéed in oil or butter as used in French cooking.
- MOUCHOIRA handkerchief.
- MUCOSITYThe state of being mucous or containing mucus.
- REVANCHERevenge or retaliation.
- 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
- SCHOTTISCHEA partnered country dance resembling a slow polka, probably of German origin, first introduced in England in 1848.
- CHAPATTIAlternative form of chapati.
- QIVIUTSThe underwool of the Arctic muskox, used as a fibre.
- CHIYOGAMIThe repeating pattern found in many origami papers, originally applied with wood blocks, but now mainly using silkscreen techniques.
- HAPKIDOAn eclectic Korean martial art founded by Choi Young-sul, a student of Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu.
- ACINIFORMHaving the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes.
- COMITIASA popular legislative assembly in ancient Rome.
- EUNUCHISMThe condition of being a eunuch.
- EXONUMIACoinlike objects.
- EXUVIAEplural of exuvia
- FASTIGIUMAn apex or summit; culmination.
- FAVONIANPertaining to the west wind.
- FEMICIDEThe killing of a woman or girl, originally with reference to loss of virtue but now usually specifically because of their sex or gender and especially such a killing by a man motiv
- FUGACITYA measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape.
- MATRYOSHKAOne of a set of wooden Russian dolls of different sizes, designed such that each fits inside the next.
- MEDICINABLEMedicinal; having healing properties.
- MEGAPODEAny of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family Megapodiidae, which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiati
- MORBIFICThat causes disease; sickening, pathogenic.
- 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
- OMNIFARIOUSOf many or all forms, varieties, or kinds.
- OUGUIYAThe currency of Mauritania, divided into five khoums.
- PROFLIGACYCareless wastefulness.
- PYCNIDIUMIn certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.
- SEXTODECIMOA size of a sheet of paper resulting from folding and cutting a sheet of paper into sixteenths (3.25"–5" x 5"–6.25").
- VICIOUSViolent, destructive and cruel.
- HOUSEWIFERYThe state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
- VERJUICEA very acidic juice made by pressing unripe grapes, crab-apples, or other sour fruit.
- BOATSWAINA person aboard ship who is in charge of various maritime affairs. The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sail
- ANHINGASynonym of darter: any bird of the genus Anhinga.
- EAGLEWOODSynonym of agarwood.
- FANDANGOA form of lively flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina).
- PATAMARA sailing vessel resembling a grab, formerly used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
- FEAGUETo increase the liveliness of a horse by inserting an irritant, such as a piece of peeled raw ginger or a live eel, in its anus.
- CUDBEARA violet-red dye powder, prepared from certain lichens, especially Ochrolechia tartarea.
- BAGUIOA typhoon.
- IGUANODONAny large dinosaur of the genus †Iguanodon, of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
- ABIOGENISTOne who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
- ADENOMATOUSOf or pertaining to adenoma
- AEROPHOBIAA pathological aversion or sensitivity to air or the movement of air, especially as a symptom of rabies.
- AEROPHOBICHaving a fear of flying in aircraft.
- AFTERIMAGEAn image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended.
- AGORAPHOBICOne who suffers from agoraphobia.
- AILUROPHOBEA person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
- AMBERJACKAny of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
- APOGAMIESAsexual reproduction of a fully formed plant directly from a bud.
- APOSEMATICThat serves as a warning to predators, as of toxicity, especially falsely.
- AUDIOGENICProduced by sound.
- AUDIOMETERAn instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing.
- AUTOGAMOUSself-fertilizing
- AUTOGENIESspontaneous generation
- AVARICIOUSLYIn a greedy or self-serving manner.
- BACHELORDOMThe state of a male who is a bachelor, i.e. unwed.
- BEECHWOODThe wood of beech trees (Fagus spp.).
- BEEFCAKEImagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.
- BEEFWOODAny of the Australian trees, of at least three different orders of plants, having timber resembling raw beef.
- BICONVEXHaving both sides convex.
- BIOETHICSThe branch of ethics that studies the implications of biological and biomedical advances.
- BIOMORPHICHaving the appearance of a biomorph; representing a living organism rather than an artistic or pragmatic ideal.
- BIOPIRACYThe appropriation of indigenous biomedical knowledge, especially by patenting naturally occurring substances.
- BIOTELEMETRIESThe use of telemetry to monitor, measure and record physiological data of an organism
- BOOFYOf hair, puffy, or having extra volume, not necessarily desired; having such hair; see bouffant.
- BOVINITYThe quality of being bovine.
- BRACHIOPODAny of many marine invertebrates, of the phylum Brachiopoda, that have bivalve dorsal and ventral shells with two tentacle-bearing arms that capture food
- BUOYAGEA series of buoys or floating beacons to mark the course for vessels.
- CALCIFUGEAny plant that does not thrive in a soil rich in lime or chalk
- CAVALIERISMThe practice or principles of cavaliers; cavalier behaviour
- CHATOYANCYThe state or condition of being chatoyant.
- CHAWBACONAn uncultured rustic person.