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lenitive
soothing; laxative; mitigating
lapactic
purgative
hirsuites
hairiness
buhl
inlaying of precious material onto furniture
thigmotaxis
movement of plant towards or away from an object
nidify
to build a nest
vimineous
with long flexible shoots
maritage
right of feudal lord to arrange marriage of vassals
absinthial
of, like or pertaining to wormwood; bitter
stemson
supporting timber of a ship
soldatesque
soldierlike
aulic
courtly; ceremonious; genteel
literose
spuriously or affectedly literary
obtrotund
round but flattened on top and bottom
yordim
emigrants who leave Israel
lactometer
instrument for testing relative density of milk
sciosophy
system of knowledge without basis in science
planipennate
having flat; broad wings
outmantle
to exceed in dress or ornament
xanthophyll
substance causing yellow colour of autumn leaves
exeat
permission from bishop for clergymen to work elsewhere
exaugurate
to desanctify; to deprive of sacred status
multisulcate
many-furrowed
ostrichism
habit or policy of refusing to face unpleasant facts
selenomancy
divination by studying the moon
overslaugh
exemption from duty in turn when otherwise employed
botonée
having three buds like a trefoil
presbycousis
hardness of hearing during old age
sublunary
under the moon; of this world; earthly;terrestrial
sarangousty
waterproof stucco
forsooth
in truth; indeed
metonymy
figurative use of word to name an attribute of its subject
victoria
cry of triumph
speleothem
structure in a cave formed by deposition of minerals in water
anorchous
lacking testicles
subserve
to be useful to; to promote
paromologia
partial admission of opponent's argument to strengthen one's final position
volable
nimble-witted
lintel
horizontal beam supporting the load above a door
molybdosis
lead poisoning
supercalender
to give a high polish to
chômage
work stoppage or slump
hirudine
of, like or pertaining to leeches
larine
of, like or pertaining to gulls
dogcart
light two-wheeled carriage with seats back-to-back
pottle
unit of liquid measurement of two quarts, or one-half gallon
indicia
indicating marks or symptoms
boniform
having the form of good
diastrophe
upheaval or drastic modification of the earth's crust
xenoglossia
person's knowledge of a language never studied
pottle
small conical fruit basket
moquette
thick piled fabric used in upholstery and carpeting
ramentum
chaffy scale on plants
carcelage
prison fees
woolsack
large wool-filled scarlet sack for the Lord Chancellor
ochlophobia
fear of crowds
inlapidate
to petrify
brevet
commission enabling officer to take higher rank
planetogeny
theory of the origin of planets
tecnology
teaching of children
bursiform
shaped like a pouch or purse
butyraceous
resembling, producing or having the qualities of butter
calycine
of, like or pertaining to a cup or calyx
vacuole
fluid-bearing cavity in organic tissue
perfectibilism
doctrine that humans are capable of becoming perfect
recrudescence
a resurgence after a period of abatement
venireman
juror
zapata
flowing, drooping moustache
hierurgy
sacred performance
sordor
refuse; foul matter
neovitalism
theory that total material explanation is impossible
celesta
keyboard instrument with hammers that strike on steel plates
ingerence
intrusion; interference
immanentism
belief in an immanent or permanent god
nekton
assemblage of swimming organisms in a body of water
subturbary
beneath turf
puteal
wall round the top of a well
atlas
rich satin fabric
gar
mild oath
garnetiferous
bearing garnets
quondam
former; sometime; formerly
carnet
customs or other permit; book of coupons
stibial
of, like or pertaining to antimony
longanimity
forbearance; patience
heliophobia
fear of sunlight
medullary
consisting of or resembling marrow or pith
ana
in equal quantities
ethnography
written description of societies and cultures
petcock
valve for draining condensed steam from engine cylinders
oecodomic
of, like or pertaining to architecture
lobate
having a lobe or lobes
ecardinate
without hinges
paedogenesis
reproduction by an infant or larval organism
wafture
act of waving or wafting
nacre
mother-of-pearl
thanatoid
apparently dead; deathly; deadly
abyssopelagic
of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean
nomology
the science of the laws; especially of the mind
succedaneum
substitute; remedy
salpiform
shaped like a barrel
quern
stone mill worked by hand
sprauncy
smart; dapper
parthenolatry
worship of the Virgin Mary
antependium
covering or cloth over pulpit or altar
interpilaster
space between two pilasters
durometer
instrument for measuring hardness of substances
gegenschein
glow of zodiacal light seen opposite the sun
ignavia
laziness; laxity
biduous
lasting two days
debarrass
to disembarrass; dientangle; free
