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- CRWTHAn archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop
- HWYLA melodic chanting style of Welsh preaching.
- TUMPA mound or hillock.
- LUFTMENSCHA person who is highly intellectual or contemplative but detached from practical affairs, especially the need to earn a living.
- SCHLUMPSomeone who is lazy, slovenly, or dull-looking.
- ABMHOA unit of measurement (10 mhos) in the centimeter-gram-second scale used to measure conductance
- ABOHMA unit of electrical resistance equal to one billionth of an ohm (10 ohms), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
- ADUMBRATIVELYIn an adumbrative manner
- ADVENTURISMThe behavior of an adventurer; risk-taking.
- AEDILESHIPThe office of an aedile.
- AEQUORINA photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.
- AEROMAGNETICOf or pertaining to aeromagnetics
- AEROPHOBEA person who is afraid of flying.
- AEROPHOBIAA pathological aversion or sensitivity to air or the movement of air, especially as a symptom of rabies.
- AEROPHOBIASA pathological aversion or sensitivity to air or the movement of air, especially as a symptom of rabies.
- AEROPHOBICHaving a fear of flying in aircraft.
- AEROPHYTEepiphyte
- AILUROPHOBEA person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
- AITCHBONEA cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
- ANEMOPHILYA form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.
- ANTISYMMETRICHaving the property that, for any two distinct elements of S, at least one is not related to the other via R; equivalently, having the property that, for any x, y ∈ S, if both xRy
- APNOEAAlternative form of apnea.
- APOCYNTHIONThe point in an orbit around the Moon that is most distant from that body.
- ARCHEGONIUMA multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
- ARTHRALGICOf, pertaining to, or suffering from arthralgia
- ASPHYXIATOROne who or that which asphyxiates.
- AUTOECIOUSOf a fungus, most often a rust: completing its life cycle on one host.
- AUTOHYPNOTICOf or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
- AUTOPHOBIAThe morbid fear of being alone or of oneself.
- BACHELORDOMSThe state of a male who is a bachelor, i.e. unwed.
- BACKSWEPTSwept back.
- BEECHDROPSEpifagus virginiana, a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beech trees.
- BENCHYResembling or characteristic of a bench.
- BIOAERATIONA form of the activated sludge process in which air is blown through the raw sewage.
- BOTCHYFull of botches or mistakes; poorly done.
- BOURGEOISIFYTo make bourgeois.
- BOWDLERIZETo remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
- BRANCHYHaving many branches.
- CATJANGA cowpea native to Africa, Vigna unguiculata, sometimes Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica, a densely-branched shrubby perennial grown for animal fodder or food.
- CHATOYANCYThe state or condition of being chatoyant.
- CHAULMOOGRAA tree found in Southeast Asia, Hydnocarpus wightianus, which yields an oil that was formerly used as a treatment for leprosy.
- CHELPTo gossip, particularly in a forthright manner.
- CHIMBLEYAlternative form of chimney.
- CHURCHLINESSThe state or quality of being churchly.
- COEQUALITYThe condition of being coequal
- COEQUATETo make equal to each other.
- COMPENDIOUSLYIn a compendious manner.
- COMPLEXIFYTo make more complex; to complicate.
- CONSUMPTIVELYIn a consumptive manner.
- COTERMINOUSLYIn a coterminous manner; ending together.
- CYNOPHOBIAAn irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines.
- DECOMPOSABILITYThe condition of being decomposable
- DEMYTHOLOGIZETo remove the mythological elements of.
- DERMATOGLYPHICSThe patterns of loops, arches and whorls on the skin of the fingers and feet.
- DEXYA tablet of dexedrine.
- DIGLYPHA member with two vertical channels or grooves, without the two lateral half grooves which characterize the triglyph.
- DIPSOMANIAAddiction to alcohol.
- DISGUISEDLYIn disguise.
- DISJUNCTIVELYIn a disjunctive manner.
- DISSYMMETRICasymmetric
- DITRIGLYPHA space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns.
- DRAUGHTSMANA person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans.
- DWARFISHLYIn a dwarfish manner.
- DYSPHAGICHaving or relating to dysphagia.
- DYSPNOEALAlternative spelling of dyspneal.
- DYSPRAXICOf, pertaining to, or having dyspraxia.
- ECHINODERMATOUSRelating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.
- EMBRYOGENETICRelating to embryogenesis.
- ENTOMOPHILYpollination by insects
- EUPHOBIAFear of hearing good news.
- EUPHOBIASFear of hearing good news.
- EUPNOEAAlternative spelling of eupnea.
- FEEBLISHSomewhat feeble.
- FETCHINGLYIn a fetching manner
- FLAWIESTFull of flaws or cracks; broken; defective.
- FLAXIERLike flax; flaxen.
- FLAXIESTLike flax; flaxen.
- FLEDGIESTFeathered or feathery.
- FLUMPA sound of something moving or falling heavily, or with a dull sound.
- FOZYspongy; soft; fat and puffy
- FRATCHYIrritable or argumentative.
- FRUMPISHLYIn a frumpish manner.
- FURZIESTCovered in furze.
- GALUMPHTo move heavily and clumsily, or with a sense of prancing and triumph.
- GAWPTo stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.
- GAZYAffording a wide prospect.
- GLAZYHaving the appearance of a glaze; glazed.
- GRANULOMATOUSOf, pertaining to, or characterised by granulomata
- GROTESQUELYIn a grotesque manner; disgustingly.
- GRUMPISHLYsurly; sullen; gruff; grumpy
- GYNOPHOBIASFear of or aversion to women or girls.
- HAULMIESTCharacterised by having haulms.
- HEARTSOMELYIn a heartsome manner.
- HEMOGLOBINURIAThe presence of hemoglobin in the urine.
- HYDROTAXISmovement (of an organism or organ) in response to water
- HYPEREMOTIONALInvolving or exhibiting excessive emotion.
- HYPERMETABOLICPertaining to hypermetabolism.
- HYPERSALIVATIONAn excessive flow of saliva
- IMPECUNIOUSLYIn an impecunious manner.
- IMPROVIDENTLYIn an improvident manner.