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Galactoid
like or resembling milk; milky
trencher
edible plate and platter made of bread
phlogogenetic
causing inflammation
siccaneous
dry; arid
phenomenology
study of phenomena
bruxomania
compulsion for grinding teeth
septemfluous
in seven streams
philodox
one who loves his own opinions; dogmatic person
polkamania
craze for polka dancing
vasiform
shaped like a duct or vase
fumiduct
smoke vent; smokestack
drysalter
seller of dry goods and chemicals
dolee
one who receives a government allowance, especially unemployment benefits
xanthocyanopsy
form of colour-blindness in which only blue and yellow can be distinguished
atavism
reversion to early ancestral type
brackish
saltish; very salty
quarrelet
small square
levin
lightning
postern
back door or gate; small private door
fingent
moulding;shaping
anthelion
luminous ring seen on a cloud opposite the sun
lordolatry
worship of nobility
jettatura
the evil eye
pabulous
of, like or pertaining to nourishment
onocrotal
old term for the pelican
engastration
stuffing of one bird inside another
reflexology
study of reflexes
amphiuma
aquatic American salamander with two pairs of small feet
peristrephic
moving round; revolving; rotatory
synaloepha
contraction of two syllables into one by omitting a vowel
covinous
fraudulent
alginuresis
painful urination
cheliferous
bearing pincers or claws
squinancy
quinsy
face-cord
unit of wood measurement equal to a stack four by eight feet in volume
shiv
straight-razor
coprology
study of pornography
auricomous
having golden or blond hair
nosography
description of diseases
emblements
growing crops
aluminiferous
bearing aluminium
epagoge
induction
wedeln
skiing in a swiveling motion with skis close together
sparver
canopy for a bed
rondure
gracefully rounded curvature
carinated
shaped like the prow or keel of a shpi
irrevincible
invincible; incontrovertible
xylocarp
hard and woody fruit
termagant
an overbearing or nagging woman
tardigrade
slow-paced
exterritority
exemption from local regulations
minster
church associated with a monastery
esclandre
notoriety; unpleasantness
codicology
study of manuscripts
gamomania
obsession with issuing odd marriage proposals
quomodocunquize
to make money in any way possible
trieteric
occuring in alternate years
stifle
joint above the hock of a horse
calceate
to shoe
sabulous
sandy; gritty; growing in sandy places
tarassis
hysteria suffered by a man
coadjutor
bishop assisting a diocesan bishop and having the right of succession
potto
small nocturnal West African monkey
haematic
blood-coloured
rhapsodomancy
divination by opening works of poetry at random
poppyhead
raised ornament on top of upright end of seats in churches
paciferous
peace-bringing
xenodochium
building for the reception of strangers
strigiform
shaped like an owl
ancistroid
hook-shaped
lamé
fabric in which metallic threads are interwoven
viff
of an aircraft; to change direction suddenly
ultrageous
violently extreme
yarpha
peatbog; sandy or fibrous peat
papyrotamia
manufacture of paper flowers
diachoretic
laxative
cymophanous
opalescent; having a wavy of floating light
bombic
of, like or pertaining to silkworms
pilose
having scattered soft or moderately stiff hairs
ephidrosis
profuse perspiration
regnal
of a reign
cursorial
used in walking or running
trophotropism
direction of growth by nutritional factors
klangfarbe
tone-colour; timbre
whitleather
leather dressed with alum
ambsace
bad luck; a low score
zug
waterproof leather used for boots
fulmineous
of, like or pertaining to thunder and lightning
ruiniform
having the form or appearance of ruins
vermeil
bright red or vermilion colour; gilded silver
hylicism
materialism
seahog
porpoise
gracility
slenderness
sporiferous
bearing spores
overflush
superfluity
felsenmeer
flat arctic area covered with angular borders
valvar
of or relating to a valve
physiognomoy
general appearance of anything, especially the face
hylophagous
eating wood
privative
indicating absence, deprivation or negation
beblubbered
disfigured from weeping
mycterism
sneering; rhetorical sarcasm or irony
upspeak
to begin to speak
peirameter
instrument measuring resistance of road surfaces to wheel movement
paragraphy
writing of paragraphs
paregmenon
region of a word or its cognates in a series of words
berge
spy glass or telescope
ensilage
storage of green fodder in silos
recense
to revise critically
mazut
petroleum reside after distillation
torpor
numbness; inactivity; dullness
silicicolous
growing in silicate or sandy soil
incarnadine
carnation-coloured; blood-red
vitative
concerned with the preservation of life
hospitate
to greet; to welcome
haversack
bag worn over the shoulder for carrying provisions
miliary
like or concerning millet seeds
jurimetrics
application of scientific methods to legal problems
solleret
armoured shoe made of scales or plates
quadrivoltine
having four litters in a single year
elflock
lock of tangled hair
lactarium
dairy farm or milking operation
hedera
ivy leaf sign used to separate paragraphs
nimbose
cloudy
logia
collection of sayings
oppidan
urban
prosopopeia
personification; representation of absent person as speaking
étui
case for holding sewing articles
beira
pygmy antelope
