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- ABBACYThe dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess.
- ABJURATIONA solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
- ABUSIONMisuse, abuse; in particular, illegal behaviour; verbal, physical or sexual abuse.
- ADNOUNAn adjective used as a noun (sensu stricto); an absolute adjective (nominalized adjective).
- AETIOLOGYThe establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
- AGMINATEGrouped together.
- AMENDATORYFor the purpose of amending or correction.
- APETALOUSHaving no petals.
- APLUSTREAn ornamental appendage of wood at the stern of a Roman ship, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.
- AURALOf or pertaining to the ear.
- AVOCATIONA calling away; a diversion.
- AVULSIONThe loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma.
- CHAMPERTYThe investing of money into a third party's lawsuit in which one has no vested interest.
- CLERISYAn elite group of intellectuals; learned people, the literati.
- COACTIONForce; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling
- CONGEAlternative form of congy, congius, ancient Roman units of liquid measure and mass.
- CONTUMELYOffensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult.
- COTEAUA hilly upland including the divide between two valleys.
- DECEMVIRALPertaining to the decemvirs of ancient Rome.
- DISCEPTTo debate; to discuss.
- DISCERPTo tear into pieces; to rend.
- DISTRAINTo squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.
- DUBIETYDoubtfulness.
- EBRIETYThe state of intoxication, drunkenness.
- EMANCIPATORA person who emancipates.
- EQUISETUMA horsetail (plant of genus Equisetum)
- EXCAMBIONexchange or barter, especially of lands.
- EXCULPATORYTending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
- FEBRILEFeverish, or having a high temperature.
- FILARIAAny of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis.
- FITCHEWpolecat
- FULGURATETo flash or emit flashes like lightning.
- FULMINETo thunder or lightning.
- GRAVIDPregnant.
- GULOSITYExcessive appetite; greed, gluttony.
- HIRSUTECovered in hair or bristles; hairy.
- HORALOf or relating to an hour, or to hours.
- IMPUTETo attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
- INCURVATEbending inwards.
- JAUNDICEA morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine.
- MELIORITYThe state or quality of being better; melioration.
- MERSIONObsolete form of immersion.
- MINISTRANTOne who ministers.
- MISCIBLEAble to be mixed together in all proportions.
- NARISa nostril
- PALAVERA village council meeting.
- PERFOLIATEAppearing to have the stem passing through the blade.
- PRELATYThe system of ecclesiastic governance by prelates or bishops; episcopacy, prelacy.
- PROLIXTediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.
- PULSIONThe act of driving forward; propulsion.
- RAMPIONA species of bellflower with roots and leaves formerly used in salads, Campanula rapunculus.
- RASTRUMA five-pointed writing implement used to draw parallel lines of a staff in sheet music.
- RECUSANTSomeone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries, whether a Protestant dissident or a Roman Catholic.
- RUGOSITYThe state of being rugose.
- SAGACITYThe quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful.
- SERGEANCYThe role, rank or office of a sergeant; sergeantship.
- SEXTILEOf or denoting the aspect or position of any two celestial bodies separated by 60°.
- SIDERALDated form of sidereal.
- SPUMEFoam or froth of liquid, particularly that of seawater.
- SYNGRAPHA document signed by both or all of the parties to a contract or bond.
- TACTIONThe act of touching; touch; contact.
- TAMARISKAny of several shrubs, of the genus Tamarix, native to arid regions in Eurasia and Africa, often invasive in other arid regions.
- TERETEHaving a smooth circular cross-section; cylindrical, commonly more or less tapering.
- TRANSMEWTo transmute, change.
- TRIBUNEAn elected official in Ancient Rome, a tribune of the plebs.
- TUPLEA finite sequence of terms.
- UMBRATILEShady, shadowy.
- UNCTIONAn ointment or salve.
- USUCAPIONThe acquisition of right or title to an object by means of the passage of time. The common law analogue is adverse possession.
- UVULAROf or relating to the uvula.
- VISCOUNTA member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
- XYSTA xystus.