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- ABLATIONA carrying or taking away; removal.
- ABSCONDTo flee, often secretly; to steal away.
- ADUMBRATIONThe state of being in shadow or shade; a shadow.
- ADVOWSONThe right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
- ALEATORIESDepending on the throw of a die; random, arising by chance.
- AURICOf or pertaining to trivalent gold.
- AVIDITYGreediness; strong appetite.
- AVUNCULARIn the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
- CALIGINOUSDark, obscure; murky.
- CAMBISTA banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.
- DILATORYIntentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
- DILUVIANPertaining to a deluge, or flood.
- EFFLUENTFlowing out; outflowing.
- EMUNCTORYPertaining to the elimination of waste from the body.
- ESCUTCHEONThe shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself.
- ETIOLATETo make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
- EVIDENTIARYOf or pertaining to evidence.
- EVOCATETo evoke
- EXCULPATORYTending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
- EXPLICATIONThe act of opening or unfolding.
- EXPLICATIVEExplanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
- FACINOROUSExtremely wicked.
- FACUNDITIESeloquence; loquaciousness
- FACUNDITYeloquence; loquaciousness
- FASCIAA wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
- FECUNDITYAbility to produce offspring.
- FLAGITIOUSGuilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
- FORMICATETo move like ants.
- FORMICATIONAn abnormal skin sensation similar to that of insects crawling over or within the skin; a tactile hallucination involving such a sensation. A common side-effect of substance abuse,
- FRUCTIVEfructuous; fruitful
- GRAVIDITYpregnancy
- GULOSITYExcessive appetite; greed, gluttony.
- HALITUSA vapour.
- IMPAVIDfearless, undaunted
- INHUMATETo inhume; to bury.
- INVEIGLETo convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles.
- ISLINGAn island, usually very small. Compare with islet.
- JUGULATIONPrevention of a disease from progressing.
- JUGULATIONSPrevention of a disease from progressing.
- JUXTAPOSETo place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
- LABEFACTIONThe act of shaking or weakening or the resulting state; overthrow, ruination.
- LAMINAROf fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers.
- LINGULATEIn the shape of a tongue
- LUBRICITYDegree of ability to lubricate.
- MANDIBULATEProvided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.
- MUNIFICENTVery liberal in giving or bestowing.
- NASUTEHaving a long snout.
- NODOSEKnot-like; swollen
- NOTAPHILYThe study or collecting of paper money or banknotes
- NUGATORYTrivial, trifling or of little importance.
- OBJURGATIONA strong rebuke or scolding.
- OCCIPUTThe back part of the head or skull.
- OLEAGINOUSOily, greasy.
- OTIOSEHaving no effect.
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PECUNIARYOf, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.
- PECUNIOUSWith money, wealthy; financially independent.
- PEDICULAROf or relating to lice.
- PERFIDIOUSOf, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.
- PHARYNGEALOf or pertaining to the pharynx.
- PLATONICSNeither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love.
- PUGNACITYThe act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative.
- QUINKA hypothetical fundamental particle; a preon.
- QUONDAMFormer; once; at one time.
- REFOCILLATETo revive or refresh.
- RESUPINATEHaving the appearance of being upside down.
- RUGOSEHaving rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
- RUTILEThe most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO2.
- SAGACITYThe quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful.
- SALACITYThe state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness.
- SALIENCEThe condition of being salient.
- SALVATORYA place where things are preserved; a repository.
- SAPIDtasty, flavoursome
- SAPONIFYTo convert (a fat or oil) into soap.
- SCAPULARA short cloak worn around the shoulders, adopted as part of the uniform of various religious orders, later often with an embroidered image of a saint.
- SEMPITERNALEverlasting, eternal.
- SIDERATIONThe state of being suddenly paralysed; consternation.
- SIGILA seal, signature or signet.
- SOLEMNITYThe quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.
- SPICULEA sharp, needle-like piece.
- TEMULENCESDrunkenness; intoxication.
- TENEBRIFICProducing darkness, obscuring; gloomy.
- UBIETYThe state of existing in a specific point in space, thereness.
- ULIGINOUSSlimy.
- ULTRONEOUSspontaneous; voluntary
- UNCTIONAn ointment or salve.
- UNCUSA hook or claw.
- USTIONThe act of burning, or the state of being burned.
- USUCAPTIONThe acquisition of right or title to an object or property by means of the simple passage of time.
- UVULAROf or relating to the uvula.
- UXORIOUSVery devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.
- VALETUDINARYSickly, infirm, valetudinarian.
- VAPULATIONThe act of beating or whipping.
- VAVASOURa subvassal; someone holding their lands from a vassal of the crown rather than from the crown directly
- VELAMENA covering membrane or velum
- VENERYThe hunting of wild animals.
- VERBICIDEThe destruction or elimination of a word.
- VERBOSITYThe excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision.
- VERECUNDmodest
- VESPIARYA nest built by a social wasp species.