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- AMPHIBOLEAny of a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminium.
- ANTIDROMICflowing in the opposite direction from normal
- ANTIPODESThe place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
- APOSTOLICPertaining to apostles or their practice or teaching; pertaining to the apostles (of early Christianity) or their teachings.
- AXIOMATICSelf-evident or unquestionable.
- BENTHOSThe flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water.
- BOREALOf, relating to, or coming from the north.
- CHILIAGONA polygon with a thousand vertices and a thousand edges.
- CHIRAL(geometry, physical chemistry) that exhibits chirality; as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix, or a molecule with L- and D- stereoisomers.
- CIRSOIDvaricose
- ECOPHOBIAFear of one’s home.
- ECOPHOBIASFear of one’s home.
- EUTAXYGood or established order or arrangement.
- GONIMOBLASTA sporogenous filament (or bundle of such filaments) in the fertilized carpogonium of red algae.
- JACINTHA translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a gemstone; a hyacinth.
- MESARAICmesenteric
- METANOIAA fundamental change of mind.
- PARACMEA point beyond the highest or greatest.
- PHYLAXISProtection against infectious disease.
- PSILOCIN4-hydroxy-dimethyltryptamine, a hallucinogenic alkaloid found in most psychedelic mushrooms.
- QUINSYA peritonsillar abscess; a painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues, usually a complication of tonsillitis, caused by bacterial infection a
- REGOLITHThe layer of loose rock, dust, sand, and soil, resting on the bedrock, that constitutes the surface layer of most dry land on Earth, the Moon, and other large solid aggregated cele
- RHYTONA container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having one handle and usually a base in the form of a head.
- SCHOLIONA scholium.
- SCOLIONAny of a genre of songs sung in turn by symposiasts to the accompaniment of a lyre.
- SIDEROLITEAn iron meteorite; a siderite.
- SKIAGRAMA picture or image created from shadows, especially with X-rays.
- STEGANOPODAny of the Steganopodes, a former suborder of birds having four toes webbed together.
- TETRAPLEGICA quadriplegic.
- THEOMANCYA kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles.
- WHELMTo bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.
- TARBOOSHA red felt or cloth cap with a tassel, worn in the Arab world; a fez.
- TOQUEA type of hat with no brim.
- ZAMOUSEA West African buffalo, Syncerus caffer brachyceros, with short horns and large ears.
- RAVELTo entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle.
- SLINTERA scam or deception; fast one.
- SPOORThe track, trail, droppings, or scent of an animal.
- DISEUSEA female artiste who is a skilled and professional reciter of monologues.
- ECLOSIONThe emergence of an insect from the pupa case, or of a larva from the egg.
- ENVISAGETo conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.
- FUSTETA smoke tree (Cotinus coggygria).
- POSTICHEAny item of false hair worn on the head or face, such as a false beard or wig.
- PROLONGEA rope with a hook and a toggle, sometimes used to drag a gun carriage or to tie it to the limber, and for various other purposes.
- REPIQUEIn piquet, a bonus of 60 points awarded to a player who scores 30 points during the declaration phase, prior to the opponent scoring anything.
- SYLPHIDA young or little sylph.
- VIZIERATEThe office, dignity, or authority of a vizier.
- SWINGETo singe.
- WISENTThe European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus.
- SOUTACHEA narrow braid often decorated with a herringbone pattern
- LAMPIONA small oil lamp.
- POSTILIONA rider mounted on the near (left) leading horse who guides the team pulling a carriage.
- 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.