Word
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Definition
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aardwolf | South African carnivorous fox-like quadruped
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aasvogel | South African vulture
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aba | garment of camel or goat hair; camel or goat-hair fabric
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abacinate | to blind by putting red-hot copper basin near the eyes
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abactor | cattle thief
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abaculus | small tile for mosaic
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abaft | toward or at the stern of a ship; further aft
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abampere | unit equivalent to 10 amperes
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abapical | at the lowest point
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abarticular | not connected with the joint
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abasement | action of humbling or degrading
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abasia | inability to walk due to lack of muscular coordination
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abask | in genial warmth
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abatis | rampart of felled trees and branches
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abatjour | skylight or device to direct light into a room
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abattoir | public slaughterhouse
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abature | trail through wood beaten down by a stag
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abb | yarn used for warp
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abba | Syriac or Coptic bishop
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abbatial | of, like or pertaining to abbots or an abbey
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abbozzo | preliminary sketch
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abditive | remote; secret; hidden
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abdominous | having a paunch or big belly
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abducent | turning away; bearing away from
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abeam | in a line at right angles to the length of a vessel, on the beam
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abear | to bear; to comport; to behave
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abecedarian | of, like or pertaining to the order of the alphabet; rudimentary
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abecedism | word created from the initials of words in a phrase
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abele | white poplar tree
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abeng | Jamaican bugle made from cow horn
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aberdevine | alternate name for the siskin
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aberuncators | long tool for pruning tall branches
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abessive | indicating absence or lack
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abiectic | of, like or pertaining to fir trees or fir sap
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abigail | a lady's maid
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abigeus | cattle rustler
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abiogenesis | spontaneous generation of living matter
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abiotrophy | degeneration; loss of physical vitality or ability
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abirritate | to alleviate irritation; to reduce sensitivity
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abiturient | pupil leaving school for university
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abject | humble; miserable; craven
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ablactation | weaning of a child from its mother's milk
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ablative | indicating direction from or time when
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ablator | thermal protection on outside of spacecraft
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ablaut | variation in root vowel of words to change meaning
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ablegate | papal envoy or legate
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ablepsia | blindness
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ablow | in a blowing state
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abluent | cleanser or cleansing product
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ablution | ritual washing
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ablutomania | mania for washing oneself
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abnegate | to renounce or repudiate
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abodement | an omen; a foretelling
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aboideau | tide gate
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abolla | Roman military cloak
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abomasum | ruminant's fourth stomach
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aboral | away from the mouth
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abord | to accost; to approach
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aborning | during birth; while being born
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aborticide | killing of a fetus; abortion
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abortuary | anti-abortion term for an abortion clinic
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aboulia | loss of ability to make decisions
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aboulomania | pathological indecisiveness
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aboutsledge | largest blacksmith's hammer
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abra | narrow mountain pass
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abradant | a substance that abrades
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abraid | to awaken or rouse
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abraxas | gem engraved with mystical word and bearing human-animal figure
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abreuvoir | joint or gap between two stones in masonry
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abroach | in a condition to allow liquor to run out
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abrosia | fasting
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abscind | to pare, reduce, cut off or away
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abscissa | horizontal distance from a fixed line to a point
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abscission | cutting off; cutting away
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absconce | lantern used in monasteries and night offices
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abseil | to descend a rock face using a double rope
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absentaneous | done in absence; pertaining to absence
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absinthial | of, like or pertaining to wormwood; bitter
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absinthism | disease resembling alcoholism
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absit | leave to pass one night away from college
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absolutism | doctrine of government by a single absolute ruler; autocracy
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absolutive | indicating subject or object of intransitive verb
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absolutory | forgiving or absolving
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absonant | discordant; abhorrent
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absorbefacient | causing or promoting absorption
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absorptiometer | instrument for measuring solubility of gases in liquids
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absquatulate | to decamp; to leave quickly; to flee
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absterge | wipe clean; expunge; purge; purify
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absurdism | doctrine that we live in an irrational universe
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abterminal | going from the end inwards
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abthane | monastic region of the old Irish church
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abulia | lack of ability to make decisions; aboulia
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abuna | Ethiopian patriarch
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abusion | misuse; outrage; deception
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abutment | masonry on a wall that supports an arch
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abvolt | unit of electrical potential equal to one hundred millionth of a volt
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aby | to make amends; atone; pay a penalty
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abyssopelagic | of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean
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academicism | doctrine that nothing can be known
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acanaceous | bearing prickles or thistles; prickly
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acantha | prickle
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acanthous | spiny; prickly
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acapnia | lack or deficiency of carbon dioxide
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acapnotic | non-smoker; non-smoking
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acariasis | irritating itching insect infestation
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acaricide | killer of mites and ticks
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acarine | of, like or pertaining to ticks or mites
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acarology | study of mites
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acarophobia | fear of itching or of insects causing itching
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acarpous | sterile; not bearing fruit
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acatalectic | having complete or full number of syllables in a poetic line
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acatalepsy | the unknowableness of all things to a certainty
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acatamathesia | inability to understand data presented to the senses
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acates | provisions that have been purchased
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acatour | provisioner; quartermaster
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acaudate | tailless
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acaulescent | having a very short stem
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accelerometer | instrument for measuring acceleration or vibrations
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accend | to kindle
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accensor | acolyte
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accentor | songbird
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acceptilation | remission of debt or liability through fictitious repayment
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accessit | prize for students in second place; honourable mention
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acciaccatura | very short note played before a longer one
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accidence | grammar book; science of inflections in grammar
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accidentalism | theory that events do not have causes
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accidie | sloth; physical torpor
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accinge | to gird
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accipiter | bandage worn around the nose
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accipitral | like a bird of prey; rapacious
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accipitrine | of, like or pertaining to falcons and hawks
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accismus | in rhetoric, pretending to refuse something
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accite | to cite; to summon
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acclinate | sloping upwards
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acclivity | upward slope
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accloy | to hobble with a horseshoe nail
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accolade | curved architectural moulding; vertical line joining two musical staves
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accolent | neighbouring
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accollé | of a heraldic animal, entwined or collared
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accosted | in heraldry, two figures placed side by side
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accoucheur | male midwife
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accoucheuse | female midwife
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accourage | to encourage
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accourt | to entertain
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accoy | to subdue; to pacify; to soothe
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accrementition | increase or growth by adding similar material
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accretion | accumulation; addition of parts to form a whole
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accubation | reclining as on a couch
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accubitum | crescent-shaped couch
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accusative | indicating direct object of a verb
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acedia | listlessness; sloth
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aceldama | site or scene of violence or bloodshed
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aceology | therapeutics
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acequia | irrigation ditch
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acerate | of, like or resembling a needle
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acerbate | to embitter; to irritate
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acerous | lacking horns or antennae
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acersecomic | one whose hair has never been cut
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acervate | heaped; clustered
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acervuline | like or in small mounds or heaps
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acescence | becoming sour; souring; turning of milk
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acetabulum | small anatomical cup or hollow, such as a sucker
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acetarious | referring to plants that are used in salads
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acetimeter | instrument for measuring strength of vinegar
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achaenocarp | any dry indehiscent fruit
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acharné | furious or desperate (of a battle)
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achene | small one-seeded fruit or naked seed of plant
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achloropsia | colour-blindness with respect to green
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achor | eruption or scab on the head
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achromatopsia | colour-blindness
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achroous | colourless
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acicular | needle-shaped
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acidaemia | undue acidity of blood
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acidimeter | instrument for measuring concentration of acids
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acidulous | sharp or bitter-tasting
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acierate | to turn into steel
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acinaceous | full of kernels
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acinaciform | scimitar-shaped
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aciniform | shaped like a berry
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acinus | berry which grows in clusters
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acipenser | sturgeon
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ackamarackus | pretentious or deceptive nonsense
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aclinic | having no inclination or magnetic dip
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acock | defiantly
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acoemeti | ancient monastic order who maintained eternal choir service
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acology | study of medical remedies
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acolous | limbless
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acolouthic | of, like or pertaining to an after-image or other after-sensation
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acopic | curing or relieving fatigue
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acoria | pathologically great appetite
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acosmism | disbelief in existence of eternal universe distinct from God
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acouasm | ringing noise in head
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acquest | object which is acquired
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acracy | government by none; anarchy
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acratia | impotence
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acre-breadth | old unit of length of 22 yards
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acritochromacy | colour-blindness
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acroamatic | esoteric
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acrocephalous | having a pointed or peaked skull
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acrography | the art of making wood blocks in relief
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acrolith | wooden statue with stone extremities
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acrologic | of, like or pertaining to initials
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acromegaly | glandular disorder causing gigantism of extremities
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acronical | occurring at nightfall or sunset
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acronym | word formed from initial letters of another word
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acronyx | ingrown nail
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acropathy | disease or illness of the extremities
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acrophobia | fear of heights
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acrophonic | using a symbol for the initial sound of a thing
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acropodium | pedestal upon which a statue rests
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acroscopic | looking or moving towards the apex
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acroteleutic | phrase or words at the end of a psalm
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acroterion | pedestal or ornament at the angle of a pediment
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acrotism | absence of pulsing
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actinism | action of solar radiation causing chemical change
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actinograph | instrument used to calculate time of photographic exposure
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actinometer | instrument for measuring incident radiation
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actinotherapy | use of ultraviolet rays as medical therapy
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acton | stuffed jacket worn under armour; haqueton
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actuate | communicate motion to; cause
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aculeate | prickly; pointed; stinging; a stinging insect
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aculeiform | shaped like a thorn
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acultomancy | divination using needles
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acuminate | tapered; pointed; to sharpen
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acutiator | sharpener of weapons
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acutorsion | twisting artery with needle to stop bleeding
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acyanopsia | colour-blindness with respect to blue
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acyesis | female sterility
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acyrology | incorrect diction or pronunciation
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adactylous | lacking fingers or claws
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adamantine | unbreakable; impenetrable
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adamitism | nakedness for religious reasons
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adaxial | next to or towards the axis
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addax | large African antelope
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addax | spiral-horned antelope dwelling in the Sahara desert
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additament | thing added or appended; heraldic ornament
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addititious | of, pertaining to or resulting from addition
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addle | putrid; barren; muddled
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addorsed | turned back to back in heraldry
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adduce | cite as proof or instance
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adeciduate | evergreen; coniferous
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adeem | to cancel a bequest by destruction of the object
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adelaster | provisional name for a plant whose flowers are unknown
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adelphogamy | sharing of a wife by two or more brothers
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ademption | revocation of donation by donor
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adenalgia | painful swelling of a gland
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adenia | glandular swelling
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adeniform | shaped like a gland
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adenography | descriptive work on the glandular system
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adenoid | of, like or pertaining to or like a gland
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adenology | study of glands
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adenotomy | removal or excision of gland
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adespota | anonymous works
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adessive | indicating place where or proximity to
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adevism | denial of gods of mythology and legend
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adharma | unrighteousness
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adhibit | to attach; to admit; to administer
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adhocracy | government in an unstructured fashion; an unstructured organization
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adiabatic | without transference of heat
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adiaphoresis | absence of perspiration; inability to perspire
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adiaphorism | doctrine of theological indifference or latitudinarianism
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adiaphoron | tenet or belief on which a theological system is indifferent
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adiapneustia | defective perspiration
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adiathermancy | impermeability to radiant energy
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adipescent | becoming fat or fatty
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adipic | of, like or pertaining to fatty substances
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adipocere | fatty substance occurring in corpses left in moist areas
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adipsia | absence or lack of thirst
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adit | opening or passage into a mine
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adjudge | to decide; to award
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adjutage | nozzle
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adjutant | enormous Indian stork
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adjutor | helper; assistant
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adjuvant | substance added to make vaccine more effective
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admanuensis | one who takes an oath on a religious book
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admaxillary | connected to or near the jaw
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admeasurement | the act of measuring or apportioning
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adminicle | that which supports or aids, especially evidence
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adnascent | growing on some other thing
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adnominal | indicating adjective used as a noun
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adnomination | punning
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adnoun | adjective serving or used as a noun
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adonise | to adorn oneself
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adoptionism | belief that Christ was the adopted and not natural son of God
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adoral | near the mouth
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adosculation | impregnation by contact alone or by wind
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adown | in a descending direction
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adoxography | good writing on a trivial subject
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adoxy | beliefs that are neither orthodox nor heterodox
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adpress | to press together
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adrogation | adoption of a boy or girl before adolescence
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adscititious | added; additional
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adscript | attached or feudally bound to the soil or earth
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adsorb | to attract and stick to the surface
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adumbrate | indicate faintly; foreshadow
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adunc | hooked
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aduncate | shaped like a hook or crook
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adust | burnt; scorched
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advection | horizontal movement of air
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advehent | bringing inwards
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advenient | due to outside causes
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adventitious | accidental; casual
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adventive | a thing or person coming from outside
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adversaria | miscellaneous notes; commonplace books
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adversative | word or phrase expressing opposition
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advert | refer to in speech or writing
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advertorial | advertisement presented as if it were editorial material
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advesperate | darken; become late
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advocaat | liqueur containing rum and raw eggs
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advowson | right of presentation to church living
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adynamia | helplessness; lack of strength
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adynaton | rhetorical use of a nearly impossible situation for emphasis
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adytum | sacred part of a temple or church; church chancel
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adzebill | prehistoric flightless bird of New Zealand
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aedile | magistrate in charge of games, markets or buildings
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aedoeology | science of generative organs
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aegilops | stye in inner corner of eye
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aegis | protection; support
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aegrotat | medical certificate of illness excusing student's sickness
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aeneous | shining bronze colour
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aeolian | giving forth a tone as if produced by the wind
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aeolipyle | hollow ball that turns through steam escaping through valves
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aeolistic | long-winded
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aeolotropy | variation in physical properties on basis of position
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aeonian | lasting for an immeasurably long period of time
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aepyornis | gigantic flightless bird of Madagascar
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aerenchyma | respiratory tissue
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aeriform | of the form or shape of gas; gaseous
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aerious | of the nature of air; airy
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aerobe | organism requiring oxygen to survive
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aerobiology | study of airborne organisms
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aerodonetics | science or study of gliding
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aerogenesis | forming or generating gas or air
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aerography | descriptive work on the atmosphere
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aerolite | meteorite
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aerolith | stone that falls from the sky; meteorite
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aerolithology | study of aerolites; meteorites
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aerology | study of the atmosphere
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aeromancy | divination by means of the weather
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aerometer | instrument for measuring weight or density of gas
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aerophane | thin crinkled semi-transparent fabric
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aerophilately | collecting of air-mail stamps
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aerophobia | fear of flying or draughts
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aerophone | musical instrument like a concertina
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aerophore | instrument used to inflate stillborn child's lungs
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aeropleustic | of, like or pertaining to aerial navigation
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aerostat | any lighter-than air craft; balloon
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aerostatics | science of air pressure; art of ballooning
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aeruginous | of, like or pertaining to copper-rust or verdigris
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aerugo | rust of any metal
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aesc | letter used in Old English for 'ae'
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aesopian | conveying meaning only to those in a secret movement
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aesthesia | sensibility
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aesthesiogenic | producing or causing a sensation
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aestheticism | doctrine that beauty is central to other moral principles
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aestival | of, like or pertaining to summer
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aethrioscope | instrument for measuring temperature variations due to sky conditions
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aeviternal | everlasting; endless
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aeviternity | eternal existence
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afebrile | not suffering from fever
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affabulation | moral of a fable
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affeer | to assess; to reduce to a fixed sum
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afferent | bearing, bringing or carrying towards
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affiance | to trust; to betroth
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affine | a relation by marriage
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afflated | inspired
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afflatus | inspiration; divine impetus
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afforce | to strengthen a jury by adding skilled people
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afforest | to cover with forest; to convert into hunting grounds
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affranchise | to free from slavery or similar obligation
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affray | an attack or assault; an alarm or fright
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affrayer | disturber of the peace
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affreightment | hiring of a vessel
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affreux | frightening
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affricate | consonant that begins as a plosive and ends as a fricative
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affronté | of two heraldic animals, facing one another
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affusion | pouring on; as of baptismal water
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afore | before
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afterclap | unexpected damaging or unsettling after-effect
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afterdeck | deck behind a ship's bridge
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aftergame | rematch; means employed after first turn of affairs
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afterguard | men who work the aft sails on the quarterdeck and poop deck
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afterhand | subsequently
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afterings | last milk drawn when milking a cow
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afterpiece | minor piece after a play
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aftershaft | second shaft coming out of the quill of a feather
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afterwil | locking of the barn after the cows have been let out
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agacerie | allurement; coquetry
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agalactia | failure or inability to produce milk
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agalloch | eaglewood
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agamist | one who opposes marriage
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agamogenesis | reproduction by non-sexual means
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agape | selfless Christian love; a feast in celebration of such love
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agapeistic | characterized by Christian love
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agapet | lover of women
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agapetae | churchwomen who live platonically with celibate men
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agapism | ethics of love
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agastopia | admiration of part of another's body
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agatewear | type of ceramic resembling agate stone
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agathism | belief in ultimate triumph of good despite evil means
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agathodaimon | one's good genius; the good part of one's conscience
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agelast | one who never laughs
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agennesic | sterile; impotent
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agenocratia | opposition to birth control
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agentive | indicating agent performing an action
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ageotropic | moving or turning away from the earth
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agersia | quality of not growing old
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ageusia | damage to the sense of taste
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agger | artificial mound or elevation for military use
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aggerose | in heaps; piled up
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aggiornamento | modernization of ideas of the Catholic church
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aggrade | to raise level of a surface through depositing detritus
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aggrandize | increase power or rank of; make greater
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aggrate | to gratify or please
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aggry | type of West African glass beads
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agio | premium paid on foreign currency exchange
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agiotage | playing the stock market; speculation
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agist | to charge with a public burden; to take in to graze for payment
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agistment | land tax assessed for cattle pasturing
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aglet | metal point attached to a lace or string
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agma | symbol or sound for a velar nasal consonant "ng"
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agminate | grouped
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agnail | sore, corn or hangnail on the toe or foot
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agname | name over and above the ordinary name and surname
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agnation | kinship
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agnize | to acknowledge or confess
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agnomen | additional name; surname; nickname
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agnomination | rhetorical use of similar-sounding words for effect
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agnosic | unable to recognize familiar objects due to brain damage
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agnosticism | doctrine that we can know nothing beyond material phenomena
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agnosy | ignorance
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agoge | tempo or sequence in melody in ancient Greek music
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agogic | accenting a musical note by slightly dwelling on it
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agomphosis | looseness in the teeth
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agone | ago
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agonic | making no angle
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agonism | competition; effort; striving
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agonistes | someone in the grip of inner conflict
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agonistic | of, like or pertaining to or being aggressive or argumentative
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agonistics | art and theory of prize-fighting
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agoraphobia | fear of open spaces
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agouti | tropical rabbit-sized rodent
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agowilt | sudden sickening and unnecessary fear
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agraffe | hooked clasp used by masons to hold blocks together
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agrapha | sayings of Jesus not found in the canonical gospels
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agraphia | inability to write
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agravic | having no gravity; pertaining to the condition of zero-gravity
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agrestic | of the fields; rural; unpolished
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agriology | the comparative study of primitive peoples
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agrize | to horrify; to disfigure
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agrizoiatry | medicine specializing in wild animals
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agrobiology | study of plant nutrition; soil yields
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agrology | study of agricultural soils
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agromania | intense desire to be in open spaces
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agronomics | study of productivity of land
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agrostography | writing about grasses
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agrostology | science or study of grasses
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agrypnia | insomnia
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agrypnotic | anything taken to aid wakefulness
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aguardiente | Spanish or Portuguese brandy
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agyiophobia | fear of crossing busy streets
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agynary | lacking female genitals
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ahimsa | the duty of sparing animal life; non-violence
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ahull | with sails furled and helm lashed to the lee-side
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ai | three-toed sloth
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aichmophobia | fear of sharp or pointed objects
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aiger | tidal wave occurring in rivers
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aigrette | a spray of jewels; ornamental feather plume; an egret
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aiguille | sharp; needle-like peak of rock
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aileron | flap on airplane wing for lateral balance
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ailette | plate of armour worn on shoulder
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ailuromancy | divination by watching cats' movements
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ailurophilia | love of cats
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ailurophobia | fear of cats
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aioli | garlic-flavoured mayonnaise
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airscrew | aircraft propeller
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aischrolatry | worship of filth, dirt, or smut
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aisling | a vision or dream
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ait | small island in lake or river
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aitchbone | rump bone of cattle; rump cut of beef
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aiué | elderly; senior
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akeratophorous | not horned
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akinesia | loss of ability to move
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ala | membranous outgrowth on a plant or animal
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alabamine | alternate name for the element astatine
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alack | expression of sorrow or regret
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alalia | loss of ability to speak
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alameda | public walkway between rows of poplar trees
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alamode | lightweight glossy silk
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alamort | half-dead; dejected
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alannah | term of endearment used with one's child
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alar | of, like or pertaining to the wing or shoulder
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alastrim | mild form of smallpox
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alate | lately
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alation | state of having wings; position of wings on a creature
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alaudine | of, like or pertaining to skylarks
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alb | long white robe worn by priests
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albarello | cylindrical jar used to hold drugs
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albata | variety of German silver
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albe | although; albeit
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albedo | whiteness, as of a celestial object
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albescent | becoming white; whiteness
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albicant | whitish; becoming white
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albificative | able to whiten or be whitened
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albion | medieval astronomical device for finding positions of planets
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albocracy | government by white people
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albolith | white cement formed from magnesia and silica
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albugineous | like the white of an eye or an egg; white-coloured
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alcahest | alchemical universal solvent
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alcatote | silly elf
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alcine | of, like or pertaining to elks; of, like or pertaining to auks
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alcoholometer | instrument for measuring proportion of alcohol in solutions
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alcovinometer | instrument to measure strength of wine
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aleatoric | depending on contingencies or chance
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aleberry | beverage made from ale, spices, and dried bread
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alecost | costmary, an herb used in flavouring ale
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alectormancy | divination by sacrificing a rooster
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alectryomachy | cock-fighting
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alectryomancy | divination by watching a rooster gather corn kernels
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alee | on or toward the lee
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alegar | vinegar made by turning ale sour
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alembicated | over-refined
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alepine | mixed wool and silk or mohair and cotton fabric
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alethiology | study of truth
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aleuromancy | divination using flour or meal
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alexia | inability to read
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alexipharmic | antidote
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alfet | cauldron of boiling water used during trials by ordeal
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alforge | wallet or leather bag
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algedonics | science of pleasure and pain
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algefacient | cooling
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algetic | causing or producing pain
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algicide | killer of algae
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algid | cold; chilly
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alginuresis | painful urination
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algolagnia | sexual pleasure derived from inflicting pain
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algology | study of algae
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algophobia | fear of pain
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algor | coldness; shivering fit
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algraphy | art of printing from aluminum plates
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alible | nourishing
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alicorn | mythical wavy-horned bull, often used as heraldic device
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alidade | revolving index on astrolabe or other instrument for reading gradations
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alieniloquy | speech on subjects other than the matter at hand; off-topic speech
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aliform | wing-shaped
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aligerous | winged
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aliicide | killing of someone other than oneself; murder
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aliped | having wings on the feet
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aliphatic | of, like or pertaining to fat or fats in general
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aliquant | number dividing into another with a remainder
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aliquot | number dividing into another without leaving a remainder
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aliter | requiring a different law to be applied; it is otherwise; in other words
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aliunde | from elsewhere
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alk | sap or resin from turpentine trees
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alkalimeter | instrument for measuring strength of alkalines
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alkanet | reddish plant-based dye
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allantiasis | food poisoning resulting from inadequate preservation
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allantoid | shaped like a sausage
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allative | indicating movement towards
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allemain | enormous pudding out of which acrobats leap
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allemande | courtly baroque dance in which the arms are interlaced
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alliaceous | of, like or pertaining to garlic; garlicky
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allicient | attracting something else
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allision | intentional collision of two ships
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allocatur | amount allowed for costs
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allochthonous | formed or produced elsewhere or externally
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allodic | not subject to a superior
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allogamy | cross-fertilization
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allogeneous | different
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allography | writing another individual's signature
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allolalia | speech disorder featuring randomly spoken words
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allonge | paper attached to commercial bill requiring signatures
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allonym | other person's name used by an author
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alloquy | speaking to another or many others; an address
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allotheism | belief in or worship of strange gods
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allotriophagy | craving for strange foods
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allotropy | of an element, having more than one form
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alluvion | effect of water impacting on shoreline
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allwhere | elsewhere; everywhere
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almacantar | circle of altitude, parallel to the horizon
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almagest | textbook or handbook, especially dealing with astronomy
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almandine | violet-coloured garnet
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almoner | giver of alms; social worker in a hospital
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almuce | cloth or fur hood
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alnager | inspector of cloth
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alogism | illogical statement
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alomancy | divination using salt
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alopecia | baldness; hair loss
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alopecoid | of or resembling a fox
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alow | below
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alpaca | fine wool made from alpaca hair
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alpenglow | reddish glow appearing at sunrise or sunset in mountains
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alpenstocker | mountain climber
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alpestrine | of, like or pertaining to alpine regions
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alphenic | sugary candy used in medicine
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alphitomancy | divination using loaves of barley
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alphonsin | instrument used to extract bullets from bodies
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alt | high musical tone
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altarage | payment to priest for mass; offerings at altar
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alterity | state of being different
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alternatim | alternately
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altiloquence | pompous or high speech
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altisonant | high-sounding
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altitonant | thundering on high or loudly
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altricial | having young requiring care for a lengthy period
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aludel | pear-shaped pot used in sublimation
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aluminiferous | bearing aluminum
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alveary | beehive; area of the ear where wax collects; word-list
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alveolate | of or like a honeycomb
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alveromancy | divination using sounds
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alviducous | purgative
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alvine | of the belly
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ama | a Japanese pearl-diver
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amadelphous | outgoing; gregarious
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amain | to a high degree; exceedingly; at full speed
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amanous | lacking hands
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amanuensis | one employed to write from dictation
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amaranth | imaginary flower reputed never to fade
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amaranthine | immortal; undying; deep purple-red colour
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amasesis | inability to chew
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amasthenic | focusing light rays to a single point
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amathophobia | fear of dust
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amaxophobia | fear of riding in a car
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ambages | windings; roundabout ways; delays
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ambeer | juice from chewing tobacco
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amberjack | spiny-finned Atlantic sport fish
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ambiloquous | using dubious or ambiguous expressions
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ambisinistrous | awkward in the use of both hands
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ambit | circuit; scope; compass; confines
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ambo | early Christian raised reading desk or pulpit
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ambry | recess for church vessels; cupboard or niche
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ambsace | bad luck; a low score
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ambulatory | aisle down the east end of a church
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ambulomancy | divination by taking a walk
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ambulophobia | fear of walking
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ambustion | burn or scald
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amende | fine or reparation paid
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ament | a person who fails to develop mentally
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amerce | to fine; to deprive; to punish
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ametropia | abnormal optical refraction
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amice | strip of fine linen worn as cloak or wrap by priest at mass
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amicicide | murder of a friend
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amidmost | in the very middle
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amidships | midway between the bow and stern of a ship
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ammeter | instrument for measuring electrical current
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ammophilous | sand-loving; preferring to dwell in sand
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amnicolist | one who lives near a river
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amniomancy | divination by examining afterbirth
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amorce | percussion cap for a toy pistol
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amoret | love sonnet or song
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amoretto | a cherub or spirit of love
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ampelidious | of, like or pertaining to vines
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ampelography | scientific description of the vine
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ampere | unit for measuring amount of electrical current
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amphibiolith | fossilized amphibian
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amphibolic | able to turn both backwards and forwards; double-jointed
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amphibology | ambiguity in language; dual grammatical meaning
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amphigean | occurring in both hemispheres of the brain or body
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amphigory | a nonsense verse
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amphimixis | interbreeding; intermixing of two individuals' genetic matter
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amphipneust | animal with both lungs and gills
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amphisbaena | mythical two-headed serpent or lizard
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amphiscian | of, like or pertaining to torrid regions
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amphiuma | aquatic American salamander with two pairs of small feet
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amphoriloquy | cavernous voice of a patient heard over a patient's lung cavity
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amplect | to embrace
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amplexus | rutting of frogs and toads
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ampliative | supplemental; additional
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amplivagant | stretching far; having a great scope
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ampulla | vessel for holy oil or wine for coronations or rituals
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amrita | Hindu ambrosia bestowing immortality
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amygdaloid | almond-shaped; of, like or pertaining to tonsils
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amyloid | containing or pertaining to starch; starchy
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amyous | lacking muscle
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an | if
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ana | in equal quantities
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anabasis | journey leading upwards; first phase of an illness
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anabiosis | return to life after apparent death
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anacampserote | something which can bring back a lost love
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anacamptic | reflecting or reflected light; sound or water
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anacardic | of, like or pertaining to cashews
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anacathartic | causing vomiting or expectoration
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anachoric | foreign or geographically absurd relating to a country
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anaclastic | refractive; of, like or pertaining to refraction
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anaclitic | dependent on other phenomenon or ability
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anacoenosis | rhetorical questioning of hearers or opponents for opinions on a matter
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anacoluthon | moving to new topic of discussion before finishing current one
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anacrisis | interrogation accompanied by torture
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anacrusis | syllable prior to the normal rhythm of a verse
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anacusic | completely deaf
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anadem | wreath, fillet or band
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anadiplosis | repeating last word of clause at beginning of next clause
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anadromous | fish which ascend rivers to spawn
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anaerectic | destructive
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anaesthesiology | study of anaesthetics
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anagalactic | coming from or existing beyond our own galaxy
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anaglyph | ornament in low relief
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anaglyptics | art of carving in bas-relief
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anaglyptography | art of engraving so as to give the subject an embossed appearance
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anagnorisis | recognition leading to denouement of a play
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anagogy | mystical interpretation
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anagraphy | art of constructing catalogues
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analects | crumbs that fall from the table
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analemma | sundial
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analepsis | repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis; pleonasm
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analgia | inability to feel pain
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anamnesis | reminiscence; prayer recalling death and resurrection of Jesus
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anamorphic | changing to a more complex form
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anandrious | impotent
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ananym | name written backward; often used as synonym
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anapeiratic | caused by excessive use
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anapest | two short metrical syllables followed by one long one
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anaphalantiasis | falling out of the eyebrows
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anaphia | loss of sense of touch
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anaphora | repetition of a word at beginning of successive phrases for emphasis
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anapnea | recovery of one's breath; restoration of breath
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anastasic | convalescent
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anastrophe | reversing or inverting word order as rhetorical device
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anatine | of, like or pertaining to ducks
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anatocism | compound interest
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anatreptic | overcoming; overturning
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anaudia | loss of voice
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anaunter | on the chance; lest
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anbury | soft fleshy tumour in horses
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anchorite | one withdrawn from the world for religious reasons
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ancillary | auxiliary; secondary
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ancipitous | two-edged and flattened
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ancistroid | hook-shaped
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ancon | elbow
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anconoid | of, like or pertaining to the elbow
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ancoral | of, shaped like or resembling an anchor
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ancress | female religious recluse
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andiron | iron bar used to support the end of a log in a fire
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andragogy | science of teaching adults
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androcracy | government by men
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androlepsia | governmental kidnapping for political purposes
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andromania | nymphomania
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androphagy | cannibalism
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aneabil | single; unmarried
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anear | nearly; almost
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anele | to administer extreme unction to
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anemocracy | government by the wind or by whim
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anemograph | instrument for measuring pressure and velocity of wind
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anemography | treatise on the winds
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anemology | study of winds
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anemometer | instrument for measuring wind velocity
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anemophilous | pollinated by wind
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anencephalic | lacking a brain
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anent | about; concerning
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anergia | failure of immune system; loss of energy
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anesis | tuning to a lower musical pitch
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aneuria | lack of nervous energy
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anfractuous | full of windings and intricate turnings
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angary | the right of a belligerent to seize neutral property
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angelocracy | government by angels
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angelolatry | worship of or belief in angels
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angelology | study of angels
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angelot | musical instrument resembling a lute
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angelus | prayer said in morning, at noon and at sunset
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angiogenesis | production of blood vessels
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angiography | description or examination of the blood vessels
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angiology | study of blood flow and lymphatic system
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anglice | in plain English
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anglomania | craze or obsession with England and the English
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anglophilia | love or fondness for England or the English
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anglophobia | fear of England or the English
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angora | silk-like fabric made from wool of angora goats
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angstrom | unit of one ten-billionth of a meter
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anguiform | shaped like a snake
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anguilliform | shaped like an eel
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anguine | of, like or pertaining to snakes
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anhedonia | an unresponsiveness to pleasure
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anhelation | shortness of breath
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anhidrosis | absence of perspiration
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anhinga | long-necked fish-eating tropical American bird
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aniconic | symbolizing without aiming at resemblance
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anicular | like an old woman
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anile | imbecilic; senile; like a very old woman
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animadvert | to comment critically on; to censure
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animalism | belief that humans are mere animals
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animastic | spiritual; animate
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animé | of a heraldic animal, having eyes differently-coloured from the animal itself
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animism | attribution of soul to inanimate objects
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anion | positively charged ion
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anisothenic | being of unequal strength
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anker | liquid measure of 8 1/2 gallons
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ankus | spiked elephant goad
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ankyloglossia | condition where motion of tongue is impeded; state of being tongue-tied
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ankyroid | hook-shaped
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anlace | short two-edged dagger
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anneal | to heat and cool metal gradually to temper
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annectent | having intermediate features between two taxa
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annihilationism | doctrine that the wicked are utterly destroyed after death
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annodated | shaped like the letter S
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annomination | pun; play on words
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annuent | nodding or moving of the head
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annulated | furnished with rings, wearing rings
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annulet | small ring around a classical column
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annulose | ringed; composed of rings
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anoa | small wild ox of Indonesia
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anocathartic | emetic; causing vomiting or expectoration
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anodontia | toothlessness
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anodyne | something that relieves pain or suffering
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anoesis | sensation not accompanied by understanding of it
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anogenic | formed from below or beneath
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anole | arboreal American lizard with ability to change colour
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anomia | inability to remember names
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anomic | in a state lacking social order and norms
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anomie | condition of lacking accepted social values or standards
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anomphalous | without a navel
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anon | at once; immediately
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anonym | person whose name is not given; pseudonym
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anonymuncule | minor anonymous writer
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anopheline | of, like or pertaining to malarial mosquitoes
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anopisthographic | bearing writing or inscription only on one side
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anopsia | blindness
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anorchous | lacking testicles
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anosmia | lack or loss of sense of smell
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anotic | lacking ears
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ansate | having a handle or hand-like shape
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anserated | of a heraldic cross, having the extremities cleft
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anserine | of, like or pertaining to geese
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anta | pier produced by thickening wall at one end
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antalgic | alleviating or relieving pain
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antanaclasis | repetition of key word of phrase as a play on words
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antapology | response to an apology
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antarchy | opposition to government; anarchy
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anteambulo | usher
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antechapel | anteroom to a chapel or church
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antechinus | carnivorous mouselike Australian marsupial
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antejentacular | before breakfast
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anteloquy | a preface
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antelucan | before dawn or daylight
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antemundane | before one's own birth; before the creation of the world
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antenniferous | bearing antennae
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antepast | foretaste
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antependium | covering or cloth over pulpit or altar
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antephialtic | preventing nightmares
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antepone | to put before; to prefer
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anteprandial | before dinner
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antevenient | preceding
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anthelion | luminous ring seen on a cloud opposite the sun
|
anthelminthic | destroying or expelling worms
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anthesis | full bloom
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anthography | scientific description of flowers
|
anthomancy | divination using flowers
|
anthomania | obsession with flowers
|
anthophilous | loving or frequenting flowers
|
anthorism | counter-definition; redefinition of opponent's term for rhetorical effect
|
anthracomancy | divination using burning coals
|
anthrophobia | fear of humans
|
anthropobiology | study of human biology
|
anthropocentrism | belief that humans are central to the universe
|
anthropogenesis | origin of human beings
|
anthropoglot | animal with human tongue; animal capable of speech
|
anthropolatry | worship of human beings
|
anthropolith | fossilized human skeleton
|
anthropomancy | divination using human entrails
|
anthropomorphization | attribution of human qualities to animals
|
anthropopathy | ascription of human feelings to inanimate object
|
anthropophaginian | cannibal
|
anthropophagous | eating humans
|
anthroposophy | knowledge of the nature of humanity; human wisdom
|
anthropotheism | belief that gods are only deified men
|
anthypophora | refuting an objection using a contrary inference
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antibasilican | opposed to monarchic principle
|
antiblastic | providing natural immunity against harmful substances
|
antibromic | eliminating offensive odours
|
antichresis | enjoyment of mortgaged property in lieu of interest payments
|
antichthon | hypothetical second Earth on the opposite side of the sun
|
anticlimax | expression whose last part is decreased in effect from the prior part
|
anticryptic | camouflaged; having protective resemblance to environment
|
antidisestablishmentarianism | doctrine opposed to removing Church of England's official religion status
|
antigalactic | preventing the secretion of milk
|
antigropelos | waterproof leggings
|
antilapsarianism | denial of doctrine of the fall of humanity
|
antilegomena | books of the New Testament not part of early Christian Bible
|
antilogarithm | number of which a given number is the logarithm
|
antilogism | statement of three propositions containing contradiction
|
antilogy | contradiction
|
antiloquy | speaking against some idea; contradicting or gainsaying
|
antimacassar | protective covering for back of sofa or chair
|
antimetabole | figure in which words or phrases are repeated but in inverse order
|
antimetathesis | inversion of the parts of an antithesis
|
antimnemonic | damaging the memory; eliminating memories
|
antimony | brittle, bluish-white metallic element
|
antinomianism | doctrine of the rejection of moral law
|
antinomy | contradiction between two logical conclusions
|
antipedobaptism | denial of validity of infant baptism
|
antiperistasis | opposition or resistance
|
antiphon | anthem sung as a response during church service
|
antiphrasis | use of words in a sense opposite to literal
|
antipudic | concealing private parts of the body
|
antiscian | dweller on the exact opposite side of the world
|
antistrophe | repetition of words in reverse order
|
antistrophon | turning of opponent's own argument against them
|
antithalian | opposed to mirth or fun
|
antithesis | contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangement of words or clauses
|
antitypy | resistance to being penetrated
|
antonomasia | use of descriptive phrase or epithet instead of proper name
|
antre | cave
|
antrorse | turned upward and forward
|
anuptaphobia | fear of staying single
|
anuresis | inability to urinate
|
anurous | tailless
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anzactile | army biscuit
|
aorist | expressing simple past time with no continuance
|
apaesthesia | numbness or loss of sensation in a limb
|
apagoge | proof by showing the falsehood of the opposite
|
apanage | privilege of office; especially one given to younger offspring
|
apantomancy | divination using objects at hand
|
aparithmesis | rhetorical answer to a proposition
|
apatetic | of an animal's coloration or markings
|
apay | to satisfy
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apercu | brief outline; glimpse; intuitive insight
|
aperient | laxative
|
aphagia | inability to eat or swallow
|
aphemia | loss of ability to produce articulate speech
|
apheresis | taking away a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word
|
aphesis | loss of initial unaccented vowel from beginning of a word
|
aphicide | killer of aphids
|
aphidicide | killer of aphids
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aphnology | science of wealth
|
aphologistic | flameless
|
aphotic | lightless
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aphrasia | inability to speak
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aphrodisiomania | abnormal sexual interest
|
aphthong | silent letter
|
apian | of, like or pertaining to bees
|
apiarian | of, like or pertaining to bees or beekeeping
|
apical | of or at the apex
|
apiculate | ending in a small apex or point
|
apiculture | beekeeping
|
apiology | study of bees
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apistia | faithlessness in marriage
|
apivorous | eating bees
|
aplanatic | a lens free of spherical aberration
|
apocalypticism | doctrine of the imminent end of the world
|
apocarteresis | suicide by starvation
|
apocatastasis | final restitution of all things at the appearance of the Messiah
|
apocatastisis | reversion or restoration to original position
|
apocope | cutting off the last sound of a word
|
apocrisiary | papal secretary
|
apodal | lacking feet
|
apodictic | necessarily true beyond contradiction
|
apodosis | main concluding clause in a conditional sentence
|
apodysophilia | feverish desire to undress
|
apograph | exact copy; facsimile
|
apolaustic | dedicated to the search for enjoyment
|
apologetics | defense and proof of Christianity or other doctrine
|
aponia | painlessness
|
apopemptic | valedictory
|
apophasis | saying something by stating that you will not mention it
|
apophoret | a gift given to celebrate a new year
|
apophthegm | brief saying; proverb; epigram
|
aporia | professed but false doubt of what to say or choose, for rhetorical effect
|
aposiopesis | suddenly stopping in the middle of a speech for emphasis
|
apositia | dislike of or distaste for food
|
apostasy | renunciation of former beliefs
|
apostil | marginal note
|
apostrophe | addressing of a personified thing rhetorically
|
apotelesm | casting of a horoscope
|
apothegm | a short, instructive saying or formula
|
apotheosis | elevation to divine status; a perfect example
|
apotropaic | designed to turn away evil
|
apparitor | officer in court who attends to execute orders; harbinger
|
appaumé | having the palm displayed
|
appendant | attached to; hanging from; adjunct
|
apperception | mind's perception of itself as a conscious agent
|
appersonation | irrational belief that one is another person
|
appetence | strong craving or powerful desire
|
applanate | flat; flattened; compressed
|
appointé | in heraldry, having two things touching at the ends
|
apport | to transport objects without material agency
|
appose | to place in juxtaposition or proximity
|
apposite | appropriate
|
approbation | approval; consent
|
apprompt | to borrow
|
appropinquity | nearness
|
appui | to support militarily
|
appulse | a striking against something
|
appurtenance | a subordinate or adjunct part of
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apricate | to bask in the sun
|
apricide | killing of a boar
|
aprique | sunny
|
apse | rounded extension of church or other building
|
apselophesia | loss of sense of touch
|
apsidal | shaped like an apse
|
apterygial | wingless; finless
|
aptotic | uninflected; indeclinable
|
aptronym | name that suits its owner
|
apyrexy | period of intermission in a fever
|
aquamanile | ewer in the form of a human or animal figure for ceremonial handwashing
|
aquaphobia | fear of water
|
aquarelle | watercolour painting
|
aquifer | a rock formation containing water
|
aquiform | watery; liquid
|
aquilated | in heraldry, adorned with eagle's heads
|
aquiline | of, like or pertaining to eagles; hooked like an eagle's beak
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araba | wheeled Middle Eastern carriage
|
arachibutyrophobia | fear of peanut butter sticking to roof of mouth
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arachnivorous | feeding on spiders
|
arachnology | study of spiders
|
arachnophobia | fear of spiders
|
araneidan | of, like or pertaining to spiders
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araneiform | shaped like a spider
|
araneous | transparent; delicate; like a spider's web
|
araphorostic | seamless
|
aration | ploughing
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arbalest | type of crossbow
|
arborescent | branched; branching; tree-shaped
|
arboricide | killing of trees
|
arboricolous | growing on or living in trees
|
arboriform | shaped like a tree
|
arbrolatry | worship of start
|
arbuscle | dwarf or shrub-like tree
|
arbustum | orchard; copse of trees
|
arcanna | red chalk used to mark trees
|
arcate | bow-shaped
|
arceate | to prevent; to ward off
|
archaeolatry | worship of archaic things or old customs
|
archelogy | the study of first principles
|
archet | violin box
|
archididascalian | of, like or pertaining to headmasters
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archididascalos | school principal
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archiloquy | first part of a speech
|
archimandrite | head of a monastery or convent
|
archimime | chief buffoon or mimic
|
architectonics | of, like or pertaining to the arrangement of knowledge
|
architecuralization | adaptation of non-architectural entities for architectural purposes
|
architrave | parts surrounding a door or window, especially the top
|
archology | science of the origins of government
|
arciform | shaped like a bow
|
arctician | one skilled in navigating arctic regions
|
arctogaeal | of the arctic regions of the earth
|
arctoid | bear-like
|
arctophile | collector of teddy bears
|
arctophily | study of teddy bears
|
arcuate | arched; bow-shaped
|
ard | plough used to scratch top surface of soil
|
ardass | fine silk
|
arefy | to dry up; to wither
|
arenaceous | like, growing in or consisting of sand
|
arenoid | sandy; like sand
|
areology | study of Mars
|
areometer | instrument used for measuring specific gravity
|
areopagitic | of, like or pertaining to tribunals or courts
|
aret | to assign or allot
|
aretaics | the science of virtue
|
arete | sharp mountain ridge
|
argali | large-horned Asian wild sheep
|
argand | gas or oil lamp
|
argent | the heraldic colour silver or white
|
argentiferous | bearing silver
|
argentocracy | government by money
|
argil | clay used in making pottery
|
argillaceous | clayey; of or resembling clay
|
argol | crust formed on wine kept too long or improperly
|
argol | dried cow dung used as fuel
|
argosy | a large merchant ship; a rich supply
|
arguendo | for the sake of argument
|
arguria | silver poisoning
|
argute | shrill; keen; shrewd
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argyll | silver gravy dish
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arietine | of, like or pertaining to rams
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arietinous | shaped like a ram's head
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aright | right; correctly
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ariolation | divination in general
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aristarch | a severe critic
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aristarchy | government by the best
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aristology | the science or art of dining
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arithmancy | divination using numbers
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arithmocracy | government by simple majority
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arithmogram | number composed of numerical values of letters in a word
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arithmography | writing a number using letters; gematria
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arithmomania | obsessive preoccupation with numbers
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armamentarium | collective equipment available to a doctor
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armet | round iron helmet
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armigerous | entitled to bear arms
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armillary | like or composed of rings
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armipotent | having strong weapons; militarily potent
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armisonant | resounding with noises of battle or weapons
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armlet | piece of armour for the arm
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armomancy | divination by examining one's shoulders
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armure | twilled woollen or silk fabric
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aroint | begone
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arpeggione | stringed instrument like the cello
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arpent | unit of land area slightly smaller than an acre
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arpenteur | land surveyor
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arrant | downright; unmitigated
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arras | tapestry covering a wall
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arrasene | embroidery fabric of wool and silk
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arrect | attentive; erect; raised up
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arrendator | one who rents or farms at a yearly rent
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arreptitious | ecstatic; frantic; hasty or hurried
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arrestant | substance causing an insect to stop moving
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arrhizal | lacking roots
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arris | sharp edge on stone; meeting of two surfaces
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arrogate | to claim unduly as one's own; to ascribe
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arrondi | of a heraldic device, having rounded sides
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arrosive | gnawing; chewing; corroding
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arthrology | study of joints
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arthroscope | instrument for examining interior of a joint
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arundiferous | bearing or producing reeds
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arundinaceous | like or having the properties of a reed
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arval | of, like or pertaining to ploughed land
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ascesis | the practice of disciplining oneself; asceticism
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asceticism | doctrine that self-denial of the body permits spiritual enlightenment
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ascham | box for keeping bows and arrows dry
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ascian | inhabitant of the equatorial zone
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aseity | self-origination
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ashlar | squared stone used in building walls
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ashplant | walking stick
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asinine | of, like or pertaining to asses; stupid
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asitia | lack of appetite
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askefise | one who blows on ashes to bring them to flame
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asomatous | lacking a body; incorporeal
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asonia | deafness to specific pitches of sound
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asperge | to sprinkle
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aspergilliform | shaped like a brush
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aspergillum | vessel for sprinkling holy water
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asperity | roughness of surface or sound
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asperse | slander; disparage
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aspersed | in heraldry, covered with an indefinite number of small figures
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aspersory | vessel for holding holy water
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aspheterism | denial of the right to private property
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aspidate | shield-shaped
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aspidomancy | divination by sitting and chanting within a circle
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asportation | to carry property away wrongfully
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assart | to reclaim for agriculture by clearing away trees
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assecuration | marine insurance
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assentation | insincere or glib assent
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asseveration | positive or earnest affirmation
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assibilate | to pronounce with a hiss or sibilant
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assiduity | persevering application to a pursuit
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assizer | officer or judge in charge of weights and measures
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associative | indicating association with or accompaniment by
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assoil | to absolve; to acquit
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assot | to befool; to besot
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assuefaction | habituation
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assuetude | accustomedness; habit
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assurgent | ascending; rising; curving upward
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astacology | the science of crayfish
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astatic | in equilibrium
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asteism | refined irony
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asterism | cluster of three asterisks arranged in triangle to draw attention to passage
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astern | at the stern of a ship
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astheniology | study of diseases of weakening and aging
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asthenopia | muscular weakening of the eyes
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astichous | not in rows
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astragal | small semicircular moulding; dice
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astragalomancy | divination using dice or knucklebones
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astraphobia | fear of being struck by lightning
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astrapophobia | fear of thunder and lightning
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astriction | binding obligation
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astringe | to draw together; to tighten
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astrionics | electronics as applied to space flight
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astrobleme | scar on the earth's surface from meteorite impact
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astrobolism | sun-stroke
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astrogeology | study of extraterrestrial geology
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astrognosy | knowledge of fixed stars
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astrogony | theory of the origin of stars
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astrolatry | worship of stars
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astrologaster | a foolish or petty astrologer
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astromancy | divination using stars
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astrometeorology | study of effect of stars on climate
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astrophile | person interested in astronomy
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astroseismology | study of star oscillations
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astrut | protrudingly; distendedly
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asynartetic | having two members with different rhythms
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asyndeton | rhetorical device of omitting conjunctions
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atactic | irregular
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ataraxia | tranquility; freedom from anxiety; stoicism
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atavism | reversion to early or ancestral type
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ateknia | childlessness
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atelier | artist's studio or workshop
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ateliosis | imperfect development; developmental irregularity
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athanasy | deathlessness
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athanor | alchemist's self-feeding digesting furnace
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atheling | Anglo-Saxon prince or nobleman
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athenaeum | literary or scientific association
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athermic | lacking heat
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athetesis | rejection of a passage as spurious
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athetosis | nervous twitching of digits and extremities
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athwart | across; in opposition to; sideways; transversely
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athymia | melancholy
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atimy | loss of honour; disgrace
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atlantes | male figures used as columns
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atlas | rich satin fabric
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atmatertera | great-grandfather's grandmother's sister
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atmology | the science of aqueous vapour
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atmometer | instrument for measuring evaporating capacity of air
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atocia | female sterility
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atokous | lacking offspring
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atomism | belief that the universe consists of small indivisible particles
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atony | muscular weakness
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atpatruus | great-grandfather's grandfather's brother
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atrabiliary | melancholy; hypochondriac
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atrabilious | melancholy; splenetic; acrimonious
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atrament | blacking; ink; black dye
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atresia | absence or irregular closure of a passage in the body
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atrichia | baldness
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atrous | jet black
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attainder | the loss of civil rights for high treason
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attaint | disgrace; sully; infect; taint
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attemper | to adapt or alter quality by adding to something
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attenuate | make thin; reduce in value
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atticism | expression characterized by conciseness and elegance
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attingent | touching
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attollent | lifting up; raising
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attorn | to transfer to another
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attrahent | attracting or drawing
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attrist | to sadden
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attrite | repentant through fear of punishment
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attuition | operation between sensation and perception
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aubade | musical announcement of dawn; sunrise song
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aubergine | eggplant
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aubin | horse's gait between an amble and a gallop
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auceps | hawker or bird-tender
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aucupate | to hunt birds; to pursue prey with vigilance
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audile | person more attuned to sound than the other senses
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audiology | study of hearing
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audiometer | instrument for measuring acuity of hearing
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audiophile | one who loves accurately reproduced recorded sound
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audism | belief that people who can hear are superior to people who are deaf
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augean | filthy; difficult
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augend | number to which another number is added
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aught | at all
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aularian | of, like or pertaining to a hall in a university
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aulete | flautist
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aulic | courtly; ceremonious; genteel
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auncel | crude balance for weighing
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aurantiaceous | of, like or pertaining or pertaining to oranges or orange trees
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aureity | property of being golden in colour or substance
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aureole | radiant light around head or body of holy personage
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auricomous | having golden or blond hair
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auricular | of, like or pertaining to the ear; spoken secretly
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auriferous | bearing gold
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aurifex | goldsmith
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auriform | shaped like an ear
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aurigation | charioteering
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aurigraphy | writing or engraving in gold
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aurilave | instrument for cleaning the ear
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auriphrygia | gold embroidery
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auriscope | instrument for examining the ear
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aurochs | extinct wild ox
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aurulent | gold-coloured
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auscultation | listening to sounds arising within organs
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auslaut | final sound of a word or syllable
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austringer | keeper of goshawks
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austromancy | divination using wind
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autarchy | government by an absolute ruler
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autarkic | self-sufficient; independent
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autecology | study of ecology of one species
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autocephality | ecclesiastical self-government
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autocide | killing of oneself; suicide
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autocide | killing of oneself or another by means of a motor vehicle
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autocoprophagy | eating one's own feces
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autocracy | government by one individual
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auto-da-fe | burning of a heretic
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autodidact | self-taught person
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autogenesis | spontaneous generation
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autognosis | knowledge of or about oneself
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autography | writing in one's own hand
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autolatry | self-worship
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autology | scientific study of oneself
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automorphism | ascription to others of one's own characteristics
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automysophobia | fear of being dirty
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autonym | a writer's real name; work published under writer's own name
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autophagy | feeding on body's own tissues
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autophanous | self-luminous
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autophobia | fear of solitude
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autoschediasm | anything extemporized
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autosoterism | belief that one can obtain salvation through oneself
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autotelic | being an end in itself
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autothaumaturgist | person pretending to be mystical or mysterious
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autotheism | belief that one is God incarnate or that one is Christ
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autotropic | growing in a straight line
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auxanometer | instrument for measuring growth of plants
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auxesis | increase in size; hyperbole or augmentation of meaning
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auxology | science of growth
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auxometer | instrument for measuring magnifying power
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aval | of, like or pertaining to a grandparent
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avalement | allowing knees to flex while skiing
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avaunt | away; hence; to boast
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aveniform | shaped like oats
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aventail | movable front of a helmet
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averruncate | to ward off; to uproot
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averruncator | pole for pruning trees
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aversant | in heraldry, with a hand turned towards the back
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avicide | killing of birds
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avicular | of, like or pertaining to birds
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avinosis | air sickness
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avionics | the science of electronic devices for aircraft
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avital | ancestral
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avizandum | private consideration of a case by a judge
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avocet | long-legged wading bird with upward-curving bill
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avolitional | involuntary
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avulse | to pluck or tear away by force
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avuncular | like an uncle; of, like or pertaining to uncles
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awn | beard or similar bristly growth on stalk of grain
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axilla | armpit
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axiniform | shaped like an axe-head
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axinomancy | divination using an axe or hatchet
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axiology | the science of the ultimate nature of values
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axolotl | salamander dwelling in mountainous lakes
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aye-aye | nocturnal lemur-like animal of Madagascar
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azimuth | arc of the horizon
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azoth | alchemical name for mercury
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azuline | blue
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azure | light or sky blue; the heraldic colour blue
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azymous | unleavened
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