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- COUCHETTESplural of couchette
- COXALGICRelating to coxalgia.
- CRAMPITAlternative form of crampet.
- CUDBEARA violet-red dye powder, prepared from certain lichens, especially Ochrolechia tartarea.
- CUTINIZETo change into cutin.
- CYANAMIDEA chemical compound, NH2CN; a white crystalline solid, soluble in water, having many commercial applications including fertilizer
- CYCADEOIDAny of the extinct plants of the order Bennettitales.
- CYTOPATHICThat damages or destroys cells
- DADOINGpresent participle and gerund of dado
- DECEMVIRIplural of decemvir
- DECIDUALof or relating to the decidua
- 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.
- DEFORMATIVEOf or relating to deformation.
- DEMIURGICRelating to a demiurge.
- DIAPIRICOf or relating to a diapir.
- DIATOMACEOUSOf, pertaining to, or containing diatoms or their coverings.
- DICHOGAMYThe condition in which an organism changes sex during its lifetime.
- DOOHICKEYA thing
- DOUCHEBAG
- DOUGHFACEA person, especially a politician, who is perceived to be pliable or moldable. In particular, in the antebellum United States, a Northerner who espoused sympathies with the Souther
- EAGLEWOODSynonym of agarwood.
- ECTOZOANSynonym of ectozoon.
- ELOCUTIONARYOf or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical
- EMBRACIVEDisposed to embrace, or fond of caressing.
- ENZOOTICA disease that is consistently prevalent in a population of non-human animals in a limited region, season, or climate.
- EPHEBOIplural of ephebos
- EPICEDIAplural of epicede
- EPIFAUNAEplural of epifauna
- EPIMERICOf or pertaining to an epimer
- EPISIOTOMYA surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.
- EPIZOITEAny epizoic organism.
- 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.
- EPIZOOTYAn epizootic disease or outbreak.
- ERIOPHYIDSplural of eriophyid
- EUNUCHISMThe condition of being a eunuch.
- EUPHONIUMSplural of euphonium
- EUPHORICALLYIn a euphoric manner.
- EVAGINATESthird-person singular simple present indicative of evaginate
- EVERYWOMANIn fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary woman.
- EXONUMIACoinlike objects.
- EXOSPORIUMThe outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exine.
- EXPURGATEDsimple past and past participle of expurgate
- EXUVIAEplural of exuvia
- FANATICIZETo make into a fanatic.
- 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).
- FASTIGIUMAn apex or summit; culmination.
- FAVONIANPertaining to the west wind.
- 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.
- 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
- FEMTOSECONDAn SI unit of time equal to 10 seconds. Symbol: fs
- FEUDATORIESplural of feudatory
- FIMBRIATEDsimple past and past participle of fimbriate
- FLORILEGIAplural of florilegium
- FLORILEGIUMA collection of flowers.
- FOGEYDOMThe state of being a fogey.
- FORAMINOUSCovered with holes or foramina.
- FOWLPOXESA disease of poultry caused by viruses of the family Poxviridae and the genus Avipoxvirus.
- FRIARBIRDAny of several species of large Australian honeyeaters in the genus Philemon.
- FUGACITYA measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape.
- FUNGOIDOf, pertaining to, or resembling a fungus.
- GEEGAWAlternative form of gewgaw.
- GEOBOTANIESThe branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of plant species.
- GEOBOTANYThe branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of plant species.
- GEOMORPHICOf or pertaining to the shape or structure of the surface of the Earth
- GLOMERULIplural of glomerulus
- GONIFFAlternative form of ganef.
- GREYWACKEA hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
- GUAIACUMSplural of guaiacum
- GWEDUCKAlternative form of geoduck.
- HAGADIC
- HAPKIDOAn eclectic Korean martial art founded by Choi Young-sul, a student of Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu.
- HARUSPICATIONThe act or practice of divination from the entrails of animals slain in sacrifice.
- HEMIPLEGICOf, pertaining to, or afflicted with hemiplegia
- HEMIPTEROUSOf or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran
- HEXAMINESplural of hexamine
- HEXAPODYA verse or measure of six metrical feet.
- HEXOKINASEAny enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of a hexose
- HOUSEWIFERYThe state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
- HYPERAEMIASplural of hyperaemia
- HYPERBOLOIDA particular surface in three-dimensional Euclidean space, the graph of a quadratic with all three variables squared and their coefficients not all of the same sign.
- HYPERLIPEMICExhibiting or relating to hyperlipemia.
- HYPOACIDhypoacidic
- HYPOKALEMICHaving a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- HYPOXEMIAAn abnormal deficiency in the concentration of oxygen in the blood, whether the partial pressure of oxygen (mm Hg), the content of oxygen (ml oxygen per dl of blood) or the per cen
- HYPOXEMICRelating to, or afflicted with, hypoxemia.
- HYPSOMETERAn instrument that measures altitude indirectly by measuring the boiling point of water (which varies with atmospheric pressure).
- IDEOGRAMICAlternative form of ideogrammic.
- IGUANODONAny large dinosaur of the genus †Iguanodon, of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
- IMPETIGOSplural of impetigo
- IMPOVERISHEDReduced to poverty.
- INFAUNAAny aquatic organism that lives within the dominant medium of its environment, but especially within aquatic sediments.
- IOTACISMPronunciation of another vowel or diphthong as [i], or a vowel shift resulting in such pronunciation, especially in Greek.
- ISOENZYMEAny of a group of enzymes that catalyze the same reaction but have structures that are (minorly or substantially) different and have physical, biochemical, and immunological proper
- ISOGAMETICPertaining to, or exhibiting isogamy
- JEROBOAMAlternative letter-case form of Jeroboam: a very large wine bottle.
- KAIROMONESplural of kairomone
- KILOPARSECA unit of distance equal to one thousand parsecs.
- KYMOGRAPHICOf or pertaining to a kymograph.
- LAPAROTOMIESplural of laparotomy
- LARYNGOSCOPEAn instrument used for viewing the interior of the larynx.