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- AMPHOTERICHaving the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either.
- ANTIPODESThe place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
- AUTODIDACTA self-taught person.
- AUTOPHANOUSProducing its own light.
- BALUSTRADEA row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
- CHTHONICDwelling within the underworld.
- DELTIOLOGYThe study and collection of postcards.
- DYNASTA ruler or governor, especially a hereditary ruler or someone who founded or is part of a dynasty.
- ERETHISMAbnormal excitement of a bodily organ or tissue.
- FUCOIDResembling or relating to seaweeds of the genus Fucus.
- GASTROPODAny member of a class of molluscs (Gastropoda) that includes snails, slugs, and limpets; univalve mollusc.
- HIERODULEA temple slave, often one performing religious prostitution.
- HYPOGEALExisting or growing underground
- HYPOGEANExisting or growing underground.
- MERYCISMSrumination syndrome
- NEOLOGISMA word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
- NEOTENYThe retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult.
- NYMPHAEUMA shrine consecrated to water nymphs, often with a fountain.
- ODONTALGIAtoothache
- PARABLEA short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.
- PERIODONTALsurrounding a tooth
- PHATICPertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship and whose meaning is otherwise either deemphasized or absent.
- PHLEGMATICNot easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
- PHLOEMA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.
- PRAXISThe practical application of any branch of learning.
- RHOMBUSA parallelogram having all sides of equal length. The rhombus diamond, as one of the suits seen in a deck of playing cards ( or ).
- SCOLOPENDRAA mythical sea-creature, reputed to be able to disgorge its bowels to dislodge any fishing-hook.
- SCOPOPHILEOne who is subject to scopophilia.
- SEMAPHOREAny equipment used for visual signalling by means of flags, lights, or mechanically moving arms, which are used to represent letters of the alphabet, or words.
- TAUROMACHYBullfighting
- THEOMANCYA kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles.
- THRASONICALBoastful, bragging, vainglorious.
- XENIALHospitable, especially to visiting strangers or foreigners.
- XENIUMA gift or offering. A gift or offering given to a guest or a stranger, especially of food, in Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome.
- XENODOCHIUMA room (or separate guesthouse) in a monastery for the temporary accommodation of guests or pilgrims.
- XERICVery dry, lacking humidity and water.
- XEROPHAGYA restrictive diet (of bread and water, for example) as a punishment or religious form of discipline.
- XYSTERA surgical instrument used to scrape bones.
- ATAVISMThe reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
- BAYADEREA female dancer.
- CADUCITYDotage or senility.
- CARTILAGINOUSComprising soft cartilage rather than bone. Related to or resembling cartilage. Having a skeleton of cartilage.
- COULISA thick sauce made with pureed vegetable or fruit and often used as a garnish.
- CRYPTOMNESIAThe phenomenon of the reappearance of a long-forgotten memory as if it were a new experience; an instance of this. Contrast cryptaesthesia.
- DISCALCEDPertaining to a religious order that historically forswore the wearing of shoes.
- ESCARPMENTA steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
- GALIMATIASNonsense, gobbledygook.
- KAMICHIA South American bird with a long, slender, horn-like ornament on its head and two sharp spurs on each wing, the horned screamer, Anhima cornuta.
- MIREPOIXA combination of diced onions, carrots, celery and herbs sautéed in oil or butter as used in French cooking.
- USURETo commit usury.
- FUGLEMANThe member of a military group who leads the way or demonstrates drill; hence, someone who keeps the beat or timing, and/or demonstrates motions in other contexts.
- HEGEMONYDomination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
- GOULASHA stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika.
- URUSHIOLAn oil found in plants of the family Anacardiaceae, causing an allergic skin rash on contact; consists of a variable mixture of several related organic compounds.
- 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.
- BRACHIATEHaving decussate branches.
- 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
- FARRAGINOUSConsisting of a random, miscellaneous, or indiscriminate mixture; akin to a farrago.
- 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
- FURUNCLEA boil or infected, inflamed, pus-filled sore.
- 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.
- LATERITIOUSOf the reddish color of bricks.