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- nucleophilic
- having an affinity for the positively charged central portion of an atom that comprises nearly all of the atomic mass
- incarceration
- imprisonment, state of being confined
- Ichabod
- used to expresed regret for a loss
- dormition
- death resembling falling asleep
- brachiosaur
- dinosuar of a genus of huge dinosaurs of the Upper Jurassic having longer forelegs than hind legs
- bathymetry
- the measurement of depths of water in oceans, seas, and lakes
- rheumatism
- Any of several pathological conditions of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, or nerves, characterized by discomfort and disability
- janiform
- have a face on two sides
- celerity
- swiftness
- geosynchronous
- Of, relating to, or being an orbit that has a period of one sidereal day.
- analgesic
- an agent for producing insensitivity to pain without loss of consciousness
- percutaneous
- effected or performed through the skin
- futilitarian
- ineffectiveness
- formaldehyde
- very reactive organic compound used chiefly as a disinfectant and preservative
- metastasize
- spread by transfer of a disease-producing agency from a site of disease to another part of the body
- topiarist
- one skilled in the art of training, cutting ,and trimming trees or shrubs into odd or ornamental shapes
- attenuate
- reduced or weakened; tapering into a long slender point
- thermotropism
- an involuntary movement of an organism in reaction to temperature
- indefeasible
- not liable to being annulled or voided or undone
- grivation
- angle between north as indicated by a grid on a map and magnetic north at any point
- iliad
- long narrative, an epic in homeric tradition
- marguerite
- low scapose European herb having flower heads with small white or pink ray flowers and yellow disk flowers
- antennule
- a small antenna or similar organ
- dentifrice
- powder or paste for cleaning the teeth
- philodendron
- plant of the genus Philodendron grown commonly as a house plant often in water alone
- wentletrap
- graceful spirally coiled mollusk shells
- dicotyledon
- plant having two first leaves developed by the embryo in seed plants and in ferns and related plants
- halitosis
- condition of having bad breath
- resinogenous
- hard brittle semisolid amorphous substances with a characteristic luster
- discretionary
- left to individual judgement
- Gloucester
- a hard cheese resembling derby
- flibbertigibbet
- a light minded or silly restless person
- incorrigible
- bad beyond the possibility of correction or rehabilitation; utterly bad or depraved
- rejuvenescent
- becoming or causing to become young or youthful again
- lobscouse
- a sailor's dish prepared by stewing or baking bits of meat with vegetables, hardtack, and other ingredients
- obstreperous
- stubbornly defiant, resisting control
- apothecary
- one who prepares and sells drugs for medicinal purposes
- schlockmeister
- a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise
- tutelary
- having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing
- subsultory
- involving irregularity of movement or advance; leaping
- Brahmsian
- of or relating to Johannes Brahms or his musical compositions
- clarence
- closed four wheel carriage
- ululate
- utter a loud mournful usually protracted and rhythmical sound; cry out
- niveous
- of, relating to, or resembling snow
- usurious
- taking illegal or exorbitant interest for the use of money
- Ebenezer
- commemoration of divine assistance
- oscilloscope
- instrument in which the electrical fluctuations are not recorded by appear temporarily as a visible wave form on the screen of a cathode ray tube
- thoracic
- of the part of the body located between the neck and the abdomen; relating to the thorax
- espagnole
- foundation sauce made of stock thickened with flour browned in fat with added seasonings
- Coolidgean
- of, relating to, or reminiscent of Calvin Coolidge or his time or policies
- falcate
- hooked or curved like a sickle
- exculpatory
- serving as an excuse or explanation by way of vindication
- notabilia
- things worthy of attention
- helicoidal
- forming or arranged in a spiral
- cartilage
- translucent elastic tissue that composes most of the skeleton of the embryos
- megatonnage
- the destructive capability especially of a collection of nuclear weapons that is expressed in millions of tons of TNT
- georgette
- thin strong clothing crepe woven from hard twisted harns to produce a dull pebbly surface
- synoptophore
- instrument for diagnosing imbalance of eye muscles
- glossopathy
- tongue disease
- sphygmometer
- instrument for measuring the strength of the pulse beat
- monophyodont
- having but one set of teeth none of which are later replaced
- polychrest
- medicine that is a remedy for several diseases
- fossorial
- adapted to digging
- sacristy
- room in or attached to a church where the sacred utensils and vestments are kept
- geophagous
- feeding on soil
- oxydactyl
- having slender tapered digits