A CHEVAL phr. - 'on horseback'; astride; straddling. A CORPS PERDU phr. - 'with lost body'; impetuously; in desperation.

A FOND phr. - 'to the bottom'; thoroughly. A LA BELLE TOILE phr. - 'under the beautiful star'; in the open air at night. A LA MORT phr. - 'to the death'; mortally. A OUTRANCE phr. - 'to the utmost'; to the death. AB INITIO phr. - from the beginning; from the very start or outset AB IRATO phr. - from an angry man: hence, not to be taken tooseriously AB OVO phr. - from the very beginning,completely and in great detail; thoroughly ABA: garment of camel or goat hair; camel or goat-hair fabric ABACINATE - To blind by putting a hot copper basin near someone's eyes ABACTOR: cattle thief ABACULUS: small tile for mosaic ABAFT: toward or at the stern of a ship; further aft ABAPICAL: at the lowest point ABARTICULAR: not connected with the joint ABASIA: inability to walk due to lack of muscular coordination abask: in genial warmth abatis: rampart of felled trees and branches abatjour: skylight or device to direct light into a room abature: trail through wood beaten down by a stag abb: yarn used for warp abba: Syriac or Coptic bishop abbatial: pertaining to abbots or an abbey abbozzo: preliminary sketch abderian - given to incessant or idiotic laughter abderian adj. - pertaining to foolish or excessive laughter abditive: remote; secret; hidden abdominous adj. - having or pertaining to a distended stomach abdominous: having a paunch or big belly abducent: turning away; bearing away from abeam: in a line at right angles to the length of a vessel, on the beam abear: to bear; to comport; to behave abecedarian - A person who is learning the alphabet aberuncators: long tool for pruning tall branches abessive: indicating absence or lack abiectic: of or pertaining to fir trees or fir sap abigeus: cattle rustler abiturient: pupil leaving school for university abject: humble; miserable; craven ablactation: weaning of a child from its mothers milk ablative: indicating direction from or time when ablegate: papal envoy or legate ablepsia: blindness abliguration n. - extravagance in cooking and serving abligurition - Excessive spending on food and drink ablow: in a blowing state abluent: cleanser or cleansing product ablutomania n. - a mania for washing oneself ablutomania: mania for washing oneself ablutophobia - A fear of bathing aboideau: tide gate abolla: Roman military cloak abomasum: ruminant's fourth stomach aboral: away from the mouth abord: to accost; to approach aboulia: loss of ability to make decisions

abra: narrow mountain pass abraid: to awaken or rouse abraxas: gem engraved with mystical word and bearing human-animal figure abreuvoir: joint or gap between two stones in masonry abroach: in a condition to allow liquor to run out abrosia: fasting abscind: to pare, reduce, cut off or away absconce: lantern used in monasteries and night offices absolutism: doctrine of government by a single absolute ruler; autocracy absolutory: forgiving or absolving absonant: discordant; abhorrent absquatulate v. - to leave hurriedly, suddenly, or secretly absquatulate: to decamp; to squat absterge: wipe clean; expunge; purge; purify abstersive adv. - serving to cleanse or purge absurdism: doctrine that we live in an irrational universe abulia: lack of ability to make decisions; aboulia abusion: misuse; outrage; deception abutment: masonry on a wall that supports an arch aby: to make amends; atone; pay a penalty academicism: doctrine that nothing can be known acalculia n. - the inability to work with numbers acanaceous: bearing prickles or thistles; prickly acantha: prickle acanthous: spiny; prickly acapnotic n. - person who doesn't smoke acapnotic: non-smoker; non-smoking acariasis n. - infestation with mites or ticks; the itch. acaricide n. - substance killing mites. acaricidal, adj. acarology: study of mites acarophobia - 1.A fear of insects acarophobia: fear of itching or of insects causing itching acarpous adj. - Botany, not yielding fruit. acarpous: sterile; not bearing fruit acatalepsy: the unknowableness of all things to a certainty acataleptic adj. - incomprehensible acates: provisions that have been purchased acatour: provisioner; quartermaster acaudate adj. lacking a tail. acaudate: tailless accend: to kindle accensor: acolyte acceptilation n. - the settlement of a debt without payment acceptilation: remission of debt or liability through fictitious repayment accessit n. - honourable mention of one who comes nearest to a prize. accessit: prize for students in second place; honourable mention acciaccatura: very short note played before a longer one accidentalism: theory that events do not have causes accidie: sloth; physical torpor accinge: to gird accipiter: bandage worn around the nose accipitral: like a bird of prey; rapacious accipitrine: pertaining to hawks accismus n. - rhetorical device of pretending to refuse. accismus: in rhetoric, pretending to refuse something accite: to cite; to summon acclinate: sloping upwards acclivity n. - slope upward. acclivitous, acclivous, adj. acclivity: upward slope accloy: to hobble with a horseshoe nail

accolade: curved architectural moulding like a brace accolent adj. - neighbouring. accolent: neighbouring accosted: in heraldry, two figures placed side by side accoucheur: male midwife accoucheuse: female midwife accourage: to encourage accourt: to entertain accoy: to subdue; to pacify; to soothe accrementition: increase or growth by adding similar material accretion: accumulation; addition of parts to form a whole accubation n. - act or state of reclining at table accubation: reclining as on a couch accubitum: crescent-shaped couch acedia: listlessness; sloth acediast person who is lax when it comes to spiritual or religious matters aceldama n. - field, or scene, of bloodshed. aceldama: site or scene of violence or bloodshed aceology: therapeutics acephalist n. - the balky maverick who acknowledges no head or superior or authority acephalous adj. - lacking a head or a leader. acequia: irrigation ditch acerate: of, like or resembling a needle acerbate: to embitter; to irritate acerophobia - The fear of sourness acerose adj. - like a needle. acerous adj. - without horns or antennae. acerous: lacking horns or antennae acersecomic n. - one who has never had a haircut acersecomic: one whose hair has never been cut acervate: heaped; clustered acervation n. - heaping up. acervuline adj. - resembling small heaps acervuline: like or in small mounds or heaps acescence: becoming sour; souring; turning of milk acescent adj. - becoming, or tending to be, sour. acetabulum: small anatomical cup or hollow, such as a sucker acetarious: referring to plants that are used in salads acetimeter: instrument for measuring strength of vinegar acharn: furious or desperate of a battle acherontic adj. - darky, gloomy, forbidding achloropsia: colour-blindness with respect to green achluophobia - A fear of darkness or of the night acholous adj. - lacking bile. achor: eruption or scab on the head achromatopsia n. - color-blindness, where only white, grey and black are visible. achromatopsia: colour-blindness achroous adj. - colorless. achroous: colourless acicular: needle-shaped acidaemia: undue acidity of blood acidulous adj. - sharp or sour in taste or manner. acidulate, v. acidulous: sharp or bitter-tasting acierate: to turn into steel aciform adj. - needle-shaped. acinaciform adj. - having shape of scimitar. acinaciform: scimitar-shaped aciniform adj. - shaped like cluster of grapes; full of seeds, like a grape. aciniform: shaped like a berry acinous, acinose adj. - containing small seeds or drupes

acipenser: sturgeon acock: defiantly acoemeti: ancient monastic order who maintained eternal choir service acolous: limbless acolouthic: pertaining to an after-image or other after-sensation acomia n. - baldness. acopic: curing or relieving fatigue acoria: pathologically great appetite acosmism: disbelief in existence of eternal universe distinct from God acouasm - A buzzing or a ringing of the ears acouasm n. - a ringing sound in the head acousticophobia - A fear of noise acquest: object which is acquired acracy: anarchy; government by none acrasy n. - anarchy, disorder. acratia n. - impotence. acratia: impotence acritochromacy: colour-blindness acroamatic adj. - esoteric, told only orally. acroamatic: esoteric acroatic adj. - pertaining to profound learning acrocephalous: having a pointed or peaked skull acrolith n. - statue with wooden trunk and stone head and extremities. acrolith: wooden statue with stone extremities acrologic adj. - pertaining to initials acrologic: of or relating to initials acronical: occurring at nightfall or sunset acronychal adj. - Occurring at nightfall acronym: word formed from initial letters of another word acronyx: ingrown nail acropathy: disease or illness of the extremities acrophobia: fear of heights acropodium: pedestal upon which a statue rests acroteric adj. - pertaining to or affecting the extremities. acroterion n. - Architecture, ornament or its pedestal at angle of pediment. acroterion: pedestal or ornament at the angle of a pediment actinoid adj. - star-shaped; like rays. actuate: communicate motion to; cause actum ut supra phr. - 'done as above' (abbr. a.u.s.). aculeate: prickly; pointed; stinging; a stinging insect aculeiform adj. - thorn-shaped. aculeiform: shaped like a thorn acultomancy: divination using needles acuminate adj. - pointed; tapering; v.t. sharpen; v.i. end in point. acuminate: tapered; pointed; to sharpen acuminulate adj. - very sharply pointed; ending in minute point. acutiator: sharpener of weapons acyanopsia n. - color blindness towards blue. acyanopsia: colour-blindness with respect to blue acyesis: female sterility acyrology n. - incorrect diction. acyrology: incorrect diction or pronunciation ad captandum (vulgus) phr. - 'to capture' the affection or suit the taste (of the crowd). ad captandum benevolentiam phr. - with intent to win good will ad crumenam phr. - to the purse: appealing to greed or to the hearer's pocket ad finem phr. - 'to the end' (abbr. ad fin.). ad hanc vocem phr. - 'to this word' (abbr. a.h.v). ad interim adj. - 'at interval'; meanwhile; for the present (abbr. ad int.). ad judicium. - appealing to the common sense of mankind ad libitum adj. - 'at one's pleasure'; as much or long as desired

ad locum - phr. - 'at the place' (abbr. ad loc.) ad misericordiam phr. - to compassion: appealing to a sense of pity or mercy ad populum phr. - appealing to popular sentiment rather than facts or reasons ad rem -phr. - to the matter: to the point; pertinent to the matter ad unguem phr. - to the fingernail: with great precision; finely ad usum phr. - 'to usage'; according to custom (abbr. ad us.) ad valorem adj. - in proportion to value ad verbum phr. - to the word: word for word; literally; verbatim ad verecundiam phr. - to modesty: appealing to traditional values ad vitam aut culpam phr. - 'to life or misdeed'; so long as good behaviour lasts. adactylous: lacking fingers or claws adamantine: unbreakable; impenetrable adamitism: nakedness for religious reasons additament n. - thing added. additament: thing added or appended; heraldic ornament addititious adj. - pertaining to, or resulting from, addition addititious: of, pertaining to or resulting from addition addle: putrid; barren; muddled addorsed: turned back to back in heraldry adduce: cite as proof or instance adeciduate adj. - evergreen. adeciduate: evergreen; coniferous adeem: to cancel a bequest by destruction of the object adelphepothia - uh-DEL-fi-PAH-thee-uh An incestuous desire for one's sister adelphirexia - uh-DEL-fi-REK-see-uh An incestuous desire for one's nephew adelphithymia - uh-DEL-fi-THY-mee-uh An incestuous desire for one's niece adelphogamy n. - form of marriage in which brothers share a wife or wives. adelphogamy: sharing of a wife by two or more brothers ademonist n. - person denying existence of demons or the Devil. ademption: revocation of donation by donor adenalgia: painful swelling of a gland adephagous adj. - gluttonous adespota: anonymous works adespoton n. - anonymous saying, poem, etc. adessive: indicating place where or proximity to adevism n. - denial of legendary gods. adevism: denial of gods of mythology and legend adharma: unrighteousness adhibit v. - grant admittance to; apply; attach. adhibit: to attach; to admit; to administer adhocracy: organization with little or no structure adiabolist n. - person denying existence of the Devil. adiaphoristic adj. - theologically indifferent adiaphoron: tenet or belief on which a theological system is indifferent adiaphorous adj. - neutral; neither right nor wrong adipescent adj. - becoming fatty. adipescent: becoming fat or fatty adipic: of or pertaining to fatty substances adipocere: fatty substance occurring in corpses left in moist areas adipsia: absence or lack of thirst adit: opening or passage into a mine adjectitious adj. - added, thrown in adjudge: to decide; to award adjutage: nozzle adjutor: helper; assistant adjuvant adj. - helping; Medicine, remedial; n. such drug. admanuensis: one who takes an oath on a religious book adminicle n. - something that helps or supports; corroboratory evidence; explanatory adnomination n. - punning adnomination: punning

adnoun: adjective serving or used as a noun adonise: to adorn oneself adonize v. -i. & t. ornament; adorn oneself (of men). adoptionism: belief that Christ was the adopted and not natural son of God adoral adj. - near to mouth adoral: near the mouth adosculation: impregnation by contact alone or by wind adoxography n. - good writing on a trivial subject adoxography: good writing on a trivial subject adoxy: beliefs that are neither orthodox nor heterodox adpress: to press together adrogation: adoption of a boy or girl before adolescence adscititious adj. - not essential; supplemental; superfluous adscititious: added; additional adscript: attached or feudally bound to the soil or earth adsorb: to attract and stick to the surface adsum phr. - 'I am present'. Adumbral adj. - shadowy. adumbrate v. - outline; sketch out. adumbrate: indicate faintly; foreshadow adunc: hooked aduncate: shaped like a hook or crook aduncous, aduncate adj. - hook-shaped; crooked. aduncity, n. inward curvature. adust adj. - (sun) burnt or scorched; dried up by heat; gloomy, sad. adust: burnt; scorched advection: horizontal movement of air advehent: bringing inwards advenient adj. - due to outside causes. advenient: due to outside causes adventitious: accidental; casual adventive: a thing or person coming from outside adversaria n. - pl. collection of notes and comments; commonplace book. adversaria: miscellaneous notes; commonplace books adversative: word or phrase expressing opposition advert: refer to in speech or writing advertorial: advertisement presented as if it were editorial material advesperate: darken; become late advocaat: liqueur containing rum and raw eggs advowson: right of presentation to church living adynamia: helplessness; lack of strength adytum n. - inner sanctuary of temple; secret room. adytum: sacred part of a temple or church; church chancel aedile: magistrate in charge of games, markets or buildings aedoeology: science of generative organs aegilops: stye in inner corner of eye aegis: protection; support aegrotat: medical certificate of illness excusing student's sickness Aeneous adj. - like brass. aeneous: shining bronze colour aenos n. - use of erudite words or allusions to appeal to the learned aeolian: giving forth a tone as if produced by the wind aeolipyle: hollow ball that turns through steam escaping through valves aeolist - A pompous windy bore who pretends to have inspiration aeolistic adj. - long-winded. aeolistic: long-winded aeolotropy: variation in physical properties on basis of position aeonian: lasting for an immeasurably long period of time aerenchyma: respiratory tissue aeriform adj. - lacking substance, unreal; gaseous. aeriform: of the form or shape of gas; gaseous

aerious: of the nature of air; airy aerolite: meteorite aerolithology: study of aerolites; meteorites aerology: study of the atmosphere aeromancy: divination by means of the weather aerophagia n. - neurotic habit of swallowing air. aerophilately: collecting of air-mail stamps aerophobia n. - fear of air, draughts. aerophobia: fear of flying or draughts aerose adj. - brassy. aerostat: any lighter-than air craft; balloon aeruginous: pertaining to copper-rust or verdigris aerugo: rust of any metal aesc: letter used in Old English for 'ae' aesculapian adj. - relating to that which is medical or to the artof healing aesopian: conveying meaning only to those in a secret movement aesthesia n. - sensibility, sense perception. aesthesia: sensibility aesthesiogenic: producing or causing a sensation aesthesis n. - sense perception, aesthesia. aestheticism: doctrine that beauty is central to other moral principles aestival adj. - of summer. aethrioscope: instrument for measuring temperature variations due to sky conditions afebrile adj. - free from fever. afebrile: not suffering from fever affabulation: moral of a fable affeer: to assess; to reduce to a fixed sum afferent: bearing, bringing or carrying towards affiance: to trust; to betroth affiche n. - poster; placard. affinal adj. - related by marriage. affine adj. - closely related; connected. affine: a relation by marriage afflated: inspired afflatus n. - divine breath; inspiration. afflatus: inspiration; divine impetus afflux n. - flowing towards or together. afforce: to strengthen a jury by adding skilled people afforest: to cover with forest; to convert into hunting grounds affranchise v. - liberate from servitude, debt etc. affranchise: to free from slavery or similar obligation affrayer: disturber of the peace affreightment: hiring of a vessel affreux: frightening affricate: consonant that begins as a plosive and ends as a fricative affront: of two heraldic animals, facing one another affusion n. - pouring liquid on affusion: pouring on; as of baptismal water afore: before afreet n. - in Arabian mythology, an evil spirit or giant monster. afterclap: unexpected damaging or unsettling aftereffect afterdeck: deck behind a ship's bridge aftergame: rematch; means employed after first turn of affairs afterguard: men who work the aft sails on the quarterdeck and poop deck afterings: last milk drawn when milking a cow afterpiece: minor piece after a play aftershaft: second shaft coming out of the quill of a feather afterwil: locking of the barn after the cows have been let out agacerie: allurement; coquetry agalactia: failure or inability to produce milk

agalloch: eaglewood agamist: one who opposes marriage agamogenesis: reproduction by non-sexual means agape: selfless Christian love; a feast in celebration of such love agapeistic: characterized by Christian love agapet: lover of women agapetae: churchwomen who live platonically with celibate men agapism: ethics of love agastopia n. - admiration of a particular part of someone's body agastopia: admiration of part of anothers body agatewear: type of ceramic resembling agate stone agathism: belief in ultimate triumph of good despite evil means agathocacological - Composed of both good and evil agathodaimon: one's good genius; the good part of one's conscience agelast n. - somebody who absolutely never laughs agelast: one who never laughs agenhina - A guest at an inn, who is considered to be one of the family agennesic: sterile; impotent agenocratia: opposition to birth control agentive: indicating agent performing an action ageotropic: moving or turning away from the earth agerasia - The state of looking younger than one really is agersia: quality of not growing old ageusia: damage to the sense of taste agger n. - earth rampart or bank, especially Roman. agger: artificial mound or elevation for military use aggeration n. - heaping up aggerose: in heaps; piled up aggerwator n. - locks of hair that frame the face aggiornamento: modernization of ideas of the Catholic church agglomerate v. - collect, especially into a mass agglutinate v. - join firmly; thicken; make like glue; coagulate agglutination n. - compound-word formation from discrete word elements aggrade: to raise level of a surface through depositing detritus aggrandize: increase power or rank of; make greater aggrate: to gratify or please aggry: type of West African glass beads agio n. - charge made when cash is given for paper currency agio: premium paid on foreign currency exchange agiotage: playing the stock market; speculation agist: to charge with a public burden; to take in to graze for payment agistment: land tax assessed for cattle pasturing aglet: metal point attached to a lace or string agma: symbol or sound for a velar nasal consonant "ng" agminate: grouped agnail: sore, corn or hangnail on the toe or foot agname: name over and above the ordinary name and surname agnate adj. - having same male forefather; related on father's side; agnation: kinship agnize: to acknowledge or confess agnogenic n. - of unknown cause agnoiology n. - the study of ignorance agnomen n. - additional name. agnomination, n. surname; punning; alliteration. agnomen: additional name; surname; nickname agnosia n. - loss of ability to recognize familiar things or people. agnosic: unable to recognize familiar objects due to brain damage agnosticism: doctrine that we can know nothing beyond material phenomena agnosy n. - ignorance; especially ignorance shared by the wholehuman race agnosy: ignorance agoge: tempo or sequence in melody in ancient Greek music

agogic: accenting a musical note by slightly dwelling on it agomphious adj. - toothless. agomphosis: looseness in the teeth agon n. - struggle, contest; conflict between main characters in a play, novel etc. agone: ago agonic: making no angle agonism: competition; effort; striving agonist n. - a struggler; a person who is contending agonistes: someone in the grip of inner conflict agonistic n. - combative; strained for the sake of effect agonistic: relating to or being aggressive or argumentative agonistics: art and theory of prize-fighting agoraphobia: fear of open spaces agowilt: sudden sickening and unnecessary fear agraffe - The wire that holds the cork in a bottle of champagne agraffe: hooked clasp used by masons to hold blocks together agrapha: sayings of Jesus not found in the canonical gospels agraphia: inability to write agravic: having no gravity; relating to the condition of zero-gravity agrestic: of the fields; rural; unpolished agriology: the comparative study of primitive peoples agrize: to horrify; to disfigure agrizoiatry: medicine specializing in wild animals agrizoophobia - A fear of wild animals agrobiology: study of plant nutrition; soil yields agrology: study of agricultural soils agronomics: study of productivity of land agroof - flat on your face agrostography: writing about grasses agrostology: science or study of grasses agrypnia: insomnia agrypnotic: anything taken to aid wakefulness aguardiente: Spanish or Portuguese brandy agyiophobia - The fear of streets or crossing the street agyiophobia: fear of crossing busy streets agynary: lacking female genitals ahimsa n. - principle of non-violence towards any living creature ahimsa: the duty of sparing animal life; non-violence ahull: with sails furled and helm lashed to the lee-side ahypnia n. insomnia ai: three-toed sloth aichmophobia: fear of sharp or pointed objects aichmorhabdophobia - A fear of being beaten with a pointed stick aichurophobia - The fear of being touched by a pointed object aiger: tidal wave occurring in rivers aigrette: a spray of jewels; ornamental feather plume; an egret aiguille: sharp; needle-like peak of rock aileron: flap on airplane wing for lateral balance ailette: plate of armour worn on shoulder ailuromancy - Divination by studying a cat's jump ailuromancy: divination by watching cats movements ailurophilia: love of cats ailurophobia - A fear of cats ailurophobia: fear of cats aioli: garlic-flavoured mayonnaise airmonger n. - man or woman attracted to visionary ideas and projects airscrew: aircraft propeller aischrolatreia n. - worship of filth, dirt, smut; obscenity cult aischrolatry: worship of filth, dirt, or smut aisling: a vision or dream

ait: small island in lake or river aitchbone: rump bone of cattle; rump cut of beef aiu: elderly; senior akeratophorous: not horned akinesia: loss of ability to move ala: membranous outgrowth on a plant or animal alabamine: alternate name for the element astatine alack: expression of sorrow or regret alalia: loss of ability to speak alameda: public walkway between rows of poplar trees alamort: half-dead; dejected alannah: term of endearment used with one's child alar: of or pertaining to the wing or shoulder alastrim: mild form of smallpox alate: lately alation: state of having wings; position of wings on a creature alaudine: of or pertaining to skylarks alb: long white robe worn by priests albarello: cylindrical jar used to hold drugs albata: variety of German silver albedo: whiteness, as of a celestial object albescent: becoming white; whiteness albicant: whitish; becoming white albificative: able to whiten or be whitened albion: medieval astronomical device for finding positions of planets albophobia - The fear of white people alborado n. - morning song. albugineous: like the white of an eye or an egg; white-coloured alcahest: alchemical universal solvent alcatote: silly elf alcine: of or pertaining to elks; of or pertaining to auks alcoholometer: instrument for measuring proportion of alcohol in solutions alcovinometer: instrument to measure strength of wine aleatoric: depending on contingencies or chance aleberry: beverage made from ale, spices, and dried bread alecost: costmary, an herb used in flavouring ale alectormancy: divination by sacrificing a rooster alectryomachy n. - cock-fighting. alectryomachy: cock-fighting alectryomancy - Magic using corn alectryomancy: divination by watching a rooster gather corn kernels alee: on or toward the lee alegar: vinegar made by turning ale sour aleger n. - in good spirits, happy alektorophobia - A fear of chickens alembic n.- ancient distilling apparatus; purifying/transforming apparatus or act. alembicated: over-refined alepine: mixed wool and silk or mohair and cotton fabric alethiology: study of truth aleuromancy - Divination using flour aleuromancy: divination using flour or meal alexia: inability to read alexipharmic: antidote alfet n. - test in which an accused person plunges his hand into boiling water alforge: wallet or leather bag algedonics: science of pleasure and pain algefacient: cooling algerining - Prowling around with the intent to commit burglary algetic: causing or producing pain algicide: killer of algae

algid: cold; chilly alginuresis: painful urination algolagnia: sexual pleasure derived from inflicting pain algology: study of algae algophobia n. - morbid dread of pain. algophobia: fear of pain algor n. - coldness; shivering fit in fever algor: coldness; shivering fit alible adj. - nourishing. alible: nourishing alieniloquent - Speaking discursively or straying from one's point aliform: wing-shaped aligerous: winged aliped adj. - having winged feet; n. such an animal. aliped: having wings on the feet aliphatic: pertaining to fat or fats in general aliquant: number dividing into another with a remainder aliquot: number dividing into another without leaving a remainder aliter: requiring a different law or rule to be applied alk: sap or resin from turpentine trees alkalimeter: instrument for measuring strength of alkalines alkanet: reddish plant-based dye allagrugous adj. - grim and ghastly allantiasis: food poisoning resulting from inadequate preservation allantoid: shaped like a sausage allative: indicating movement towards allemain: enormous pudding out of which acrobats leap allemande: courtly baroque dance in which the arms are interlaced alliaceous: of or relating to garlic; garlicky allicient: attracting something else allision n. - intentional collision, especially of ships allision: intentional collision of two ships alliumphobia - A fear of garlic allocatur: amount allowed for costs allochthonous adj. - foreign allochthonous: formed or produced elsewhere or externally allodic: not subject to a superior allodoxaphobia - A fear of other people's opinions allogamy: cross-fertilization allogeneous: different allography: writing another individual's signature allolalia: speech disorder featuring randomly spoken words allonge: paper attached to commercial bill requiring signatures allonym: other person's name used by an author allotheism n. - worship of strange gods allotheism: belief in or worship of strange gods allotriophagy n. - the craving for weird food allotriophagy: craving for strange foods allotropy: of an element, having more than one form alluvion: effect of water impacting on shoreline almacantar: circle of altitude, parallel to the horizon almagest: textbook or handbook, especially dealing with astronomy almandine n. - kind of violet-colored garnet. almandine: violet-coloured garnet almira n. - furniture for storing, e.g. cupboard or chest almoner: giver of alms; social worker in a hospital almuce: cloth or fur hood alnager: inspector of cloth alogism n. - unreasonableness; absurdity alogism: illogical statement

alomancy: divination using salt alopecia: patchy baldness alopeciaphobia - A fear of going bald alopecist - A person who claims to prevent baldness alopecoid n. - fox-like. alopecoid: of or resembling a fox alow: below alpaca: fine wool made from alpaca hair alpenglow: reddish glow appearing at sunrise or sunset in mountains alpenstocker: mountain climber alpestrine: of or pertaining to alpine regions alphamegamia - The marriage between a young woman and an older man alphenic: sugary candy used in medicine alphitomancy: divination using loaves of barley alphonsin: instrument used to extract bullets from bodies altarage: payment to priest for mass; offerings at altar alterity: state of being different alternatim: alternately alterocentric - Someone whose life revolves around other people altiloquence: pompous or high speech altiloquent - Speaking pompously or in a high flown manner altisonant: high-sounding altitonant: thundering on high or loudly altophobia - A fear of heights or high places altricial: having young requiring care for a lengthy period aludel: pear-shaped pot used in sublimation aluminiferous: bearing aluminum alveary: beehive; area of the ear where wax collects; word-list alveolate: of or like a honeycomb alveromancy: divination using sounds alviducous: purgative alvine: of the belly alychiphobia - The fear of failure ama: a Japanese pearl-diver amadelphous adj. - gregarious. amadelphous: outgoing; gregarious amain: to a high degree; exceedingly; at full speed amanous: lacking hands amanuensis: one employed to write from dictation Amaranthine adj. - eternally beautiful; unfading; everlasting amasesis: inability to chew amasthenic: focusing light rays to a single point amathophobia: fear of dust amatorculist n. - an insignificant or hypocritical lover amaxophobia: fear of riding in a car ambages n. -pl. pl. archaic, circuitous path or approach; circumlocution. ambages: windings; roundabout ways; delays ambeer: juice from chewing tobacco ambiguphobia - A fear of being misunderstood ambisinistrous: awkward in the use of both hands ambit n. - scope, limits. ambit: circuit; scope; compass; confines ambo n. - raised place or pulpit in early Christian Church. ambo: early Christian raised reading desk or pulpit ambry n. - niche containing sacred vessels in chancel. ambry: recess for church vessels; cupboard or niche ambsace n. - double ace; lowest score; bad luck. ambsace: bad luck; a low score ambulatory: aisle down the east end of a church ambulomancy: divination by taking a walk

ambulophobia: fear of walking ambustion: burn or scald me damne phr. - "lost soul'; dupe; tool; devoted follower. amende n. - fine; reparation. amende: fine or reparation paid ament: a person who fails to develop mentally amentia - temporary insanity or a dazed trance amerce v. - punish, especially by fine. amerce: to fine; to deprive; to punish ametropia: abnormal optical refraction ami de cour n. - the fairweather or foul-hearted friend amice n. - Roman Catholic, white linen square covering shoulders amice: strip of fine linen worn as cloak or wrap by priest at mass amicicide n. - murder or murderer of a friend. amicicide: murder of a friend amidships: midway between the bow and stern of a ship ammeter: instrument for measuring electrical current ammophilous adj. - sand-loving. ammophilous: sand-loving; prefering to dwell in sand amnicolist: one who lives near a river amniomancy: divination by examining afterbirth amomaxiaphobia - A fear of making love in an automobile amorce: percussion cap for a toy pistol amoret: love sonnet or song amoretto: a cherub or spirit of love amour-propre n. - self-love; self-respect. ampelideous adj. - of or like the vine. ampelidious: of or relating to vines ampere: unit for measuring amount of electrical current ampherotokous - Having both male and female offspring amphibolic: able to turn both backwards and forwards; double-jointed amphibology, amphiboly n. - ambiguous speech; equivocation; quibble. amphibology: ambiguity in language; dual grammatical meaning Amphibolous adj. - susceptible of two meanings; ambiguous amphigean adj. - found or occuring throughout the world amphigean: occuring in both hemispheres of the brain or body amphigory - A poem that seems profound but is really complete nonsense amphigory n. - nonsensical writing amphilogism n. - circumlocution. amphimixis: interbreeding; intermixing of two individuals' genetic matter amphipneust: animal with both lungs and gills amphiprostyle adj.,n. -. (building) with columns at each end but not at sides. amphisbaena: mythical two-headed serpent or lizard amphiscian: of or relating to torrid regions amphivorous adj. - both carnivorous and herbivorous. amplexus: rutting of frogs and toads ampliative: supplemental; additional ampollosity n. - bombast; pompous style ampulla: vessel for holy oil or wine for coronations or rituals amrita - A drink which bestows immortality in Hindu mythology amurcous adj. - stinking; filled with dregs amychophobia - A fear of being scratched amyctic adj. - irritating; abrasive amygdaloid: almond-shaped; of or relating to tonsils amyloid: containing or relating to starch; starchy amyous: lacking muscle an: if ana: in equal quantities anabasis: journey leading upwards; first phase of an illness anabiosis n. - return to life after seeming death.

anabiosis: return to life after apparent death anablepophobia - A fear of looking at high places anacampserote n. - something which can bring back a lost love anacampserote: something which can bring back a lost love anacamptic: reflecting or reflected light; sound or water anacathartic: causing vomiting or expectoration anachoric: foreign or geographically absurd relating to a country anaclastic: refractive; of or pertaining to refraction anaclitic adj. - overly dependent on another anaclitic: dependent on other phenomenon or ability anacoluthon n. - an abrupt shift in midsentence in syntax to another construction anacoluthon: moving to new topic of discussion before finishing current one anacreontic adj. - jovial, festive and amatory anacrisis: interrogation accompanied by torture anacrusis: syllable prior to the normal rhythm of a verse anacusic: completely deaf anadem n. - band; wreath; fillet. anadem: wreath, fillet or band anadiplosis: repeating last word of clause at beginning of next clause anadipsia - excessive thirst anadromous: fish which ascend rivers to spawn anaerectic: destructive anaesthesiology: study of anaesthetics anagalactic: coming from or existing beyond our own galaxy anagapesis n. - lack of interest in former loved ones anaglyph: ornament in low relief anaglyptics: art of carving in bas-relief anagnorisis n. - denouement in play, arising from recognition. anagnorisis: recognition leading to denouement of a play anagoge, anagogy n. - spiritual exaltation; mystical interpretation of sacred works anagogig adj. - relating to things spiritual and mystical; occult;gnostic anagogy: mystical interpretation anagraphy: art of constructing catalogues analects n. - selected parts of a literary work or works analects, analecta n. -pl. pl. collection of writings; literary gleanings. analectic, adj. analects: crumbs that fall from the table analemma: sundial analgia: inability to feel pain anamnesis: reminiscence; prayer recalling death and resurrection of Jesus anamnestic adj. - reminiscent; aiding the memory anamorphic: changing to a more complex form anandrious: impotent ananias n. - a teller of untruths; liar ananym n. - name written backwards as pseudonym. ananym: name written backward; often used as synonym anapeiratic: caused by excessive use anapest: two short metrical syllables followed by one long one anaphalantiasis: falling out of the eyebrows anaphia: loss of sense of touch anaphora n. - repitition of a word or phrase in succession anaphora: repetition of a word at beginning of successive phrases for emphasis anapnea: recovery of one's breath; restoration of breath anapodictic adj. - undemonstrable anaptyxis n. - insertion of a vowel between two consonants anastasic: convalescent anastrophe n. - rhetorical device of reversing natural order of words; inversion. anastrophe: reversing or inverting word order as rhetorical device anatine: of or pertaining to ducks anatocism: compound interest anatreptic adj. - defeating, refuting

anatreptic: overcoming; overturning anaudia: loss of voice anautarchia n. - perpetual unhappiness anbury: soft fleshy tumour in horses anchorite: one withdrawn from the world for religious reasons ancilla n. - a sidekick who helps another to accomplish or master something ancillary: auxiliary; secondary ancipital, ancipitous adj. - having two faces or edges; double-headed; twofold. ancipitous: two-edged and flattened ancistroid: hook-shaped ancon n. - Architecture, one of a pair of brackets supporting a cornice. ancon: elbow anconoid: of; like or relating to the elbow ancoral: of, shaped like or resembling an anchor ancress: female religious recluse andabate n. - one who is hoodwinked, in the dark about a situation andiron: iron bar used to support the end of a log in a fire andragogy: science of teaching adults androcentric adj. - revolving around men; regarding the male sex as primary. androcracy n. - domination of society by men. androcratic, adj. androcracy: government by men androgyne n. - hermaphrodite; effeminate man; masculine woman. androgynism, n. androlepsia n. - international governmental kidnapping forpolitical gain androlepsia: governmental kidnapping for political purposes androphagous adj. - cannibal. androphagy: cannibalism androphilic adj. - preferring the male sex, or humans rather than animals. androphobia - A fear of men androphobia n. - dread or hatred of men. androphonomania n. - homicidal mania. aneabil: single; unmarried anele: to administer extreme unction to anemocracy: government by the wind or by whim anemograph: instrument for measuring pressure and velocity of wind anemology: study of winds anemometer: instrument for measuring wind velocity anemophilous: pollinated by wind anemophobia - The fear of wind anencephalic: lacking a brain anent: about; concerning anergia: failure of immune system; loss of energy anesis: tuning to a lower musical pitch aneuria: lack of nervous energy anfractuous adj. - winding, tortuous anfractuous: full of windings and intricate turnings angary: the right of a belligerent to seize neutral property angelocracy: government by angels angelolatry: worship of or belief in angels angelology: study of angels angelus: prayer said in morning, at noon and at sunset anginophobia - A fear of choking or suffocating angiogenesis: production of blood vessels angiology: study of blood flow and lymphatic system anglomania: craze or obsession with England and the English anglophilia: love or fondness for England or the English anglophobia: fear of England or the English angstrom: unit of one ten-billionth of a meter anguiform: shaped like a snake anguilliform: shaped like an eel anguine: of or pertaining to snakes

anhedonia n. - the inability to be happy anhedonia: an unresponsiveness to pleasure anhelation n. - shortness of breath. anhelation: shortness of breath anhidrosis: absence of perspiration aniconic: symbolizing without aiming at resemblance aniconicadj. - without idols; (of objects of worship) portrayed symbolically anicular adj. - old-womanish, weak; feeble-minded anicular: like an old woman anile adj. - like a very old woman; imbecile. anile: imbecilic; senile; like a very old woman anililagni n. - sexual desire for older women anililagnia - An attraction to older women animadvert: to comment critically on; to censure animastic: spiritual; animate animism: attribution of soul to inanimate objects anion: positively charged ion anisothenic: being of unequal strength anker: liquid measure of 8 1/2 gallons ankus n. - elephant goad with hook and spike. ankus: spiked elephant goad ankyroid: hook-shaped anlace: short two-edged dagger anneal v. - strengthen; temper anneal: to heat and cool metal gradually to temper annectent: having intermediate features between two taxa annodated: shaped like the letter S annomination n. - play on words; pun. annomination: pun; play on words annos vixi phr. - 'lived (so many) years'; was aged (abbr. a.v.). annuent adj. - nodding, especially of muscles that nod the head. annuent: nodding or moving of the head annulet: small ring around a classical column annulis n. - ringed structure. annulose: ringed; composed of rings annunciate v. - announce; proclaim anocathartic: emetic; causing vomiting or expectoration anodontia: toothlessness anodyne: something that relieves pain or suffering anoegenetic - Not producing new work or original knowledge anoesia, anoia n. - imbecility. anoesis: sensation not accompanied by understanding of it anogenic: formed from below or beneath anomia: inability to remember names anomic: in a state lacking social order and norms anomphalous: without a navel anon: at once; immediately anonym: person whose name is not given; pseudonym anonymuncle - A petty anonymous writer anonymuncule n. - an insignificant anonymous writer anopisthographic: bearing writing or inscription only on one side anopsia: blindness anorchous: lacking testicles anosmia: lack or loss of sense of smell anotic: lacking ears ansate adj. - having a handle. ansate cross, ankh. ansation, n. handlemaking. ansate: having a handle or hand-like shape Anschauung n. - intuition; sense awareness of perception anserine: of the goose or the goose family anta: pier produced by thickening wall at one end

antalgic: alleviating or relieving pain antanaclasis: repetition of key word of phrase as a play on words antapology: response to an apology ante mortem phr. - 'before death'. anteambulo: usher antecedaneous adj. - before in time. antechapel: anteroom to a chapel or church antefix n. - (pl. -xes, -xa) ornament at end of building, hiding ends of roof tiles. antelucan adj. - pertaining to or occurring before dawn antelucan: before dawn or daylight antemundane adj. - before the Creation. antemundane: before one's own birth; before the creation of the world antenniferous: bearing antennae antepast: foretaste antependium n. - altar frontal; similar cloth on pulpit or lectern. antependium: covering or cloth over pulpit or altar antepenult n. -, adj. third from last. antephialtic adj. - preventive of nightmares antephialtic: preventing nightmares anteprandial adj. - before dinner. anteprandial: before dinner antevenient adj. - preceding. antevenient: preceding anthelion: luminous ring seen on a cloud opposite the sun anthelminthic: destroying or expelling worms anthesis: full bloom anthomancy: divination using flowers anthomania: obsession with flowers anthophilous: loving or frequenting flowers anthophobia - A fear of flowers anthorism: counter-definition anthracomancy: divination using burning coals anthrophobia: fear of humans anthropobiology: study of human biology anthropogenesis: origin of human beings anthropoglot: animal with human tongue; animal capable of speech anthropolatry: worship of human beings anthropolith, anthropolite n. - petrified human remains. anthropolith: fossilized human skeleton anthropomancy: divination using human entrails anthropopathy n. - ascribing human feelings to a god or inanimate object. anthropopathy: ascription of human feelings to inanimate object anthropophaginian: cannibal anthropophagous: eating humans anthroposcopy - art of determining personality from physical features anthroposophy: knowledge of the nature of humanity; human wisdom anthropotheism - belief that gods began as humans and are human in nature anthropotheism: belief that gods are only deified men 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 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 antilogous adj. - contrary; inconsistent antilogy n. - self-contradictory statement. antilogy: contradiction 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 antithalian adj. - disapproving of festivity and laughter. antithalian: opposed to mirth or fun antithesis: contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangement of words or clauses antitype n. - object or person prefigured by the type or symbol. antitypy: resistance to being penetrated antlophobia - A fear of floods or flooding 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 anxiolytic - Serving to reduce tension or stress anzactile: army biscuit aolist n. - a person who claims to be inspired aorist: expressing simple past time with no continuance apaesthesia: numbness or loss of sensation in a limb apaetesis n. - the angry putting aside of a matter to be takenup later apagoge: proof by showing the falsehood of the opposite apanage: privilege of office; especially one given to younger offspring apanthropia - A fear of people apantomancy: divination using objects at hand apatetic: of an animal's coloration or markings apay: to satisfy apeirophobia - A fear of infinity apercu n. - a quick, penetrating insight apercu: brief outline; glimpse; intuitive insight aperient: laxative aphagia: inability to eat or swallow aphemia: loss of ability to produce articulate speech aphephobia - The fear of touching or being touched apheresis: taking away a syllable at the beginning of a word aphicide: killer of aphids aphidicide: killer of aphids aphilophrenia n. - a feeling that one is unloved or unwanted aphnology: science of wealth aphologistic: flameless aphotic: lightless aphrasia: inability to speak aphthong: silent letter apian: of or relating to bees apical: of or at the apex apiculture: beekeeping apikoros - A Jewish person who does not follow Jewish law apiology: study of bees

apiophobia - A fear of bees 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 apodeictic, apodictic adj. - evident; demonstrable; incontrovertible apodictic adj. - absolutely certain or necessarily true;uncontestable apodictic: necessarily true beyond contradiction apodixis n. - indisputable evidence or proof apodosis: main clause in a conditional sentence apodyopsis - The act of mentally undressing someone apodysophilia: feverish desire to undress apodysophilin. - feverish desire to undress apograph: exact copy; facsimile apolaustic adj. - given to enjoyment; self indulgent apolaustic: dedicated to the search for enjoyment apologetics: defense and proof of Christianity or other doctrine apologue n. - parable, moral tale. apomnemonysis n. - quoting an approved authority 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 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 n. - a concise formulation of a truth; an aphorism apothegm: a short, instructive saying or formula apotheosis: elevation to divine status; a perfect example apotropaic adj. - averting or combating evil. apotropaic: designed to turn away evil apparitor: officer in court who attends to execute orders; harbinger appendant: attached to; hanging from; adjunct apperception: mind's perception of itself as a conscious agent appersonation n. - delusion of insane person that he is another person. appersonation: irrational belief that one is another person appetence: strong craving or powerful desire applanate: flat; flattened; compressed apport: to transport objects without material agency appose: to place in juxtaposition or proximity apposite adj. - appropriate, fitting, apt, suitable 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 apricate: to bask in the sun

aprique: sunny aprosexia - The inability to concentrate apse n. - rounded extension at end of building apse: rounded extension of church or other building apselophesia: loss of sense of touch apsidal: shaped like an apse apteral adj. - having columns at front or back only; of churches lacking aisles: apterygial: wingless; finless aptotic: uninflected; indeclinable aptronym - An appropriate name for someone or something 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 aquiline: of or pertaining to eagles; hooked like an eagle's beak arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butter arachibutyrophobia: fear of peanut butter sticking to roof of mouth arachnivorous: feeding on spiders arachnology: study of spiders arachnophobia: fear of spiders araneidan: of or pertaining to spiders araneiform: shaped like a spider araneous: transparent; delicate; like a spider's web araphorostic, araphostic adj. seamless araphorostic: seamless aration: ploughing arbalest: type of crossbow arborescent: branched; branching; tree-shaped 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 archaeolatry: worship of archaic things or old customs archelogy: the study of first principles archet: violin box archididascalian: of or pertaining to headmasters archididascalos: school principal archimandrite: head of a monastery or convent archimime: chief buffoon or mimic architectonics: pertaining to the arrangement of knowledge architrave: parts surrounding a door or window, especially the top archivolt n. - curved moulding on face of arch. archology: science of the origins of government arciform: shaped like a bow 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: pertaining to tribunals or courts aret: to assign or allot aretaics: the science of virtue aretalogy n. - relation of wonderful deeds of a god or hero. arete: sharp mountain ridge argand: gas or oil lamp argent: the heraldic colour silver or white argentiferous: bearing silver 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 arguria: silver poisoning argute adj. - quick; sharp; shrill; astute; subtle. argute: shrill; keen; shrewd argyll: silver gravy dish arietate - To strike with a battering ram or to butt like a ram arietinous: shaped like a ram's head aright: right; correctly ariolation: divination in general aristarch: a severe critic aristarchian adj. - extremely critical aristarchy: government by the best aristology n. - art or science of dining. aristology: the science or art of dining aristophren - A person possesing a superior intellect aristophrenia n. - condition of having a superior intellect arithmancy: divination using numbers arithmogram: number composed of numerical values of letters in a word arithmomania: obsessive preoccupation with numbers arithmophobia - A fear of numbers armamentarium: collective equipment available to a doctor armigerous: entitled to bear arms armillary: like or composed of rings armipotent: having strong weapons; militarily potent armisonant: resounding with noises of battle or weapons aroint: begone arpent: unit of land area slightly smaller than an acre arpenteur: land surveyor arrant: downright; unmitigated arras: tapestry covering a wall arrasene: embroidery fabric of wool and silk arrect: attentive; erect; raised up arrendator: one who rents or farms at a yearly rent arrestant: substance causing an insect to stop moving arrhenophobia - A fear of male offspring arrhenotokous - Having only male offspring arrhizal: lacking roots arris: sharp edge on stone; meeting of two surfaces arrogate v. - take or claim beyond one's rights. arrogation, n. arrogate: to claim unduly as one's own; to ascribe arrosive: gnawing; chewing; corroding arsle - To move backwards or to retreat rapidly arthrology: study of joints arthroscope: instrument for examining interior of a joint arundinaceous: like or having the properties of a reed arval: pertaining to ploughed land ascesis: the practice of disciplining oneself; asceticism

ascham: box for keeping bows and arrows dry ascian: inhabitant of the equatorial zone aseity: self-origination ashlar: squared stone used in building walls ashplant: walking stick asinine: of or pertaining to asses; stupid asitia: lack of appetite askefise: one who blows on ashes to bring them to flame asomatous adj. - incorporeal; lacking body. asomatous: lacking a body; incorporeal asonia: deafness to specific pitches of sound asperge: to sprinkle aspergilliform: shaped like a brush aspergillum: vessel for sprinkling holy water asperity n. - roughness, acrimony. asperity: roughness of surface or sound asperse: slander; disparage aspersorium - A basin for holy water aspersory: vessel for holding holy water aspheterism: denial of the right to private property aspidate adj. - shield-shaped. aspidate: shield-shaped aspidomancy: divination by sitting and chanting within a circle asportation: to carry property away wrongfully assart: to reclaim for agriculture by clearing away trees assecuration: marine insurance assentation n. - ready, insincere assent assentation: insincere or glib assent asseveration: positive or earnest affirmation assibilate: to pronounce with a hiss or sibilant assiduity n. - unremitting care; unflagging or obsequious attention. assiduous, adj. assiduity: persevering application to a pursuit assizer: officer or judge in charge of weights and measures assocative: indicating association with or accompaniment by assoil(zie) v. - pardon; absolve; acquit; release. assoil: to absolve; to acquit assot: to befool; to besot assuefaction: habituation assuetude n. - custom or habit assuetude: accustomedness; habit assurgent: ascending; rising; curving upward astacology: the science of crayfish astatic: in equilibrium asteism n. - an ingeniously polite insult asteism: refined irony astereognosis - The loss of the ability to recognize shapes by touch asterism: three asterisks used to direct attention to a passage astern: at the stern of a ship asthenia n. - debility. asthenic, adj. weak; of slender build; weakening. asthenic - Being lean and frail astheniology: study of diseases of weakening and aging asthenophobe n. - the circumspect stoic, the stiff-upper-lipped asthenophobia - The fear of weakness asthenopia n. - optical weakness, especially muscular. asthenopic, adj. asthenopia: muscular weakening of the eyes astichous: not in rows Astragal n. - ankle-bone; rounded beading or moulding on column astragal: small semicircular moulding; dice astragalomancy - Divination using dice astragalomancy: divination using dice or knucklebones

astraphobia: fear of being struck by lightning astrapophobia - The fear of thunder and lightning astrapophobia: fear of thunder and lightning astrict v. - astringe. astriction, n. astrictive, adj. astriction: binding obligation astringe v. - bind; brace; restrict; constipate. astringe: to draw together; to tighten astrionics: electronics as applied to space flight astrobleme: scar on the earth's surface from meteorite impact astrobolism: sun-stroke astrogeology: study of extraterrestrial geology astrognosy: knowledge of fixed stars astrogony: theory of the origin of stars astrolatry: worship of stars astromancy: divination using stars astrometeorology: study of effect of stars on climate astrophile: person interested in astronomy astrophobia - The fear of stars astroseismology: study of star oscillations astrut: protrudingly; distendedly astucious adj. - having keen perception; of astute and penetrating discernment astylar adj. - Architecture, lacking columns. asynartetic: having two members with different rhythms asyndeton: rhetorical device of omitting conjunctions atactic: irregular ataraxia: tranquility; freedom from anxiety; stoicism atavism: reversion to early or ancestral type ataxiophobia - A fear of disorder ateknia: childlessness atelier: artist's studio or workshop ateliosis: imperfect development; developmental irregularity atelophobe n. -perfectionist, one with a morbid fear of having things less than perfect atephobia - A fear of rivers athanasia n. - immortality athanasy: deathlessness athanor: alchemist's self-feeding digesting furnace atheling: Anglo-Saxon prince or nobleman athenaeum: literary or scientific association athermic: lacking heat athetesis: rejection of a passage as spurious athetise v. - to spurn, reject athetosis: nervous twitching of digits and extremities athwart: across; in opposition to; sideways; transversely athymia: melancholy athymy n. - melancholy. atimy: loss of honour; disgrace atlantes n. - pl. male figures used as columns. atlantes: male figures used as columns atlas: rich satin fabric atmatertera: great-grandfathers grandmothers sister atmology: the science of aqueous vapour atmometer: instrument for measuring evaporating capacity of air atocia: female sterility atokous: lacking offspring atomism: belief that the universe consists of small indivisible particles atony: muscular weakness atpatruus: great-grandfathers grandfathers brother atrabilarian n. - a gloomy hypochondriac atrabilious adj. - very melancholic; hypochondriac. atrabilious: melancholy; splenetic; acrimonious

atrament: blacking; ink; black dye atresia: absence or irregular closure of a passage in the body atrichia: baldness atrous adj. - jet black. atrous: jet black attainder: the loss of civil rights for high treason attaint: disgrace; sully; infect; taint attemper: to adapt or alter quality by adding to something attenuate: make thin; reduce in value atticism: expression characterized by conciseness and elegance attingent adj. - touching, in contact. attingent: touching attollent: lifting up; raising attorn: to transfer to another attrahent: attracting or drawing attrist: to sadden attrite: repentant through fear of punishment attuition: operation between sensation and perception atychiphobia - A fear of failure au fait phr. - 'to the fact'; having complete knowledge; conversant. aubade - A love song which is sung at dawn aubergine: eggplant aubin: horses gait between an amble and a gallop auceps: hawker or bird-tender aucupate: to hunt birds; to pursue prey with vigilance audile: person more attuned to sound than the other senses audiology: study of hearing audiometer: instrument for measuring acuity of hearing audiophile: one who loves accurately reproduced recorded sound augean: filthy; difficult augend: number to which another number is added aught: at all augury - Divination using bird's flight aularian: relating to a hall in a university aulete: flautist aulic adj. - courtly; ceremonious. aulic: courtly; ceremonious; genteel aulophobia - A fear of flutes aurantiaceous: pertaining or relating to oranges or orange trees aureate - Pertaining to the fancy or flowery words used by poets aureity: property of being golden in colour or substance aureole: radiant light around head or body of holy personage auricomous: having golden or blond hair auricular: pertaining to the ear; spoken secretly auriferous: bearing gold aurifex: goldsmith auriform: shaped like an ear aurigation: charioteering aurilave: instrument for cleaning the ear auriphrygia n. - gold embroidery. auriphrygiate, adj. auriphrygia: gold embroidery auriscope: instrument for examining the ear aurochs: extinct wild ox aurophobia - A fear of gold aurulent: gold-coloured auscultation: listening to sounds arising within organs auslaut: final sound of a word or syllable austringer: keeper of goshawks austromancy - Divination using the wind austromancy: divination using wind

autarchia n. - perpetual happiness autarchy: government by an absolute ruler autarkic: self-sufficient; independent autecology: study of ecology of one species autocephality: ecclesiastical self-government autoclesis introducing an idea by refusing to discuss, thus arousing interest autocoprophagy: eating one's own feces autocracy: government by one individual auto-da-fe: burning of a heretic autodeist - One who believes they are a god autodidact: self-taught person autodysomophobia - A fear of one's own body odour autogenesis: spontaneous generation autognosis: knowledge of or about oneself autohagiographer - person who speaks or writes in a smug way about their life autolatry - The worship of one's self autology - The study of oneself autology: scientific study of oneself automorphism: ascription to others of one's own characteristics automysophobia: fear of being dirty autonym: a writer's real name; work published under writer's own name autophagy: feeding on body's own tissues autophanous: self-luminous autophobe n. - the socializer who does not like to be alone autophobia n. - fear of solitude. autophobia: fear of solitude autoschediasm: anything extemporized autosoterism: belief that one can obtain salvation through oneself autotelic adj. - having itself as its only purpose. autotelic: being an end in itself autothaumaturgist: person pretending to be mystical or mysterious autotheism: belief that one is God incarnate or that one is Christ autotheist - One who worships themselves autotonsorialist - A person who cuts their own hair autotropic: growing in a straight line autovoxiphillia - Love of one's own voice auxanometer: instrument for measuring growth of plants auxesis: increase in size; hyperbole auxology: science of growth auxometer: instrument for measuring magnifying power aval: pertaining to a grandparent avalement: allowing knees to flex while skiing avaunt: away; hence avaunt: to boast aveniform: shaped like oats averruncate v. - avert; weed out. averruncate: to ward off; to uproot averruncator - A long stick with shears for cutting high branches aviatophobia A fear of flying avicide: killing of birds avicular: of or pertaining to birds avinosis: air sickness avionics: the science of electronic devices for aircraft avital: ancestral avizandum: private consideration of a case by a judge avolitional: involuntary avulse: to pluck or tear away by force avuncular: like an uncle; of or pertaining to uncles awn: beard or similar bristly growth on stalk of grain axilla: armpit

axiniform: shaped like an axe-head axinomancy: divination using an axe or hatchet axiology: the science of the ultimate nature of values azimuth: arc of the horizon azoth: alchemical name for mercury azuline: blue azure: light or sky blue; the heraldic colour blue azymous: unleavened proof

babag n. - argument or fight babeldom: a confused sound of voices babery n. - bizarre architectural ornamentation baccate: having berries; berry-like bacchanal: drunkard; reveller bacciferous: bearing berries bacciform: shaped like a berry baccivorous: eating berries bacillicide: killer of berries bacillophobia - A fear of germs backstay: stay extending from ship's mastheads to the side of the ship bactericide: killer of bacteria baculiform: rod-shaped baculine: pertaining to the stick or cane; pertaining to flogging baculum: penis bone in some mammals baculus: rod, staff or scepter of power badaud someone who believes just about anything badigeon: plaster and ground stone mixture for repairing masonry badinage: playful repartee or banter badious: chestnut-coloured baetyl: magical or holy meteoric stone bagarre: scuffle or brawl bagnio: bathing house bahadur: self-important official bail: barrier or pole separating horses in an open stable bailivate: office of a bailiff bailiwick - The region in which a sheriff has legal powers bailment: delivery of goods in trust baisemain: kiss on the hand baize: coarse napped cotton or wool fabric bakelite: type of solid plastic balaniferous: acorn-bearing balanism: use of suppositories balanoid: acorn-shaped balatron - A babbling buffoon balbriggan: knitted cotton fabric balbutient: stammering baldachin: rich embroidered silk and gold fabric baldaquin: covering or canopy over a throne or altar baldric: shoulder strap for holding sword balefire: bonfire or beacon-fire balisaur: long-tailed badger balistarius: crossbowman balistraria: cross-shaped opening in wall for firing arrows balize n. - pole bearing beacon, etc., on sea-shore.

balize: pole mounted on seashore as beacon balletomania: abnormal fondness for ballet ballistocardiograph: instrument for detecting body movements caused by heartbeat ballistophobia: fear of missiles ballottement: diagnosis of pregnancy by applying sharp force to abdomen balmorality: superficial enthusiasm for Scottish culture balnearii - People who steal clothing for public baths balneary: bath balneology: the science of the therapeutic use of baths balustrade: row of columns supporting a stair rail balzarine: light cotton dress material banausic adj. - common, ordinary, and undistinguished; dull and insipid banausic: materialistic; merely mechanical; relating to workshops bandelet: small flat moulding around a column banderol: flat band with an inscription; small banner bandobast n. - practical, detailed organization; settlement. bandobast: detailed organization; settlement bandolier: shoulder belt for carrying ammunition bangtail: mustang or wild horse bannock: flat unleavened loaf of bread banquette: raised way or footway above a parapet bantling: brat; whelp; bastard child baptistery: part of church reserved for performing baptisms bar: unit of pressure of one million dynes per square centimeter baragnosis: loss of ability to distinguish weight baragouin n. - gibberish baragouin: any jargon or unintelligible language barathea: pebbly silk or worsted fabric with broken rib weave barathrum - A person who eats like they were a bottomless pit barathrum: an abyss; an insatiable person barbate: bearded barbette n. - gun platform behind parapet barbette: earthen terrace inside the parapet of a rampart barbican n. - tower on or beyond outer wall of city or castle. barbican: projecting watchtower over the gate of a castle barbigerous: bearded; bearing a beard barbula: small tuft of hair just below the lower lip barcarole: gondolier's song bardel: pack saddle bardocucullus: hooded cloak worn by monks bardolatry: excessive devotion to or worship of Shakespeare barege: gauzy fabric of silk, cotton, wool, or worsted barkentine: three-masted vessel barleycorn: old unit of length equal to one-third inch barm: yeast; froth on fermenting liquor barmcloth: an apron barmkin: battlement or turret on the outer wall of a castle barnard: member of gang of thieves who acts as decoy barodynamics: science of the support and mechanics of bridges barognosis: ability to perceive weight barograph: instrument for recording air pressure barology: study of gravitation barophobia - Fear of gravity baroscope: weather-glass barouche: four-wheeled hooded carriage barracoon n. - enclosure in which slaves or convicts were confined. barracoon: depot for slaves barratrous adj. - pertaining to the habitual causing of fights barratry: inciting riot or violence barre: placing capo or finger across guitar strings

barrulet: narrow heraldic bar bartisan: parapet or battlement bartizan n. - small overhanging turret. barton: farmyard baryecoia: deafness; hardness of hearing baryphonic: having difficulty speaking bascule: apparatus of which one end rises as the other sinks basial: of or pertaining to kissing basiation: kissing basilica: Roman Catholic church given special privileges basilicon: kind of ointment basiphobia - The fear of walking basistasiphobia - The fear of standing and walking basorexia - An overwhelming desire to neck or kiss bassinet: light, conical helmet bastinade: to beat with a stick or baton, especially on the feet bastion: tower at the corner of a fortification bastle: fortified house with vaulted ground floor bataphobia - A fear of heights or high places bathmism: directive evolutionary force batholith: large mass of intruded igneous rock bathophobia - A fear of depth bathophobia: fear of falling from a high place bathos: appearance of the commonplace in elevated matter bathykolpian: deep-bosomed bathymeter: instrument for recording contours of deep oceans bathyorographical: relating to depth underwater or elevation above sea level bathypelagic: found in the depths of the sea bathysiderodromophobia - Fear of subways bathysmal: pertaining to the depths of the ocean bathythermograph: instrument for recording water temperature as compared to depth batik: method of dyeing fabric by covering certain sections with wax batiste: fine soft sheer fabric of plain weave batology: the study of brambles batophobia - A fear of tall buildings batophobia: fear of heights or being close to tall buildings batrachian: pertaining to frogs or toads batrachivorous: frog-eating batrachoid - Like a frog batrachophagous - One who eats frogs batrachophobia: fear of frogs and toads batraquomancy: divination using frogs batten: timber used to fasten down a door or hatch battledore: bat used to strike shuttlecock; game played with such a bat battology: futile, futile repetition in speech or writing battue: indiscriminate slaughter; driving game towards slaughter baud: unit of data transmission speed of one bit per second bausond: having white spots on the forehead bavardage n. - small talk or chitchat; idle chatter bavardage: chattering; prattle bavian: insignificant or unskilled poet bavin: a bundle of brushwood bayadere: fabric with horizontal stripes in strongly contrasting colours bdellism: use of leeches for blood-letting bdelloid: of or pertaining to leeches bdellophobia - A fear of leeches bdellotomy: act of cutting a leech to increase its suction bdelygmia n. - a litany of abuse; string of execrations beadle: church caretaker or usher beadle: mace-bearing official of an institution

beadsman: monk or almoner who prays for benefactor beata: beatified woman beatster: fish net repairer beatus: beatified man beaver: hinged face guard on a helmet beaze - To dry in the sun beblubbered: disfigured from weeping bechic: relieving coughs becket: large hook or bracket used to hold tackle or spars beckets: rope handles bedaggle: to soil by dragging along the wet ground bedizen v. - dress gaudily. bedswerver: unfaithful spouse bee: hardwood on either side of bowsprit through which forestays are reeved beele: double-pointed miner's pick beerocracy: government by brewers or brewing interests beeskep: straw beehive beestings: the first milk drawn from a cow after calving beforetime: formerly behoof: a benefit resulting from some course of action bel: unit of noise intensity equal to ten decibels belay: to secure a rope by winding on a pin or cleat belcher: coloured; spotted neckerchief beldam n. - a repulsive older woman beldam: an old woman; a hag; an ancestress belemnoid: shaped like a dart bel-tage n. - main storey of building. belike: most likely; probably bellarmine: large jug with rounded belly and narrow neck bellcote: ornamental structure to hold one or two large bells bellecism: inclination towards violence; hawkishness belleter: bell-founder belliferous: bringing war belling: deer's mating call bellipotent: militarily powerful bellonion: mechanical instrument combining trumpets and drums bellwether: one who takes the lead; indicator of trends beloid: shaped like an arrow belomancy: divination by means of arrows belonephobia: fear of pins and needles belonoid: shaped like a needle belvedere: raised covered terrace or pavilion belvedere: raised turret or lantern on the top of a house bema: raised part of an Eastern church containing the altar ben trovato phr. - 'well invented'; a. well expressed; n. such speech or thought. benedict: a newly married man who has long been a bachelor benefactive: indicating for whom or which benefic: kindly; benign; beneficent benefice: ecclesiastical office to which revenue is attached beneficiate: to treat ores to remove impurities benet: exorcist bengaline: crosswise ribbed fabric benthic: of or relating to the depths of the ocean benthos: flora and fauna of the ocean floor berceau: covered walk berceuse: lullaby bergamask: country dance berge: spy glass or telescope berlin: four-wheeled covered carriage berline: crude winter sled

berm: narrow shelf or ledge at the top or bottom of a slope bersatrix: baby-sitter besom: curlers broom bestiarian: individual opposed to vivisection bte noire n. - 'black beast'; pet abomination; bugbear. bethel: a place of worship for seamen; nonconformist chapel betimes: in short time; speedily btise n. - foolishness; foolish or stupid act. btise: foolish act or situation bewray: to reveal; to betray; to divulge bezel: oblique side or face of a cut gem bezique: card game played with two decks of cards bezoar: stony material found in ruminants' stomachs bialate: two-winged biarchy: rule by two individuals bibacious: overly fond of drinking bibble v. - to drink often or much; or to drink or eat noisily bibelot n. - small object of art; trinket; curio. bibelot: trinket; miniature book of elegant design bibitory adj. - pertaining to drinking. bibitory: relating or pertaining to drinking biblioclasm: destruction of books or the Bible bibliogenesis: production of books bibliognost: well-read individual; person with wide knowledge of books biblioklept: book-thief bibliolatry: worship of the Bible or other books bibliology: study of books bibliomancy: divination by opening a book at random bibliomania: craze for books or reading bibliopegist: bookbinder bibliophagist: one who devours books, literally or figuratively bibliophily: love or fondness for books or reading bibliophobia: fear of books bibliopoesy: making of books bibliopolist: bookseller bibliotaph: one who hoards or hides books bibliotics: study of documents to determine authenticity bibulous: addicted to alcohol bicapitate: two-headed bickern: anvil pointed at both ends bicollateral: having two identical sides bicorn: having two horns or points bicorne - The hat with two points worn by Napolean biddery: metal alloy inlaid with silver and/or gold bidenticulate: having two teeth biduous: lasting two days bien aise n. - 'well being'; comfort. biensance: something appropriate or proper bifarious: organized in two rows bifid: divided in two by a deep split bifilar: having two threads bigential: consisting of two races, genera, or subspecies biggin: a building bight: a wide bay; a bend or coil in a rope bijugate: having heads on both sides of a coin bilbo: iron bar used to shackle prisoners feet bilge: lower point of inner hull of a ship bilious: ill-tempered; very unpleasant billingsgate: coarsely abusive language billon: base metal, alloy of copper, tin or silver

bilocation: ability to be in two places at once biloquist: one capable of speaking with two distinct voices bimetallism: currency exchange on both the gold and silver standards binate: doubled; coupled binaural: of, pertaining to or heard by both ears bindle: blanket roll binnacle: case in which a ship's compass is kept binotonous: consisting or comprised of two musical tones biobibliography: annotated biographical bibliography biocenosis: state of association of creatures in a certain region biocentric: having life as main principle biocide: killing living material bioecology: study of interaction of life in the environment biogenesis: theory that all life is derived from living matter alone biognosy: general study or theory of life biolith: rock formed by living creatures biometrics: study of biological measurement bionergy: vital essence or force bionomics: study of organisms interacting in their environments biopic: film telling the life-story of a celebrity biotaxy: classification of living organisms biotope: region of uniform environment and types of organisms bipennate: two-winged biramous: forked; with two branches bireme: rowed ship or galley with two banks of oars biretta: square three-ridged cap worn by Catholic clergy birl: to make a log spin by walking on it birostrate: double-beaked bis: twice; in two places biserial: in two rows or columns bismer: shame; disgrace; scorn bisociation: association of an object with two or more ideas bisontine: of or relating to bison bistoury: narrow surgical knife bistre: pigment with brownish colour derived from soot bisulcate: cloven-footed; cleft in two bitheism: belief in two gods bitts: posts mounted on a ship for fastening ropes biune: combining two entities into one biverbal: relating to two words; having a double sense bivious: offering a choice; splitting between two directions blackguard: a menial helper blackguard: to vituperate; to portray as a scoundrel blague: humbug; pretentious nonsense blain: a boil or blister blandiloquence: complimentary speech; flattery blandish: to flatter and coax; to cajole blarney: skilful flattery blastogenesis: reproduction by budding blatherskite - An obnoxious braggart blatteroon - A person who will not stop talking blattnerphone: instrument used to record sound on magnetic tape blattoid - Like a cockroach blattoid: of or pertaining to cockroaches blauwbok: extinct bluish-coloured antelope of southern Africa blazon: heraldic arms painted on knight's shield or surcoat blellum - an idle boring chatterer blench: to shrink or flinch blendling: hybrid blendure: mixing

blennoid: of or resembling mucus blennophobia: fear of slime blepharal: relating to eyelids blepharospasm - A form of constant winking bletcherous - Pertaining to something poorly designed or disgusting in design bletcherous: having an ugly design bletherskate: a garrulous talker of nonsense bletonism: alleged ability to find an underground water supply blewit: type of edible toadstool blissom adj. - with strong sexual desires; in rut. blissom: subject to or having strong sexual desires blodder - To flow with a gurgling sound from a small aperture bloomery: factory where iron bars are manufactured blucher: leather half-boot bluepeter: blue flag with white square in centre used as ship's signal bluestocking: early feminist; educated or literary woman blunge: to mix clay with water blype: piece of skin that peels off after a sunburn boanerges: skilled orator with powerful voice boanthropy - The delusion that one is an ox boatswain: ship's crewmember in charge of equipment and maintenance bobeche: circular wax catcher that fits over a candle bobstay: rope used on ships to steady the bowsprit bocking: smoked herring bodach: old man; churl; goblin or spectre bodement: prediction or prophecy bodewash: cow dung bodge: piece of poor or clumsy workmanship bodkin: small tool for pricking holes; small dagger boeotian: stupid; dull boethetic: helpful, curative bogan: quiet tributary or backwater boggart: spectre; bugbear; goblin bogyphobia - A fear of goblins bolar: of or pertaining to clay bolection: moulding around a panel bolero: Spanish dance with sudden pauses and sharp turns bolide: large meteor that bursts; a fireball bollard: short post on a wharf or ship to which ropes are tied bolometer: instrument for measuring radiant energy or infrared light bolthead: straight-necked distillation vessel or flask boltrope: strong rope stitched to edges of a sail bolus: rounded mass boman: well dressed criminal bombastry: bombastic language or composition bombazine: twilled silk and worsted fabric bomb: bulging outwards bombic: of or pertaining to silkworms bombilate: to hum, buzz or drone bombosity: the buttocks bombous: convex; rounded bombylious: humming or buzzing bonasus: bison bonbonnire: small box used for sweetmeats bonce: large marble used in games bonification: paying of bonus or reward boniform: having the form of good bonify: to improve or ameliorate boning: estimating straightness by looking along a row of poles bonism: the doctrine that the world is good but not perfect

bonnyclabber - Milk which has become thick due to being sour bonzery: Buddhist monastery bonzoline: artificial ivory-like substance used to make billiard balls boodle: counterfeit money; funds obtained by corruption boopic: ox-eyed borage: rough-stemmed herb used in salads borasco: violent wind squall borborology: filthy talk borborygmite - a dirty mouth, or user of spurcitious- obscene language borborygmus - The rumbling sound of gas passing through the intestine bordar: tenant who holds land at his lord's pleasure bordereau: detailed bill or invoice bordure: border surrounding a heraldic shield bore: tidal flow of water up estuaries born: limited; narrow-minded borsella: instrument for shaping glass vessels bort: diamond fragments or dust borzoi: wolf-hound boscage: thick foliage; woodland boschveldt: bush country; wilderness bosket: thicket; plantation bosky: covered with trees or shrubs bossa-nova: Brazilian dance similar to samba bosselated: knobby boston: waltz-like dance bot: larva of a botfly that infests horses botanomancy: divination using burning branches or plants botanophobia - A fear of plants botryoidal: like a bunch of grapes bottine: small boot bottomry: using the ship as collateral to finance a sea voyage bottony: having three buds like a trefoil boucl: fabric of uneven looped yarn bouillotte: card game resembling poker bouleversement: overturning; reversal; ruin boult: to sift through cloth; to examine by sifting bouluterion: meeting-place; assembly hall boun: to prepare; to dress; to set out bourasque: tempest bourdon: drone bass of a bagpipe or organ bourre: French baroque dance with quick rhythm boustrophedon: writing alternating left-right then right-left boutade: sudden outburst bovicide: slaughter of cattle; one who kills cattle boviform: cow-shaped bowdlerize - To purge literature of offensive or morally impure material bower: anchor carried at bow of a ship bowery: seedy or run-down district of a city bowline: rope used to keep weather edge of a sail taut bowsprit: spar that extends at bows of a ship boyau: communication trench boyg: a problem difficult to get to grips with brabble: to squabble or quarrel braccate: having feathered legs or feet bracciale: bracket or socket mounted on a wall brach: female hunting hound brachet: whelp; brat; bitch hound brachiation: act of swinging by one's arms from place to place brachiferous: bearing or having branches or arms brachiotomy: amputation of an arm

brachycatalectic: lacking two syllables from end of a line of verse brachycephalic - Having a head that is broad brachycerous: having horns or antennae clipped or removed brachydactylous: having short or stubby fingers brachymetropia: short-sightedness brachyology: laconic, abbreviated or interrupted speech brachypodous: short-legged brachypterous: short-winged brackish: saltish; very salty brackle: to break bread or cake into pieces bracteate: thin beaten plate of gold or silver bradawl: small boring tool bradyseism: slow up-and-down movement of the earth's crust brail: leather strap to bind a hawk's wing brails: ropes on edge of sail for hauling up braird: to appear above ground of crops branchial: of or relating to gills branchiferous: having or bearing gills branchiform: gill-shaped brandling: striped earthworm used as fishing bait brank: to prance; toss the head; to strut bransle: an old French follow-the-leader dance brasero: a place where criminals and heretics are burned brash slight sickness; broken pieces of rock or ice brash: collection of broken pieces of rock or ice brassage: difference between cost of minting coin and its value brassard n. - armlet; arm-badge. brassard: badge worn on the arm; piece of armour for the arm brattice: fixed tower of wood on a castle wall brattice: partition in mine shaft used to support walls and roof braxy: disease of sheep causing fits brayer: instrument for spreading ink in printing bream: to clean a ship's bottom by burning off seaweed breastsummer: beam supporting front of a building; bressummer breccia: geological formation of angular fragments of rock breedbate n. - someone looking for an argument breedbate: someone looking for an argument brehon: judge or magistrate in ancient Ireland breloque: an ornament attached to a watch breme: fierce; cruel; keen bressummer: beam supporting a wall over an opening bretasche: partition to control ventilation in a mine breve: mark over letter to indicate a short vowel sound brevet: commission enabling officer to take higher rank breviary: book containing daily church service breviate: a brief compendium; a lawyer's brief brevicaudate: short-tailed breviloquence: short-windedness; tendency towards brevity in speech breviloquent - Speaking briefly about a subject breviped: short-legged creature brevipennate: having short wings brevirostrate - Having a short nose briarean: many-handed bricole: harness for humans to pull heavy loads bridewell: house of corrections; jail bridgewater: anything undesirable or worthless bridoon: light military bridle brigandine: leather armour with metal scales brigantine: two-masted ship brigue: to intrigue

brilliantine: light lustrous cotton and worsted fabric brilliantine: perfumed oil for making hair glossy brimborion n. - something useless or nonsensical brimborion - Something which is useless or nonsensical brindled: marked with streaks or spots brio: enthusiastic vigour brisure: part of a parapet breaking from the general direction britska: open four-wheeled carriage broadcloth: dense twilled wool or worsted fabric brobdingnagian: immense brocade: rich silk fabric with raised patterns brocard: elementary law or principle; canon; axiom; maxim broch: luminous ring around the moon broch: with raised pattern brochette: skewer for holding food steady while cooking brocken: two-year-old stag brockfaced: having a white mark on the face or snout brodequin: light boot worn inside heavier boots broderie: embroidery pattern brogan: strong and tough working shoe bromatology: study of food bromidrosis: strong-smelling sweat bromopnea: bad breath bronchos: temporary loss of voice; laryngitis bronchoscope: instrument for examining the windpipe brontide - The low rumbling of distant thunder brontology: scientific study of thunder brontomancy - Divination by or magic involving thunder brontomancy: divination using thunder brontophobia - The fear of thunder brontophobia: fear of thunder and lightning brouette: small two-wheeled carriage brougham: one-horse closed carriage bruit: something rumoured widely; to report or spread rumour brumal: of or pertaining to winter brummagem n. -inferior and of little worth; showy but cheap brumous: foggy; wintry brump - To collect branches which have fallen off of trees brunneous: dark brown brutum fulmen n. - failed thunderbolt: empty noise or idle threat bruxism: habitual grinding of the teeth bruxomania: compulsion for grinding teeth bryology: the study of mosses and liverworts bubonalgia: painful inflammation of the groin buccal: pertaining to the mouth or cheek buccan: metal frame on which meat is dried and/or roasted buccina: Roman curved trumpet buccinal: shaped or sounding like a trumpet buccula: double chin bucentaur: legendary half-man and half-ox buck-and-wing: solo tap dance with many leg flings and leaps buckram: stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments bucoliast: writer of pastoral poems bucolic: pertaining to the tending of cattle; rustic; rural buddle: sloping container for washing ore buffarilla - An extremely ugly young woman bufoniform - Like a toad bufoniform: shaped like a toad buhl: inlaying of precious material onto furniture bulbiferous: bearing bulbs

bulgur: cooked broken wheat bulimy: extreme hunger bulla: round seal attached to a papal bull bullace: wild plum bullantic: capitalized and ornamented, as letters used on papal bulls bullary: collection of papal bulls bullate adj. - puckered; with blistered appearance. bullation, n. bullate: having a blistered or puckered appearance bulliform: shaped like a blister or boil bullionism: belief in the importance of metallic currency in economics bullition: the act of boiling bullock: an ox or castrated bull bullyrag: to assault with abusive language; to badger bulse: a small bag for diamonds or gold dust bulwark: the side of a ship above the deck bumboat: small boat used in harbours to carry provisions bumicky: cement mixed with stone chips used in masonry bummel: stroll; leisurely journey bumpkin: spar projecting from stern of ship bumptious: offensively conceited or self-assertive buncombe: speech-making intended for the mass media bunt: middle of sail, fish-net or cloth when slack bunting: light loosely woven fabric used for flags buntline: rope attached to middle of square sail to haul it up to the yard burgage: tenure in socage for a yearly rent burganet: light helmet with nose and cheek protection burgee: small ship's flag used for identification or signalling burgensic: pertaining to a borough or its citizens burghbote - Donations made to repair a castle, or to build a castle burgrave: commander of a German town or castle burke: to suppress quietly; to bypass or avoid burladero - The wooden barrier in a bullring used for protection burlap: coarse plain-woven jute or hemp fabric burnet: dark brown; dark woollen cloth burrel: coarse russet cloth burrole: an eavesdropper burrstone: type of rock used to make millstones bursal: pertaining to a state's revenues bursary: treasury of a monastery or college burse: square cloth case to carry the corporal during Communion service bursiculate: resembling a small pouch bursiform: shaped like a pouch or purse buskin: tragedy as a dramatic genre buss: rude or playful kiss buttery: storeroom for provisions and liquors butyraceous: resembling, producing or having the qualities of butter butyric: of or pertaining to butter byre: a cow barn byrnie: coat of mail or breastplate byrthynsak - theft of a calf or a sheep/Stealing as much as one can carry byssaceous: delicately filamentous byssiferous: having tufts or threads byssine: silky; soft; having many threads byssoid: fibrous; cottony soft byssus: mummy-wrapping fabric bywoner: agricultural labourer

caballine: pertaining to or suited to a horse cabas: woman's work basket or handbag cable: heavy rope or chain for mooring a ship caboched: heraldic animal shown in full face with no neck or body cabochon: highly polished convex gem caboose: kitchen on the deck of a ship cabotage: shipping and sailing between points in the same country cabotin n. - medical quack cabr: flying upside down with tail down cabrie: a pronghorn cabriole: curved furniture leg ending in a ball; exuberant dance or caper cabriolet: two-wheeled carriage cacaesthesia: morbid sensation cacestogenous - Caused by an unfavourable home life cachaemic: having diseased or poisoned blood cachalot: sperm whale cachepot: ornamental container used to conceal a flowerpot cachet: a seal of approval; a mark of prestige cachexic: having an unhealthy physical or mental state cachinnate: to laugh loudly and inappropriately cachinnation - Loud or hysterical laughter cacidrosis: smelly sweat cacodaemonomania - Posessed by the devil cacodemomania: pathological belief that one is inhabited by an evil spirit cacodoxy: bad doctrine or wrong opinion cacoepy: poor or wrong pronunciation cacoethes: insatiable desire or mania; bad habit cacogen: antisocial person cacogenics: study of racial degeneration cacography: bad handwriting or spelling cacohydrophobia - The fear of sewer water cacolet: military mule litter cacology: bad choice of words or faulty pronunciation caconym: wrongly derived name cacophonophilist - One who loves harsh sounds cacophonophilist - One who loves hearing harsh sounds cacospectamania - obsession of staring at something which is repulsive cacotopia: a state in which everything is as bad as it can be cacuminal: retroflex, pertaining to a point, crown, top or peak cadastre: record of ownership and value of property caddis: worsted yarn cadge: to beg or sponge from another cadilesker: chief judge in the Turkish empire cadrans: instrument by which a gem is adjusted while being cut caducary: passing or expiring due to lapse or forfeit caduceator: herald; messenger caducity: being of a transitory or impermanent nature caducous adj. - fleeting; transient; unenduring caecity: blindness caenogenesis: process of growth in individual not common in its species caesaropapism: control of the church by a secular ruler caesious: bluish or greyish green caespitose: growing in clusters or tufts caesura: natural breathing space in a line of verse cafard: depression; the blues cagamosis: unhappy marriage cagophilist - A collector of keys

cainophobia - A fear of anything new cairngorm: yellow-brown quartz caisson: vehicle or chest for holding ammunition caitiff: base; cowardly; despicable cakewalk: prancing stage dance with backward tilt calamanco: satin twilled woollen fabric calamus: quill or reed used as a pen calando: slowing with gradually lowering volume calash: light low-wheeled carriage with folding top calathiform: cup-shaped calathus: fruit basket carried on the head calcar: furnace or oven for annealing calcariferous: having or bearing spurs calcariform: spur-shaped calceate: to shoe calceiform: shaped like a slipper calciferous: bearing lime calciform: pebble-shaped calcifuge: plant that will not tolerate limy soil calcimine: to whitewash calcine: to burn so as to drive out water and carbon dioxide calcivorous: feeding on or living in limestone calcographer: one who draws with crayons or pastels calefacient: warming; anything that warms calefactory: a monastery sitting room calender: machine with rollers which presses paper or cloth calenture: tropical fever due to heat exposure calescence: increase in heat calico: plain white cotton calicular: like a chalice or cup caliginous adj. - obscure; dim; misty; dark caliginous: misty; dark; dim; obscure caligo n. - dim-sightedness. caliginous, adj. dim; obscure. caliology: study of bird's nests calipace: turtle's carapace calix: cup; chalice calk: pointed piece on a horseshoe to prevent slipping callant: boy; fellow callet - A drab untidy woman calligram: design using the letters of a word calligyniaphobia - The fear of beautiful women callipygous: having beautiful buttocks callisteia: awards given for beauty callithump: boisterous and noisy parade callithumpian - The sounds of a big parade callomania n. - the delusion that one is beautiful callow: unfledged; inexperienced calodemon: good or beneficial spirit calorifacient: producing or generating heat calorifics: study of heat calorimeter: instrument for measuring absorbed or evolved heat calotte: Roman Catholic skullcap calumet: ornamented ceremonial pipe calumniate: to slander; misrepresent; besmirch calumny: vile misrepresentation calvary: experience of intense mental suffering calver: to prepare fish while alive or freshly caught calvities: baldness calvous: bald calycine: of or pertaining to a cup or calyx

calypso - fashion in which women tie a knot in their shirt and exposes her waist calyx: outer covering of a flower camaca: fine silk fabric camaeu: monotonous or uninteresting play or literary work caman: shinty stick camarilla: secret society of favourites of the king camber: slight arch or convexity to a beam or deck of a ship cambist: person skilled in the science of financial exchange cambistry: science of international exchange cambium: soft tissue found in trees cambric: fine thin white cotton or linen fabric camelious: jocular term describing camel's hump camelopard: giraffe camelot: newspaper vendor camelry: troops mounted on camels camerated: divided into separate chambers cameriere: waiter or valet camerlengo: papal treasurer camisade: night attack camisole: straitjacket used for unruly prisoners camlet: strong waterproof silk or wool fabric camorra: group united for nefarious or traitorous ends camouflet: mine used to destroy underground enemy emplacement campaniform: bell-shaped campanile: freestanding bell tower on church property campanology: the art of bell ringing campanulate: shaped like a bell campestral: of or relating to the country; pertaining to level ground camsteary: perverse; unruly canaille n. - the mob; rabble. canaille: riffraff; proletarian; the mob; rabble canaliculate: grooved or channelled lengthwise canard: false rumour; hoax canary: lively Renaissance courtly dance cancatervate - To heap up into a pile cancellarial: of or relating to a chancellor cancellous: having a porous structure cancerophobia: fear of cancer cancriform: shaped like a crab cancrine: palindromic cancrizans: moving backwards; repeating a musical theme backwards candela: unit of luminous intensity candent: heated to whiteness candescent: glowing hotly canephor: sculpted figure carrying a basket on the head canescent: hoary; tending to become white or grey cang: wooden yoke hung around a criminal's neck canicular: pertaining to the dog star canities: whiteness of the hair cannel: bevel on the edge of a chisel cannelure: groove or fluting cannikin: small can or drinking vessel cannonade: an attack with heavy artillery cannular: hollow or tube-shaped canoness: woman living in a community under a religious rule canonicate: the rank or office of a cannon canophilia: love or fondness for dogs canopus: vase for holding dead individual's inner organs canorous adj. - sweet-sounding. canorous: musical; singing; resonant

cantabank: strolling singer; second-rate musician cantative: of or pertaining to singing cantatrice: female singer canter: person who makes hypocritical or affected statements canterbury: stand with divisions for holding books or music canthus n. - angle between eyelids at corner of eye. canthal, adj. canthus: angle between eyelids at the corner of the eye canticle: short holy song or sung prayer cantillate: to chant or intone cantle: corner, edge or slice of anything canton: dexter chief region of a heraldic field cantonment: small military town cantorial: located on the north side of the choir in a church canzone: instrumental work that is melodious or song-like caparison: ornamented covering for a horse capeline: surgical bandage for the stump of amputated limb; small iron skullcap capernoited - Slightly intoxicated or tipsy capias: writ authorizing the arrest of a person capillaceous: hairlike capistrate: hooded capitation: numbering of individuals; head tax capitulary: of or pertaining to a chapter of an organization caple: a horse capnomancy - Divination by smoke capnomancy: divination by means of smoke caponier: covered passage across a moat or ditch capreolate: having or resembling tentacles capric: having a goatlike smell; of or pertaining to goats caprifoliaceous: of or pertaining to the honeysuckle plant capriform: goatlike caprine: of or pertaining to goats capriole: leap and kick performed by a trained horse capripede: satyr capstan: upright device for winding in heavy ropes or cables captation: attempt to obtain applause or recognition captious: peevish; ready to take offence or find fault capuchin: pointed hooded cloak worn by friars caracole: spiral staircase; a half turn by a trained horse carapace - The shell of an animal such as a turtle or armadillo caravanserai: inn or rest station for caravans carbasus: lint or gauze carboniferous: bearing carbon carboy: large green bottle encased in wicker carbuncle: architectural monstrosity or eyesore; red precious stone carcanet n. - jewelled necklace or collar. carcanet: ornamental necklace, collar or headband carcelage: prison fees carceral: of or relating to prisons carcinology: study of crabs and other crustaceans carcinophobia - A fear of cancer cardialgia: heartburn cardimelech: supposed vital force causing heart to work cardinalitial: pertaining to church cardinals cardiognost: one who knows the workings of the heart cardiograph: instrument for recording movements of the heart cardioid: heart-shaped cardophagus: donkey; something that eats thistles careen v. - heel over; turn on side for repairs. caret: mark ^ used to note an omission carfax: place where four roads meet; intersection of roads at center of a town

carferal: compound of carbon, iron and aluminum caricology: study of sedges caricous: like or relating to figs carinated: shaped like the prow or keel of a ship cariniform: keel-shaped carioca: variation of the samba cariogenic: causing dental cavities cariole: light open carriage carious: of or pertaining to dental cavities; decayed caritative: generous; charitable caritive: indicating lack of something carker - A mischievieous child or brat carking: imposing great hardship or strain carminative: expelling, causing or relieving flatulence carnaptious: bad-tempered; cantankerous carnassial: specially adapted for eating flesh carneous: fleshy; flesh-coloured; like or relating to flesh carnet: customs or other permit; book of coupons carniferous: bearing flesh; fleshy carnifex: executioner carnification: conversion into flesh carnificial: of or pertaining to butchers or executioners carnificine: place of execution; office of the executioner carnophobia - A fear of meat carnose: fleshy; of or like flesh caroche: stately carriage used on ceremonial occasions carpal: of or pertaining to the wrist carphologia - See floccillation carphology: fitful plucking movements as in delirium carpogenous: producing or bearing fruit carpology: study of fruit carpophagous: fruit-eating carrack: galleon carrel, carrell n. - booth for individual study in library. carriwitchet an absurd, riddling question, somewhat of a hoax; teasing quibble; carriwitchet: a quip or quibble; a pun; a conundrum carronade: short and light maritime cannon cartiliginous: like or composed of cartilage cartomancy: telling fortunes using playing cards cartomaniac - A collector of maps cartophily: the hobby of collecting cigarette cards cartouche: oval- or scroll-shaped ornamentation on monument or tomb cartulary: keeper of monastic records carucate: as much land as a team of oxen ploughs in a season caruncle: any fleshy growth on the body caryatid: column shaped like female figure cascabel: part behind the base-ring of a cannon caschrom: spade with bent handle for tilling soil casefy: to become or make cheese-like casemate: bombproof chamber or armored compartment caseous: cheese-like casern: barrack or billet for soldiers cashmere: soft twilled fabric made of fine goat's wool casque: helmet cassation: annulment; overthrow of legal decision cassideous: helmet-shaped cassimere: closely woven twilled cloth of fine wool cassock: close-fitting ankle-length clergyman's garment castaneous: chestnut-coloured castellan: governor of castle or fortification

castellar: like or pertaining to a castle castellated: having battlements or turrets castophrenia: belief that ones thoughts are being stolen castory: brown colour; brown dye derived from beaver pelts castral: of or belonging to the camp castramentation: the art of designing a camp casualism: the belief that chance governs all things casuist - sophist who insists on debating the smallest details casuistry: plausible but flawed moral reasoning catabaptism: belief in the wrongness of infant baptism catabasis: the decline of a disease in a population catachresis: incorrect usage of a word catachthonian: underground; subterranean cataclasm: disruption; breaking down catacoustics: science of echoes or reflected sounds catadioptric: employing both reflection and refraction of light catadromous: migrating from fresh to salt water to spawn catafalque: temporary tomb used in funerals and processions catagelophobia - A fear of ridicule catalactic: pertaining to exchange catalactics: science of commercial exchange catalectic: incomplete; missing final syllable catamite: boy kept for homosexual purposes catamount: any wild large species of cat catapedamania: obsession with jumping from high places catapedaphobia - A fear of jumping from a high or low place cataphract: suit of mail; soldier in full armour; armoured ship cataphysical: unnatural cataplasm: plaster or poultice cataplexy: condition feigning death used by animals catarolysis: letting off steam by cursing catasta: scaffold or stage for torture or selling slaves catastaltic: astringent catastasis: part of drama where action is at its height catastrophism: belief in rapid geological and biological change catchpole: constable; sheriff's officer catechectics: the art of teaching by question and answer catechumen n. - person receiving instruction, especially in religion. catechumen: one undergoing instruction prior to conversion to Christianity catena n. - chain; series. catenoid, catenular, catenulate, adj. chain- like. catena: series, chain or sequence catenarian, adj. pertaining to chain or catenary. catenary, adj. catenarian: of or pertaining to chains catenate, v. join together like a chain; a. chain-like. catenation, n. catenate: to connect as in or by a chain catenular: chain-like cateran: a Scottish military irregular or brigand cathartic - Something which is used to clean one's bowels cathead: projection near the bow of a ship to which anchor is secured cathedra: chair or throne of office for a bishop or other high official cathetometer: instrument for measuring short vertical distances cathexis: investment of emotional energy in a thought or idea cathisma: short hymn used as response cathisophobia: fear of sitting catholicon - A remedy for all ailments, or a miracle cure-all catholicos: primate of Armenian or Nestorian church catogenic: formed from above catoptomancy - Divination using a mirror or several mirrors catoptric: relating to reflection or reflected light catoptromancy: divination by examining mirror placed underwater

catoptrophobia - A fear of mirrors caudal: of or pertaining to the tail caudiform: tail-like; tail-shaped caudle: warm drink given to the sick caul: net or similar covering for the head; afterbirth cauliform: shaped like or resembling a stem cauligenous: originating on the stem of a plant caulotaxy: disposition and location of branches on a stem cauponate: to engage in questionable trade for the sake of gain causative: indicating causation by causerie: chat or gossip; short and informal essay causeuse - A sofa built for two people causidical: of or pertaining to those who plead legal cases causimancy: divination by means of fire cautelous: treacherous; cunning; wily; cautious cavatina: short operatic air cavernicolous: cave-dwelling cavernulous: full of small cavities or holes cavesson: noseband for a horse cavicorn: hollow-horned cavil: to raise trivial and frivolous objections cebocephalic: having a head shaped like a monkey's cecils: minced meat made into balls and fried cecity: blindness cecutiency: a tendency toward blindness cedrate: citron ceilometer: instrument for measuring height of cloud ceiling above earth celadon: pale green; pale green glazed pottery celation: concealment celeste: sky blue celidography: descriptions of markings on the sun, a planet or moon cella: inner chamber of a classical temple cellarer: monastery official in charge of provisions cellaret: case or drawer for holding wine bottles celliferous: bearing cells celluliferous: bearing little cells celsitude: loftiness celt: prehistoric bevelled-edge axe celtuce: lettuce with an edible stalk cementatory: having the quality of binding or uniting firmly cementum: hard tissue covering roots of teeth cenacle: meeting or dining room; group with common interests cenacle: room where the Last Supper was eaten cenatory: of or pertaining to supper cendal: silk fabric resembling taffeta ceneromancy: divination using ashes cenobite: monk; member of religious group cenoby: monastery or convent cenogamy - Communal marriage cenophobia: fear of empty spaces cenote: deep natural well censer: vessel for burning incense in religious rituals centesimal: counting or counted by hundreds or hundredths centner: old unit of weight equal to about 110 pounds cento: patchwork composition; collection of short quotations centrobaric: relating to the centre of gravity centuple: hundred-fold cep: brown edible mushroom cepaceous: smelling or tasting of garlic or onion cephalalgic - Any form of headache remedy

cephalate: having a head cephaligation: placing of major organs and bodily functions in the head cephalophore: decapitated saint depicted with head tucked under arm cephalopod: creature with tentacles or limbs attached to head cepivorous: onion-eating ceraceous: resembling wax ceramography: historical description of types of pottery cerated: covered with wax ceratoid: shaped like a horn; horny ceraunograph: instrument for recording thunder and lightning ceraunomancy: divination using thunderbolts ceraunoscopy: divination using lightning cerberic: vigilant; dragon-like; like Cerberus cercopithecan: of or pertaining to long-tailed monkeys cercus: tail-like appendage cerebration: unconscious action of the brain cerebropathophobia - A fear of going insane because of a disease cerements: clothes placed on a deceased individual cerge: large wax candle burned before the altar ceriferous: producing wax cernuous: drooping or hanging cerography: writing or printing on plates spread with wax ceromancy: divination by means of wax drippings ceroscopy: divination using wax certes: in truth; certainly cerulean: sky-blue; dark blue; sea-green cerumen: ear wax ceruminiferous: bearing or yielding ear wax cervelat: smoked pork sausage cervicorn: branching like antlers cervine: of, relating to or resembling deer cervisial: relating or pertaining to beer cesious: bluish-grey cespitous: composed of or resembling turf cessionary: someone to which something is ceded cetacean: type of aquatic mammal, including whales and dolphins cete: collective name for a group of badgers ceticide: killing of whales and other cetaceans cetology: study of whales and dolphins cevesaile: ornamental corner of a coat chabouk: horse-whip chaconne: Spanish baroque dance in triple time chad: bits of paper punched out of paper tape or cards chaetiferous: bearing bristles; bristly chaetophobia - A fear of hair chaetophorous: in need of a shave chaffer: to bargain or haggle chafferer - A vendor who enjoys talking while making a sale chain-like; n. curve assumed by chain suspended between two points. chaise: light open carriage for one or two people chalastic: laxative chalcenterous - Having bowels of brass chalcography: the art of engraving on copper or brass chalcotriptics: art of taking rubbings from ornamental brasses chaldron: old unit of dry volume equal to between 32 and 72 bushels challis: soft lightweight silk, wool or cotton fabric chambranle: decoration around a door frame or fireplace chambray: lightweight fabric with coloured warp and white filling chambr: wine kept at room temperature chamfer: to channel or make furrows upon; to bevel

chamfrain: piece of leather to protect a war horse's face chamois: cotton fabric made in imitation of chamois leather champaign: level countryside or plain champerty: illegal contract to finance a lawsuit for a percentage fee chancel: part of church containing altar and seats for choir chancery: church office dealing with legal matters and archives chandelle: sharp upward turn in aviation chankings - Pieces of food which are rejected from what is chewed. spat out chantage n. - blackmail. chantage: blackmail to prevent exposure of scandalous facts chanter: part of bagpipes on which the melody is played chanticleer: a rooster chantry: chapel or altar built for prayers for its benefactor's soul chaology: the study of chaos or chaos theory chaomandy: divination by examining phenomena of the air chapbook: small independently produced popular book chaplet: circlet or wreath for the head; short string of prayer beads chaptalize: to add extra sugar to wine to raise alcohol content charabanc: open tourist coach characterology: study of development of character charette - an intensive effort to complete something before the deadline charientism - An artfully veiled insult charientism n. - a gracefully veiled insult charivari: cacophonous mock-serenade performed for wedding chark: to burn wood to charcoal charmeuse: soft satiny material charnel: room where corpses are placed charpie: shredded lint used to dress wounds chartaceous: papery charterhouse: Carthusian monastic building chary: discreetly cautious or sparing chasmogamy: opening of a flower in order to be fertilized chasmophile: lover of nooks and crannies chasmophilous: fond of nooks, crevices and crannies chasseur: hunter; liveried hotel attendant chasuble: sleeveless ecclesiastical garment chatelaine: female castle owner, manager or caretaker chatelaine: ring attached to belt for carrying keys chaton: setting or stone of a finger-ring chatoyant adj. - with lustre that seems different colors in different lights chatoyant: with a changing lustre; iridescent chauffer: small furnace chaussures: general name for boots and shoes; footwear chavish - sound of many birds chirping together, or many people chatting at once chawdron: entrails cheiloplasty: plastic surgery on the lip cheiloproclitic: attracted to lips cheimaphobia - A fear of coldness or being cold cheliferous: bearing pincers or claws cheliform: shaped like a pincer chelonian: pertaining to turtles or tortoises chenille: velvety silk, wool or cotton fabric with protruding pile cherophobia - A fear of merriment cherophobia n. - fear of gaiety chersonese: peninsula chesil: gravel chessel: cheese-mould cheval de bataille-one's favorite subject/argument, often to a tiresome degree chevalet: bridge of a stringed instrument chevaline: horse meat

chevelure: nebulous part of a comet cheverel: soft; flexible kidskin leather chevet: east end of a church cheville unneeded word added to round off a sentence or complete a line of verse cheville: unnecessary word used to extend line of verse cheviot: coarse heavy plain or twilled wool or worsted chevisance: resource; achievement; gain chevon: goat flesh chevrotain: small deer-like mammal chiaroscuro: juxtaposition of light and shade in artwork or literature chiasmus: contrast by parallelism in reverse order chicanery: clever but misleading talk; deception chiffon: sheer silk fabric chiffonier: chest of drawers chignon: knot or roll of hair worn at the back of the head chiliad - A period of one thousand years chiliasm - doctrine that Christ will return and reign for a thousand years chiliomb: sacrifice of one thousand animals chilopod: multi-legged insect chimere: loose sleeveless robes worn by Anglican bishops chimerical: imaginary; fanciful chiminage: toll paid for going through a forest chine: the intersection of the middle and sides of a boat chino: strong twilled cotton cloth chintz: glazed printed cotton fabric chionablepsia: snow blindness chionophobia - A fear of snow chiral: of or pertaining to the hand or handedness chirality: chemical property of structural handedness chirapsia: massage chirk: cheer chirm: collective term for goldfinches chirocosmetics: beautifying the hands; art of manicure chirocracy - state of being ruled by force literally by a strong hand chirognomy: divination by studying the hands chirograph: written or signed document chirography: study of handwriting or penmanship chirogymnast: finger exercise machine for pianists chirology: study of the hands chiromancy: divination by means of palmistry chironomy: gesticulation or mime chiropody: medical science of feet chiropterophilous: pollinated or frequented by bats chirospasm: writers cramp chirotonsor - An alternate title for a barber chirotony - A vote which is taken by a show of hands chirotony: election by a show of hands chlamydate: having a mantle or hood chlamys: horseman's loose cloak chlorochrous: green-coloured chlorometer: instrument for measuring amount of chlorine in a solution choanoid: shaped like a funnel chock: metal casting with curved arms for passing ropes for mooring ship cholelithiasis: production of gall stones cholic: of or pertaining to bile choller n. - double chin. choller: double chin chololith: gall stone chmage: work stoppage or slump chondrogenesis: production of cartilage

chondroid: like or resembling cartilage choragus: leader of a choir or organizer of musical festivals chordee: painful, downward-curving erection of the penis choregus - The financial backer in ancient Greece, usually of a play choreomania: dancing mania or frenzy chorepiscopal: pertaining to an early local bishop choreutic: of or pertaining to a chorus chorisis: multiplication of parts by branching or splitting chorizont: one who disputes identity of authorship chorographer: one who maps or describes a region chorology: science of the geographic description of anything chorometry: land surveying chorophobia - Fear of dancing chouse: to cheat; to swindle chrematistic: pertaining to the pursuit of wealth or to business chrematistics: the study of wealth; political economy chrematophobia: fear of money chreotechnics: useful or practical trades or arts chrestomathic: pertaining to useful knowledge chrestomathy: anthology of passages used in learning languages chrism: consecrated or holy oil chrismation: sacrament of baptism in Eastern churches chrismatory: vessel for holding holy oil chrisom: white robe put on newly baptised child Christolatry: worship of Christ christophany: appearance of Christ to men chromatism: presence of abnormal coloration chromatograph: instrument for performing chromatographic separations chromatoptometer: instrument measuring eyes' sensitivity to colour chromophilous: staining easily chromophobia - A fear of colours chromotocracy - A government dominated by one race chronobiology: study of biological rhythms chronogram: inscription whose letters form a Roman numeral date chronograph: instrument for recording the moment of an event chronomancy: divination by means of time chronopher: electrical instrument for transmitting time signals chronophobia - The fear of time chronoscope: instrument for measuring very short time intervals chronostichon: chronogrammatic line or stanza chronosynchronicity: presentation of all stages of a person's life in a single piece of art chryselephantine - Made of or decorated with gold and ivory chrysoaristocracy: plutocracy chrysochlorous: greenish-gold chrysocracy - Rulership by the wealthy literally a government by gold chrysography: writing in gold or silver letters chrysology: study of precious metals chrysophilist: gold-lover chrysophobia - A fear of gold chrysopoetics: transmutation of substances into gold chrystocrene: rock formation resembling glacier chthonian: pertaining to the earth or the underworld chthonophagia: eating dirt churching: church ceremony given to women after childbirth churchism: devotion to church rules over religious precepts chyle: milky fluid secreted into blood by small intestine chyliferous: bearing chyle chyme: partially digested food chymiferous: bearing chyme chypre: mixture of resins used in making perfume

cibarious: relating to food; useful for food cibation: taking food; feeding cibophobia: fear of or distaste for food ciborium: freestanding canopy to cover altar; vessel for holding eucharistic bread cicatrization: scarification; production of marks upon cicerone: guide; tour guide cicisbeo: male companion of a married woman ciconene: of or pertaining to storks cienega: marsh or swamp cilice: haircloth shirt worn as penance cillosis: spasm or twitch in the upper eyelid cimelia: treasures in storage cimex: bedbug cimicide: substance used to kill bed-bugs cimier: crest of helmet; removable heraldic device or favour of courtly love cincture: to gird or surround; belt worn around ecclesiastical vestment cineast: one who takes artistic interest in motion pictures cinerarium: container for cremated ashes cinerary: of or pertaining to ashes cinerious: ashen; ash-grey cingular: shaped like a girdle or ring cingulomania - A desire to hold someone in your arms cingulum: girdle or girdle-like structure; priest's belt cinnabar: red crystalline form of mercuric sulfide used as a pigment cinque-pace: lively medieval dance with five steps ciplinarian: one who teaches disorder cipolin: white marble streaked with green cippus: small column used to mark burial location cippus: the stocks circa: about; around circadian: occurring every 24 hours circinate: ring-shaped; rolled inwards; spiralling circiter: about; around circuity: motion in a roundabout course circumambagious: roundabout in speech circumambient: going round about; encompassing circumaviate: to fly around circumbendibus: a roundabout way or expression circumcrescent: growing around; above or over circumduct: to cause to revolve around an imaginary axis circumforaneous: wandering about as from market to market circumforentor: surveyor's instrument used to measure angles circumfulgent: shining about or around circumfuse: to pour around or about circumincession: the reciprocal existence of three parts of the Trinity in each other circumjacent: bordering on every side circumlittoral: around or near the shore circumlocution - An overly complicated means of expression circumpose: to place around circumvallate: to surround with a rampart or fortification circumvallation n. - surrounding trench or rampart. circumvolution: anything winding or sinuous cire: fabric with a glazed finish cirrate: having tendrils cirriped: barnacle or other parasitic crustacean ciselure: the art of chasing metal cismarine: on this or the near side of the ocean cismontane: on this or the near side of the mountains cispontine: on this or the near side of a bridge cist: tomb consisting of stone chest covered with stone slabs

cisvestism: wearing strange or inappropriate clothes cithara: ancient Greek musical instrument like a lyre citigrade: moving quickly citreous: lemon-coloured; lemony citrine: dark greenish-yellow cittosis: abnormal desire for strange foods cladistics: taxonomic theory distinguishing by common ancestor cladogenesis: origin and evolution as if branching from common ancestor cladoptosis: annual shedding of twigs and branches cladose: branching; branched clamancy: urgency clamant: loud; insistent; urgent clangor: loud ringing noise or clang clapperdudgeon - A beggar whose parents were beggars claque: group of hired applauders or sycophants clarence: four-wheeled carriage clarigate: to declare war formally classis: a group; governing body of Reformed churches clastic: able to be disassembled into its component parts clathrate: shaped like a net or lattice clathrose: marked with latticed lines or grooves claudent adj. - shutting. claudent: closing; ending; confining claudicant adj. - limping. claudication, n. claudication: limpness; cramp-like pain claustral: cloistral; secluded; narrow-minded claustration: the act of shutting in a cloister claustrophobia: fear of closed spaces clavate: club-shaped claver: gossip claviature: keyboard clavichord: old keyboard stringed instrument claviform: in the shape of a club clavigerous: club-bearing clavigerous: keeping keys clavis: key; glossary; index; legend cledonism n. - using circumlocution to avoid speaking words deemed unlucky. cledonism: circumlocution used to avoid speaking unlucky words cleg: horse-fly cleidomancy - Divination using a key cleidomancy: divination using keys cleisiophobia - A fear of enclosed spaces cleithral: completely roofed over clem v. - starve. clemmed, adj. famished. clem: to starve clepe: to name; to call clepsammia - An "hourglass" which measures a period of time other than an hour clepsydra: instrument which measures time by trickling water cleptobiosis - The act of plundering food cleptophobia - The fear of thieves or of becoming a thief clerestory: upper storey of a church; windows near the roof of a building clerihew: jingle summing up person's life in two couplets clerisy: scholars and educated people as a class cleromancy: divination using dice cleronomy: inheritance clevis n. - any securing device, U-shaped and with a pin between the extremities. clevis: U-shaped fastener with pin used to close the open end clew: corner of sail with hole to attach ropes clicket: a latch clientage: the whole number of one's clients

climacophobia: fear of falling down stairs climacteric: critical time in a person's life; any critical turning point climatarchic: presiding over a climate or region of the earth clinamen: inclination; bias; prejudice clinkstone: type of igneous rock that rings when struck clinology: study of aging or individual decline after maturity clinomania - An excessive desire to remain in bed clinomania: excessive desire to stay in bed clinometer: instrument used to measure slopes and elevations clinophilia: passion for beds clinophobia: fear of staying or staying in bed Clinquant adj. - glittering; showy; n. tinsel; meretricious work of art. clinquant: tinselly; glittering cliometrics: the application of statistics in economic history clithridiate: shaped like a keyhole clithrophobia - A fear of enclosed spaces clitter: to make a shrill rattling noise clivose: hilly; steep cloaca: sewer; toilet; cesspool of moral filth clochard: tramp; vagrant; hobo cloffin - To sit idly by a fire cloison: partition; dividing band clonic: spasmodic; occasional; irregular cloque: fabric with an embossed design cloture: means of ending legislative debate clou: main point of interest; dominant idea clough: ravine; trench; gully clove: old weight of seven to ten pounds for wool or cheese clowder: collective term for cats clupeoid: like or resembling a herring clypeate: shaped like a buckler clysmian: pertaining to or caused by flood clyster: enema cnemis: shin bone cnidophobia - A fear of insect stings cnidosiphobia - A fear of itching coacervate: to heap; to cause to mass together coadjument: mutual assistance coadjutor: bishop assisting a diocesan bishop and having the right of succession coadunate: to unite; to combine coagment: to join or cement together coalize: to bring into coalition coaming: raised edge around ship's hatches to keep water out coaptation: joining or fitting together coarctation: constriction cobaltiferous: bearing cobalt coburg: thin single-twilled worsted fabric with cotton or silk cocarde: emblem on airplanes wing indicating its nationality cocciferous: bearing or yielding berries coccineous: bright red cochlear: anything spiral-shaped; twisted spirally cockalorum: boastful and self-important person cocker: to pamper; to indulge cocket: official shipping seal; customs clearance form cockloft: small room just under the roof cockshy: object of criticism or ridicule cocotte n. - flirt; prostitute; kind of casserole. cocotte: prostitute; a flirt or tease coctile: baked; hardened by fire codicil: supplement to a will

codicology: study of manuscripts codling: unripe apple codon: mouth of a trumpet or bell codswallop: something utterly senseless; nonsense coehorn: small mortar for throwing grenades coeliac: of or relating to the abdomen coelom: body cavity; abdomen coemption: purchase of the entire supply of a commodity coenaculous: fond of dining; relishing food; especially suppers coenaesthesis: sensation coenesthesis - An awareness of one's body and overall health coercimeter: instrument for measuring coercive force coetaneous: of the same age; coeval coeval: of the same length of time; having the same duration cofferdam: narrow vacant space between two bulkheads of a ship coffle: gang of slaves tied together coffret: small coffer; presentation box cog: single-masted, square-sailed ship with raised stern cogent: convincing; compelling coggage: paper cogitabund: meditative; engaged in deep thought cognomen: family name cohibit: to restrain cohobate: to redistill cohyponym: word which is one of multiple hyponyms of another word coign: angle; viewpoint coinstantaneous: simultaneous; at the same time col: depression or pass in a mountain range colation: filtration coleopterology: study of beetles and weevils coliform: resembling or shaped like a sieve collectanea: collection of passages; miscellany collectic: adhesive; sticky collectivism: doctrine of communal control of means of production collegialism: theory that church is independent from the state collieshangie - An uproar or a quarrel colliform: shaped like or resembling a neck colligation: bringing or binding together; conjunction collimation: making parallel; adjusting to put into line colliquation: the process of melting or wasting away collocation: the placing of things together collogue: to converse confidentially; to conspire with colloid: jelly-like colloquy: speaking together; mutual discourse colluctation: strife; opposition collutory: mouthwash colluvies: accumulated filth; foul discharge collyrium: eye lotion or ointment colonnade: row of evenly spaced column or trees colonoscope: instrument for viewing the colon colophon: publisher's emblem or inscription in a book colorimeter: instrument for measuring and determining color colostrum: mother's first milk colporteur - A book peddler, particularly religious books colposcope: instrument for viewing the neck of the uterus colubriform: shaped like a snake colubrine: like a snake; cunning; of or pertaining to snakes columbaceous: pertaining to doves or pigeons columbarium: a structure of vaults lined with recesses columbine: of or like a dove; dove-coloured

columella: fleshy part of nose that separates nostrils colure: celestial circle that intersects another at the poles colytic: restraining; preventative comate: hairy comburent: burning; causing combustion comburivorous: consuming by fire comedogenic: causing blackheads comephorous: bearing or having hair; hairy comestion - A devouring by fire cometology: study of comets comiconomenclaturist - One who collects funny names comiphorous: tufted comitative: indicating accompaniment comitatus: band of warriors who escort a prince; a county or shire comity: courteousness; civility commatic: divided into short lines; divided with commas commentitious adj. - imaginary commre n. - gossiping woman; female compre. commrage, n. gossip. Commination n. - denunciation; threatening or cursing commination: threatening; denunciation comminatory adj. - accusing publicly; denunciatory; threatening comminute v. - pulverize. comminution, n. comminute: to reduce or break into minute particles commis: assistant; deputy; apprentice commissure: joint; joining surface commonalty: common people; the general populace commonition: warning; cautioning commorant: resident of an institution commorient adj. - dying together commorient: dying together commove: to excite; to put into motion; to disturb comose: having tufts of hair; tufted; hairy compaginate: to join; to connect companionway: stairs from upper deck of ship to lower deck compaternity: spiritual relationship between child's parents and godparents compeer: one who is equal in rank; a companion compellation: the act of addressing someone compellative: indicating address or appellation; vocative compendious: concise but comprehensive compital: of or pertaining to crossroads complaisant: wishing to please others; obliging complanate: level complect: to embrace; to interweave complicant: overlapping compline: prayer service held just before bedtime complot: to plot or conspire comport: a dish with a stemmed base for serving desserts compossible: possible in coexistence with something else compotation: an act of carousing in company comprachico - A person who buys and sells children after deforming them comprecation: prayer meeting comprivigni - The relation of a child to its step-siblings compunction: regret; remorse compurgation: clearing an accused person by means of oaths compusion: wrinkling ones face comstockery: censorship of lewd and salacious material conation: mental effort towards a goal, desire, purpose conative: relating to purposeful action or desire conatus: a natural impulse or tendency concameration: vaulting

concelebrate: to jointly recite the canon of the Eucharist in unison with others concent: a harmony or concord of sounds or voices conceptualism: theory that universal truths exist as mental concepts concetto: ingenious expression; witticism conchiferous: bearing a shell conchiform: shaped like a shell conchologist - A collector of shells conchology: study of shells conchomancy: divination using shells conchyliferous: bearing a shell conciliabule: secret meeting of conspirators concilliabule - A secret meeting of people who are hatching a plot concinnity n. - skill and harmony, esp. of style, in a literary work concinnity: harmony; congruity; elegance concinnous adj. - harmonious; fit; elegant. concinnity, n. concionative - Pertaining to public speaking concipient: conceiving concision: schism; separation; division conclamation: a shout of many voices together concolorate: having the same colour on both sides concomitant: accompanying concordat: agreement between the pope and a secular government concresce: to grow together; coalesce concrew: to grow together concubitant: of a suitable age for marriage concupiscence n. - strong appetite; excessive sexual desire concupiscence: strong desire, appetite or lust concupiscent adj. - having strong sexual desires. concupiscence, n lust. condign adj. - deserved; adequate; appropriate. condign: well-deserved; fitting; appropriate confabulate: to chat; to invent past experiences confelicitous: taking pleasure in others' happiness conferva: green algae that floats on surface of stagnant water confirmand: candidate for religious confirmation confiteor: prayer of confession of sins conflate: blend or fuse together conformative: indicating resemblance; similative confute: to disprove or overcome through argument congee: permission to depart; dismissal; discharge congelation: act of freezing something into a solid state congener: something of the same kind or nature congeries: aggregation; collection congiary: gift distributed amongst the people or soldiers conglobate: shaped like a small ball or globe conglobe: to gather together into a globe or round mass conglutinate: to glue or join together coniaker: coin counterfeiter coniferous: bearing cones conification: making conical or pyramidal in shape connate: congenitally or firmly united connubial: of or relating to marriage connumerate: to count together consectary: deduction; conclusion or corollary; consequent consecution: logical sequence or progression of an argument consenescence: state of general decay consentaneous: accordant or agreeable; consistent consentient: unanimous; of one accord consilience: concurrence; coincidence consilient: having common inferences drawn from different premises consistory: a solemn assembly or council; a church tribunal

consociate: to ally or associate conspecies: different species that are part of the same genus conspectus: comprehensive survey; synopsis; summary conspue v. - spurn; despise. conspue: to despise; to abhor; to loathe Conspurcate v. - to pollute; defile conspurcation: defilement constate: to assert constative: capable of being true or false constellate: to cluster; to compel by stellar influence constringe: to draw together; to cause to contract or shrink constuprate v. - to violate, to debauch constuprate: to ravish consuetude n. - custom, tradition consuetude: custom; familiarity consuetudinary: book of customs, traditions and principles consultor: advisor to a Catholic bishop contabescent adj. - wasting away. contabescence, n. contabescent: wasting away; atrophied conteck: strife contect: to cover or overlay contemn v. - view with contempt, scorn, and disdain; despise contemn: to despise or scorn contemnor: one found guilty of contempt of court contemper: to blend together; to adapt contenement: property necessary to maintain one's station contesseration: forming a union by breaking a tablet as token conticent: silent contignation: joining together of timber contline: space between casks or strands of rope contorniate: having a groove around the edge contorno: contour or outline contra bonos mores phr. - 'against good morals'; harmful to public morality. contra mundum phr. - 'against the world'; in defiance of all accepted belief. contra pacem phr. - 'against the peace'. contractile: having the power or property of contracting contradistinguish: to distinguish by contrasting qualities contrahent: a contracting party contrail: condensation trail contranatant: swimming upstream contraplex: having messages passing both ways simultaneously contraposition: opposition; contrast contrariant: opposed or acting contrary to; one who is opposed to something contraterrene: opposite in character to earthly or terrestrial contravallation: fortification built around besieged place contredanse: folk dance in which two lines of couples face each other contretemps: embarrassing occurrence; mishap contrist: to sadden contriturate: to pulverize contubernal: living together in the same tent; cohabiting contumacious adj. - obstinate; rebellious. contumacy, n. contumacity, n. such act. contumacious: stubborn; obstinate; opposing lawful authority contumely n. - insult; contempt. contumelious, adj. contumely: insolence; a scornful insult contumulation: lying in the same tomb as another conurbation: city surrounded by many urban areas convenances: what is suitable or proper; the required proprieties conventicle - A secret or unlawful religious assembly conventicle: secret or illegal church assembly convicinity: neighbourhood

convolve: to roll together coparcenary: joint heirship or ownership cophosis: deafness coprolalia: pathological use of obscene language coprolith: ball of hardened feces coprology: study of pornography coprophagan - A beetle that lives in dung coprophagous: eating feces coprophemia: obscene language coprophilia: abnormal love or fondness for feces coprophobia - A fear of excrement coprostasiphobia - A fear of constipation coprostatis: constipation copyhold: land tenure dependent on will of the lord of the manor coquelicot: brilliant red; poppy red coquillage: shell-like decoration coracoid: shaped like a crow's beak coralliferous: bearing coral coralligenous: producing coral coram: in the presence of; before corban: offering to God in fulfilment of a vow corbeau: blackish green corbeil: basket filled with earth used as a missile corbel n. - supporting projection from wall. corbel: bracket or projection from the face of a wall corbiculate: like a small basket cordage: ropes in the rigging of a ship cordate: heart-shaped cordiform: heart-shaped cordovan: soft goatskin leather cordwainer: shoemaker corf: miner's basket, trolley or wagon coriaceous: having a leathery appearance; consisting, of or pertaining to leather corium: skin layer corm: swollen subterranean part of a stem cornet: military rank of horn-bearer or standard-bearer cornice: moulding at the junction of ceiling and walls corniche n. - coastal road, especially one running along a cliff face. corniculate: horn-shaped; horned cornific: producing or forming horns corniform: shaped like a horn cornigerous: horned cornute n. - cuckold cornuted: cuckolded cornuto: cuckolder coronach: funeral dirge coronagraph: instrument for viewing the corona of the sun coronoid: shaped like a beak corporal: white cloth on which Communion bread and wine are placed corposant: St. Elmo's fire or similar electrical discharge corrade: to wear away through the action of loose solids correption: shortening in pronunciation corrigendum: something which requires correction corrivate: to cause to flow together corrody: right of lord to demand free lodging from vassal corsetier: corset maker corsned - medieval trial in which the accused had to swallow consecrated bread cortege: train of attendants; procession cortinate: like a cobweb coruscate: to sparkle; to throw off flashes of light

corvette: highly manoeuvrable armed escort ship corviform: shaped like a crow corvine: crow-like; of or pertaining to crows corybantic: wildly excited; frenzied coryphaeus: spokesman; leader of a chorus coscinomancy: divination using a sieve and a pair of shears cosher: to live on dependents cosherer - Someone who eats at the expense of others, especially relatives cosmarchy: rulership over the entire world, esp. by the devil cosmetology: study of cosmetics cosmism: belief that the cosmos is a self-existing whole cosmocrat: ruler of the world cosmogenic: produced by interaction of cosmic rays with earth's surface cosmogony: theory of the origin of the universe cosmolatry - The worship of nature cosmoplastic: moulding or shaping the universe cosmopoietic - An adjective referring to world creating cosmorama: a view of different parts of the world cosmotellurian: pertaining to both heaven and earth cosmotheism: the belief that identifies God with the cosmos cosset: to fondle or pamper costal: of or pertaining to the ribs costellate: ribbed costermonger - seller of fruits, veg, and other food, especially from a street cart costive: affected with or causing constipation coteau: uplands; higher ground of a region cotehardie: medieval long close-fitting garment with tight sleeves coterie: a social or literary circle cothurnal: of or pertaining to tragedy coticular: of or pertaining to whetstones cotillion: elaborate ballroom dance with frequent changes of partner cotquean: man who does womens work cottar: medieval peasant inhabiting a cottage cotyliform: disc-shaped with a raised rim couchant: in heraldry, an animal lying on its belly with head lifted couchee: evening reception coule: steep and dry gully couloir: gully coulombmeter: instrument for measuring electric charge coulometer: instrument measuring amount of substance released in electrolysis coulter: iron cutter in front of a ploughshare countenance: approve of; condone; encourage counterblast: a defiant pronouncement or denunciation counterfoil: part of ticket or cheque retained by giver countermand: to revoke an order by a contrary order counterphobic: seeking out situation that is feared counterscarp: narrow earth band on the outer wall of a defensive ditch coupe: four-wheeled closed horse-drawn carriage courante: quick Italian baroque dance involving running steps courgette: zucchini couther - To comfort by giving refreshments and warmth couvade: symptoms of pregnancy suffered by the father couveuse: incubator for babies covin(e) n. - collusion; fraud. covinous, adj. covinous adj. - deceitful, conspiring covinous: fraudulent cowcat: person whose function is to occupy space coxalgia: hip pain coxcomb: foolishly vain or conceited man cozen: to coax or deceive by trickery

crachoir: spittoon crackjaw: hard to pronounce crambazzle - A worn out old man crambo: game in which rhyme must be found for given word cramoisy: crimson crampon: boot-spike for rock and ice climbing craniometer: instrument for measuring the skull crantara - burnt wood dipped in blood and taken from clan to clan as a signal crapehanger: pessimist crapulent: physically ill through overeating or overdrinking craquelure: fine cracking that appears in old paintings crash: coarse drapery and towelling fabric crasis: blending; melding two vowels into a diphthong crassilingual: having a thick tongue crassitude: state of being coarse, gross or crass crateriform: cup-shaped cratometer: instrument for measuring power of magnification creancer n. - guardian; mentor. creancer: guardian or mentor creant: creating; formative creatic: of or relating to flesh creatophagous: carnivorous; flesh-eating crebrous: frequent credal: of or relating to a creed credence: small table for holding sacred vessels credenda: things to be believed credenza: credence table or shelf; a sideboard credo: concise statement of doctrine; section of Mass followed by offertory cremaillere: zigzag line of fortification cremnophobia - A fear of cliffs or precipices cremnophobia: fear of cliffs and precipices crenate: scalloped crenellated: notched; having battlements crenitic: of or pertaining to mineral springs creophagous: flesh-eating; carnivorous crepance: sore on a horse's hind ankle-joint crepe: light crinkled fabric crepehangar n. - a gloomy person; a pessimist crepehanger: pessimist; gloomy person crepitate: to crackle; to snap; to rattle crepitation - The crackling and popping sound accompanying a wood fire crepitus: fart crepon: heavy crepe fabric with lengthwise crinkles crepuscle - The fading light at the end of the day, also known as twilight crepuscular: of or pertaining to twilight crescive: growing; increasing crescograph: instrument for measuring the growth of plants cresset n. - hanging light-giving brazier. cresset: iron basket for burning oil to provide light cretaceous: of or resembling chalk; of a whitish colour cretify: to change into calcium or lime; to fossilize cretonne: heavy cotton or linen cloth crewel: fine worsted yarn used in tapestry criant: garish; discordantly coloured cribble - To push something through a sieve cribble: to decorate wood or metal with small dots or punctures cribration: sifting cribriform: shaped like a sieve cribrous: perforated or punctured like a sieve cricoid: ring-shaped

criminogenic: causing crime criminology: study of crime; criminals crinal: of or related to the hair cringle: loop at corner of sail to which a line is attached crinigerous: hairy crinoline: stiff flax or cotton fabric criophore: sculpture of a man carrying a ram crista: ridge or fold resembling a crest crithomancy - Divination by spreading flour or dough over a sacrificed animal crithomancy: divination by strewing meal over sacrifices criticaster: inferior or petty critic criticasters - Third rate mean spirited critics critomancy: divination using viands and cakes croceate: saffron-coloured croche: knob at top of a deer's horn cromlech: prehistoric stone circle cromnyomancy: divination using onions croodle - Too coo like a dove croosle - A low whimper, such as produced by infants croquinole: curling of ones hair with curling iron crose - To whine empathetically with someone who is in pain crosier - The ceremonial staff of bishops or abbots crosier: pastoral staff or crook held by bishop or abbot crosslet: small cross with crossed arms used as heraldic bearing crosstrees: horizontal crosspieces at a masthead used to support ship's mast crotal: small spherical bell crotaline: of or pertaining to rattlesnakes croze: groove in the staves of a cask crubeen: term for pig's feet as food cruciferous: bearing a cross cruciform: cross-shaped cruciverbalist - Someone who loves doing crossword puzzles cruentation: leaking or oozing of blood from dead body cruet: vessel used in religious ceremonies, especially to hold the Eucharist cruive: pen or sty for animals crumenal: a purse crupper: strap of saddle that passes beneath horse's tail; armour for horse's flanks crural: of or belonging to the leg crurophilous - Pertaining to one who likes legs cruset: goldsmith's crucible cryobiology: study of life under cold conditions cryometer: instrument for measuring low temperatures cryophobia - A fear of ice or frost cryoscope: instrument for determining freezing points of substances cryptadia: things to be kept hidden cryptaesthetic: of or relating to supranormal perception cryptarchy - A government which is run secretly cryptodynamic: having secret or hidden power cryptogenic: of unknown origin cryptonym: secret name cryptotype: an implicit and specific rule of language use cryptous: of or relating to crypts crystallogenesis: production of crystals crystallomancy: divination by means of clear objects crystalomancy: divination using a crystal globe cteniform: comb-shaped ctetology: study of the inheritance of acquired characteristics cubation: act of lying down or reclining cubica: fine unglazed fabric resembling shalloon cubiform: shaped like a cube

cubomancy: divination by throwing dice cuculine: pertaining to a cuckoo cucullate: hooded; hood-shaped cucumiform: cucumber-shaped cucurbit: chemical vessel used in a still or alembic cucurbitaceous - resembling a cucumber or a squash cucurbitaceous: of or pertaining to gourds cuddy: right of a lord to entertainment from a tenant Cuirass n. - armour for breast and back. cuirassier culacino - The mark left on the table by a moist glass culch - Rubbage and refuse of every form culet: flat back or base of a gemstone culiciform: like or resembling a mosquito culicino: mark left on a tablecloth by a wet glass cullet: waste glass which is melted into new objects Cullion n. - rascal cullion: mean or base person; rascal culm: stem of grass or sedge culmen: highest point culmiferous: bearing coal-dust cultch: flooring of an oyster-bed; rubbish cultriform: knife-shaped cultrivorous - Pertaining to actual or illusory knife swallowing cultus: religious ritual; a cult culver: dove or pigeon culverin: lightweight, portal, long-barrelled cannon culvertage: degradation of a peasant to the position of serf cumbent: lying down; reclining cummock - A staff with a crooked end on it cumshaw n. - tip; gratuity. cumuliform: shaped like a heap cumulose: containing or consisting of small heaps cunabula: cradle cunctation: delay; procrastination cunctipotent - Being all powerfull, or omnipotent cuneate: wedge-shaped cuneiform: shaped like a wedge cupel: goldsmith's vessel for assaying metal cupola: spherical vault or concave ceiling cupriferous: bearing copper cupulate: of or pertaining to a cup; cup-shaped cupuliferous: bearing cupules curate: assistant to a parish priest curette: instrument for scraping sides of body cavities curglaff - The shock felt when entering cold water curia: papal court and its officials curie: unit of radioactive decay and intensity curiology: picture-writing curiosa: pornographic books curmurring: rumbling or flatulent sound curpin - A bird's back end curricle: two-wheeled open carriage currycomb: metal comb used to groom horses cursorial: used in walking or running curtal: short; abbreviated; curtailed; early form of the bassoon curtate: shortened; short curtilage: court or field attached to a dwelling curule: of high authority curvet: to leap; to frisk curvicaudate: having a curvy tail

cusec: unit of liquid flow equal to one cubic foot per second cuspidor: a spittoon custos: guardian, custodian or keeper, especially of convents or monasteries custrel: attendant to a knight; a knave cutaneous: of or related to the skin cuvette: shallow dish for holding liquids cwm: valley or glen cyaneous: sky blue cyanogenesis: production of cyanide cyanometer: instrument for measuring blueness of the sky or ocean cyanotype: blueprint cyathiform: shaped like a cup cybernate: to control by means of a computer cyberphobia: fear of computers cyclograph: instrument for describing arcs of circles without compasses cyclolith: stone circle cyclometer: instrument for measuring revolutions of a wheel cyclophoria: squint due to weakness in the eye muscles cyclosis: circulation cyclostyle: device for making multiple copies of written text cyesis: pregnancy cyesolagnia: sexual attraction to pregnant women cylix: shallow cup with long stem cyllosis: congenital physical deformity cymaphen: telephone receiver cymbiform: shaped like a boat cymograph: instrument for tracing the outline of mouldings cymometer: instrument for measuring frequency of electrical waves cymophanous: opalescent; having a wavy or floating light cymophobia - The fear of waves cymotrichous: wavy-haired cynanthropy: pathological belief that one is a dog cynartomachy: bear-baiting using dogs cynegetic: of or related to hunting cynocephalous - Having the face or head of a dog cynoid: dog-like; canine cynolatry: worship of dogs cynomorphic: pertaining to a dog's viewpoint cynophobia: fear of dogs cynosure: anything that attracts attention; object of interest cyphonism: use of pillorying as punishment cypress: silk or cotton gauze fabric, usually black cyprian: lewd woman; prostitute cyprianophobia - The fear of prostitutes cyprinoid: of or relating to carp cypripareuniaphile - A person who loves prostitutes cypseline: of or relating to the swift cyrenaic: adherent of doctrine that pleasure is ultimate goal cystolith: calcium carbonate that masses in cell wall of some plants cystoscope: instrument for examining the bladder cytheromania: nymphomania cytogenesis: formation of cells cytology: study of living cells cytometer: instrument for counting cells czardas: Hungarian dance that increases in speed czarevna - The proper title for the daughter of a czar

dacnomania: obsession with killing dacoitage: robbery by gang or mob Dacrygelosi n. - condition of alternating laughing and crying dacryops: wateriness of the eyes dactylioglyph: engraver of rings or of gems dactyliology: study of rings dactyliomancy: divination by means of a finger dactylion - The tip of the middle finger dactylogram: fingerprint dactylography: the study of fingerprints dactyloid: like or resembling a finger dactylology: study of sign language dactylomancy: divination using rings dactylomegaly: condition of having abnormally large digits dactylonomy: counting using the fingers and toes dactyloscopy: comparing fingerprints for purpose of identification dado: large wooden moulding along bottom of wall daedal: formed with art; displaying inventive skill daedalian - Ingenious and cunningly designed daedalist: aviator; pilot dag: dirty tatted tuft of sheep's wool dal: a dried legume, such as lentils, beans or peas dalmatic: ecclesiastical robe or other outer vestment dalton: unit of atomic mass damascene: decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns damask: fine lustrous fabric with flat patterns and a satin weave damine: having antlers like a fallow deer dammar: hard resin used in making varnish damnification: causation of injury or loss damoiseau: male form of damsel; a young man not yet dubbed a knight dancett: deeply indented danism: lending money on usury dap: to dip gently into water; to fish with a surface fly dapatical: lavish; sumptuous; costly daphnomancy: divination using a laurel dapifer phr. - bearer of meat to table; steward. dapifer: one who brings meat to the table dapocaginous: mean-spirited; heartless darbies: handcuffs darby: large trowel for levelling concrete or plaster darcy: unit of permeability of rock to various substances darkle: to grow or make dark darraign: to vindicate; to justify or prove dashpot: shock absorber dasyphyllous: having crowded, thick or woolly leaves dasypoedes: types of birds having downy-feathered young dasyure: flesh-eating marsupial datary: papal officer who registers and dates bulls and edicts dation: act of giving, conferring or donating dative: indicating indirect object of a verb davenport: small ornamental writing desk; large sofa davit: device for hoisting and lowering a boat daw: simpleton; bird of the crow family

deaconing: act of putting best looking goods on top of pile deadeye: rounded wooden block with hole used to set up ship's stays deadhouse: mortuary deadstock: farm equipment deadwood: timbers built into ends of ship when too narrow to permit framing dealate: insect divested of its wings dealbation: whitening; bleaching deambulatory: place for walking around or about in dearticulate: to disjoint deasil - To move in a clockwise direction debarrass: to disembarrass; disentangle; free debel: to conquer in war debellate: to conquer or overcome through battle debouch: to issue or emerge; to flow from a confined place debouchure: mouth of a river or strait debridement: the removal of foreign matter from a wound decadist: author who writes works in ten parts decalcomania: to transfer a design onto a surface decalescence: point in heating metal where it appears to cool decalogist: exponent of rules such as the Ten Commandments decalvant: removing hair; depilatory decamerous: having parts in tens decanal: located on south side of the choir in a church decanal: pertaining to a dean or deacon decantate: to chant or say repeatedly decarchy: government by ten individuals decarnate: denied or deprived of physical bodily form decastich: ten-line poem decatise: to uncurl through the use of steam or moisture decaudate: to cut off the tail of decelerometer: instrument for measuring deceleration decennoval: pertaining to the number nineteen decession: departure decidophobia - A fear of making decisions decimestrial: lasting ten months deckle: ragged edge of paper declass: below one's social class declinometer: instrument for measuring magnetic declination declivity: place that slopes downwards; inclination downwards decoct: to prepare or extract by boiling; to devise decollate: to behead; to disorganize decomplex: repeatedly compound decorticate: to remove the bark, husk or peel of decoupage: the application of paper cutouts to wood surfaces decrassify: to make less crass or boorish decrement: a gradual decrease in quantity or quality decrepitate: to crackle; to roast so as to cause to crackle decrescent: becoming gradually less decretal: of or pertaining to a decree decretal: papal decree deciding a point of church law decrudescence: diminution or reduction of a disease decubitis - One's position or posture while sleeping decuman: principle; large; primary decumbent: lying down; reclining on the ground decumbiture: the time spent by an invalid in bed decurrent: extending or running downwards decurtate: to curtail, shorten or abbreviate decussate: to divide in the form of an X; to cross or intersect dedans: spectators at a court tennis match dedition: surrender; capitulation

deek: look at; see deemster: judge on the Isle of Man defalcate: to embezzle money held on trust defeasible: that may be annulled defecalgesiophobia - A fear of defecation defenestrate - To throw out of a window defenestration: throwing a person or object out a window deferrise: to remove iron from defervescence: abatement of heat; coolness; decrease of fever defilade: to arrange fortifications against frontal attack defiliation: depriving a parent of a child definiens: word or words used in a dictionary definition deflexure: deviation deflocculate: to break down into small pieces defluent: running down; decurrent defluvium: falling of hair dgag: at rest; untroubled; at ease deglutinate: to unglue or unstick deglutition: the power or act of swallowing degression: gradual decrease; reduction in taxes dgringolade: rapid decline or decay; downfall degustation: eating in a series of small portions dehisce: to gape; to burst open dehort: to dissuade Dei gratia phr. - 'by the grace of God' (abbreviation D.G.) Dei judicium phr. - 'judgement of God'; trial by ordeal. deicide: destruction or killing of a god deictic: directly demonstrating something or some proposition deiform: appearing like or shaped like a god deiparous: bearing a god deipnophobia - A fear of dinner conversation deipnosophist: learned amateur; table philosopher deipnosophy - Learned conversation conducted while dining deipotent: having godlike power deisidaimonia - The fear of supernatural powers deism: belief in God but rejection of religion deixis: relating to time and place of a linguistic utterance deja lu - already read: a sense of familiarity or recognition in something read delactation: weaning delaminate: to split into layers delate: to pass on; to charge with a crime delative: indicating motion downward delator n. - an informer or accuser delectus: anthology of useful passages or quotations delenda: things to be deleted or destroyed deleterious: harmful to body or mind delf: drain; ditch; excavation delibate: to sip deligation: bandaging delignate: to remove wood from; to deprive of wood deliquesce: to melt into liquid by absorbing moisture deliration: madness; aberration delirifacient: producing or creating delirium delitescent: latent delope: to fire one's gun into the air in a duel deltiology: the collection and study of picture postcards deltoid: shaped like a delta or triangle delubrum: a font, a temple or shrine having a font demagogue: political agitator appealing to popular prejudices dmarche: decisive course of action taken in diplomacy

demarchy: government by the people; popular government demegoric: pertaining to demagogues or demagogic speech dmenti: official denial or refusal dementophobia - A fear of insanity or going insane demephitise: to purify air demerge: to immerse; to plunge demersal: subaqueous; living underwater; sinking to the bottom demesne: feudal manor-house with adjacent lands demicastor: beaver pelt of poor quality; beaver fur mixed with another type of fur demigration: change of abode demijohn: large bottle having a wicker case demi-monde n. - class of women of doubtful reputation. demisang: half-breed; hybrid demit v. - relinquish, abdicate. demission, n. demitoilet - A style of elaborate but not formal dress demiurge - The creator of a world, whether real or mythical demiurge: creative spirit or entity demivierge - woman who is sexually promiscuous but remains technically a virgin. demogenic: relating to membership by citizenship rather than kinship demology: study of human behaviour demonetise: to deprive of monetary value; to withdraw from circulation demonocracy: government by demons or evil forces demonolatry: worship of or devotion to demons demonology: study of demons demonomancy: divination using demons demonophobia - A fear of demons demophobia - A fear of crowds or people demotic: of or pertaining to the common people demulcent: emulsifier; something soothing demurrage: delay of vessel's departure or loading with cargo denary: one of ten; tenfold; of or relating to group of ten dendriform: shaped like a tree dendritiform: branched dendrochronology: study of tree rings dendroid: tree-like; resembling a tree dendrolatry: worship of trees dendrology: study of trees dendrometer: instrument for measuring trees dendrophillia - The love of trees dendrophobia - The fear of trees denehole: vertical shaft having chambers at the base denier: unit of yarn fineness dennet: light two-wheeled carriage densimeter: instrument for measuring closeness of grain of a substance densitometer: instrument for measuring optical or photographic density dentagra: toothache dentellated: having small notches or teeth dentelle: lace; lacework denticle: small toothlike structure dentiform: shaped like a tooth dentigerous: toothed; bearing teeth dentiloquent - Pertaining to someone who talks through their teeth dentiloquy: speaking with clenched teeth dentine: ivory-like material making up teeth dentiologist: one who speaks with closed teeth dentirostral: with notched beak Deo volente phr. - 'God being willing' (abbreviation D.V.) deobstruent: something that removes an obstacle deodate: a gift to or from God deontology: the theory or study of moral obligation

deoppilate - To remove an obstruction deoppilate: to free from obstruction deordination: abnormality or irregularity deorsumversion - A turning down deorsumversion: turning downwards deosculate: to kiss affectionately depascent: eating depays: out of one's element or natural environment depeculation: embezzlement of public funds dephlogisticate - To make something fireproof deponent: having a passive form but active meaning depotentiate: to deprive or divest of power deprehend: to catch; to seize depurate: to purify deracinate: to root up deray: to go wild; to derange deric: of or pertaining to the skin dermatoglyphics: the study of skin patterns and fingerprints dermatoid: like or resembling skin dermatology: study of skin dermatopathophobia - A fear of skin diseases dermatophobia - A fear of skin dermographia: condition where writing on skin causes red mark to form dernier cri phr. - 'last cry'; latest fashion; newest discovery. derodidymus: two-headed beast derrick: hoisting mechanism using a boom and a central post desacralise: to deprive or remove sacred qualities desacralize v. - divest of supernatural qualities; remove taboo. desacralization, n. descant - commenting or discussing at length, esp. with reat interest or fervor descrive: to describe desideratum: something which is greatly desired desiderium n. - yearning. desiderium: longing or yearning desidious adj. - slothful desinent(ial) adj. - terminal. desinence, n. ending. desinent: terminal; ending desipient adj. - foolish, silly desipient: playing the fool; trifling desition n. - ending; cessation. desistive, adj. final. desmology: study of ligaments dsobligeante: carriage for one passenger despoliation: despoiling; despoilment despotocracy: rulership by despots or tyrants despumate: to throw off impurities in foam; to skim; to remove scum desquamate: to scale or flake off desudation: extreme sweating desuetude: state of disuse desultory: jumping from one thing to another; rambling; unplanned detersion: the act of cleaning detinue: wrongful seizure of property; action to recover it detort: to untwist; to twist the other way dtraqu: a person who is deranged detritus: waste or debris detrude: to thrust downward or outward detumescence: diminution of swelling deuteragonist: a person who serves as a foil to another deuterogamist - A widow who chooses to remarry deuterogamy: second marriage after the death of the first wife deuteropathy: second illness in addition to an initial one deuteroscopy: second view or meaning; second sight

devall: to sink; to decline devenustate v. - to deprive of beauty devisee: one to whom property is bequeathed in a will devoir: what is due; duty dewlap: turkey's wattle; flap of skin under the throat dexiotropic: turning to the right dexter: relating to the right side of a heraldic shield dextroduction: shifting the eyes from left to right dextrogyratory: turning to the right dextrophobia - A fear of the right or things to the right dextrosinistral - A left handed person who is trained to use their right hand diable: unglazed earthenware casserole diablerie: magic; sorcery; mischief diabolarchy - Rulership by the devil diabology: study of devils diabrotic: corrosive diacatholicon: panacea diachoretic: laxative diaclastic: refractory diaconal: of or pertaining to a deacon diaconicon: sacristy for sacred vessels in Orthodox churches diacope: deep wound or incision diacoustic: pertaining to the refraction of sound diacritic: making a distinction; aiding a diagnosis or evaluation diacritics - marks used in dictionaries to symbolize pronounciation diactinal: having two pointed ends diadermic: relating to the puncturing of the skin diadrom: course or passing; vibration diagenesis: production of rock out of sediment diaglyph: figure etched or engraved in surface of gem or stone; intaglio diagometer: instrument for measuring electrical conductivity diagraph: instrument for enlarging or projecting drawings diagraphics: art of making diagrams or drawings dialectology: study of dialects diallage: device in which many arguments brought upon one point diallelus n. - (pl. -li ) arguing in a circle. diallelus: circular argument diamant: glittering; decoration using glitter diamantiferous: bearing diamonds dianoetic: capable of or relating to thought diaphanometer: instrument for measuring the transparency of air diaphanous: transparent; translucent diaphone: low-pitched fog signal consisting of two tones diaphoresis: artificially induced sweat diapyesis: release or discharge of pus diarchy: rulership by two people diaskeuast: reviser; interpolator diaspora: dispersion diastema: space between teeth diastomatic: moving through the pores diastrophe: upheaval or drastic modification of the earth's crust diasyrm n. - rhetorical device of damning by faint praise. diasyrm: rhetorical device of condemning through faint praise diatessaron: medicine of four ingredients diathermic: permeable to or able to conduct radiant heat diathesis: particular condition of body or mind; predisposing factor dibble: pointed tool for making holes for seeds or plants dicacity n. - oral playfulness; talkativeness dicacity: raillery; banter dicaeology n. - rhetorical device of defending oneself by pleading justification.

dicaeology: defending oneself in argument by claiming justification dicephalous: two-headed dicephalus: conjoined twins with two heads dicerous: two-horned; having two antennae dichogamous: having males and females maturing at different rates dichord: musical instrument with two strings dichroscope: instrument for examining crystals for dichroism dictum de dicto phr. - saying from a saying: a secondhand report, hearsay didact: a person given to lecturing or moralizing didapper: someone who disappears and bobs up again didascalic: didactic; pertaining to education or teaching didaskaleinophobia - A fear of school diddicoy: itinerant tinker or scrap-dealer didelphous: marsupial or pouched mammal didine: of or pertaining to dodos didymous: twin; twinned; growing in pairs diectasis: extending line of verse by adding extra syllable diegesis: the narration of facts diesis: double dagger diestrus: period of sexual inactivity diffarreation: Roman form of divorce differentia: property which distinguishes one from another diffident: overly shy or modest diffinity: lack of similarity or affinity diffluent: readily flowing away diffract: to break up into segments or portions diffractometer: instrument for determining structure of crystal through light diffraction diffrangible: capable of being diffracted or separated diffugient: dispersing; diffusing dight: disposed, adorned, clothed digitate: having or resembling fingers digitiform: shaped like a finger digitigrade: walking on the toes alone digitorium: silent piano for practicing digladiate: to fight with swords; to fence digonal: figure such that a half-turn gives the same figure digoneutic: double brooded digraph: two letters expressing a single sound dijudicate: to judge; to decide dikephobia - A fear of justice dilacerate: to rend or tear asunder dilaniate: to tear to pieces dilatometer: instrument for measuring expansion dilatory: slow; given to delay or procrastination dilettante: dabbler or lover of fine arts dilogical adj. - ambiguous; having a double meaning dilogical: ambiguous; having two meanings dilogy n. - intentional ambiguity; emphatic repetition of word, etc. dilogy: intentional ambiguousness diluent: diluting diluvial: pertaining to floods; especially mythical ones dimerous: consisting of two parts dimidiate: divided into halves dimissory: sending away or giving leave to depart; dismissing dimity: sheer and stout white cotton dinanderie: bronze-coloured metal alloy used for decorative vessels dinic: relating to vertigo or dizziness dinmont - A castrated ram between one and two years old dinomania: mania for dancing dinophobia - A fear of dizziness

dioecious: having male and female sexual organs in different individuals diogenic: cynical dionym: name containing two parts or terms diophysitic - Having two separate personalities dioptometer: instrument for measuring focus or refraction of the eyes dioptre: unit of measurement of power of lens or eye dioptric: transparent dioptrics: study of light refraction diorism: distinction; definition dioristically adv. - in a distinguishing manner diorthosis: a critical revision of a text; any correction or adjustment diotic: affecting both ears diphyletic: descended from two distinct ancestral groups diphyodont: having second set of teeth that replaces the first diphysitism: belief in the dual nature of Christ diplasiasmus - The incorrect doubling of a letter when spelling a word dipleidoscope: instrument for measuring moment when an object passes a meridian diplocephalus: two-headed monster diplogenesis: doubling of ordinarily single organ or part diplograph: instrument for writing two lines of text at once diplomatics: science of deciphering ancient writings and texts diplomatology: study of diplomats diplopia: double vision dipnoous: having both lungs and gills dippoldism n. - beating or whipping school children dippoldism - The act of beating or whipping school children dippydro: person who often changes mind diprionidian: serrated on both sides dipsetic: causing to be thirsty dipsomania: abnormal craving for alcohol dipsomanophobia - A fear of drinking alcohol dipsophobia - A fear of drinking alcohol dipsosis: pathological great thirst diptote: noun taking two grammatical cases only diptych: pair of pictures on hinged panels; register of bishops and saints directoire - of the Directory period (179599) in France. diremption n. - a violent or final separation diremption: separation into two; disjunction dirigent adj. - guiding. dirigent: guiding dirigible: able to be directed dirigism: state control in economic and social spheres diriment: condition of legal nullification disafforest: to clear of forest; to disforest disagio: fee charged for exchanging foreign or depreciated currency disbosom: to make known; to reveal discalced: without shoes; barefoot; a religious order wearing no shoes discarnate: disembodied; separated from the body discept: to dispute; to debate discerptible: able to be separated disciform: round or oval in shape discigerous: bearing a disc or discus discinct: ungirded discission: open incision or cut discobolus: discus thrower discommodious: inconvenient discophile: one who loves and studies sound recordings discophoran: of or pertaining to jellyfishes discountenance: to abash; to discourage disculpate: to free from blame

disembogue: to discharge or eject into the sea disembrangle: to free from dispute diseuse: female orator or reciter of verse disgarnish: to despoil disgeneric: being of a different genus disgregation: separation; scattering dishabillophobia - The fear of undressing or undressing in front of someone disillude: to free from illusion disimmure: to liberate; to release from walls disinure: to render unfamiliar disjection: scattering or dispersion disomus: monster with two bodies disorbed: deprived of authority or sovereignty dispendious: extravagant; expensive dispiteous: pitiless; malicious dispone: to set in order; dispose disponge: to sprinkle or discharge as if from a sponge disport: to play about, frolic or gambol dispread: to spread in different ways dispurvey: to deprive of provisions disquisition: carefully argued examination of a topic disseize: to seize or deprive of property wrongfully dissentaneous adj. - disagreeable; negative dissentient: one who dissents; dissenter dissepiment: partition or separation of tissue dissilient: springing apart; bursting open with force dissimulate: to pretend; to feign; to fake dissolute: of loose morals; debauched distaff: relating to the female branch of a family or women's work distichous: in or having two rows distraint: seizure of goods distrait: distracted; inattentive distributary: branch of river that flows away from the main stream distributive: indicating separate members of a group, one at a time dit: poem; words of a song ditheism: belief in two equal gods, one good and one evil ditheletism: doctrine that Christ had two wills dithyramb - A hymn or poem to honor Bacchus dithyrambic: passionate; ecstatic; frenzied ditokous: producing two at a birth or in a clutch ditrichotomous: divided into either two or three parts dittography: unintentional repetition of letters in print dittology: double reading or interpretation diurnation: sleeping during daylight diutiurnal: lasting long divagate: to digress; wander about divaricate: to divide into two branches divellent: drawing apart; pulling apart in pieces diversiloquent: speaking in different ways; speaking on different subjects diverticulum: blind passage or tunnel divigate - To stray, as in the opposite of navigate divisim: separately divitiphobia - The fear of wealth divulsion: act of pulling or rendering apart or away dixit n. - an unconfirmed, sometimes dogmatic statement dixit: individual's uncorroborated statement dizen v. - dress in a gaudy fashion dizen: to dress up; to dress gaudily dobbin: workhorse dobhash: interpreter

docimasy: scrutiny; assaying; application of tests docimology: the art of assaying doctiloquent - Talking on subject which you have studied and know a lot about doctiloquent: speaking learnedly doddered: decayed with loss of branches dodecafid: divisible into twelve parts or regions dodger: shield against rain or spray on a ship's bridge dodoism: stupid remark dogcart: light two-wheeled carriage with seats back-to-back dogwatch: a short, evening period of watch duty on a ship doit: a trifle or minor thing dol: unit for measuring intensity of pain dolabrate: of or relating to axes or hatchets dolabriform - Shaped like the head of an ax dolabriform: resembling a hatchet or cleaver dolce far niente phr. - 'sweet to do nothing'; pleasant idling. dolent adj. - mournful. dolent: mourning; doleful doles - The two short grips on the handle of a scythe dolichocephalic - Having a head that is longer than it is wide dolichocephalic: long-headed dolichopodous: having long feet dolichprosopic - Having an unusually long face dolioform: shaped like a barrel dolmen: prehistoric structure or tomb of unhewn stones doloriferous: bearing grief or pain dolorific: causing great sadness or sorrow dolorifuge - Something that cures grief dolose: having evil or malicious intent domal: of or relating to a house or dome domatologist - A professional housekeeper domatophobia - A fear of houses or being stuck in a house domett: plain cotton-wool blend dommerer - A beggar who fakes being deaf and mute dompteuse: female animal trainer donary: thing given for a sacred purpose donative: benefice presented to church without reference to bishop donn: basic assumption or axiom; basic principle of an artwork donnism: self-importance donnybrook: an uproarious brawl dontopedalogy: putting ones foot in ones mouth doomster: judge; pessimist dop: copper cup for holding a diamond while cutting it doppio: double meter Renaissance dance step doramania: obsession with owning furs doraphobia - A fear of fur or animal skins dormer: gabled window dormition: falling asleep; death dornick: stout linen dorsiventral: having differentiated opposite faces or surfaces dorsodynia - A pain in the back doryphorus, doryphoros n. - sculptured figure of spear-bearer. doryphorus: sculpture of a spear-bearer dos-a-dos: carriage where passengers seated back to back dosimeter: instrument for measuring dose of radiation dosimetry: measurement of doses of drugs dosiology: the study of doses dossal - ornamental hanging at the back of an altar or the sides of the chancel. dossal: ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar dosser - covering for the back of a throne; bag or basket carried on the back;

dossil: plug; spigot; wad of lint for wiping a wound dotation: endowment or donation douanier: customs official doublette n. - artist's copy of own work. doublette: copy of own artwork made by an artist doucet: savory tart baked in sweet dough douceur n. -, sweetener'; bribe; gratuity; gentleness of manner. douceur: gentleness or sweetness; a subtly offered bribe doulocracy: government by slaves dowlas: coarse linen downhaul: rope for holding down or hauling down a sail or spar doxastic: of or relating to opinion doxographer: compiler of opinions of philosophers doxology: hymn or verse of praise to God doytin - To walk about stupidly drabbet: coarse linen drabble: to besmear; bedraggle draconiform: shaped like a dragon draconites: jewel supposedly found inside a dragon's head draffish: worthless drageoir: box for holding sweetmeats dragoman: interpreter dragonism: unremitting watchfulness dragonnade n. - cruel persecution; violent invasion or punitive expedition. dragonnade: persecution by military means dragoon: to compel by military bullying; to compel by force drail: iron bow of a plough; heavy fishhook dramaturgy: art of producing and staging dramatic works drap-de-Berry: old woollen cloth drapetomania - An overwhelming urge to run away from home drapetomania: intense desire to run away from home dratchell - A slovenly, lazy woman dreadnought: heavy woollen cloth dreamery: a place favourable to dreams dree v. - endure. dree: to endure or withstand dreikanter: three-faced pebble worn by wind drepaniform: shaped like a sickle drepanoid: like a sickle drill: durable twilled cotton dringle - Somebody who likes to waste time drintling - The clucking noise made by turkeys dripstone: stone projection used to dispose of rainwater dririmancy: divination by observing dripping blood droguet: ribbed woollen dress drogulus: entity whose existence is unverifiable due to lack of physical effects drollery: drollness; comic show; jest dromestoners: persons who remove stones from temporary airfields dromic: of or pertaining to a racecourse dromomania: compulsive longing for travel dromometer: instrument for measuring speed dromond: large single-sailed ship powered by rowers dromophobia: fear of crossing streets droskhy: low four-wheeled open carriage drosometer: instrument for measuring dew droud - An oafish woman drugget: coarse durable wool fabric drumlin: long hill formed by glacial retreat drung: narrow road or path to a pasture drupaceous: pertaining to drupes or stone-fruits

druxy: having decayed spots concealed by healthy wood drygulch: to murder by pushing off a cliff drysalter: seller of dry goods and chemicals dubiety: doubtfulness dubitate: to doubt; to hesitate dubitative: mood signifying doubt or incertitude ducdame: meaningless refrain duck: durable closely woven cotton fabric ductia: vigorous stamping dance dudgeon: resentment; offended resignation duende: power to attract through personal charm duenna: governess; chaperone duffel: fabric of thick, low-quality woolen cloth dulcian: a small early bassoon dulcifluous: flowing sweetly dulciloquy: a soft manner of speaking dulia: inferior veneration of saints and angels in comparison with God dulocracy - A government formed of privileged slaves dulosis: slavery practiced by animals; especially ants dumose: bushy dump: obsolete English dance in 4/4 time dungaree: heavy coarse durable twilled cotton, usually coloured dunnage - material placed in boxes to protect the contents from damage dunnage: wood laid in hold to keep cargo dry and safe duodenary: relating to the number twelve duomachy: duel or fight between two people dupion: coarse silk duramen: heartwood durative: continuing; not completed; undergoing transformation dure: to last; to endure durity: hardness durometer: instrument for measuring hardness of substances duroy: coarse woollen duteous: devoted to duty; obedient duumvirate: governing council or body of two individuals duvetyn: smooth lustrous velvety fabric dwaible - being unstable dwale n. - deadly nightshade. dwale - To wander about deliriously dwale: stupefying drink dwile: floorcloth or mop dyarchy: rule by two people dynamogenesis: production of increased nerve activity dynamograph: instrument for recording mechanical forces dynamometer: instrument for measuring mechanical force dyne: unit of force to accelerate 1 gram to 1 cm per second per second dyogram: ship's chart indicating compass deflection due to ship's iron dysaesthesia: loss of sensation dysania: having a hard time waking up in the morning dysbulia: loss of willpower dyschroa: discoloration of the skin dyschromatopic: colour-blind dysepulotic - Not healing quickly or easily dysesthesia - An impairment of the senses, especially the sense of touch dysgenesis: sterility in hybrid creatures dysgenics: the study of racial degeneration dyslogia: inability to express ideas due to mental incompetence dyslogistic: conveying censure; opprobrious dysmorphophobia: fear of physical deformities dysnomy - The creation of flawed laws which cause more problems

dysphagia: pathological difficulty in swallowing dysphemism: replacement of an inoffensive by an offensive word dysphonia: physical abnormality causing speech impediment dysphoria: uneasiness; restlessness; general depression dystectic: not easily fused dysteleogist - One who believes in the purposeless of nature dysteleology: doctrine of purposelessness dysteleology: study of purposeless organs dystocia: difficult childbirth dystopia - A society in which the conditions are horrid and people miserable. dystychiphobia - A fear of accidents dyvors - People or businesses who have gone bankrupt or are disreputable

eagre: sudden rise of tide in a river earing: line for fastening corner of a sail to the gaff or yard earwig: a small insect; to bias; to pester with demands; to eavesdrop easement: rights held over another's land ebberman: one who fishes under bridges ebeneous: like or resembling ebony boulement: falling in of wall of a fort; landslide ebriection: mental breakdown from too much drinking brillade: jerking of horse's rein when it does not turn ebriose adj. - drunk. ebriosity, n. ebrious adj. - tending to overimbibe; slightly drunk ebrious: tending towards excessive drinking ebullioscope: instrument for measuring boiling point of liquids ebullition: boiling over; agitation; outbreak eburnean: of or like ivory; ivory-coloured ecardinate: without hinges ecarlate: fine woollen cloth, usually dyed scarlet ecaudate: tailless ecbatic: grammatical construction indicating result without intention ecbole: digression ecbolic: assisting childbirth; aiding abortion eccaleobion: incubator eccedentesiast - A person who fakes a smile, such as on television ecchymosis: black-and-blue spot ecclesiarchy: government by clerics or ecclesiastical authorities ecclesiastry: affairs of the church ecclesioclastic - Disruptive or destructive to the church ecclesiolatry - Excessive devotion to one's church

ecclesiolatry: excessive devotion to church tradition and form ecclesiology: study of church affairs ecclesiophobia - A fear of churches eccoprotic: laxative; mildly cathartic; purgative eccrinology: study of excretion ecdemic: not endemic; of foreign origin ecdysiast: striptease performer ecdysiophile - A person who likes to visit strip joints or watch people strip ecesis: the establishment of a plant or animal in a new habitat echard: water in the soil not available to plants echinate: like a hedgehog; prickly echinuliform: resembling small spines echoism: the formation of imitative words echolalia: echo-like repetition of another's words echopraxia: echo-like repetition of another's actions claircissement: clarification; enlightenment clat: publicity; dazzling effect; brilliance; applause eclipsis: omission of sounds or words in speech ecliptic: imaginary circle which the sun follows from Earth perspective eclogue: pastoral or rustic poem eclosion: emergence, as from a larva or egg ecocide: destruction of the environment ecophobia - A fear of one's home ecophobia n. - dislike of home. ecophobia: fear of home corch: a human figure portrayed stripped of the skin ecphasis: explicit declaration or interpretation ecphonensis: exclamation ecthlipsis: omitting one or more sounds in pronouncing a word ectobatic: carrying or leading towards the outside ectogenesis: variation in response to outside conditions ectomorphic - Being slender and thin ectopia: displacement of internal organs in the body ectype: reproduction or copy ectypography: etching in relief cuelle: two-handled soup or porridge bowl ecydisis: shedding or moulting of the skin edacious adj. - jocular, pertaining to eating; gluttonous. edacity, n. edacious: voracious; gluttonous; pertaining to eating edapha: organisms living in soil edaphic: of or pertaining to the soil edaphology: study of soils edentate: toothless; without teeth; pertaining to aardvarks and sloths edulcorate: to sweeten; to rid of soluble particles by washing eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious: good eesome adj. - pleasing to the eye effable: capable of being expressed efferent: carrying outward or away effete: weak or worn-out; degenerate effigurate: having a definite shape effleurage: stroking movement in massage effluvium: invisible emanation; offensive exhalation or smell effodient: burrowing effulge: to shine out; to beam effusiometer: instrument for comparing molecular weights of gases eft: again; afterwards eft: newt efter - A thief who robs theater patrons during a show eftsoons: soon after egad: mild oath

egency: need egestion: the removal of materials from the body egoism: doctrine that the pursuit of self-interest is the highest good egotheism: identification of oneself with God Egyptology: study of ancient Egypt eidetic: vivid mental image or memory eidograph: instrument for copying drawings eidolism: belief in ghosts eidolon: image, phantom or apparition; confusing reflected image eigne: first born eikonology: metaphor eirenicon: peace-making message, proposition for peace eirenics: theological doctrine of religious unification eirenism: peaceful state of mind eisegesis - faulty interpretation of a text caused by reading in one's own ideas eisegesis: faulty interpretation or explanation of text eisel: sour wine resembling vinegar eisoptrophobia - A fear of mirrors ejectamenta: material ejected from a volcano eke: in addition; also; likewise ekistics: study of human settlement ekka: small one-horse carriage ekphrasis: description of a work of art as rhetorical exercise lan: impetuosity; dash or style; brilliancy or vivacity elance: to throw as a lance elaphine: like or belonging to a red deer; of or pertaining to red deer elative: indicating movement out of or away from elatrometer: instrument for measuring gaseous pressure elchee: ambassador eldritch adj. - weird, eerie, ghastly, horrifying eldritch: horrifying; arcane; strange electrocardiograph: instrument for recording unusual electrical fluctuations of the heart electrochemistry: study of relations between electricity and chemicals electrodynamometer: instrument for measuring electrical current electroencephalograph: instrument for measuring the brain's electrical impulses electrogenesis: production of electricity electrograph: instrument for recording electrical potential electrology: study of electricity electrometer: instrument for measuring electrical potential electromyograph: instrument for diagnosing neuromuscular disorders electrophile: substance having an affinity for electrons or negative charge electrophobia - A fear of electricity electrostatics: study of static electricity eleemosynary: relating to charity or giving alms; dependent on charity elenchus: refutation; sophism elenctic: relating to argument; cross-examination or refuting elephantine: of or pertaining to elephants eleutherian: freedom-giving eleutheromania: manic desire for freedom eleutherophillist - Someone who advocates free love eleutherophobia - A fear of freedom elflock: lock of tangled hair elide: omit; ignore; suppress or abridge ell: old unit of length equal to 45 inches ellipsograph: instrument for describing ellipses elocation: removal from someone's control; alienation loge: funeral oration; panegyric eloign: to convey to a distance; to remove elsin: shoemaker's awl elucubrate v. - to work studiously

elumbated: made weak in the loins elurophobia - A fear of cats elution: purification or separation by washing elutriate: to separate by washing into finer portions elydoric: painted with both oil and watercolour emacity - An urge to buy or to spend money emacity: itch to be buying emarcid: wilted; limp embale: to enclose; to bind in; to make into a bale embar: to shut in; to hinder; to put under embargo embase: to lower; to debase embayment: bay emberlucock: to confuse; to bewilder emblements: growing crops embolalia -use of virtually meaningless filler words, phrases, or stammerings embonpoint n. - corpulence. embonpoint: stout; plump or full in figure; corpulent embouchement: opening of a passage or tunnel embower: to place in a bower; to shelter with trees embracery: attempt to influence a jury corruptly embrangle: to confuse or perplex embrasure n. - loophole in fortifications; window-opening with slanted sides. embrasure: recess of a door or window embrocate: to moisten and rub with a lotion embryogenesis: production of an embryo embryoniform: shaped like an embryo embulalia n. - inserting of nonsense into speech, as inschizophrenia emendation: correction; usually of a text emesis: the act of vomiting emetology: study of vomiting emetophobia - The fear of vomiting meute: a popular rising or uproar emicate: to sparkle emiction: the discharging of urine emissile: able to be emitted or pushed out emmenagogue: drug aiding menstrual flow emmenology: the study of menstruation emmet: ant emmetropia: correct refraction of light by the eyes emmew: to confine or mew up emollient: softening; making supple emolument: payment; profit arising from employment emonomancy: divination using demons emotivism: theory that moral statements are inherently biased empaestic, empaistic adj. - embossed. empaestic: pertaining to the art of embossing empanoply: to clothe in full armor empasm: deodorant powder empennage: airplane's tail unit empery: wide dominion; empire emphractic: stopping the pores of the skin emphyteusis: perpetual but conditional lease of property empiecement: an insertion in a garment empleomania - An insatiable urge to hold public office empleomania: mania for holding public office emporeutic: of or pertaining to trade empress adj. - in haste; eager. empressement, n. show of affection. empressement n. - extreme politeness empressment: show of affection or eagerness emprise: adventurous undertaking

emption n. - buying. emption: the act of buying; purchase emptysis: spitting up of blood empyreal: of or relating to heaven; sublime; skyward emulge: to milk or drain out emunction - act of removing obstructions from or cleaning bodily passages emunctory: conveying waste; pertaining to nose-blowing enallage: the exchange of one grammatical case for another enantiodromia: process when a thing is replaced by its opposite enantiomorph: object which is the mirror image of another enantiopathy: allopathy; sympathy with one's opposite Enantiosis n. - rhetorical device of ironically stating the opposite of what is meant. enantiosis: ironic expression of idea by refuting its contrary enation: outgrowth; extension encaenia: anniversary festival of renewal of an institution encaustic: having the colours burned in enceinte: pregnant encephalasthenia - A form of mental distress caused by emotional stress encephaloid: like or resembling a brain enchiridion: book carried in the hand for reference, esp. for music or theology enchorial: belonging to or used in a country; domestic encolpion: reliquary; cross worn on the breast encomiast: person who utters encomiums; praiser encomic: having closely curled hair encomium: glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise encraty: self-control encyclical: letter sent by the pope to multiple bishops endarchy: centralised government endeictic: showing, exhibiting or demonstrating endeixis: an indication endemiology: study of local diseases endlong: lengthwise endocrinology: study of glands endogenous: having no external cause endomorphic - Being short but powerful endophagy: cannibalism within a tribe; eating away from within endoscope: instrument for visualizing interior of a hollow organ endosmometer: instrument for measuring osmosis into a solution endysis: growth of new feathers, hair or skin energumen n. - person possessed by evil spirit; fanatic. energumen: individual inhabited by an evil spirit enervate: to weaken enetophobia - A fear of pins and needles enfilade: series arranged as if threaded on a string engastration - The act of stuffing one bird into another engastrimyth: ventriloquist engouement: excessive infatuation engrailment: ring of dots around edge of a coin engram: lasting effect on memory engrenage: series of decisions leading towards unspoken goal enigmatography: composition of riddles or enigmas enigmatology - The study and construction of puzzles enjambment: continuation of the sense of a verse without pause enjoin: to command; to order; to prohibit by injunction ennead: any group of nine objects enneagon: polygon with nine sides ennomic: lawful; legal enochlophobia - A fear of crowds enoptromancy - Divination using a mirror enoptromancy: divination using mirrors

enoptrophobia - A fear of mirrors enosiophobia - The fear that one has commited an unpardonable sin enosis: union; unification enounce: to enunciate; to proclaim enow: enough ensanguine: to cover with blood ensiform: resembling or possessing characteristics of a sword ensilage: storage of green fodder in silos entablature: wall that rests on top of columns entasis: swelling on vertical columns to counteract optical illusion of concavity entelechy: perfect realization of ultimate goal or reason for existence enteral: of, pertaining to or within the intestine enthalpy: heat per unit mass entheate - Divinely inspired or possessed by a god enthetic: introduced from outside the body entify: to treat as or cause to become a separate entity entitative: regarded as a distinct entity without regard to context entomical: of or pertaining to insects entomology: study of insects entomophagous: eating insects entomophilous: adapted for pollination by insects entomophobia - A fear of insects entoptic: within the eyeball; visibility of objects in the eye entozoology: study of parasites that live inside larger organisms entredentolignumologist - One who collects toothpick boxes entremets: edible pastry sculpture served between main courses entrepot: a warehouse, particularly for international trade entresol n. - mezzanine floor. entresol: mezzanine entropion: inversion of the edge of the eyelid entryism: doctrine of joining a group to change its policies enuresis: uncontrollable urination enzone: to engirdle or surround with a zone or belt enzymology: study of enzymes eoan: of or pertaining to dawn eolation: geological effects of the wind olienne: fine silk and wool eolith: stone naturally formed but thought to be manufactured eonism: adoption by a male of female dress and manner eosophobia - A fear of the dawn eosophobia: fear of dawn eozoic: containing early evidence of animals epact: excess of the calendar month over the lunar month epaenetic: eulogistic epagoge: induction epagomenal: intercalary; inserted between others epanadiplosis: sentence which begins and ends with same word epanalepsis: repetition epanodos: recapitulation of chief points in a discourse after digression epanorthosis n. - correcting or retracting a statement even while making it epanorthosis: retraction of statement in order to intensify it eparchy: diocese of an Eastern church epedaphic: pertaining to atmospheric conditions epeirogenesis: building continents by moving of earth's crust epenthesis: insertion of extra sound into a word epeolatry: worship of words epergne: branched ornamental centrepiece epexegesis: addition of words to make the sense more clear ephebiatrics: branch of medicine dealing with adolescence ephectic adj. - habitually suspending judgment.

ephectic: tending to reserve judgement ephelis n. - (pl. -lides, ) freckle. ephelis: freckle or mole ephemeris: table giving location of celestial body at different specific times ephemeromorph: life form that cannot be classified as animal or vegetable ephemeron: creature that lives for only one day ephestian: domestic ephidrosis: profuse perspiration ephod: Jewish priestly vestment epibole: device of beginning several clauses with same word epicede: funeral ode epicedial: of or relating to dirges or elegies epicene: having one form or characteristics of either sex epicheirema: syllogism confirmed by an incidental proposition epichoric: belonging or pertaining to a rural area epiclesis: calling on the Holy Spirit to consecrate the Eucharist epicrisis: critical appreciation for literature epideictic n. - for rhetorical or impressive effect; demonstrative or dramatic epideictic(al) adj. - displaying. epideictic: done for show or display epidemiology: study of diseases; epidemics epidiascope: instrument for projecting images of objects epidiascope: magic lantern used for opaque and translucent objects epigamic: attractive to the other sex epigeal: living near or in the ground epigenesis: theory of embryonic development epigeous: growing or living on or above the ground epigon: descendant or successor epigone: inferior follower or imitator of a distinguished original epigones n. - followers who are less gifted, lesser lights, inferior imitators epilate: to remove hair from epimyth: moral of a story or work of literature epincion - A victory song or anthem epinician: celebrating a triumph epinikion: ode in honour of a victor or winner epinosic: unhealthy; unwelcome epipastic: dusting powder used in medicine epiphenomenalism: doctrine that mental processes are epiphenomena of brain activity epiphonema: exclamation, finishing phrase or reflection epiphora: watering of the eyes epipolism: fluorescence episcope: instrument for projecting images of opaque objects episcopicide: killing of bishops episcopolatry: worship of bishops episemon: badge or characteristic device; one of three extra Greek numeral-letters epistatic: suppressing some factor epistaxiophobia - A fear of nose bleeds epistaxis: nose bleeding epistemology: study of grounds of knowledge epistemology: theory of a method or grounds of knowledge epistolary: of or pertaining to letters epistoler: reader of the epistle in Anglican service epistolography: letter-writing epistrophe: ending of successive clauses with the same word epitasis n. - part of drama in which action is developed; crisis of disease epitasis: part of a play where the action is developed epithalamion: song or poem composed for weddings epithesis: addition of one or more letters to a word epithymetic: of or pertaining to desire epitimesis n. - adverse criticism; reproof.

epitimesis: adverse criticism epitoga: wide academic gown with bell sleeves epitonic: subjected to excessive strain; overstrained epitrachelion: stole of an Orthodox priest or bishop epitrope: ironic permission epizeuxis n. - emphatic verbal repitition epizeuxis: immediate repetition of a word for emphasis epizoic: dwelling upon an animal eponym: personal name from which another name is derived epopee: epic poem; saga epopt: one who is initiated into mysteries epos: epic poem prouvette: instrument for testing strength of gunpowder epulary: of or pertaining to banquets epulation: feasting epulotic: substance encouraging growth of scar tissue epuration: purification or purging equable: smooth; without wide variations equanimity: evenness of mind or temper; calmness equative: indicating likeness or identity equatorium: computational instrument for planetary astronomy equilibrist: tightrope walker equine: of or pertaining to horses equinophobia - A fear of horses equiparate: to regard or treat as equal equiparent: having a level or mutual relationship equipluve: line drawn through locations having same annual rainfall equipoise: equilibrium; counterbalancing thing equipollent: having equal power or force equiponderate: to be equal in weight; to balance equison: horse groom; jockey equitation: horseback riding equivorous: consuming horseflesh eradiate: to shoot out like a ray of light ere: before erean: made of copper or brass erelong: before long; soon eremic: of or belonging to deserts eremikophobia - A fear of sand or deserts eremite: hermit; religious recluse eremology - The study of deserts eremophobia - A fear of being alone eremophobia - The fear of stillness eremophyte: plant that lives in desert biome erethism: abnormal irritability erewhile: heretofore erg: unit of work measuring force of one dyne applied over one centimeter ergasia: love of work; workaholism ergasiophobia: fear of work ergasophobia - The fear of work ergative: indicating subject of a transitive verb ergatocracy: government by the workers or the working class ergo: therefore; hence ergograph: instrument for measuring and recording muscular work ergoism n. - fussy adherence to logical protocols or forms ergology: study of effects of work on humans ergomania: excessive desire to work; workaholism ergometer: instrument for measuring work performed ergonomics: study of people at work ergophile: one who loves work

ergophobia: fear of work ergotise: to wrangle erigible adj. - capable of being erected eriometer: instrument for measuring very small diameters eristic adj. - pertaining to dispute or argument. eristic: of or pertaining to controversy or argument erogenesis: induction of sexual desire; production of arousal eromancy: divination using water vessels eroteme - The symbol used in writing known as a question mark erotesis n. - rhetorical questioning. erotetic, adj. erotetic: engaging in or pertaining to rhetorical questioning erotogenic: producing erotic desire or sexual gratification erotographophobia - The fear of writing love letters erotology: erotic description in literature erotomania: abnormally powerful sex drive erotopathy: pathological sexual desire erotophobia: fear of sex errabund n. - wandering; erratic errhine: something which causes sneezing or for nasal ingestion erubescent: growing red; blushing eruciform: like or resembling a caterpillar eructate: to belch out; to emit lava erumpent: bursting out; bursting forth erythema: redness of the skin erythraean: reddish colour erythrochroism: excessive or pathological redness of the hair erythrophobia - A fear of blushing erythrophobia: fear of red lights or of blushing erythropsia: condition of seeing all colour as red esbat: meeting of a witches coven escadrille: squadron of aircraft; flotilla escalade: crossing moat or scaling wall using ladders escalier n. - staircase. escalier drob, secret or back stairs. escalier: staircase escapology: study of freeing oneself from constraints escargatoire: place where snails are reared escharotic: caustic eschatocol: concluding clause or section of a charter eschatology: doctrine of life and afterlife eschatology: study of death; final matters eschaton: end of the world; end time escheatment: forfeiture of property to state for lack of heir esclandre: notoriety; unpleasantness escritoire: writing-desk esculent: eatable; fit for consumption escutcheon - A decorative metal plate around doorknobs or locks escutcheon: part of ship's stern where name is displayed escutcheon: shield on which coat of arms is represented esemplastic: unifying esemplasy: the unifying power of imagination esker: ridge of sandy soil esotropic: squinting espalier: lattice on which trees are trained across espigle: roguish; frolicsome; mischievous esprit de l'escalier - thinking of a witty comment one should have made earlier essive: indicating a temporary state of being essoin: giving of an excuse for not appearing in court essorant adj. - soaring. essorant: soaring estacade: dike of stakes in a river against an enemy

estafette - A courier who rides on a horse estafette: military courier or express estaminet: small bar or cafe estampie: vigorous rhythmic Provenal stamping dance estiferous - Pertaining to something which produces heat estiferous: producing heat estivation - To go away somewhere for the summer estoppage: preventing someone from alleging a fact due to prior denial estrade: low platform or dais estrapade: horse's attempt to throw its rider estreat: to consult court records in order to enable prosecution esurient: hungry; greedy; starving etamine: light open-mesh cotton or worsted eternalism: the belief that matter has existed eternally etesian: periodic; winds blowing at certain seasons eth: old English letter for voiced 'th' sound ethmoid: of or like a sieve ethnocracy: government by an ethnic group or race ethnogenesis: origin of an ethnic group ethnogeny: study of origins of races or ethnic groups ethnomania: obsessive devotion to one's own people ethnomethodology - The study of social customs and rules ethnomusicology - The study of folk music ethnomusicology: study of comparative musical systems ethology: study of natural or biological character ethonomics: study of economic and ethical principles of a society etiolate: to become pale; to make pale by depriving of light etiology: the science of causes; especially of disease tui: case for holding sewing articles etymology: study of origins of words etymon: true origin of a word etypical: unconformable to type euchology: prayer book eucrasy: state of fitness and physical well-being eudaemonism: ethical belief that happiness equals morality eudaemony: happiness or well-being eudemonics - The study or the science of happiness eudiaphoresis: normal perspiration eudiometer: instrument for measuring air purity euhemerism: explanation of mythology as growing out of history eumoiriety: happiness due to state of innocence and purity eunomia: state of being well governed eunomy - The enactment of good laws that help people euonym - A good name euonym: a pleasing or beautiful name euonymous: appropriately named eupathy: state of contentment eupeptic: pertaining to good digestion; cheerful euphobia: fear of good news euphonism: custom of using pleasing sounding words euphonym: euphonious synonym euphuism: high-flown and affected style of writing euphuistic - excessive elegance of language; high-flown and affected diction eupraxia: correct or orthodox action eupsychics - Good education or teaching eupsychics: proper education to induce human progress euripus: arm of the sea with strong currents Europhile: one who loves Europe eurythermic: tolerating a wide variation in temperature eurythmics: system of rhythmic and harmonious movement

eustacy: changes in world shoreline by changes in sea level eustatic: remaining at same altitude despite geological activity eutaxy: good order eutechnics: improvement in condition of humanity through natural forces eutexia: the property of being easily melted euthenics: science concerned with improving living conditions eutony n. - pleasantness of sound of word. eutony: pleasantness of the sound of a word eutrapely: wit, ease and urbanity of conversation eutropic: turning to face the sun evagation: wandering; digression evaginate: to remove from a sheath; without a sheath evanescent: tending to vanish like vapour evanish: to vanish; to die away evanition: vanishing; dying away evaporimeter: instrument for measuring rate of evaporation evection: attraction of the moon to the sun causing change in its orbit eventration: protrusion of an organ from the abdomen eversion: turning inside out or outwards evince: indicate or exhibit evirate: to castrate; to make weak eviscerate: disembowel eviternal: eternal volu: primitive person educated in modern ways evulgate: to divulge; to publish evulse: to pluck out exactor: one who exacts; extortioner; claimer of rights exallotriote adj. - foreign. exallotriote: foreign exanimate: lifeless; spiritless; depressed exarate: containing grooves or furrows exarch: viceroy; rank below patriarch in Eastern church exarchy: government by bishops exaugurate: to desanctify; to deprive of sacred status excalation: omission of one of a series or sequence excarnate: to remove flesh from exclaustration - The act of leaving or being expelled from a religious retreat exclaustration: return to public upon release from vows exclave: part of a country surrounded by foreign soil excogitate: to discover by thinking out or reasoning excoriate: censure severely; strip the hide off of excorticate: to strip the bark off of excrementitial: of or pertaining to excrement excresence: outgrowth; projection; tumour excubant: on guard excursive: constituting a digression exeat: formal leave of absence; permission to be absent exeat: permission from bishop for clergyman to work elsewhere execrate: to denounce or place under a curse executancy: technique in music exedra: semicircular bench beside episcopal throne; outdoor bench or recess exegetic: explanatory, especially of Scripture exemplum: short story or anecdote with a moral exennium - A gift given at New Years exenterate: to disembowel exequy: funeral rites; procession exercitation: putting into practice; exercise exergue n. - space at base of figure on coin containing date. exergual, adj. exergue: reverse of coin where date is contained exgorgitation: vomited material

exheredate: to disinherit exigent adj. - exacting; urgent. exigible: liable to be exacted exiguous adj. - sparse; slender. exiguity, n. exiguous: scanty; slender; sparse exility: slenderness or smallness; refinement eximious adj. - select; excellent. eximious: excellent or distinguished existentialism: doctrine of individual human responsibility in an unfathomable universe exobiology: study of extraterrestrial life exoculate: blind; eyeless exode: farce or afterpiece exodist: one who goes out; emigrant exodontia: extraction of teeth exodromy: stabilizing movement of exchange exogenous: having an external origin exonym: name for a town or country in a foreign language exopathic: due to external forces or causes exophagy: cannibalism outside one's own group exoptable adj. - extremely desirable exorable: capable of being moved or influenced exordium: beginning or introduction to a composition exosculate: to kiss fervently or heartily exoteric: intelligible to the uninitiated; commonplace exotropia: outward squint expatiate v. -i. speak or write at length. expatiation, n. expatiatory, adj. expatiate: to wander freely; to write about in great detail expeditate: to deprive of the ball of the foot or the claws expergefacient: awakening; arousing experientialism: doctrine that knowledge comes from experience expiate: to make amends for wrong expiscate: to find out by strict examination explaterate v. - to blab, gab, or run off at the mouth explaterate - To talk continuosly without stop explement: complement exponible: able to be explained expostulate: to remonstrate; to discuss or reason with exprobate: to reproach; to upbraid expromission: relieving another person's debt by taking it upon oneself expugn: to take by storm; to overcome expurgate: to purify or revise; to censor exsanguinous: without blood exscind: to cut off; to uproot exsect: to cut out exsert: to protrude exsibilation - The collective hisses of a disapproving audience exsiccate: to dry up exspuition: spitting exstrophy: turning an organ inside out exsuccous: lacking sap exsufflate: to blow away; to exorcise exsufflicate - Something which is silly or triffling extensometer: instrument for measuring deformation in object due to forces applied exterritority: exemption from local regulations extispex - A person who predicts the future using entrails extispicy: divination using entrails extramundane: beyond the known universe extravasate: to let out of the proper vessels; to flow out extrorse: turned outward extrospection: examination of matters external to oneself

exungulation: paring of the nails exuviate: to cast off or shed eyas: unfledged falcon or other bird of prey eyeservice: work done while the boss is watching eyne: eyes eyot: small island in a lake or river

fabaceous: bean-like fabiform: shaped like a bean fabulist: one who invents fables faburden: harmony in thirds and sixths facetiae: term for books of inappropriate or lewd nature facia: nameplate or sign above shop facinorous adj. - extremely wicked; depraved; infamous facinorous: atrociously wicked factious: turbulent; given to faction; seditious factitious adj. - artificial; spurious. factitious: produced by humans or artificial forces factitive: signifying making or causing something to be factive: indicating causation factotum: lackey; person employed to do various jobs facture: workmanship; the products of making facula: unusually bright spot on suns surface facultative: optional; incidental; conferring privilege facundity n. - eloquence facundity: eloquence fadaise n. - an obvious or silly remark fagin: an adult who instructs others in crime fagottist: bassoon player faience: glazed coloured earthware faille: shiny closely woven silk, cotton or rayon fabric fain: happy; inclined; pleased faineant adj. - lazy, indolent fainant: puppet ruler; do-nothing; idle person fairlead: ring through which rope is led to change its direction without friction falcade: motion of a horse throwing itself on its haunches falcate: resembling a sickle falciform: shaped like a sickle falderal: nonsense; meaningless refrain of a song faldstool: desk from which the Litany is read at church service fallibilism: the doctrine that empirical knowledge is uncertain falsidical adj. - giving false impression. falsidical: conveying a meaning that is false famicide n. - a slanderer; a destroyer of one's reputation familism: the tendency of a family to cohere as a group familistere: house for communal living famulus: private secretary or attendant fanal: lighthouse or beacon fandango: lively Spanish dance performed by a couple fanfaron: an empty boaster fanfaronade: grandiose trumpet blast fanion: cloth worn on priest's arm and used for handling holy vessels fanion: small flag used in surveying

fantassin: infantry soldier fantasticate: to fantasize over something fantigue: anxiety or irritation fantod: a state of irritability or tension; an emotional fit farad: unit measuring electrical capacitance farandine: silk and wool cloth farandole: lively Provenal dance in which men and women hold hands farctate adj. - full; crammed; plethoric farctate - The state of being stuffed with food overeating fardage: wood placed in bottom of ship to keep cargo dry fardel n. - cumbersome bundle fardel: anything cumbersome or irksome farinaceous: mealy; consisting of cereals farinose: resembling or yielding flour farouche adj. - wild; gauche; shy. farouche: wild; unpolished farraginous: disordered; jumbled; miscellaneous farrago: confused mass of objects or people; disordered mixture farrier: one who shoes horses or cares for horses farris: female blacksmith farrow: to give birth to piglets farruca: Spanish gypsy dance with sudden tempo and mood changes fasces: bundle of rods with an axe used to symbolise authority fascia: board over a shop-front fascicle: bundle; division of book published in parts fascine: bundle of brushwood used to fill ditches fashimite - Someone who is a slave to fashion fasti: record or register fastigiate: pointed; conical fastigium: roof; peak; gable fastuous adj. - arrogant; showy. fastuous: haughty; ostentatious fatalism: doctrine that events are fixed and humans are powerless fathometer: instrument for measuring underwater depth using sound fatidical: prophetic; having the power to foretell the future fatiferous adj. - destructive; deadly fatuous: silly; purposeless fauteuil: enclosed seat in theatre favela: slum area faveolate: honeycombed faviform: shaped like a honeycomb favillous - Resembling ashes favonian: of or relating to the west wind; mild and favourable feague: to whip; to perplex feak: lock of hair feaque - A dirty, lazy man featous: shapely; well-made; handsome; neat feazings - The frayed and unravelled ends of a rope febricant: causing fever febricity: feverishness febrifuge: something which reduces fever febriphobia - A fear of fever fecalith: stony heap or mass of feces fecit phr. - 'made (it)'. feckless: feeble; helpless; futile; ineffectual feculent: covered with filth; filthy fedifragous adj. - treacherous, deceitful fefnicute n. - hypocrite; sneak felicide: killing of a cat felicificative: tending to make happy

feliform: having a catlike form or shape felinophobia - A fear of cats fell: barren or rocky hill or moor felloe: circular rim of a wheel felsenmeer: flat arctic area covered with angular boulders femerall: outlet for smoke in a roof femicide: killing of a woman fenestella: recess in church wall for storing communion vessels fenestral: of or pertaining to windows feracious adj. - productive of good results; fruitful feracious: fruitful; fecund feretory: shrine for relics during a procession or for a funeral bier feria: weekday of a church calendar on which no holiday falls ferial: pertaining to holidays feriation - Taking time off work to relax or to travel ferity: state of savagery or barbarism fermi: unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a metre ferriferous: bearing iron ferronire: jewel held on the forehead by a chain ferruginous: of the colour of rust; impregnated with iron ferrule - 1.The metal tip on an umbrella ferrule - 2. The threaded knob that holds a lampshade in place ferrule - 3. A protective metal cap on the end of a cane or a tool handle ferrule: band on the end of a stick for reinforcing it ferula: flat piece of wood ferulaceous: like a cane or reed ferule: cane or rod used for punishment fescennine adj. - obscene; lewd; licentious; scurrilous fescennine: marked by the use of vulgarity or obscene language fess: broad horizontal bar across heraldic field festilogy: treatise on ecclesiastical festivals festinate - To walk fast or to move rapidly festinate: to accelerate; to quicken fetial: heraldic; ambassadorial feticide: killing of a fetus fetlock: tuft of hair immediately above horse's hoof fettler - A person skilled at repairing tools or machinery fettling: loose material thrown on furnace hearth for protection feuilleton: critical article at the bottom of a newspaper page fewterer - A keeper of dogs or manager of a kennel fiacre: hackney coach; cab fiberscope: instrument using fiberoptics to examine inaccessible areas fibriform: shaped like a fibre fibrilliform: shaped like a small fibre fibula: brooch in the shape of a safety pin ficiform: shaped like a fig fictile: capable of being moulded; of or relating to pottery fictor: sculptor; one who makes images from clay fid: conical wooden pin used to splice strands of rope fiddley: iron framework around hatchway opening fidicinal: of or pertaining to stringed musical instruments fidimplicitary - A person who has implicit faith fiduciary: held in trust; depending on trust fie: expression of disgust or disapproval figuline: of or relating to earthenware figurant: ballet dancer who dances only in groups figuration: the act of giving figure or form filaceous: composed of threads filatory: machine for forming or spinning threads filature: drawing out of threads

filemot: dead-leaf colour; dull brown filibeg: kilt filicide: killing of one's own child filiciform: shaped like a fern or frond filiferous: thread-bearing filiform: shaped like a thread filiopietistic: marked by excessive veneration of ancestors filipendulous: hanging by or strung on a thread fillister: groove in window pane into which glass is set filose: threadlike; having a threadlike end filoselle: coarse floss silk fimbriate: fringed; having a narrow border fimetic: of or pertaining to dung fimicolous: living in dung finalism: belief that an end has or can be reached fingent: moulding; shaping finial: decoration on the top of a gable or spire finical: excessively precise in trivial matters fipple: plug in the mouthpiece of a wind instrument firkin: old unit of capacity equal to one quarter of a barrel firkin: small keg fissicostate: having divided ribs fissilingual: with forked or cloven tongue fissility: ability to be split fissiparous: tending to break up into parts fissiped: animal with separated toes fistula: long narrow passage or duct fistuliform: shaped like a pipe fitch: brush made from hair of polecat fixity: fixed state; stability; permanence flabellation: the act of fanning flabelliform: shaped like a fan flacon: scent-bottle flagellantism: the practice of whipping oneself or another flagelliferous: bearing a whip or flagellum flagelliform: shaped like a whip flageolet: small flute or recorder with two thumb holes flagitate v. - demand repeatedly. flagitation, n. flagitate: to entreat or importune flagitious adj. - outrageous, flagrantly wicked, scandalous,vicious flagitious: grossly wicked; guilty of heinous crimes flagstaff: flag pole at stern of a ship flambeau: flaming torch flamen: pagan priest flammeous: flame-coloured flammiferous: producing flame flammulated: ruddy flammulation: flamelike marking flammule: little flame flnerie: idling; strolling about aimlessly flaneur n. - an intellectual trifler flapdoodle: gross flattery; nonsense flatulopetic adj. - pretentious, pompous, inflated flaught: snowflake flaughter: to flutter or flicker; to strip or skin flavescent: yellowish or turning yellow fleam: surgical instrument flche: narrow wooden spire on church roof fleer v. - to laugh lecherously or derisively fleer: to mock; to jeer; to make faces in contempt

flench: to cut up the blubber of; to flay fleshling: a sensualist fletcherize - To chew each piece of food at least thirty times fleuret: ornament resembling a small flower fleurette n. - ornament in the shape of a small flower. flews: drooping or pendulous lips flexiloquent - Pertaining to someone who speaks ambiguously flexion: a bend; a fold flexuose: full of windings and turnings; undulating flibbertigibbet: gossipy or flighty person flinty: unyielding; stern floatant: agent causing flotation floccilation: fitful plucking at the bedclothes floccose: woolly flocculate: to collect or mass together in tufts or masses floricide: killing or killer of flowers floricomous: crowned or topped with flowers floriferous: bearing flowers floriform: shaped like a flower florilegium: anthology of writings, especially of church fathers floriscope: instrument for inspecting flowers floristry: the art of cultivating and selling flowers florisugent: sucking honey from flowers floromancy: belief that flowers have feelings floruit: dates of a person's birth and death flounce: to move impatiently or abruptly flowmeter: instrument for measuring properties of flowing liquids fluctisonant - Having the sound of rolling waves fluke: part of an anchor that fastens in the ground flumen: right to direct excess rain water to neighbours yard fluminous: having many rivers or streams flummery: anything insipid; empty compliment; humbug fluorimeter: instrument for measuring fluorescence fluoroscope: instrument using x-rays to examine internal structure of opaque object fluvialist: one stressing the role of rivers in explanation fluviology: study of watercourses fluxional: variable; inconstant flyndrig - An impudent or deceiving woman flype: to strip back; to turn partially inside out flysch: sandstone deposit focimeter: instrument for measuring focal length of a lens fodient: of or relating to digging foehn: dry wind that blows down from mountaintops foeticide: killing a fetus foetiferous: bearing or carrying a fetus fogram: antiquated foin: to thrust with a sword or spear foinery: fencing; swordplay foison: plenty; plentiful yield foliaceous: bearing leaves; leaf-like foliate: to cover with leaf metal; to number the leaves of folie a' deux phr. - a shared psychosis or delusion foliferous: bearing leaves foliform: shaped like a leaf foliophagous: eating leaves; eating folios of books fomentation - The application of warm substances to diseased parts fontinal: growing near springs foof - To howl and whine like a wounded dog fooliaminy: collective term for fools foothot: hastily; immediately; on the spot

footlambert: unit of luminance of a surface emitting one lumen per square foot footle: to waste time; to act foolishly footling: inept; trivial foraminate: to pierce foraminated: perforated or pierced with small holes foraminiferous: bearing foramina foraneous: of or pertaining to forums forby: past; near forcipate: like or relating to forceps forcipiform: shaped like forceps fore: at an earlier time or period forebitt: post for fastening cables at a ship's foremast forecabin: cabin in fore part of ship forecastle: short raised deck at fore end of ship; fore of ship under main deck forefoot: foremost end of ship's keel forel: parchment for covering books foremast: mast nearest the bow of a ship foresail: lowest sail set on the foremast of square-rigged ship foreshots: first liquid to come out of a still forestay: stay leading from the foremast to the bow of a ship forfaiting: export finance where debts on goods are transacted forfend: to ward off or avert forfex: a pair of scissors or pincers forficate: forked; like scissors forficulate: like scissors forinsecal: foreign; alien; extrinsic forisfamiliate: to emancipate from parental authority formant: anything that limits, determines or defines formate: to join or fly in a formation formic: of or pertaining to ants formicate: resembling an ant formication: sensation like ants crawling on the skin formicide: substance that kills ants formivorous: eating ants fornicate: vaulted or arched forsooth: in truth; indeed forswink: to exhaust by labour fortalice: fortress; small outwork of a fortification forthwith: immediately fortuitism: belief in evolution by chance variation foss: ditch, moat, trench or canal fossarian: clergyman moonlighting as a gravedigger fossick: to search by turning over earth or rock fossiliferous: bearing fossils fossor: grave-digger fossorial: adapted for digging fossulate: grooved; pitted foudroyant: thundering; dazzling fougade: piece of improvised artillery foulard: soft lightweight plain-woven or twilled silk fabric foul: light woollen fulled cloth foumart: polecat fourchette: anything forked fourgon: baggage-wagon foursquare: forthright fouter: to mess about with aimlessly fovea: depression or pit foveate: pitted foveiform: shaped like a depression or pit fractionalism: the state of consisting of discrete units

fractious: irritable; peevish fragor: a crash framis n. - comic doubletalk blending actual words with made-up words frampold adj. - peevish, touchy, quarrelsome francomania: craze or obsession with France and the French Francophile: one who loves France or the French Francophobia: fear of France or the French frangible: easily broken franion n. - the perennial hedonist, reveler franion - A pleasure seeker or hedonist frankalmoign: land tenure requiring religious obligations on part of tenant frantling: mating call of a peacock frap: to draw a sail tight with ropes or cables frazil: ground-ice; ice in small spikes in streams freeboard: distance between waterline and main deck of a ship freestone: building stone difficult to split into layers fremescence - The grumbling sound of an unhappy mob of people fremescent: growling or muttering fremitus: vibration; rumbling frescade: a cool walk; cool or shady place fresnel: unit of optical frequency equal to one terahertz fretum: strait friable: easily crumbled or pulverized fricandeau: thick slice of veal or similar meat friendorphobia - A fear of forgetting a password frieze: rough heavy woollen cloth frigiferous: bearing or bringing cold frigolabile: susceptible to the cold frigorific: causing cold; freezing fringillaceous: of or pertaining to finches fringilliform: resembling a finch frisson: shiver; shudder; thrill frist: delay or respite, as for debt repayment frit: material from which glass is made frith: peace; sanctuary fritinancy - The chirping or croaking sound of insects fritiniency: the noise of insects frogmarch: to carry an uncooperative drunkard or prisoner frondescence: the formation of leaves frondiferous: bearing or producing fronds frondose: having or like leaves frontal: cloth hanging over front of altar frontogenesis: creation of a weather front by meeting of air currents frottage: rubbing, especially for sexual gratification frotteur n. - someone who gets their kicks by rubbing against people in crowds froward adj. - perverse; willfully contrary; obstinately disobedient;refractory froward: turned away; self-willed; unreasonable; perverse; adverse frowst: to luxuriate in hot stuffiness and stupefaction fructiferous: bearing fruit fructivorous: feeding on fruit fructuary: person enjoying the fruits of anything fructuation: coming to fruit or bearing of fruit fructuous: fruitful frugiferous: bearing fruit frugivorous: eating fruit frumentaceous: resembling wheat or other grain frumentarious: of or pertaining to corn frustling - the strutting around of someone with fancy clothing frustraneous adj. - vain, useless frustraneous - unprofitable and completely useless

frutescent: like or resembling a shrub fruticose: shrubby fruzz - To rub hair the wrong way, as when petting a dog from tail to head fub: to put off; to fob fucatory adj. - counterfeit; deceitful fucivorous: eating seaweed fucoid: shaped like seaweed fudgeon - A fussy person fuero: code or body of laws; a constitution fug: hot; close; smoky state of atmosphere fugacious adj. - fleeting; ephemeral; transitory; evanescent fugacious: inclined to run away or flee fuji: plain spun silk fabric fulcible: capable of being propped up fulciform: shaped like or resembling a prop fulcrate: supported with fulcrums fulgent: shining; bright fulgid: flashing fulgorous: flashing fulgour: splendour fulgural: pertaining to lightning fulgurate: to flash like lightning fulgurous: resembling lightning fuliginous: sooty; dusky fuligo: soot fullonical: pertaining or belonging to a fuller fulminate: express loudly; explode violently fulmination - loud and violent explosion, either literally or figuratively fulmineous: pertaining to thunder and lightning fulsome - excessive or overdone to the point of being in bad taste or nauseating fulsome: nauseatingly affectionate, admiring or praiseful fulvous: dull yellow; tawny fumage: hearth-tax fumarole: hole emitting gases in a volcanic region fumatorium: a place for smoking fumet: the scent of game when high fumiduct: smoke vent; smokestack fumifugist - Something or someone which expels smoke fumosity: condition of fuming; an exhalation funambulism: tightrope walking; show of mental agility functionalism: doctrine emphasising utility and function fundiform: shaped like a sling fundus: the bottom of anything funebral: of or pertaining to a funeral funest adj. - harbinger of evil or death funest: deadly; lamentable fungible: interchangeable fungiform: shaped like a fungus fungous: of or like fungus; soft; spongy funicular: relating to a string or cable funipendulous: hanging by a rope or cord furacious adj. - thievish furacious: thievish furcate: forked furciferous: bearing a fork furciferous: bearing a forked appendage; rascally furcular: shaped like a fork furfur: dandruff or scurf furfuraceous - Covered with scales or dandruff flakes furibund: raging; furious

furnicular: hanging from a rope or cable furor loquendi phr. - a passion to speak furor scribendi phr. - a passion to write furuncular: of or pertaining to boils furunculoid: like a boil fusain: fine charcoal used in drawing fusarole n. - Architecture, decoration resembling a string of beads. fuscoferuginous - Having a dark rusty colour fuscous: brown; tawny; dingy fusee: spindle in a watch on which the chain is wound fusiform: shaped like a spindle fusillation: death by shooting fussock n. - a big, fat woman fustian n. - pompousness, pretentiousness fustian: coarse twilled cotton fustian: pretentious writing or speech fustigate v. - to beat; to criticize severely fustigate: to cudgel fustilarian: a term of abuse fustilug - A fat, clumsy, lazy, filthy slob fusuma n. - sliding paper screen separating rooms in Japanese house. futtock: rib of a ship futurition: future existence; time to come futurology: study of future fyerk - To flick away using one's finger and thumb fysigunkus - A person who lacks curiosity

gabardine: closely woven cotton or wool twill gabbart: barge gabble: to chatter or talk inarticulately gabbro: granular igneous rock gabelle: a salt tax gaberlunzie - A wandering beggar or a harmless hobo gabion: wicker or wire basket of earth or rock gablock: spur attached to the heel of a fighting cock gad: to wander about idly or in pursuit of pleasure gadarene: headlong; precipitate gadoid: of, resembling or relating to the cod gadroon: embossed decoration or fluting on silverware gadzookery: the use of archaisms in literature gadzooks: mild oath gaff: spar on which head of fore-and-aft sail is extended gaff-topsail: triangular topsail with its foot extended upon the gaff gage: token of defiance or challenge; thing deposited as pledge of performance

gal: unit of acceleration of one centimeter per second per second galactic: relating to or obtained from milk galactoid: like or resembling milk; milky galactometer: instrument for measuring specific gravity of milk galactophagist: milk drinker galactophorous: bearing or carrying milk galanty: shadow play galatea: striped cotton galea - A headache which covers the entire head galeanthropy - The delusion that one is a cat galeanthropy: belief that one is a cat galeated: shaped like a helmet galeiform: shaped like a helmet galeophobia - A fear of cats galre: group of undesirable people; unpleasant situation galericulate: topped by a hat-like covering galilee: porch in front of church galimatias n. - gibberish; confused, meaningless jargon galimatias: nonsense; confused mixture of unrelated things gallet: to fill in mortar joints with small pebbles galliard: brisk; gallant; lively galliard: sprightly Renaissance and Baroque dance galligantus - A tall and awkward person gallimaufry: a mixture of different things; hodge-podge gallinaceous: of or resembling pheasants and other domestic birds gallionic: uncaring; indifferent galliot: small galley gallipot: small medicine jar gallize: to bring wine to standard proportions gallomania: craze or obsession with France and the French galloon: lace trim or binding material Gallophile: one who loves France or the French gallophobia: fear of France or the French galop: lively double-time dance galvanometer: instrument for measuring electrical current galvanoscope: instrument for detecting presence and direction of electric current gambado: bound or spring of a horse; fantastic movement gambeson: ancient leather or quilted coat worn as armour gambrel n. - horse's hock; kind of roof with pentagonal gable. gambrel: crooked stick used by butchers for hanging carcasses gambrel: horse's hock gambrel: roof having a pentagonal gable gambrinous adj. - full of beer gambrinous - Being full of beer gambroon: twilled worsted and cloth gametogenesis: formation of gametes gametophobia - See gamophobia gamic: sexual; sexually produced gamidolatry: worship of marriage gamin: street urchin; precocious imp gaminesque: playful; impish; boyish gamma: unit of magnetic flux density equal to one nanotesla gammadion: figure comprised of capital gammas; swastika gammicism: inability or hardship in pronouncing letters 'g' and 'k' gammon: to feign an action; perpetrate a hoax on gamogenesis: sexual reproduction gamomania - An urge to make extravagant wedding proposals gamomania: obsession with issuing odd marriage proposals gamophagia: destruction of one gamete by another gamophobia: fear of marriage

ganch v. - to execute by impaling on stakes or hooks gangue: worthless rock in which valuable metals occur gangway: either of the sides of the upper deck of a ship ganister: flint-like rock used to surface roads ganoid: having shiny smooth scales ganosis: reduction in shininess of marble gantline: rope used in single-block hoist gantry: shelving for barrels; shelf where drinks are displayed gaposis: gap in a row of buttons or snaps gar: mild oath garboard: plank on a ships bottom next to the keel garbology: study of garbage garonniere: bachelor apartment gardyloo: warning cry gargalesthesia - The sensation caused by tickling gargarize: to gargle garner: granary; store of anything garnetiferous: bearing garnets garret: room just under the roof of a house; attic gasconade n. - boasting; bravado gasconade: to brag or boast gasconism: boastfulness gasiform: of the form or shape of gas gasometer: instrument for holding and measuring gases gastriloquist: ventriloquist gastroenterology: study of stomach; intestines gastrolatry: gluttony; excessive love of food gastrolith: stone ingested by an animal to aid in digestion gastrology: good eating; cookery gastromancy - Divination using a crystal ball gastromancy: divination by sounds from the belly gastronomy: study of fine dining gastropod: mollusks including snails; slugs; whelks gastroscope: instrument for examining interior of the stomach gastrosopher: a person skilled in matters of eating gat: opening or strait between two sandbanks gatefold: oversized page in a book gaucherie: awkward or socially unacceptable remark gaud: trick or practical joke gauffer: to make pleats or ripples in material gauleiter: overbearing wielder of petty authority gault: heavy clay used for bricks gaum - To stare vacantly or handle in a clumsy manner gaumless: stupid; witless; vacant gaur: wild ox gauss: unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1/10000 tesla gavage: force-feeding of poultry gavelkind: land inheritance by all sons in equal portion gavotte: moderate tempo French peasant dance gawdelpus: helpless person gazar: silk organza fabric geal: pertaining or relating to the earth geck n. - an object of scorn; a dupe geck - An expression of scorn or contempt gegenschein: glow of zodiacal light seen opposite the sun geist: spirit; intellectual inclination geitonogamy: pollination of a flower by another flower on the same plant gelasin: dimple in the cheek that appears when one smiles gelastic: relating to or provoking laughter gelation: solidification by cooling

gelid: extremely cold gelogenic: tending to produce laughter gelophobia - A fear of laughter geloscopy: fortune-telling by means of laughter gemel: twinned; occuring in pairs gemelliparous: having given birth to twins geminate: to double; to arrange in pairs geminiform: paired; double gemma: bud from which a new plant can grow gemmate: to deck with gems gemmation: budding gemmeous: relating to gems; like a gem gemmiferous: bearing gems gemmology: study of gems and jewels genappe: smooth worsted yarn genarch: head of a family or clan generalate: the office of a general genesic: relating to procreation or the genitals genesiology: study of reproduction and heredity genethliacon - A poem which is written for someone's birthday genethliacon: birthday ode genethlialogy: the art of casting horoscopes genetrix: mother; female ancestor geniculate: bent like a knee; jointed geniophobia - A fear of chins geniophobia: fear of chins genitive: indicating possession, origin or relation genoa: large jib that overlaps the mainsail genophobia: fear of sex genouillre: jointed knee-piece of armour gentilitian: belonging to a race or clan gentrification: movement of middle class to working class area genuphobia - A fear of knees geocarpy: the production or ripening of fruit underground geocentrism: belief that Earth is the centre of the universe geochemistry: study of chemistry of the earth's crust geochronology: study of measuring geological time geocyclic: pertaining to the rotation and revolution of the Earth geodesy: earth measurement on a large scale geofact: rock chipped naturally that looks like an artifact geogenous: growing on the ground geogeny: science of the formation of the earth's crust geognosy: knowledge of the general structure of the earth geogony: study of formation of the earth geogony: theory of the formation of the earth geoid: figure of the earth geolatry: earth-worship geology: study of earth's crust geomancy: divination by casting earth onto a surface geomorphogeny: study of the origins of land forms geophagy: practice of feeding on soil; dirt-eating geophilous: living in or near the ground geophone: device for detecting sound waves underground geophyte: plant that grows in the earth geoponic: agricultural geoponics: study of agriculture georgette: thin silk georgic: relating to agricultural or rustic affairs; rural; agrarian geoscopy: examination or analysis of soil geoselenic: relating to both the Earth and the moon

geostrophic: relating to deflection due to effects of Earth's rotation geotaxis: response of an organism to gravity geotechnics: study of increasing habitability of the earth geothermometer: instrument for measuring subterranean temperatures gephyrophobia - the fear of crossing bridges. gerascophobia: fear of growing old gerasophobia - A fear of old age or of growing old geratology: study of decadence and decay gerdoying: imitation sound of a crash gerendum: something that is to be done gerent: one that rules or manages german: of one's parents' siblings Germanophilia: love or fondness for Germany or the Germans germicide: substance that kills germs gerocomy: study of old age geromorphism: appearing to be older than one's actual age gerontocomium - An institution designed to take care of the elderly gerontocracy: government by the aged gerontogenous: pertaining to the Old World gerontology: study of the elderly; aging gerontophilia: sexual attraction towards the elderly gerontophillia - The love of the elderly gerontophobia - A fear of old age or of growing old gerrymander: to divide electoral districts for one's own political gain gesso: plaster of Paris used in painting gestatorial: of or pertaining to carrying gestic: of or relating to gestures geumaphobia - The fear of taste gewgaw: toy; trifling object; bauble ghawazi: Egyptian dancing girls gib: wedge-shaped piece of metal that holds another in place gibbet: gallows gibbous: hump-backed; humped; swollen gibus: hat worn to the opera gid: brain disease suffered by sheep gig: light two-wheeled one-horse carriage giganticide: killing of a giant gigantology: giant-lore gigantology: study of giants gigantomachize - To be at war with one's superiors gigantomachy: war of giants against the gods gigmania - The smug obsession with attaining middle class respectability gigot: leg of mutton gigue: lively Baroque dance in triple time gilbert: unit of magnetomotive force gilderoy: proud person gilliver: wallflower gilravage v. - to celebrate noisily; to go on a rampage gimbals: arrangement of rings allowing free motion of supported object gimcrack: trick; trivial mechanism gimmal: ring that can be divided into two or three rings gingham: striped cotton cloth ginglymus: joint that permits movement in one plane only ginnel: narrow alley between high buildings ginnery: place where cotton is ginned girandole: branched chandelier or similar structure girasol: fire-opal that glows like fire in certain light girouettism - Altering one's opinions to match public trends glabrous: hairless; smooth glaciology: study of ice ages and glaciation

glacis: a gentle slope in fortification gladiate: shaped like a sword glair: egg white used as medium for binding paint glaireous: slimy; viscous glandiferous: bearing acorns or nuts glandiform: gland-shaped; acorn-shaped glanduliferous: bearing glands glareous: gravelly; growing on gravel glaucous: sea-green; greyish-blue glebe: church land granted to clergyman glebe: sod; the soil glebous: earthy; full of clods gleed: hot coal; burning ember gleek: a trick or joke gleet: mucus discharge from the urethra glenoid: slightly cupped; socket-shaped gliriform - Resembling a rodent gliriform: resembling a rodent glirine: rodent-like; of or pertaining to rodents glissade: moving on snow without skis gloaming: period between sunset and full night; dusk globuliferous: bearing globules glochidiate: bristled; barbed glomerate: packed or bunched together glossa: the tongue glossographer: writer of short explanatory notes or glosses glossoid: like a tongue glossology: study of language; study of the tongue glossophagine: eating using the tongue glossophobia - The fear of speaking, especially in public glottogonic: relating to the origins of language glozing: flattery; deceit gluconeogenesis: production of glucose from non-carbohydrates glumiferous: bearing glumes glutinous: gluey; sticky glutition: swallowing glycogenesis: production of glycogen glyptic: pertaining to carving or gem-engraving glyptography: the art of engraving on gems glyptology: study of gem engravings gnathal: of or relating to the jaws gnathion: tip of the chin gnathonic adj. - falsely flattering; fawning; sycophantic; parasitic gnathonic: flattering gnomic adj. - full of aphorisms or maxims; or wise and pithy gnomic: signifying general truth; relating to aphorisms or proverbs gnomology: collection of aphorisms, proverbs and short poems gnomon: upright rod of a sundial gnomonics: the art of measuring time using sundials gnosiology: study of knowledge gnosiology: the philosophy of knowledge gnosis: knowledge; especially spiritual gnosticism: belief that freedom derives solely from knowledge gnotobiology: study of life in germ-free conditions goatish: lustful; foolish godet: triangular piece of cloth inserted in a skirt goetic: of or relating to black magic goitrous: affected by or pertaining to goitre goldenrod: dark golden yellow goliard: wandering student

goliardy: riotous or lustful behaviour goluptious: delightful; luscious gomphiasis: looseness of the teeth gomphosis: growth of teeth into the bone cavity gonalgia: knee pain gonfalon: ensign with streamers hung from a horizontal bar gonfalonier: standard-bearer goniometer: instrument for measuring angles between faces gonoph: pickpocket; thief gorget: piece of armour for the throat gorgoneion: representation of the gorgon's head gorgonize: to turn into stone; to paralyze with one's gaze gormandism: gluttony gormandizer - One who eats to excess gormless: dull or unintelligent gorsedd: assembly for granting awards to Welsh bards gorsoon: boy-servant gossypine: cottony gouache: opaque watercolour paint gowk: a cuckoo; a fool grabble: search with the hand; grope graben: a rift valley gracility: slenderness gradatim: step by step gradgrind: one who regulates things by means of statistics gradin n. - one of a tier of steps, seats, etc. gradin: a rising tier of seats in a theatre gradiometer: instrument for measuring gradient of a physical quantity gradual: part of mass between epistle and gospel gradualism: belief that things proceed by degrees grafology: divination by studying writing grain: unit of weight equal to 1/7000 of a pound graip: pitchfork; dungfork grallatory: relating to wading birds gramary: magic; enchantment gramercy: expression of gratitude or surprise gramineous: of or relating to grass; grassy graminivorous: feeding on grass or cereals graminology: study of grasses grammalogue: word represented by a single sign; logogram grammaticaster - A person who is pedantic regarding proper grammar grammatolatry: worship of letters and words grammatology: study of systems of writing grandeval: of great age; ancient grandgousier - One who will eat as much as possible of anything grandiloquent: bombastic grandinous: full of hail; consisting of hail grandisonant: pompous-sounding grangerize: to cut plates out of many books to illustrate one granivorous: feeding on seeds granuliferous: bearing granules grapheme: a letter of the alphabet graphemics: study of systems of representing speech in writing grapholagnia: obsession with obscene pictures graphology: study of handwriting graphomania: obsession with writing graphophobia - The fear of writing or of the written word graphospasm: writers cramp grapnel: small anchor used for dragging or grappling graptomancy: divination by studying handwriting

grassing: bleaching by exposure on grass graticulation: division of design into squares when scaling gratis: without charge; for free grattoir: scraper made of flint gratulatory: congratulatory grauncher: clumsy and incompetent mechanic graupel: frozen rain or snowflakes gravamen: grievance; grounds of legal complaint graveolent adj. - having a rank smell; fetid; stinking graveolent: rank-smelling; fetid gravid: pregnant gravimeter: instrument for measuring variations in gravitational fields gravimetrical: relating to measuring by weight gray: unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation equal to 100 rads greave: armour for the shin greaves: tallow waste gregal: of or relating to a flock gregatim: in flocks greige: of a grey-beige colour gremial: intimate; pertaining to the lap or bosom grenadine: thin silk gressible - Able to walk gressorial: adapted for walking gricer: train-spotter or railway enthusiast gridelin: violet-grey griffade: sudden seizure with the claws griffonage - Illegible or sloppy hand writing grillage: framework of timber grilse: salmon first returning to the river from the sea grimgribber: learned gibberish; legal jargon grimoire: magician's book for summoning spirits grimthorpe - To badly remodel a building ignoring its character or history grinagog - a person with a big stupid grin grinagog: one who is constantly grinning gripulous: grasping; greedy grisaille: style of painting in grey tints griseous: pearl-grey or blue-grey; grizzled grith: sanctuary; asylum grithbreach: breach of the peace grivoiserie n. - lewd and lascivious behavior; a lewd act groak - To stare at someone who is eating in hopes of getting food groak v. - watch people silently while they're eating, hoping for some grobianism n. - rudeness; boorishness grobianism: slovenly boorishness groggery: low public-house grognard: old or veteran soldier grogram: coarse loosely woven silk fabric gromatic: of or relating to surveys or surveying gromatics: science of surveying grosgrain: heavy close-woven corded silk grough: deep gully in peat moor area groundage: a charge on a ship in port groundling: person of inferior taste; commoner groundprox: altitude warning system in aircraft groundsel: lowest timber of a structure groupuscule: small clique or faction grout: to root or grub with the snout growlery: a retreat for times of ill humour groyne: wooden breakwater grufted: dirty; begrimed

gruine: relating to cranes or similar birds grum: morose; surly grumous: clotted; lumpy guaniferous: bearing dung guardant: of a heraldic animal turned to side with head facing the viewer guarish: to heal gubernator - A powerful man in government gubernatrix - A powerful woman in government gudgeon: a person easily cheated gudgeon: metal pin or bearing connecting rudder to a boat gudgeons - The slots on a hinge which hold the pin in place guerdon: reward; recompense guridon: small ornate table or stand gurite: chair with raised back forming a hood guichet: ticket window or similar small opening guidfather - Another name for one's father in law guidon: pennant with rounded outer edge guignol: something intended to horrify people guilloche n. - architectural ornament of intertwined curved lines or bands. guilloche: to decorate with intersecting curved lines guimpe: wide cloth covering neck and shoulders worn by nuns guipure: lace having no ground or mesh gules: heraldic name for the colour red gulix: kind of fine linen gullery: place where gulls breed gulosity: gluttony; greed gulpin: credulous person; simpleton gummiferous: bearing gum gummosity: gumminess gunnage: number of guns carried on a warship gunwale: upper edge of the side of a ship gurgitate: to bubble; to boil gurgitation: surging gurlet: pickaxe with one pointed and one bladed end guttate: spotted; having drops or droplike markings guttation: release of drops of moisture guttersnipe - A member of the lowest class in society or a street person guttiferous: exuding drops guttiform: shaped like a drop gutturotetany: spasm in the throat causing stutter guyot: flat-topped underwater mountain gybe: to swing a sail from one side to another gyle: fermenting vat for beer gymnasiarch: the head of a gymnasium gymnasiast: a pupil in a gymnasium gymnobiblism: belief that the Bible can be presented to unlearned without commentary gymnogynomania - The urge to spy on people when they are undressing gymnophobia: fear of nudity gymnophoria - The sensation that someone is mentally undressing you gymnosophy: deep contemplation performed while naked gynaecide: killing of women gynaecocracy: government by women gynaecology: study of womens physiology gynandroid: hermaphroditic; being of or resembling both sexes gynarchy: government by women gynephobia - The fear of women gynics: knowledge of women gyniolatry: deep respect or devotion for women gynocentric: focused on or concerned with women gynocracy: government by women

gynonudomania - The urge to rip off a woman's clothing gynotikolobomassophile: one who nibbles on womens earlobes gypsiferous: bearing gypsum gyrograph: instrument for counting a wheel's revolutions gyroidal: spiral; rotatory gyromancy - Divination involving walking in a circle until you fall down gyron: triangular heraldic charge gyrose: having a folded surface; marked with wavy lines gyrostatics: the study of rotating bodies gyrovague - A monk who begs and sponges off of other monks gyrus: convoluted ridge between two grooves gyve: to fetter; to shackle habanera: slow and seductive Cuban dance habergeon: sleeveless mail coat habilable: capable of being clothed habilatory: of or relating to clothes or dressing habile: dexterous; adroit habiliment: attire habilitate: to equip or finance; to qualify habromania n. - extreme euphoria habromania: insanity featuring cheerful delusions hachure: shading or lines showing a slope on a map hackle: comb for flax or hemp hackney: four-wheeled two-horse carriage hadal: parts of the ocean below 6000 metres hadeharia: constant use of the word hell haecceity: aspect of existence on which individuality depends haemal: of or pertaining to blood haemathermal: warm-blooded haematic: blood-coloured haematogenesis: production of blood haemophilia: hereditary disease causing excesssive bleeding hagiarchy: rule by saints or holy persons hagiocracy: government by holy men or saints hagiolatry: worship or reverence for saints hagiology: study of saints hagioscope: opening in wall to enable viewing of altar haingle - To amble along in a feeble and listless manner hajj - A pilgrimage to Mecca hakenkreuz: swastika halation: blurring in a photograph due to light reflection halfpace n. - dais; small landing on staircase. halfpace: landing or broad step halibiotic: pertaining to the entirety of life under the sea halidom - Anything considered holy or sacred halieutic: pertaining to fishing halieutics: study of fishing haliography - A description of the sea halitosis: bad breath halitous: vaporous halitus: vapour; breath hallux: big toe halolimnic: pertaining to sea creatures who spend time in fresh water halomancy: divination using salt halophilous: tolerant of salt or salt-water halyard: rope or tackle for hoisting and lowering sails hamartia: flaw in a character leading to his downfall hamartiologist - An expert on the subject of sin hamartiology: section of theology dealing with sin

hamartiology: study of sin hamartithia - Being likely to make a mistake hamartophobia - A fear of sin or of sinning hamate: hooked hamble: to mutilate a dog by cutting of the balls of its feet hame: curved projection attached to the collar of a draft horse hamiform: shaped like a hook hamirostrate - Having a hooked beak hamose: hooked hamshackle: to fetter; to restrain hamular: like a small hook hamulate: tipped with a small hook hamulus: a small hook or hook-like process hanap: chalice used in communion whose cover is a second chalice handfast: a firm grip; a contract handlist: list without detail handsel: inaugural gift; first installment or payment handspike: bar used as a lever hank: series of rings or clips for attaching a jib or staysail to a stay hansom: light two-wheeled cab hapax: word which occurs only once hapaxanthous: flowering only once haplography: omission of words or lines in recopying text haplology: omission of a sound or syllable in a word haptic: relating to the sense of touch haptodysphoria - A unpleasent feeling caused by handling any fuzzy surface haptotropic: curving in response to touch haqueton: stuffed jacket worn under mail harageous adj. - rough and bold hardihood: boldness; audacity hardparts: skeletal parts of an organism harengiform - Shaped like a herring harengiform: shaped like a herring hariolate: to divine; to foretell hark: to pay close attention; to listen harl: barb of feather used to make artificial fishing fly harmonics: study of musical acoustics harmoniphone: keyboard instrument with reeds harmonograph: instrument drawing curves representing vibrations harmonometer: instrument measuring harmonic relations of sounds harn: coarse linen harpactophage - A predator which feeds on insects harpagon: harpoon harpaxophobia - The fear of thieves or of becoming a thief harpocratic adj. - relating to silence harridan: sharp-tongued; scolding woman harrier: medium-sized scenting dog for hunting hares harry: to plunder; to ravage; to destroy haruspex - A person who predicts the future using entrails haruspication: divination by inspecting animal entrails haslock: wool on sheep's throat and neck haslot: cooked animal entrails hassock: kneeling cushion in a church hastate: spear-shaped hatchment: coat of arms of a deceased person hauberk: long chain mail coat haulm: stems of plants or straw collectively haurient: rising as if to breathe haussmannize: to open out; to rebuild haustellum: sucking proboscis or sucking end

haustorial: having a sucking proboscis haut monde n. - 'high world'; high society. haut ton n. high fashion; bon ton. haut: high; haughty hauteur: haughtiness; arrogance havelock - The cloth that hangs from the back of a hat to protect the wearer's neck haversack: bag worn over the shoulder for carrying provisions havier: castrated deer hawkshaw: detective hawse: distance between ship's bow and its anchor hawsehole: hole for ship's cable hawser: large rope for mooring or towing a ship haycock: conical pile of hay in a field haysel: hay season headborough: petty constable headland: cape; point; promontory headsail: sail set forward of the foremast of a ship headstock: device for supporting end or head of a member heapstead: buildings and places around a mine shaft hearsecloth: cloth lain over coffin during funeral heartsome: exhilarating; merry heautontimorumenos - A masochist hebamic: of or relating to the socratic method hebdomadally: every week hebenon: anything with poisonous juices hebephobia - The fear of young people hebephrenia: form of dementia occuring at puberty hebesphalmology - The study of juvenile deliquency hebetate: to make dull or obtuse hebetic: of or pertaining to puberty hebetude n. - dullness, stupidity hebetude: stupidity hecatomb - A religious sacrifice of 100 animals, or any mass slaughter hecatomb: large sacrifice or slaughter; killing of one hundred animals or people hecatontarchy: government by one hundred people hecceity n. - that which makes something different from anything else hector: to intimidate by bluster, pomp or arrogance heddle: series of vertical cords to receive warp-thread hederaceous: of or pertaining to ivy hederate - To decorate with ivy hederated: crowned with a wreath of ivy hederiferous: ivy-bearing hederiform: shaped like ivy hednon: wedding present hedonics: part of ethics or psychology dealing with pleasure hedonism: belief that pleasure is the highest good hedonophobia - A fear of pleasure heeler: a worker for a local politician or political party hegemony: leadership of one state within a confederacy hegumene: head of a nunnery hekistotherm: plant which can grow in very cold environments helcoid: ulcerous helcology: study of ulcers heliac: solar; coincident with that of the sun helicograph: instrument for drawing spirals on a plane helicoid: screw-shaped; like a coil helicon: bass tuba helictite: twisted; branching stalactite heliofugal: moving away from the sun heliograph: instrument for measuring intensity of sunlight

heliolatry: sun worship heliology: science of the sun heliophilous: preferring or attracted to the sunlight heliophobia: fear of sunlight heliosciophyte: plant that thrives in sun better than shade helioscope: instrument for observing sun without injury to the eyes heliosis: exposure to the sun; sunburn heliotaxis: response of an organism to the sun's rays heliotropism: movement of plants towards sunlight helix: screw-shaped coil Hellenologophobia - A fear of Greek terms or complex terminology hellenomania - obsession with using either foreign or obscure wording helminth: worm helminthiasis: infestation with worms helminthoid: worm-shaped helminthology: study of worms helminthophobia - The fear of becoming infested with worms helminthous - Infested with intestinal worms helobious: living in marshes or moors helotage: the state of helots or being enslaved helotry: class of slaves helve: handle of an axe or similar tool hemacytometer: instrument for counting blood cells hematology: study of blood hematomancy: divination using blood hematophagous - One who drinks blood hematophobia - A fear of blood or the sight of blood hemeralopia: day-blindness; vision requiring dim light hemeraphonia - Able to speak only at night hemerology: calendar hemialgia: pain in one side of the body alone hemianopsia: blindness in one eye hemiplegic: paralyzed on one side only hemistich: half a verse line hemitery: congenital deformity hendecagon: eleven-sided figure hendiadys: expression of adjective and noun as two adjectives henism: doctrine that there is only one kind of existence henotheism: belief in one tribal god, but not as the only god henotic: tending to unify or reconcile; promoting harmony henry: unit of electrical inductance hent: to grasp; to seize heortology: study of religious feasts hepatic: pertaining to or acting upon the liver hepatology: study of liver hepatoscopy: divination by examining animal livers hephaestic: pertaining to iron-working and blacksmiths heptamerous: having parts in sevens heptarchy: government by seven people hepteris: ship with seven rows of oars herbarium: collection of preserved plants and herbs herbescent: growing like an herb herborize: to gather or tend herbs herbose: abounding with herbs hercogamy: prevention of self-pollination in plants herdic: low-hung carriage with back entrance hereditament: property that may pass on to an heir heresiarch: leader of a heretical movement heresiology: study of heresies heresyphobia - A fear of heresy

hereticate: to denounce as heretical hereticide: killing of heretics heriot: payment to feudal lord upon death of tenant farmer hriss: bristled herisson: swinging beam bearing iron spikes herm: head or bust of Hermes on a square base hermeneutic: relating to the interpretation of passages especially Biblical ones hermetic: of or relating to sorcery or alchemy heroon: temple to a hero; temple-shaped tomb herpetic: creeping herpetiform: resembling or shaped like a reptile herpetoid: of or relating to snakes herpetology: study of reptiles and amphibians herpetophobia: fear of snakes herringbone: twilled fabric woven in rows of parallel sloping lines hesternal: of or relating to yesterday hesternopothia: yearning for yesterday or earlier times hesychastic: keeping silence; soothing or quieting hetaera: paramour; prostitute; concubine hetaerocracy: government by paramours hetairism: concubinage; system of communal marriage heterism: variation heterochrony: divergence from normal time sequence heteroclitous: irregularly inflected heterodymus: conjoined twins with two heads and torsos but one pair of legs heterodyne: interference due to different wave frequencies heteroecious: parasitism upon several hosts heteroepy: irregular or non-standard pronunciation heterogenesis: spontaneous or alternate generation heterology: differences due to different origin heteronomous: subject to different or foreign laws heteronym: word having same spelling but different sound and meaning heteropathy: excessive sensitivity heterophemy: accidental use of word different from that meant heteropraxy - Pertaining to people who do not follow the teachings of their religion heteroscian: dweller of a temperate zone heterotaxis: anomalous arrangement of body parts heterothermal: taking the temperature of the surroundings heterotrichosis: having hair of varied or mixed colours heterotropic: squinting heuristic: helping to discover by trial and error hexactinal: having six rays hexaemeron: period of six days of creation hexamerous: having six parts hexastichal: having six lines or rows hexeris: galley with six rows of oars heyday: expression of elation or wonder hiant: gaping hibernaculum: winter retreat hibernal: of or relating to winter hibernicism - An Irish trait or custom hidation: measuring or assessing land by hides hide: old unit of land area equal to 120 acres hidrotic: causing or exuding sweat hiemal: of or relating to winter hieratical: priestly; bound by religious convention hierocracy: government by priests or religious ministers hierodule: temple slave hierofastidia - A dislike of all holy objects hierogram: sacred or hieroglyphic symbol

hierography: description of sacred things hierolatry: worship of saints or sacred things hierology: science of sacred matters hieromachy: fight or quarrel between priests hieromancy - Divination using entrails hieromancy: divination by studying objects offered in sacrifice hieromonach: monk who also serves as a priest hieropathic: pertaining to a strong love of the clergy hierophant: one who shows or reveals sacred things hierophobia: fear of sacred things or the clergy hieroscopy: divination using entrails hierurgy: sacred performance higgler - A salesperson who insists on a certain price highbinder: a scheming or corrupt politician hight: named; called; to command or call hilasmic: propitiatory himation: loose outer garment worn by ancient Greeks hindermate: companion who is a hindrance hindforemost: with the back part in the front place hinnable: able to neigh or whinny hiplings: with the hips foremost hippanthropy - The delusion that one is a horse hipped: melancholy; peevish; offended hippiatric: relating to the treatment of horses' diseases hippiatrics: study of diseases of horses hippic: of or relating to horses hippocras: medieval hot spiced wine hippocrepian: horseshoe-shaped hippocrepiform: shaped like a horseshoe hippodamist: horse-tamer hippoid: equine; of or relating to horses hippology: the study of horses hippomancy: divination using horses hippomania: obsession with horses hippometer: instrument to measure height of horses hippomobile: horse-drawn vehicle hippophagy: feeding on horses hippophile: lover of horses hippophobe: hater of horses hirci - Armpit hair hircine: goat-like; having a goatish smell; of or pertaining to smelly goats hircismus: stinky armpits hircosity: goatishness hirrient: roughly trilled sounds, as for instance a cats purr hirsute: having or covered with coarse shaggy hair hirsuties: hairiness hirsutophilia - An attraction to hairy men hirudinean: of or relating to leeches hirundine: of or pertaining to swallows hispid: rough with or covered with strong hairs or bristles hist: expression used to attract attention histogenesis: the formation or differentiation of tissues histology: study of the tissues of organisms historicism: belief that all phenomena are historically determined historiography: study of writing history historiology: study of history histrionic: relating to the stage or actors hither: to this place hithermost: nearest on this side hitherside: the nearest side

hobbish: clownish hobbledehoy: awkward; gawky youth hobnail: thick and strong nail for shoeing horses hobohemia: community of hoboes hod: V-shaped trough for carrying bricks or mortar on the shoulders hodden: coarse undyed woollen cloth hodiernal: of or pertaining to the present day hodometry: measurement of distance of a sea voyage hodophobia - The fear of travelling hodoscope: instrument for tracing paths of ionizing particles hogget: one-year-old sheep or colt hoggin: sifted gravel hogmanay: gift or cake made on New Year's Eve hogshead: unit of capacity equal to 63 gallons holderbat: clamp fixed around sides of pipe holism: belief that fundamental universal principle is creation of wholes holland: coarse plain-woven cotton or linen holm: island in a river holobaptism: belief in baptism with total immersion in water holobenthic: passing entire life in the deep ocean holocryptic: inscrutable; undecipherable holograph: text written entirely in its author's handwriting holophrase: single word expressing sentence or phrase holoptic: having the eyes meeting in front holosteric: totally solid holt: woody hill or grove holystone: sandstone material used to scrape ships' decks homaloidal: of the nature of a plane; flat; plane-shaped homeomerous: composed of similar parts homeoteleuton: the use or occurrence of similar endings homichlophobia: fear of fog homiletical: of or relating to homilies homiletics: the art of preaching homiliary: book of sermons homilophobia - A fear of sermons hominiform: shaped like a human hominist - One who advocates equal rights for men hommock: ridge in an ice field homnivorous: eating humans homocentric: having the same central or focal point homochiral: identically shaped homodont: having teeth all alike homograph: words spelled the same but of different meaning homoiousia: similarity but not identicality in substance homolegomena: books of the Bible used in early Christianity homologate: to confirm; to agree; to ratify homomerous: possessing similar parts or components homonym: words having the same sound but different meanings homoousia: identicality in substance homophile: one who prefers the company of the same sex; a homosexual homophobia: fear of homosexuals homophyly: resemblance due to common ancestry homoplasty: resemblance due to convergent evolution homotaxic: arranged in a similar manner honorificabilitudinity: honourableness hoplite: a heavily armed Greek foot soldier hoplology: the study of weapons hoplomachy: fighting while heavily armoured hopple: to restrain by tying the feet together hopsack: rough-surfaced loose fabric

hora: circle dance horal: relating to hours; hourly horary: pertaining to an hour; continuing for an hour; hourly hordarian - treasurer of a monastery or someone who controls a lot of money hordeaceous: of or pertaining to barley hordeiform: shaped like a barleycorn horme: goal-directed or purposive behaviour hormephobia - A fear of shock hornbook: rudimentary treatise hornito: low oven hornpipe: lively British folk dance hornwork: cuckoldry horology: science of time measurement horometry: time measurement horrent: bristling horrescent: expressing or showing horror horripilation: process causing goose-bumps horrisonant: dreadful-sounding hortatory: giving exhortation or advice hortensial: of or pertaining to gardens hortulan: of or pertaining to gardens hospitate: to greet; to welcome hospitium: hospice hotchpot: aggregation of property prior to equal division among heirs houghmagandy: fornication hourd: timber gallery on summit of castle tower housal: belonging to the house housel: the eucharist; the act of taking the eucharist howbeit: although howdah - The riding seat on the back of an elephant hoxter - The inside pocket on a suit or coat hoy: large one-decked boat hoyden: tomboy huckaback: absorbent cotton or linen used for towels huggery: the action of hugging huitain: group of eight lines of verse hula: sinuous Polynesian dance with rhythmic hip movements hulchy: swollen humanism: belief that human interests and mind are paramount humect: to moisten; to cause to become moist humectation: moisture humgruffin: terrible person humicubate - To lie still, as in some forms of prayer humicubation: act of lying on the ground penitently humify: to moisten hummock: pile or ridge of ice humoral: of or pertaining to body fluid humpenscrump: crude musical instrument like a hurdy-gurdy hwyl: emotional state capable of arousing intense eloquence hyacinthine: of a blue or purple colour hyaline: glassy, of or like glass, transparent hyalography: engraving upon glass hyaloid: of or pertaining to glass hyalophobia - A fear of glass hyalopterous: having glassy or transparent wings hydatoid: watery hydragogue: removing water or serum hydrargyrism: mercury poisoning hydric: pertaining to an abundance of moisture hydriotaphia: burial in an urn

hydrobiology: study of aquatic organisms hydrodynamics: study of movement in liquids hydrogenic: caused or formed by water hydrogeology: study of ground water hydrognosy: historical account of water surfaces of the earth hydrography: study of investigating bodies of water hydrokinetics: study of motion of fluids hydrology: study of water resources hydromancy: divination using water hydromania: irrational craving for water hydrometeorology: study of atmospheric moisture hydrometer: instrument for measuring specific gravity of liquids hydropathy: study of treating diseases with water hydropathy: treating diseases with water hydrophanous: becoming transparent when placed in water hydrophilous: loving or preferring water hydrophobia: fear of water hydrophobophobia - A fear of rabies hydropic: dropsical; thirsty hydroscope: instrument for viewing under water hydroscopist: one who divines sources of fresh water hydrospace: regions beneath the oceans surface hydrotaxis: movement towards or away from water hydrotimeter: instrument for measuring water hardness hyetal: rainy; of or pertaining to rainfall hyetograph: instrument for recording rainfall hyetology: science of rainfall hyetometer: instrument for measuring rainfall hyetometrograph: instrument for recording rainfall hyetophobia - A fear of rain hygeian: pertaining to health; healthy hygeiolatry: excessive devotion to health hygiastics: science of health and hygiene hygiology: hygienics; study of cleanliness hygric: relating to water or moisture hygrograph: instrument for recording variations in atmospheric humidity hygrology: study of humidity hygrometer: instrument for measuring air moisture hygrometry: science of humidity hygrophilous: preferring or living where there is an abundance of moisture hygrophobia - A fear of dampness or liquids hygroscope: instrument for displaying changes in air humidity hygrostat: machine for regulating humidity of air hylactic: barking; in a barking manner hylarchic: ruling over matter hyle: matter hylephobia - A fear of epilepsy hylephobia - A fear of materialism hylicism: materialism hylogenesis: the origin of matter hylomorphism: belief that matter is cause of the universe hylopathism: belief in ability of matter to affect the spiritual world hylophagous: eating wood hylophobia - A fear of forests hylotheism - The belief that god and the universe are the same thing hylotheism: belief that the universe is purely material hylotomous: wood-cutting hylozoism: doctrine that all matter is endowed with life hymeneal: of or relating to marriage hymnal: collection of church hymns

hymnody: hymns collectively; hymn-singing hymnography: study of writing hymns hymnology: study of hymns hyoid: having a "U" shape hypactic: purgative hypaethral adj. - roofless. hypaethral: roofless; open to the sky hypalgesia: diminished susceptibility to pain hypallage: figure in which relations between words are changed hypaspist: shield-bearing elite soldier hypengyophobia - A fear of responsibility hyperacusis: abnormally good sense of hearing hyperalgia: extreme sensitivity to pain hyperaphia: extraordinarily keen sense of touch hyperbaton: rhetorical device in which word order is reversed hyperbole: impression by extravagant exaggeration hyperborean: an inhabitant of the extreme north hyperbulia: excessive zeal for action or activity hypercatalectic: having an extra syllable on the end of a line of verse hypercathexis: manic desire for a particular object hyperdulia: veneration of the Virgin Mary above saints and angels hyperemesis: excessive vomiting hypergamy: marriage of a man to a woman of lower status hyperhedonia - Excessive pleasure caused by boring tasks hyperhidrosis: excessive sweating hypermetropia: long-sightedness hypermnesia - Having an exceptional memory hypernym: word representing a class of words or things hyperope: far-sighted person hyperosmia: very keen sense of smell hyperphagia: eating too much hyperprosexia - Excessive attention to something hyperpyrexia: excessive body temperature hyperthemalgesia - An increased sensitivity to heat hypertrichologist: person who treats unsightly facial hair hyphaeresis: omission of sound or letter from a word hypnagogic: sleep-inducing; pertaining to drowsiness or sleep hypnoetic: relating to unconscious logical thought hypnogeny: production of the hypnotic state hypnoid: like sleep or hypnosis hypnology: study of sleep; study of hypnosis hypnomancy: divination using sleep hypnomogia: insomnia hypnophobia - A fear of sleeping hypnopompic: pertaining to period between sleep and wakefulness hypobole n. - rhetorical device of anticipating objections in order to refute them. hypobole: anticipating and refuting objections to an argument hypobulic: weak-willed; lacking willpower, inability to decide hypocaust: space under floor for heating by hot air hypocorism: pet-name; diminutive or abbreviated name hypodynamia: loss of strength hypogeal: underground hypogeiody: surveying underground hypogeum: underground chamber hypogeusia: diminished sense of taste hypolimnion: colder and deeper layer of water in a lake hypometropia: shortsightedness hyponychial: underneath fingernail or toenail hyponym: term which is a member of a larger class hypophobia - A fear of not being afraid

hypophrenia: weakness of mental facilities hyposmia - A disorder in which one has no sense of smell hypostasis: basis; foundation; essence hypostrophe: return to primary argument after digression hypostyle: pillar hypotaxis: dependent construction hypothecary: of or pertaining to mortgages hypothecate: to mortgage; to place as security hypotrichosis: hairlessness hypotyposis: vivid description of a scene hypselotimophobia - A fear of high prices hypsiloid: shaped like the Greek letter upsilon hypsiphobia - A fear of heights or high places hypsography: science of measuring heights hypsometer: instrument for measuring height of trees through triangulation hypsophobia: fear of high places hypural: situated beneath the tail hyrax: shrew hysteresis: lagging of an effect behind its cause hysterogenic: causing hysteria hysteroid: like or resembling a womb hystricine: of or pertaining to porcupines

iamatology: study of remedies iamb: poetic foot consisting of short then a long syllable ianthine: violet-coloured iatraliptic: relating to the curing of diseases by means of unguents iatramelia: medical negligence iatrogenic: induced inadvertently by medical treatment iatrology: treatise or text on medical topics iatromathematics: archaic practice of medicine in conjunction with astrology iatrophobia: fear of going to the doctor ibidem: in the same place iceblink: glare in the sky caused by light reflected off ice ichneumous: parasitical ichneutic: pertaining to a tracker or tracking ichnite: fossilized footprint ichnogram: footprint ichnography: art of drawing ground plans ichnology: science of fossilized footprints ichnomancy: divination using footprints ichor - The blood of a god ichthyic: of, resembling or relating to fish ichthyoid: fishlike ichthyolatry: the worship of fish ichthyology: study of fish ichthyomancy: divination by inspecting fish entrails ichthyomorphic: shaped like a fish ichthyophagous: fish-eating ichthyopolist: fish seller icker - A single ear of corn iconoclasm: attacking of established beliefs iconography: study of drawing symbols iconolagny: sexual stimulation from pictures or statues iconolatry: image-worship

iconology: study of icons; symbols iconomachy: opposition to the worship of images or icons iconomancy: divination using icons iconomatic: using pictures to represent sounds of words iconometer: instrument for finding size of object by measuring its image iconophilism: a taste for pictures and symbols iconoplast: one who makes images or icons iconostasis: screen or partition in Eastern churches with tiers of icons icterical: relating to or suffering from jaundice icterine: yellowish or marked with yellow icteritious: jaundiced; yellow icthyophobia - A fear of fish ictus: stress in poetry or verse idee fixe phr. - a fixed, obsessive idea; unyielded notion, conviction or focus idempotent: quantity which does not change when squared ideogenous: being of mental origin ideogeny: study of origins of ideas ideogram: symbol that stands for a concept rather than a word ideophone: word that is spoken but not written ideopraxist: one who is impelled to carry out an idea idiochromatic: having unique or distinctive coloration idiocrasis: intrinsic peculiarity or unique feature idioglossia: private language developed between children idiograph: private mark; trademark idiolect: distinctive individual form of speech idiologism: personal speech peculiarity idiomology: study of idiom, jargon or dialect idiomorphic: having a unique or distinct form idiopathic: disease particular to an individual idiophone: percussion instrument made of naturally resonant material idiorhythmic: self-regulating idiothermous: warm-blooded idioticon: vocabulary of a particular district idolomancy: divination using idols idolothyte: sacrifice presented to an idol idolum: mental image; logical fallacy idoneous adj. - apt; suitable ifsoever: if ever ignavia n. - idleness; laziness ignavia: laziness; laxity ignescent: capable of emitting sparks; of a volatile mood ignicolist: fire-worshipper ignify: to burn ignipotent: presiding over fire ignivomous: vomiting or spewing forth fire ignoscency: forgiveness ignotism: mistake due to ignorance ilastical: propitiatory; expiatory iliac: of or relating to the loins ilicic: of or relating to holly ilke: kind or nature illapse: to glide in illaqueate: to ensnare illation: the act of inferring from premises illative: indicating movement into or toward illaudable: not praiseworthy illeism - The practice of referring to oneself as "he" or "she", or by one's name illimitable: limitlessly infinite illinition: act of rubbing against or on illiquation: the melting of one thing into another

illision: the act of striking against something illocution: an act which is performed by speaking words illude: to trick illuminism: belief in an inward spiritual light illusionism: belief that the external world is philosophy illutation: mud bath illuvium: material dissolved in water and deposited in layers illyngophobia - The fear of vertigo imagism: doctrine of use of precise images with unrestricted subject imago: idealized mental image of a person imbibition: the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel imbonity n. - lack of good qualities imbreviate: to enroll imbricate: to lay overlapping one another imbroglio: confusing or disturbing situation; confused mass or heap imbrue: to wet or moisten imbrute v. - degrade; become brutish. imbrute: to degrade to the state of a brute imburse: to put in a purse; to pay immanation: flowing in immanent adj. - indwelling; inherent; all-pervading. immanence, n. immanent: inherent; permanently pervading the universe immanentism: belief in an immanent or permanent god immarcescible adj. - indestructible immarcescible: unfading; imperishable immaterialism: the doctrine that there is no material substance immeability: state of being impassable or impermeable immerge: to immerse; to dip into water immeritous: undeserving imminution: lessening; decreasing immiseration: progressive impoverishment or degradation immission: insertion; infusion immix: to commingle immoralism: rejection of morality immorigerous adj. - rude, boorish immortelle: everlasting dried flower immunifacient: causing immunity immunogenetics: study of genetic characteristics of immunity immunogenic: producing an immune response immunopathology: study of immunity to disease immure: to imprison; to shut in impacable: not able to be quieted or appeased impanate: embodied in bread imparidigitate: having an odd number of fingers on each limb imparlance: delay in pleading for amicable adjustment impaste: to lay paint or colours thickly on impavid adj. - not afraid; fearless; undaunted impavid: fearless; undaunted impeccant adj. - sinless impecunious adj. - poor impecunious: without money; penniless impedimenta: things that impede; baggage impedimentary: hindering; obstructing impennate: featherless; wingless imperdible adj. - incapable of being lost imperscriptible: not recorded; unwritten imperseverant: lacking the power to perceive impest: to infest with plague or pestilence impetrate: to obtain by entreaty, request or prayer impignorate: to pledge, pawn or mortgage

impleach: to intertwine impletion: filling; fullness; fulfilment implex: not simple; involved; complicated implodent: an implosive sound implumous: without feathers imponent: that which imposes an obligation importune: to press or urge with repeated requests impostume: abscess imprecate: to call down by prayer; to curse; to invoke evil on imprescriptible: inalienable imprest: a loan or advance of money imprimatur: licence to print a book imprimis: in the first place imprimitive: not primitive impropriate: to appropriate for private use improvident: lacking foresight; thoughtless impudicity n. - shamelessness. impudicity: shamelessness impugn: to oppose; to attack by words or arguments imputation: attribution of fault to imsonic: onomatopoetic inaniloquent: prone to foolish or empty babbling inanition: emptiness; starvation inappetent: lacking desire or appetite inapt: unfit or unqualified inaurate: gilded; golden inbeing: inherence; inherent existence inboard: inside the line of a ship's bulwarks or hull incalescent: growing warm incanous: covered with soft white hair incardination: acceptance by a diocese of clergyman from another diocese incarnadine: carnation-coloured; blood-red incatenation: harnessing; chaining together incede: to advance majestically incendivity: the power of causing ignition incentivize: to be given an incentive incept: to take into the body; ingest inceptive: marking the beginning or formation inchoate: undeveloped; just begun incicurable - Being untamable incipient: beginning; in an early stage incivism: neglect of duty as a citizen inclinometer: instrument for measuring inclination to the horizontal of an axis incommiscible: unable to be mixed or intermingled incommode: to cause trouble or inconvenience to incommutable: that cannot be commuted or exchanged incompossible: incapable of coexisting inconcinnity n. - unsuitableness; ineptitude inconcinnity: lack of congruousness or proportion incondite adj. - crude, unfinished incondite: not well put together; poorly constructed inconscient: unconscious; abstracted incoronate: crowned incorpse: to incorporate incrassate: to thicken increpation n. - criticism, censure increscent: waxing incubus: nightmare; burden inculcate: implant in by persistent urging inculpate v. - to blame, accuse, incriminate

inculpate: to blame; to incriminate incult: uncultivated; coarse incunabulum: early printed book; early version of a thing incuse: impressed or stamped upon indagate: to search out; to investigate indehiscent: not opening when mature indicia: indicating marks or symptoms indifferentism: the belief that all religions are equally valid indigence: poverty; state of being needy indign: unworthy; disgraceful; unseemly indiscerptible: not able to be separated indite: to compose individualism: belief that individual interests and rights are paramount indoles: inherent disposition induciae: peace treaty or armistice indue: to supply; to endow indulgence: former Catholic pardon granted for remission of punishment for sins indult: special temporary dispensation granted by the Catholic church indumentum: total body covering of hair, fur or feathers indurate v. - harden. induration, n. indurative, adj. indurate: to make hard, callous or unfeeling induviae: withered leaves which persist on plants indwell: to exist within as a guiding force ineluctable adj. - inevitable; irresistable ineluctable: against which it is useless to struggle inenerrable adj. - indescribable inescatory: of or pertaining to baiting; adapted to bait inesculent: inedible inessive: indicating location within ineunt: entering inexpiable: that which cannot be expiated or atoned for inexpugnable: not able to be attacked or captured infandous adj. - too horrible to mention, unspeakably awful infandous: unmentionable infarction: tissue dying due to lack of blood flow infaust: unlucky; ill-omened infelicitous: inappropriate in application or expression inferiae: offerings to the spirits of the dead inficete adj. - dull, unfunny, deadly serious, humorless inficete: not facetious; rudely jesting inflorescence: process of producing flowers; flowering infra: below; later in a text infracaninophile - One who supports or defends the underdog infrangible: not able to be broken or violated infructuous: not fruitful infucation n. - putting on make-up infumate: smoky; blackened infundibuliform: having the form or shape of a funnel or cone infuscate: clouded or tinged with brown; obscured; cloudy brown colour ingannation n. - deception; fraud ingannation: deception ingate: inlet for molten metal in founding ingeminate: to reiterate; to redouble ingerence: intrusion; interference ingle: a fire in a room; a fireplace inglenook: alcove by a large open fire ingluvies: a crop or craw of birds ingluvious adj. - gluttonous ingravescent adj. - continually becoming more severe. ingravescent: becoming more severe

ingression: pronounced with inhalation rather than exhalation inguinal: of or relating to the groin ingurgitate: to swallow; to guzzle ingustable adj. - tasteless inhaust: to drink in inhere: be inherent inhumation: burial; act of depositing in the ground inhumist: referring to a society that burns its dead inimical: hostile; harmful iniquity: wickedness; gross injustice inkhorn: portable case for ink inkhornism: pedantic word or expression inlagation: pardoning of an outlaw inlapidate: to petrify inly: inwardly; thoroughly innascible adj. - without a beginning innitency: state of leaning or resting upon something innominate: having no name innoxious: harmless inoperculate: without an operculum or lid inopinate adj. - unexpected. inopinate: not thought of; unexpected inosculate: to join together with ducts or openings; to blend or combine inquiline: living with another; dwelling in another creature's lair inquinate v. - to corrupt inquinate: to corrupt or defile inquirendo: authority to inquire into something inquisiturient: eager to act as an inquisitor inquorate: not making up a quorum inscenation: staging; setting inscient: having little or no knowledge insculp: to engrave, to cut or carve from something insectifuge: insect repellent insectivorous: eating insects insectology: study of insects insessorial: adapted for perching insidiate: to conspire against; to betray insipience: lack of wisdom; stupidity insolate: to treat by exposure to the suns rays insouciance: indifference; apathy insouciant: lighthearted and unconcerned inspan: to bring or force into service inspissate: to thicken or condense instauration n. - restoration to former excellence. instaurator, n. instauration: restoration; renewal institorial: pertaining to an agent or factor instructive: indicating means whereby instrumental: indicating means by which instrumentalism: doctrine that ideas are instruments of action insufflate: to disseminate by blowing; to breathe upon insulse adj. - tasteless, flat, insipid insulse: lacking wit; dull; stupid; insipid intaglio: a figure engraved into a gem or another substance integument: an external covering or coating intellection: act of thinking; exercise of the intellect intellectualism: belief that all knowledge is derived from reason intemerate adj. - undefiled. intemerate: pure; undefiled intempestive: unseasonable; untimely; inopportune intenerate: to make tender; to soften

intenible: not capable of holding or retaining inter alia phr. - among other things interactionism: belief that mind and body act on each other interamnian: between two rivers intercalary: interpolated; inserted between other things intercalation: interpolation; insertion between others interciliary: between the eyebrows intercipient: intercepting interclude: to block; to enclose; to cut off intercolline: lying between hills intercostal: between the ribs intercrural: within or pertaining to the area between the legs interdigitate: to interlock in the manner of locked fingers interdine: to eat together interfenestration - spacing of windows/art of placing windows interferometer: instrument for analysing spectra of light interfluve: area between two rivers that flow in the same direction intergrade: to merge or shade by means of intermediate steps interim: meanwhile interjacent: intervening; situated between two things interjaculate: to ejaculate in interruption interlaminate: to insert between layers interlocutor: one who converses; interpreter; participant in conversation interlucation: thinning of a forest to let some light in interlunation: dark time between old moon and new intermure: to wall in internecine: causing mutual destruction internuncio: messenger between two parties; low-ranking papal legate interosculant: possessing attributes common to different groups interpellation: question raised during the course of debate interpunction: insertion of punctuation marks in writing interramification: interweaving of branches interrex: one who rules during an interregnum; regent interscribe: to write between intersidereal: between stars interstitial: relating to the space between things intertesselation: complex interrelationship intertie: short timber binding together upright posts intertrigo: skin rash due to friction of two moist surfaces intervallum: between the ramparts intervolve: to roll up or entwine with one another intinction: administering communion by dipping bread into wine intitule: to endow or furnish with a title intorted: twisted inwards; involved intrados: undersurface of an arch or vault intrant: entering; penetrating introessive: indicating motion into introit: psalm or hymn sung at beginning of church service intromit: to introduce; to admit; to insert introrse: turned or facing inward introspectionism: doctrine that knowledge of mind must derive from introspection intuitionism: belief that the perception of truth is by intuition intumesce: to enlarge; to swell; to bubble intussusception: movement of one part of a thing into another inumbrate: to cast a shadow upon; to shade inunction: anointing, smearing or rubbing with ointment inurbanity: lack of manners or deportment; incivility inusitation: disuse; disrepair inustion: burning in; cauterization invaginate: to sheathe; to draw in; to enfold

inveigh: to make an attack in speech or writing inveigle: to entice; to wheedle invenit: invented it inverecund: shameless; unabashed inveterate: long-established; confirmed invictive: insurmountable; undefeatable invidious: likely to excite indignation against the performer invination: presence of Christ's blood in sanctified wine inviscate: to entrap with sticky material invitatory: psalm or anthem sung before prayer during church service invultuation: the making of an image for use in witchcraft iophobia - A fear of poison or being poisoned iophobia - A fear of rust ipsedixitism - The practice of dogmatic assertion ipseity: selfhood; state of being oneself iracund: inclined to become angry iracundulous: somewhat inclined to become angry irascent: becoming enraged or angry irenic: conducive to or working towards peace irenology: the study of peace iridian: having or suggestive of the colours of a rainbow iridic: of or relating to the iris of the eye iridize: to make iridescent iridology: study of iris iriscope: instrument for exhibiting the prismatic colours irradicate: to fix firmly irrecusable: that cannot be rejected irredentism: advocating restoration of territory to a nation irrefragable: that cannot be refuted; unanswerable irrefrangible: incapable of refraction irremeable: which cannot be returned; irrevocable irreptitious adj. - creeping stealthily irriguous: watered; wet; irrigating irrision: the act of laughing at another irrisory: mocking; derisive irroration: watering a plant with discharge of a sick person irrumation n. - fellatio irruption: breaking or bursting in isabelline: greyish yellow isagoge: academic introduction to a subject isagogic: introductory isallobar: line connecting points of equal change in barometric pressure isanemone: line connecting points on map having same wind velocity ischuria: retention of urine ismatic: addicted to isms or faddish theories isocracy - A government in which everyone has equal power isopterophobia - The fear of termites iterum: again; afresh; anew ithyphallic: indecent; immoral iulan: of the first growth of the beard ivresse: drunkenness iwis: surely ixiodic: of or pertaining to ticks izles - Any sparks or embers which rise from a chimney izzat: public esteem; honour

jabberwock: nonsense, gibberish jabot: lace frill worn on shirt or dress front jacent: lying flat; sluggish jacinthe: orange colour jack: medieval leather coat worn as armour jackanapes: impudent child; conceited fellow jack-block: pulley system for raising topgallant masts jackstay: iron or wooden bar running along yard of ship to which sails fastened jacobin: extremist or radical in politics jaconet: stout cotton cloth jacquard: intricately-woven variegated fabric; loom for making jacquard jactancy: boastfulness, vainglory jactation: throwing; boasting jactitation n. - loud or public bragging; or excessive twitching and restlessness jactitation: a tossing, twitching or jerking of the body; a false claim jaculation: the act of throwing or hurling jaculiferous: having arrow-like prickles jade: pitiful horse; a nag jaggery: coarse and dark sugar jalouse: to suspect; to be jealous of jalousie n. - blind or shutter with slats slanting upwards and inwards. jalousie: outside shutter with slats jambeau: armour worn on the legs jambiya: curved dagger with two edges jampan: an Indian sedan chair janiform: having two faces janitrix: a female janitor janizary: a follower or supporter janker: long pole on wheels for transporting logs jannock adj. - pleasant; outspoken; honest; generous. jannock: outspoken; honest; outgoing jansky: unit of strength of radio wave emission japan: glossy black varnish or lacquer japanophilia: love or admiration for Japan or the Japanese jarble - To smear with grime and mud jardinire: container for displaying flowers jargonelle: early pear jargoon: brilliant pale or colourless zircon jark: seal or insignia on a counterfeit document jarta: term of endearment jaseran: fine chain mail jacket jaspe: cotton or rayon cloth with shaded effect jasperated: mottled; streaked with various colours jauk - To dally or to trifle, or to be slow in performing tasks jaunce: to prance; to cause a horse to prance jawhole: cesspool; sewer entrance jazzetry: poetry read to jazz accompaniment jebel: hill or mountain jecoral: of or relating to the liver jectigation: wagging, tremulous movement jeeter - A rude, uncouth slob jejunator: one who fasts jejune: lacking interest or significance; dull or insipid; dry; empty jellygraph: old device for copying that used a plate of jelly jemadar: an Indian police or customs officer jemmy: burglar's short crowbar jennet: small Spanish horse jenneting: early type of apple jentacular: of or relating to breakfast

jeofail: official or legal acknowledgement of a mistake jeremiad: prolonged complaint; angry or cautionary harangue; lamentation jerkinhead: truncated gable with a lipped roof jeroboam: large bottle for holding equivalent of 6 ordinary wine bottles jerque: to search for smuggled goods jersey: plain weft-knitted fabric of wool, cotton, nylon or silk jess: ringed strap tied to leg of falcon or hawk jessamy: yellow like a jasmine jessant: in heraldry, overlying jesserant: splinted armour jesuitical: cunning; quibbling jetavator: control surface for deflecting rocket exhaust jeton: stamped metal token used in card-playing or reckoning accounts jettatura: the evil eye jib: small triangular sail extending from the head of the foremast jibboom: spar forming an extension of the bowsprit jibe: to change a ship's course to make the boom shift sides jigamaree: a thingamajig; a cunning manoeuvre jiggermast: aftermost mast of a four-masted ship jiggumbob: a thingamabob; a gadget; a whatsit; a gewgaw jimswinger: a frock coat jink: to move quickly with sudden turns and shifts jinker: light horse-drawn passenger carriage jitney: small passenger vehicle jitterbug: jazz dance featuring vigorous acrobatic feats jive: fast dance done to jazz or swing music jnana: knowledge obtained through meditation jobation n. - tedious criticism jobation: tedious scolding jobbernowl: a blockish or stupid head jobbery: the conduct of public business for private gain jocko: a chimpanzee jockteleg: large clasp knife jocose: merry; characterized by joking jocoserious: half in jest; half serious joculator: professional jester or minstrel joggle: tooth or pin to prevent surfaces from slipping joinder: legal uniting or joining jointure: property granted to wife for use after husbands death joist: beam supporting boards of a floor or laths of a ceiling jolley: guide for fixing a pottery mould for plates jollyboat: small boat kept hoisted at ship's stern jolterhead: clumsy oaf; blockhead jongleur: wandering minstrel jookerie - Trickery or the act of swindling joola - A suspension bridge built out of ropes jordan: a chamberpot jorum: large bowl containing drinks joss: luck, fate jougs: iron collar attached to post and put around neck as punishment jounce: to bump or jolt jovialist: a convivial person jowfair - An event which does not occur after much planning jowter - A person who sells fish juba: dance with clapping and leg slapping performed by Southern blacks jubate - Fringed with a mane of long hair jubate: maned; having or possessing a mane jubbah: long loose outer garment worn by Muslims jube: ornamental choir-screen jubilarian: one who celebrates a jubilee, especially a priest, monk, or nun

jubilate: the third Sunday after Easter jud: mass of coal ready for final removal judder: strong vibration in an aircraft judicature: power of dispensing justice by trial judogi: jacket and trousers worn by practitioner of judo jug: sound of the nightingale jugate: side by side; in pairs; overlapping juggins: a simpleton juglandaceous: of or pertaining to walnuts jugulate: to cut the throat of julep: sweetened and often medicated drink jumar: mountaineering clip that grips rope when weight is applied jumart: impossible mythical offspring of a cow and donkey jumbal: thin crisp sweet cake jumboism: admiration for large things jumelle: paired or twinned article; opera-glasses jumentous - Smelling like horse urine jumentous: like a horse juncaceous: of or pertaining to rushes jupon: sleeveless jacket worn beneath a hauberk jural: of or pertaining to the law juramentum: oath jurant: taking an oath; one who takes an oath jurat: memorandum at end of affidavit showing to whom it was sworn juratory: pertaining to an oath jure: by law jurimetrics: application of scientific methods to legal problems jurisconsult: legal expert jurymast: mast erected on ship in place of one lost jus: law; legal right jussive: expressing a command justiciar: administrator of justice; supreme judge jutty: projecting part of a wall juvenal: a youth; young birds plumage juvenescent: becoming youthful juvenilia: works of one's youth; early works of an artist or author juxtapositive: indicating juxtaposition

kaffiyeh - The cloth head gear worn by many palestinians kainotophobia: fear of change kaiserin: wife of a kaiser kakemono n. - Japanese vertical wall-picture or inscription mounted on a roller. kakidrosiphobia - A fear of body odour or sweat kakidrosis: body odour kakistocracy: government by the worst kakorrhaphiophobia: fear of failure kalamkari: fabric coloured by repeated dyeing kaleidophone: instrument for demonstrating sound waves by lines of light kalogram - A monogram which uses the persons full name kalology: study of beauty kalon n. - the kind of beauty that is more than skin deep kalon: beauty that is more than skin deep kalopsia - The delusion that things are more beautiful than they really are kalpis: a water jar kalyptra: veil worn by Greek women kame: steep irregular ridge kamelaukion: tall cylindrical hat worn by Orthodox priests kamerad: to surrender

kamik: knee-length sealskin boot kaneh: Hebrew measure of 6 cubits kantar: Turkish unit of weight equal to approximately 100 pounds kantele: Finnish zither kantikoy: to dance as an act of worship karabiner: steel link with clip on side used in mountaineering karao - The marriage of a widow to her brother-in-law karezza: prolonged sex avoiding orgasm karrozzin: Maltese horse-drawn carriage karst: rough limestone country with underground drainage karyotype: appearance, number and arrangements of chromosomes kasha: porridge or gruel-like dish made from crushed buckwheat katabasis: going down; military retreat katabothron: underground water-channel kathenotheism - belief that there are multiple gods with a single leader kathenotheism: polytheism in which each god is considered single and supreme katowse n. - a ruckus, tumult, din katzenjammer: hangover; uproar; clamour kausia: Macedonian felt hat with broad brim kava: narcotic drink prepared from Polynesian plant kazachoc: Slavic fast dance in which dancer squats and kicks out legs alternately kazatzka: Slavic folk dance performed by a couple keb: ewe that gives birth to stillborn lamb kebbie: a shepherd's crook, Scottish walking stick or cudgel keck: to retch; to feel disgust keckle: to protect by binding with rope ked: wingless fly that feeds on livestock kedge: small anchor to keep a ship steady kedogenous adj. - produced by worry keedug - A raincoat made out of an old sack keelhaul: to punish by dragging under keel of ship keelson: lengthwise wooden or steel beam in ship for bearing stress keeve: a large tub kef n. - sleepiness, caused by drugs; hashish, etc. kef: state of dreamy or drug-induced repose keffel: a horse; a nag keister: burglars tool kit keloid: hard scar tissue which grows over injured skin kelpie: mischievous water spirit kelt: coarse fabric made of black and white wool kemb: to comb kemp: coarse, rough strand of wool kennebecker: knapsack kenodoxy: the love or study of vain-glory kenophobia: fear of empty spaces kenosis: Christ's rejection of his divine side upon assuming human form kenotism: doctrine that Christ rid himself of divinity in becoming human kenspeckle: easily recognizable or distinguishable kent-bugle: an obsolete keybugle kente: hand-woven African silk fabric kentledge: pig-iron used as ballast in ship's hold kep: to catch an approaching object or falling liquid kephalonomancy: divination using a baked asss head kepi - hat worn by members of the french foreign legion kerasine: horny; made of horn keratogenic: causing growth of horn, skin or hair keratometer: instrument for measuring curvature of the cornea keraunograph: instrument for recording distant thunderstorms keraunophobia - fear of thunderbolts lightning or thunder and lightning keraunoscopia: divination using thunder

kerdomeletia - An excessive desire for material wealth kerf - initial cut made in a piece of wood that is used to guide the saw blade kerlerap v. - to cavort; to play kermesse: cycle race held in an urban area kermis: indoor charity fair kern: Irish foot-soldier kern: part of typeface letter that sticks out beyond its body kern: to granulate kersey: coarse woollen cloth kerseymere: twilled fine wool kerygma: preaching of the Christian gospel kerygmatic: of or relating to preaching the Gospel ket: carrion; matted wool ketch: small two-masted sailing vessel ketjak: traditional Balinese dance accompanied by male chorus kettlestitch: stitch made at head and tail of section of book to connect sections kevel - To paw the ground and toss one's head like a bull kex: dry hollow plant stalk keybugle: bugle with keys keyline: outline showing shape and position of an illustration keystone: to double the wholesale price for retail khaddar: homespun cotton cloth khor: a dry watercourse; a ravine kibble: the bucket of a well kibble: to grind cereal coarsely kibe: chapped area of skin kickie-wickie: a wife kickshaw n. - a tidbit or delicacy kickshaws: a trinket; a cheap, worthless article kidder: a forestaller; a huckster kiddle: stake-fence set in stream for catching fish kidlet: a very little kid kidology: study of kidding kier: bleaching vat kif: drug like marijuana smoked in North Africa kilderkin: old unit of capacity equal to 1/2 barrel or 18 gallons kilfud-yoking: a fireside disputation killas: clay slate killcow: a bully; a swaggerer killcrop: greedy insatiable baby; a changeling killock: small anchor kilobase: unit of measure of length of nucleic acid chain equal to 1000 base pairs kinchin: a child kincob: embroidered silk with gold and silver threads kindergraph: photograph of a child kinderspiel: a children's cantata or play kine: cows kinematics: study of motion kinescope: cathode ray tube for a television kinesics: study of gestural communication kinesophobia - A fear of motion or movement kinetheodolite: theodolite used in tracking missiles and satellites kinetics: study of forces producing or changing motion kinetogenic: causing movement kinetoscope: instrument for producing curves by combination of circular movements kingpost: perpendicular beam in frame of roof kinkle: a slight kink kip: skin of a young animal kip: unit of weight equivalent to 1000 pounds kippage: state of displeasure or anger

kir: drink of black currant syrup and white wine kirkbuzzer - One who robs churches kirking: first attendance of a couple at church after marriage kirpan: small sword or dagger worn by Sikhs kirsch: liqueur made from the wild cherry kirtle: mans or woman's tunic or coat kish: solid graphite that separates from pig-iron kismet: fate; destiny kissel: thickened fruit pure dessert kistvaen: tomb covered with stone slabs kit: a small pocket violin kith: knowledge; one's native land; one's friends kitthoge: left-handed; awkward kiyoodle - A mangy, worthless dog klangfarbe: tone-colour; timbre klaxon: loud mechanical horn klebenleiben - The reluctance to stop talking about a certain subject klendusic: able to withstand disease due to protective mechanism kleptocracy: government by thieves knackish: cunning; crafty knag: knot in wood knarred: gnarled; knotty knickerbockers: loose breeches gathered in at the knee knick-knackatory: collection of knick-knacks knickpoint: discontinuity in river profile due to intersection of new erosion curve knissomancy: divination using burning incense knitch: bundle of wood tied together knobber: a stag in its second year knop: loop or tuft in yarn knosp: unopened bud of a flower; ornament shaped like a bud knout: to flog; to scourge knubble: to beat with the fists knur: knob or knot in wood knurl: small excrescence or protuberance; to make knurls on koan: nonsensical question given to Buddhist students for contemplation kobold: spirit of the mines kohl: eye-shadow; mascara kohlrabi: variety of cabbage koimetrophobia - A fear of cemeteries koine: dialect that spreads to become common language of a region koinoniphobia - A fear of a room full of people kokum n. - pretending to be sympathetic kolo: Central European folk dance having a ring of dancers komatik: sled with wooden runners kompology n. - braggadocio konimeter: instrument measuring amount of dust in air koniology: study of atmospheric pollutants and dust koniophobia - A fear of dust kop: bank of terracing at a football field kopophobia - A fear of being mentally or physically exhausted kora: musical instrument similar to a harp kore: ancient Greek statue of a draped maiden korophilia - Being attracted to young men or boys kosmokrator - The ruler of the world koto: obnoxious-sounding Japanese stringed instrument kouros: statue of a nude male kraken: legendary sea monster krasis: addition of water to sacramental wine kraurosis: shrivelling of the skin kreatophagia: eating of raw meat

kremlin: a Russian citadel kreng: whale carcass after blubber is removed kriegspiel: war-game used to teach strategy krimmer: tightly curled grey or black lamb's wool kritarchy: government by judges krobylos: tuft of hair on the top of the head krukolibidinous - The act of staring at someone's crotch krummhorn: ancient double-reed wind instrument krypsis: doctrine that Christ secretly exercised divine powers ktenology: science of putting people to death kumiss: fermented mare's milk kummel: cumin-flavoured liqueur kurgan: prehistoric burial mound kurtosis: relative degree of sharpness of peak of distribution curve kuru: brain disease transmitted by cannibalism kurveyor - A travelling merchant who sells dry goods from a cart kvass: Eastern European rye beer kwashiorkor: tropical disease of infants due to protein deficiency kwistgoed n. - a spendthrift kyle: narrow strait kylin: Chinese mythical animal kyllosis: club foot kyloe: small long-haired cattle kymatology: study of wave motion kymograph: instrument for recording fluid pressure kyphophobia - The fear of stooping kyphorrhinos - Having a nose with a bump in it kyphorrhinos: humped nose kyphosis: hunchbacked condition kyphotic - Hump-backed kyrie: religious petition for mercy kyrielle: string of short lines in stanzas all ending with the same word

labarum: moral standard; ecclesiastical banner bearing Christ's monogram labefact, labefy v. - weaken. labefactation, labefaction, n. labefactation: a weakening decay; overthrow labeorphily: collection and study of beer bottle labels labile adj. - prone to change; unstable labile: adaptable; unstable lability: plasticity; openness to change or breakdown labiomancy: lip reading labret: lip ornament labrose: thick-lipped

labtebricole: living in holes lac: dark red transparent resin used to make shellac laccolith: mass of igneous rock intruded between two sedimentary beds lacertiform: shaped like a lizard lacertilian: of or pertaining to lizards lachanophobia - The fear of vegetables laches: negligence or undue delay in fulfilling legal duty lachrymatory: narrow-necked bottle or vase lachrymiform: shaped like a tear lachrymogenic: causing tears or weeping lachrymose: shedding tears laciniate: cut into narrow lobes; slashed; fringed laciniform: shaped like a fringe lacis: network lackaday: expression of regret or deprecation laconicum: sauna lactarium: dairy farm or milking operation lacteous: milky lactescent: secreting milk lactiferous: milk-bearing lactifluous: flowing with milk lactogenic: producing milk lactometer: instrument for testing relative density of milk lactoscope: instrument for measuring purity or richness of milk lacuna: a blank space or missing part lacunar: sunken panel or coffer in a ceiling lacuscular: of or pertaining to pools lacustrine: relating to lakes ladronism: banditry; robbery laeotropic: turning to the left laevoduction: movement leftwards lagan: cargo jettisoned from ship but marked by buoys for recovery lagan: wreckage or goods at the bottom of the sea lagena: flask lageniform: shaped like a flask lagerphone: percussion instrument with bottlecaps loosely nailed to pole lagniappe: gratuity lagostoma: harelip lagotic: having ears like a hare's laic: pertaining to lay people rather than clergy laicisation: process of returning a clergyman to lay status laicism: doctrine of opposition to clergy and priests lairwite: fine given to married women for adultery laitance: milky deposit on top of fresh concrete lallation: childish speech; mispronunciation of speech sounds lalochezia - use of foul or abusive language to relieve stress or ease pain lalophobia - The fear of speaking lambdoid: shaped like the letter lambda ^ or L lambent: moving about as if touching lightly; flickering; glowing lambert: unit of brightness of light lambitive: taken by licking up with the tongue lambrequin - ornamental hanging over upper part of window or edge of a shelf; lambrequin: drapery over a window or doorway; veil over a helmet lam: fabric in which metallic threads are interwoven lamella: thin plate or layer lamelliform: shaped like a plate or layer lamiaceous: minty; of or pertaining to the mint plant lamina: thin plate or layer laminary: of or relating to thin plates or layer lamister: fugitive

lammergeier: giant vulture-like bird of prey lampad: lamp, candlestick or torch lampadedromy: torch-race lampadephore: torchbearer lampadomancy: divination by flame lampion: decorated oil lamp lamprophony: speaking in loud and clear tones lampyridine: pertaining or relating to glow-worms or fireflies lanai: private balcony in a hotel room lanameter: instrument for measuring quality of wool lanate: woolly lanceolate: shaped like a lance-head lanciform: shaped like a lance lancinate: to lacerate; to pierce lancination: sharp; shooting pain landau: horse-drawn carriage with folding top landocracy: government by the propertied class langlauf: cross-country skiing or running langley: unit of solar radiation languescent adj. - becoming tired languescent: growing languid languet: tongue-like object or part languor: listlessness; weariness laniary: of teeth or claws designed for tearing canine teeth laniferous: wool-bearing lanigerous: bearing wool lanuginose: downy; covered with fine soft hair lanyard: cord for hanging a knife or whistle around the neck lanyard: rope or line for fastening something in a ship Laodicean - Being lax in one's religious beliefs or indifferent to religion Laodicean: lukewarm; half-hearted lapactic: purgative laparoscope: instrument for viewing interior of peritoneal cavity lapicide: stonecutter lapidarian: of or relating to stones; inscribed on stones lapidary: gem-cutter lapidate: to pelt with stones; to kill by stoning lapideous: stony lapidescent: becoming stone; petrifying lapidicolous - Living under rocks lapifidication: petrifaction lapilliform: shaped like a small stone lapillus: small stone ejected by volcanic eruption lappaceous: prickly lappet: fold or flap on a garment or headdress worn by priest laquearia: panelled ceiling lar: local god of a house larboard: left side of a ship lardaceous: of or relating to lard lares: local Roman gods largifical: ample; bountiful largiloquent: talkative; full of words larging - wastingof money received through an inheritance, loan, or gift largition: giving of largess larithmics: study of population statistics larmoyant adj. - tearful; weeping. laroid: of or pertaining to gulls larrup: to flog or thrash larvicide: killing of larvae larviparous: giving birth to larvae

larvivorous: feeding on larvae lasher: weir lassitude: state of being tired or weary lasslorn adj. - stood up by one's lady lastage: room for stowing goods in a ship lasting: sturdy cotton or worsted cloth latebricole: living in holes lateen: triangular sail rigged on ship's spar laterigrade: running or moving sideways lateritious: brick-red latescent: becoming latent laticiferous: containing or conveying latex latidentate: having broad teeth latifundia: great landed estates latipennate: having broad wings latitant: lurking; lying in wait; hibernating latitat: writ based on supposition that person is in hiding latitudinarian - A person who tolerates all religions or beliefs latitudinarian: one having tolerant or free religious views latitudinarianism: doctrine of broad liberality in religious belief and conduct latitudinous: broad or wide interpretation lative: indicating motion up to or as far as latrant adj. - snarling, complaining latrant: barking latrate - To bark like a dog latration: the act of yelping or barking latria: highest degree of veneration, assigned to God over saints latrinalia - Using words that are fit for a restroom wall latrinology - The study of writings on restroom walls latrocination - Highway robbery or overcharging people latten: metal in thin plates latticinio: glass having white veins laudanum: an opium preparation lauds: prayer service held at dawn following matins lautenclavicymbel: lute harpsichord with gut strings lavabo: ceremony in which priest washes his hands; basin for the ceremony lavacultophilia - A desire to stare at someone in a bathing suit lavaliere: jeweled pendant worn round the neck; pendant microphone lavatory: wash-basin for washing bodies of newly dead; room where lavabo kept laveer: to sail against the wind laver: large vessel for washing, especially for ritual purification lavra: group of recluses cells lawn: fine sheer plain-woven cotton or linen laxism: belief that an unlikely opinion may be safely followed layette: babys complete set of clothing laystall: place for depositing dung or rubbish lazar: leper or person with similar pestilential disease lazaret: space in ship between decks used for storage lazaretto: hospital for lepers lazarole n. - medlar. lea: arable land left fallow or used for pasture lecanomancy: divination using water in a basin or pool lecanoscopy: staring at pool of water as means of self-hypnosis lecithal: having a yolk lectern: desk or stand from which church lessons are read lection: reading; lesson read in church lectisternium: sacrifice where images of gods placed on couches and offered food lectrice: female reader in church lectual: requiring bed rest or confinement to bed leeboard: wood or metal planes attached to hull to prevent leeway

leech: a vertical edge of a square sail legalism: belief that salvation depends on strict adherence to the law legatine: of or relating to a legate legerity: lightness; nimbleness leggiadrous adj. - graceful legist: person knowledgeable about the law leguleian: like a lawyer; underhanded and legalistic leiotrichous: straight-haired leister: three-pronged spear or trident used for fishing leman: a lover, sweetheart or paramour lemma: preliminary proposition, theme, argument or headword lemures: spirits of the dead lemurine: of or pertaining to lemurs lenify: to mitigate or assuage lenitive: soothing; laxative; mitigating lenity: mildness; clemency leno: open-woven fabric lenocinant adj. - lewd lentic: associated with standing water lentiform: shaped like a lens lentiginose: minutely dotted; freckled lentigo: freckle lentitude: lethargy; slowness lentor: sluggishness; viscidity leonine: of or like a lion; rhyming last two or three syllables in a line lepidophobia - A fear of butterflies lepidopterology: study of butterflies and moths lepidopterous: having four wings, such as a moth or butterfly leporiform: resembling or shaped like a hare leporine: of or relating to the hare leprology: study of leprosy leprosarium: hospital for lepers leprose: scaly; scurfy leptochrous: abnormally thick-skinned leptometer: instrument for measuring oil viscosity leptorrhinian - having a long narrow nose leptosome: person with a slight or slender build lestobiosis - The act of pilfering food lethe: oblivion; forgetfulness lethiferous: causing death; carrying or bearing death lethologica - The inability to recall a precise word for something lethonomia: tendency to forget names leucochroic: white or pale-coloured leucomelanous: having dark hair and eyes but fair skin leucous: albino; having fair or pale hair or complexion leukophobia - The fear of the color white levant: to run away from a debt leveret: a hare in its first year; a mistress levigate: to smooth; to grind to a fine powder; to polish; to lighten levin: lightning levirate: custom of compulsory marriage with brothers widow levisomnous adj. - watchful levophobia - A fear of the left side or things to the left lexer: law student lexicology: study of words and their meanings lexiconophilist - A collector of dictionaries and wordbooks lexigram: sign which represents a word lexigraphy: art of definition of words lexigraphy: system of writing in which each sign represents a word lexiphanic adj. - using many long words; bombastic. lexiphanism, n.

lexiphanic: bombastic; sesquipedalian; using many long words lexiphanicism n. - priggish, over-latinized writing; pretentious vocabulary lexiphanicism - Showing off by using words lexis: way in which a piece of writing is expressed in words ley: mystical straight line between features of landscape liard: grey; dapple-grey lias: fossil-bearing limestone libaniferous: yielding or bearing incense libanomancy: divination by watching incense smoke libanotophorous: producing incense libeccio: southwest wind libellant: one who brings a charge of libel liber: phloem or fibre from tree liberticide: destruction of liberty libertinage: debauchery libidinist: lewd person libken: place to sleep in librate: to oscillate; to be poised libration: apparent oscillation of moon's visible surface libriform: shaped like a book lichenology: study of lichens lickerish: lecherous; lusty; greedy lictor: ancient Roman magistrate's attendant lido: bathing beach; open-air swimming pool lief: soon; gladly lienal: of or pertaining to the spleen lientery: discharge of partially digested food ligation: the act of binding; the state of being bound ligger: horizontal timber of a scaffolding lighter: large open boat used in loading and unloading ships lighterage: cargo carried by or fee for carrying cargo by lighter ligneous: woody; wooden ligniform: of the form or shape of wood lignify: to make woody; to turn into wood ligniperdous: destructive of wood lignite: woody coal lignivorous: feeding on wood ligulate: resembling or shaped like a strap ligyrophobia: fear of loud noises lilapsophobia - A fear or hurricanes, cyclones, or tornadoes limaciform: slug-like limacine: of or relating to slugs limacology: study of slugs limation: polishing or smoothing; correction of astronomical errors limax: slug limbate: possessing a border limbus: border limes: border limicoline: living on a shore; of or pertaining to wading birds limicolous: living in mud or slime limitrophe: near the frontier or border limivorous: eating mud limn: to portray, paint or delineate limner: painter of portraits limnetic: living in fresh water; pertaining to fresh water limnobiology: study of freshwater ecosystems limnology: study of bodies of fresh water limnophilous: living in ponds or marshes limnophobia - A fear of lakes limoniad n. - meadow nymph.

limoniad: meadow nymph limophoitos: insanity due to lack of food limosis: abnormally ravenous appetite limous: muddy; slimy limpid: clear; transparent linaceous: of or relating to flax linchpin: person or thing vital to an organization lincrusta: thick embossed wallpaper lindy: dance closely resembling the jitterbug lineament: distinctive feature or characteristic lineolate: marked with fine lines lingual: pertaining to language, speech or the tongue linguiform: shaped like a tongue linonophobia: fear of string linsey: coarse linen and wool blend linsey-woolsey: thin coarse fabric of wool and linen lintel: horizontal beam supporting the load above a door lioncelle: small lion used as a bearing lionism: lion-like appearance symptomatic of leprosy lipogram: piece of writing in which a certain letter is excluded lipography: accidental omission of letter or syllable in wrting lipomatosis: obesity lipothymy: swoon lippitude: soreness of the eyes lipsanographer: one who writes about relics lipsanotheca: container for relics liquate: to melt; to subject to liquation liquescent: becoming liquid liquifacient: liquifying agent liquifaction: the act of liquefying something liripipe: long tail of a graduates hood; a part or lesson committed to memory lirp - To snap one's fingers lissome: lithe; nimble; flexible lissotrichous: smooth-haired litany: prayer of supplication in responsive style literatim: letter for letter literation: representation of sounds by letters literator: dabbler in learning literose: spuriously or affectedly literary lithochromy: painting upon stone lithoclast: stone breaker; tool for breaking rocks lithodomous: living in burrows in rocks lithogenous: rock-building lithoglyph: engraving on stone litholatry: stone-worship lithology: study of rocks lithomancy: divination by stones or meteorites lithophagous: stone-swallowing; rock-boring; eating rock lithophilous: living among stones lithophyte: plant that grows on rock litigaphobia - A fear of being sued or of lawsuits litotes: understatement by affirming using negation of the contrary littoral: of or relating to the shore of a body of water liturate: spotted liturgician: one who studies or recites church rituals liturgiology: study of liturgical forms and church rituals liturgist: leader in public worship livedo: pathological blueness of skin lixiviation: leaching lobar: of or relating to a lobe

lobate: having a lobe or lobes lobcock: bumpkin, boor or lout lobular: shaped like a lobe locanda: lodging-house; inn locative: indicating location or place where locellate: divided into small compartments locellus: small compartment of a cell lochetic: waiting in ambush lochlet: little loch lockram: coarse linen lockrums n. - ideas that aren't very popular lockstep: method of marching in tight formation locomobile: self-propelling machine; early automobile loculate: having loculi loculus: small compartment or recess for holding an urn locum: clergyman temporarily replacing regular priest locuplete: well-stored locutory: room for conversation lodesman: pilot loess: deposit of rich and fertile soil logan: rocking-stone loganamnosis: mania for trying to recall forgotten words logarithmancy: divination by means of algorithms logastellus - person whose love of words is greater than their knowledge of words loggia: covered open arcade logia: collection of sayings logodaedalus: artificer in words logodaedaly: verbal trickery or legerdemain logogogue - person who leads others in the use of words or by the use of words logogogue: one who issues laws or rules regarding words logogram: single sign standing for word or phrase logographer - A person who writes speeches or chronicles historical events logogriph: riddle in which word is found from other words letters logomachist - A person who engages in a war of words logomachize - To engage in a war of words logomachy: contention about words or in words logomancy: divination using words logomaniac - A person who is crazy about words logopedics: speech therapy logophile - A person who loves words logophobia - The fear of words logorrhea: excessive flow of words; uncontrollable garrulity logos: divine rational principle logotype: body of text with frequently occurring word or syllable loimic: of or pertaining to plagues loimology: study of plagues and epidemics lollop: to bound about wildly longanimity: forbearance; patience longe: rope used in training horses longeron: longitudinal membrane of an airplane longiloquence: long-winded language longiloquent - Extremely long-winded longiniquity: remoteness longueur: period of dullness or tedium loranthaceous: of or relating to the mistletoe lordolatry: worship of nobilitylordosis: convex curvature of the spine loreal: located in the area between the eyes and the nose or snout lorette: courtesan lorgnette: eyeglasses with a handle lorgnon: an eyeglass

loricate: armoured with plates or scales; to coat or armour protectively lorimer: saddlemaker losel: worthless fellow; scamp lotic: associated with or living in running water lotophagous: feeding on lotuses; indolent; lazy; dreamy louche adj. - disreputable; morally dubious. louche: squinting; ambiguous; shady louchettes: spectacles used to reduce glare and prevent squinting loupe: jewellers magnifying glass worn on the eye-socket lour: to look sullen or threatening louvre: sloping slat placed across an opening lovat: grey-green; blue-green lovertine adj. - addicted to love-making loxodograph: device used to record ship's travels loxodrome: line on the globe equally oblique to all meridians loxodromy: study of sailing along rhumb-lines loxophthalmus: squint loxotic adj. - slanting, distorted loxotic: distorted; oblique lubberland - A mythical paradise reserved for those who are lazy lubricious: slippery; lewd lubricity n. - slipperiness; wiliness; indecency; lubricious, lubricous, adj. lubricity: greasiness; wiliness lubritorium: service station lucarne: dormer window lucent: shining; bright lucernal: of or relating to lamps luciferous: light-bringing; light-giving luciform: like light lucifugous: shunning or avoiding light lucigen: lamp burning oil mixed with air in a spray lucimeter: instrument for measuring light intensity luciphyllous: light-absorbing or consuming lucre: sordid gain; riches lucriferous: lucrative; yielding profit lucripetous: eager for gain luctation: struggle luctiferous adj. - sad and sorry lucubration: study protracted late into the night lucubrator - A person who studies during the night luculent: bright; clear; convincing ludibrious adj. - ludicrous; making fun of ludibry: contempt; derision ludibund: playful ludibundness n. - playfulness ludic: spontaneously and aimlessly playful ludicrism: burlesque ludicropathetic adj. - ludicrous and pathetic ludification n. - deriding luff: windward side of a ship; forward edge of fore-and-aft sail lugsail: four-sided sail bent to an obliquely hanging yard lugubrious: mournful; dismal lumbriciform: shaped like a worm; worm-like lumbricine: of or pertaining to earthworms lumen: unit of luminous flux luminiferous: bearing or bringing light luminist: artist who uses the effects of light; impressionist lunarist: one who believes that the moon affects the weather lunate: crescent-shaped lunation: lunar month; interval between successive new moons

lunette: crescent-shaped space where a vault meets a wall lunisolar: relating jointly to the moon and sun lunistice: time when moon is farthest north or south each month lunula: Bronze Age crescent necklace; white part of fingernail base lunulate: shaped like a small crescent lupanarian: of or pertaining to a brothel lupicide: killing of a wolf lupiform: shaped like a wolf lupine: of or pertaining to wolves lupulic: of or pertaining to hops lurdan(e) adj.,n. - dull and lazy (person). lurdanism, n. lurdan: lazy and dull individual lurgulary n. - the act of poisoning water lurid: red-yellow; yellow-brown lusory adj. - playful. lusory: playful lustrate: to purify by sacrifice lustration: ritual washing; ablution lustring: glossy silk lustrum: period of five years; periodic purification of Roman empire lutaceous: pertaining to or comprised of mud lutarious: inhabiting mud lutchet: fitting on ship's deck to allow mast to pivot to pass under bridges luteolous: yellowish luteous: golden-yellow lutescent: yellowish lutestring: plain glossy silk luthier: maker of stringed instruments lutose: covered with mud or clay; muddy lutulent: thick; muddy lux: unit of illumination equal to one lumen per square meter luxate v. - displace; dislocate. luxation, n. luxate: to displace or dislocate luxation: dislocation of an anatomical part luxmeter: instrument for measuring illumination luxuriant: overabundant in growth lyceum: school of philosophical instruction lychgate: roofed gate of a churchyard lychnobite: one who works at night and sleeps in the day lychnoscope: low side window Lydian: effeminate; luxurious lygerastia - The condition of one who is only amorous when the lights are out lygophilia: love of darkness lygophobia: fear of darkness or the night lyncean: lynx-like; sharp-sighted lyophile: easily dispersed in a suitable medium lyophilization: freeze-drying lypemania: extreme pathological mournfulness lypothymia - Profound melancholy lyrate: lyre-shaped lyrichord: kind of obsolete harpsichord lyricon: electronic wind instrument like a large obverse flute lysarden: old wind instrument like a cornett or serpent lysigenic: caused by the breaking down of cells lysimeter: instrument for measuring percolation of water through soil lysis: disintegration; destruction lysistrataphobia - The fear that women will subvert men and take over the world lyssophobia - A fear of going insane lyssophobia: abnormal fear of hydrophobia lyterian: indicating the end of a disease

lythcoop n. - an auction sale of the contents of a house lythcoop: auction of household goods

mabble: to wrap up mabsoot: happy macadamize: to cover a road with small broken stones macarism n. - pleasure in another's joy macarism: a beatitude; taking pleasure in another's joy macarize v. - to make happy; to praise macarize: to declare to be happy or blessed macaronic adj. - mixing words from different languages macaronic: muddled or mixed-up macerate: to steep or soak; to break up; to emaciate macerator: a person who fasts and becomes emaciated machair: low-lying sandy beach machairodont: sabre-toothed machiaphobia - The fear of war machicolation n. - apertures in parapet or floor of gallery for firing of guns machicolation: space between corbels in a parapet machinule: tool used by surveyors to obtain right angle macies: atrophy macilent adj. - lean; thin mackabroin - A hideous old woman macrobian: long-lived macrocephalous: having a large head macrocosm: large and complex structure considered as a whole macrography: viewing an object with the naked eye macrologist - A boring conversationalist, usually met at parties macrology: much talk with little to say; redundancy; pleonasm macromancy: divination using large objects macromania: delusion that objects are larger than natural size macron - The horizontal line above a vowel to symbolize a long sound macrophobia: fear of prolonged waiting macropterous: having large wings or fins macroscian: one with a long shadow; one who inhabits polar regions macrotous: big-eared macrural: having a long tail mactation n. - sacrificial murder mactation: killing or slaughter of a sacrificial victim macular: spotted; patchy maculate - To stain or make impure maculate adj. - defiled; impure maculation: the act of spotting or staining macule n. - adj spotted. maculomancy: divination using spots maculose: spotted madapollam: fine cotton cloth madarosis: loss of eyelashes or eyebrows madder: red dye made from brazil wood madefy v. - to wet madefy: to moisten or make wet maderization: wine becoming rusty in colour and flat in taste madescent: growing damp

madid: wet; dank madoline: vegetable slicer with adjustable blade madras: fine plain-woven cotton or silk maelid: apple-nymph maenadic: furious; bacchanalian maffick: to celebrate exuberantly and boisterously magadis: ancient bridged stringed instrument maggotorium: place where maggots are bred for sale to fishers magianism: teachings or philosophy of the magi magirics: art of cookery magisterial: in the manner of a teacher or magistrate magisterium: teaching function of the Catholic church magistral: of or relating to a master or teacher magnality: wonderful or great thing magnanerie: art of raising silkworms magnetics: study of magnetism magnicaudate: having a long tail magnificat: canticle in praise of the Virgin Mary magniloquent - Speaking pompously or in a high flown manner magniloquent: speaking in a grand or pompous style magpiety: garrulousness maidan: open plain; open space near a town maieutic: bringing out latent thoughts; socratic maieuticophobia - A fear of childbirth maieutics: midwifery maillot: tights worn by a ballet dancer mainmast: sailing ship's principal mast mainour: stolen goods discovered on thief mainpernor: one who gives mainprise mainprise: surety for the appearance of a prisoner at trial mainsail: principal sail on a ship's mainmast mainsheet: rope by which mainsail is trimmed and secured majolica: elaborate glazed Italian pottery malacissation - The process of making something soft and pliable malacodermous - Soft skinned malacoid: made of a soft or fleshy substance malacology: study of molluscs malacophilous: pollinated by snails malacophonous: soft-voiced malagma: emollient plaster malaguena: Spanish dance performed by a couple, similar to the fandango malapert: bold; forward; saucy malapropism: misapplication of words without mispronunciation malar: of or relating to the cheek malariology: study of malaria malaxage: softening of clay by kneading it malaxate: to soften by kneading, rubbing or mixing with a liquid malaxophobia - A fear of love play, especially in women malchus: short cutting sword maledicent - One who is addicted to abusive speech maledicent: cursing maledictaphobia - Fear of bad words malefic: doing mischief; producing evil malfeasance: evil-doing; illegal activities malgr: in spite of maliferous: harmful; unhealthy malinger: to feign sickness in order to avoid duty or work malism: the belief that the world is evil malison: a curse malleation: hammering; a hammer-mark or dent

malleiform: shaped like a hammer mallophagous: eating wool or fleece malloseismic: suffering from frequent and severe earthquakes malm: calcareous loam used in making brick malmsey: sweet perfumed wine malophile - One who loves apples maltster: one who makes or deals in malt malvaceous: pertaining to the mallow family of plants malversation - corruption and misconduct among public officials mambo: Cuban ballroom dance resembling the rumba or cha-cha mamelle: rounded hill mamelon: rounded hill or protuberance mammalogy: study of mammals mammer: to stammer; to waver; to be undecided mammetry: idolatry; idols collectively mammiferous: having breasts mammiform: shaped like a breast mammila: nipple mammiliform: shaped like a nipple mammock n. - to tear something to shreds mammock: scrap or shred; a broken piece mammogenic: promoting growth of the milk glands mammon: riches; the wealthy; the upper classes mammonism: devotion to pursuit of wealth mammose: shaped like a breast mammothrept - A child who is raised and spoiled by their grandmother mammothrept n. - a spoiled child mammothrept: spoiled child mamzer: illegitimate child manal: of or pertaining to the hand mancipation: legal transfer by actual or symbolic sale manciple: steward of a college or monastery; purveyor mandament: command; order mandamus: writ instructing that an action should be performed mandarism: government with a large bureaucracy mandative: of or pertaining to commands or leadership mandibuliform: shaped like a mandible or jaw-bone mandorla: oval panel containing a work of art; elliptical halo around holy person mandrel: axle of a circular saw mandriarch: founder or leader of a monastic order manducable - Edible or soft enough to chew manducate: to chew or eat mandylion: loose outer garment worn over armour mange: the art of horsemanship manganiferous: bearing manganese mangonel: medieval war engine for throwing stones manicate: having a woolly growth that can be peeled off manicism: left-handedness maniform: having the shape of a hand maniple: clerical vestment worn on the left arm manometer: instrument for measuring pressure of a liquid or gas manqu: having had unfulfilled ambition; failing to achieve expectation manrope: rope used as a handrail on a ship mansionary: residence; mansions mansuetude n. - sweetness of temper; tameness. mansuetude: meekness; tameness; sweetness of temper mansworn: perjured mantic: relating to divination; prophetic; divinely inspired mantissa: decimal part of logarithm mantology: fortune-telling

manubrial: shaped like a handle manubrium: any handle-like structure manuduction: careful guidance; leading by hand manumission: emancipation; freedom from slavery manurance: cultivation manustupration: masturbation mappemond: map of the world maquette: small model of something to be made on a larger scale maquis: guerrilla resistance force marabout: thin downy silk maraging: process by which alloy is slowly cooled in the air marah: bitterness; something bitter marasmus: wasting away of the body; emaciation due to malnutrition marc: refuse from winemaking marcella: cotton or linen in twill weave marcescent: withering without falling off marchpane: old name for marzipan marcidity: state of great leanness marcottage: propagation of trees by stripping ring of bark and covering with moss maremma: marsh; miasma margaric: pearl-like margaritiferous: pearl-bearing margaritomancy: divination using pearls maricolous: living in the sea mariculture: cultivation of aquatic flora and fauna marigenous: produced by or in the sea marigraph: instrument for recording tide levels Mariolatry: worship of the virgin mother Mariology: study of the Virgin Mary maritage: right of feudal lord to arrange marriages of vassals mariticidal: killing one's husband mariticide - The murder of a husband by his wife maritodespotism n. - ruthless domination by a husband maritodespotism: ruthless domination by a husband maritorious - Excessively devoted to one's husband marivaudage: preciosity in literary style or expression marl: clay used as fertilizer marline: small rope wound about larger rope to keep it from fraying marlish adj. - easygoing marlock v. - to cavort, frolic marmarosis: conversion of limestone into marble marmoreal: of or like marble marocain: ribbed crepe fabric marquetry: furniture inlaid with multicoloured wood, ivory, or metal marquisette: sheer meshed cloth marrano: Jew converted to Christianity to avoid persecution marry: expression of surprised agreement martello: circular fort for coastal defence martext - A blundering preacher who stumbles through a sermon martinet: a strict disciplinarian; one who adheres to rules martingale: lower stay of rope used to sustain strain of the forestays martingale: strap between horses forelegs to keep its head down martlet: heraldic representation of a bird without feet martyrium: shrine erected in memory of a martyr martyrolatry: excessive devotion to martyrs martyrology: study of martyrs marver: marble or iron slab on which molten glass is rolled mascaron: grotesque face on a door-knocker maschalephidrosis: massive sweating of the armpits mascle: diamond-shaped plate or scale

mascon: concentration of dense mass beneath the moons surface maskirovka: use of deception or camouflage as military stratagem masseter: muscle used to move the lower jaw masterate: degree or title of a master masticate: to chew; to knead mechanically mastigophobia - The fear of whipping or being whipped mastigophorous: bearing whip mastoid: like a nipple or teat mastology: study of mammals matachin: Spanish ritualised sword-dance or battle dance mataeology n. - useless or pointless discourse; worthless conversation mataeotechny - An unprofitable art or science matelass: having a quilted ornamentation materialism: belief that matter is the only extant substance mathemancy: divination by counting mathesis: mental discipline; learning or wisdom matinal: of or relating to the morning matins: prayer service held in early morning hours matrass: long-necked chemical flask matrical: of or pertaining to a womb or a matrix matricular: relating to a register matriherital: pertaining to inheritance along the female line matripotestal: relating to the power of mothers matroclinic: more like the mother than the father matronolagnia - An attraction to older women matryoshka: Russian hollow wooden doll mattery: purulent mattock: pickaxe for loosening soil mattoid: person on borderline between sanity and insanity maturescent: becoming mature matutinal: relating to the morning; happening early in the day matutolypea: getting up on the wrong side of the bed maudlin: tearfully sentimental maugre: in spite of maugre: in spite of; notwithstanding maulstick: stick used by painters to steady the hand maunder: to grumble; to drivel; to mutter maundy: custom of sovereign washing feet of poor or giving alms mauvais quart d'heure, brief bad or embarrassing experience. mauvais adj. - (fem. -vaise ) bad; wicked. mauvais sujet, 'bad or wicked subject' or person. mauvaise foi, 'bad faith'. mavrodaphne: sweet dark red Greek wine maxillary: of or relating to a jaw maximalism: uncompromising adherence to extreme demands maxixe: Brazilian ballroom dance resembling the two-step maxwell: unit of magnetic flux maya: illusion; the world of phenomena mayhap: perhaps mazarine: rich blue or reddish-blue colour mazer: hardwood drinking bowl mazurka: Polish folk dance in moderate triple measure mazut: petroleum residue after distillation mazzard: wild sweet cherry meable: easily penetrable meacock - A meak man who dotes on his wife, or is henpecked meatus: opening of a passage or canal mecate: old Mexican measure of about one-tenth of an acre mechanism: belief that life is explainable by mechanical forces mechanolatry: worship of machines

mechanomorphic: having the form of a machine mechanophobia - A fear of machinery meconium: first feces of a newborn child meconology: study of or treatise concerning opium meconomancy: divination using sleep meconophagist: consumer of opium or heroin mediagenic: able to present a good image in the media medianic: pertaining to spiritualists, mediums or prophets medicament: externally applied curative treatment medicaster: quack; charlatan meditabund: absorbed in meditation medius: the middle finger medullary: consisting of or resembling marrow or pith medusiform: resembling a jellyfish meedless: undeserving; unrewarded meet: fitting; proper megacerine: extinct giant deer megachiropteran: of or relating to fruit bats megalith: large rough stone used as a monument megalonisus n. - a tendency to exaggerate megalophobia - A fear of large things megameter: instrument for determining longitude by observing stars megaprosopous: having a large face megascope: instrument for projecting an enlarged image megascopic: visible to the naked eye megathermic: surviving only in tropical climates megistotherm: plant requiring very high temperatures megrim: dizziness; migraine; low spirits mehari: camel used for racing meiosis: understatement of size or importance for rhetorical effect mekometer: range-finder mel: honey melalgia: pain in the limbs melanic: black; very dark melaniferous: containing or bearing melanin melano: abnormally dark person or animal melanochroic: dark-skinned melasma: dark patch of skin meldometer: instrument for measuring melting points of substances meleagrine: of or pertaining to turkeys melic: to be sung; lyric melichrous: having a honey-like colour meline: canary-yellow meliorism: the belief the world tends to become better meliphagous: feeding upon honey melisma: tune; melodic embellishment; ornamentation melismatic: florid in melody melissophobia - A fear of bees melittology - The study of bees melittology: study of bees mellaginous: pertaining to or resembling honey melliferous: producing or forming honey mellification: honey-making melliloquent - Pertaining to a smooth talker or a con artist mellisonant: sweet-sounding mellisugent - Honey-sucking mellivorous: honey-eating melolagnia - Amorous feeling inspired by music melologue: recitation with musical accompaniment melomania: craze for music

melophobia - A fear of music melopoeia: composition of music melton: strong and smooth heavy woollen cloth membral: relating to the limbs rather than the trunk memoriter: from memory; by heart menald adj. - speckled. menald: speckled; spotted menarche: first menstruation menceful n. - polite, considerate mendaciloquent - Able to tell artful or skilled lies mendacity: insincerity; inclination to tell falsehoods mendicant: member of impoverished religious order mendiloquence: artful lying menisciform: shaped like a crescent meniscus: crescent-shaped object; concave lens menology: register or calendar of saints days mensal: of or relating to the dinner-table; monthly menstruum: solvent used in the preparation of drugs mensuration: measuring to find the dimensions of things mental: of or relating to the chin mentalism: belief that the world can be explained as aspect of the mind mentatiferous: telepathic mentation: thought; cogitation; cognition menticide: reduction of mind by psychological pressure mentimutation - The act of changing one's mind mentum: the chin mephitic phr. - bad-smelling; noxious mephitic: foul-smelling meracious: pure; unmixed meraculous adj. - demi-dirty, slightly filthy mercedary: pertaining to the giving or receiving of wages mercer: dealer in small wares or textiles mercurial: volatile; fluctuating merdivorous: dung-eating merdurinous: composed of urine and feces merengue: Caribbean ballroom dance in which feet are frequently dragged mereology: study of part-whole relationships meretricious: of or relating to prostitution; gaudy; flashy merino: soft woollen or wool and cotton cloth merinthophobia - A fear of being tied and bound merism: rhetorical device of contrasting two parts of a whole meristic: divided into parts or segments meritocracy: government by the meritorious, or by the most skilled leader merkin: pubic wig merlon n. - narrow wall between embrasures in battlements. merlon: narrow wall in battlement between embrasures merogenesis: segmentation meromorphic: fractional meronym: word whose relation to another is a part to the whole meropia: partial blindness mersion: dipping; as in baptism merycism: rumination msalliance: unsuitable marriage meseems: it seems to me mesial: middle mesic: adapted to life with a moderate supply of moisture mesnalty: feudal estate mesochroic: having skin colour intermediate between light and dark mesocracy - Government formed from the middle class mesology: ecology

mesomorphic - Being big-boned and muscular mesotherm: plant living only in moderate climates mesquin: mean; ungracious messaline: soft lightweight silk with a satin weave messianism: belief in a single messiah or saviour messuage: house with land and auxiliary buildings metabasis: transition; transfer metabiosis: reliance of an organism on another for environment metachronism: an error of dating an event too late metachrosis: ability of animals to change colour metage: official weighing of goods; charge for such weighing metagnomy: divination metagnostic: incomprehensible; beyond understanding metagraphy: transliteration metagrobolize: to mystify; to puzzle out metalepsis: metonymy of a double or indirect kind metalliferous: bearing metal metallogenic: metal occurring as an ore as opposed to in rocks metallogeny: study of the origin and distribution of metal deposits metallography: study of the structure and constitution of metals metallophobia - A fear of metals metallurgy: study of alloying and treating metals metameric: relating to serial division or segmentation of body metanalysis: incorrect placement of 'n' at start of word following a nindefinite article metanoia: repentance; fundamental change in character metanomen: metaphorical name metaphony: umlaut; change in vwel sound due to nearby consonant metaphrase: turning of prose into verse or vice versa metaphrast: one who produces a metaphrase metaphysics: study of principles of nature and thought metaphysis: change in form; metamorphosis metaplasm: alteration in spelling of a word metapolitics: study of politics in theory or abstract metapsychology: study of nature of the mind metastasis: removal from one place to another metasthenic: having strong haunches or hindquarters metastrophe: mutual exchange metathesis: transposition of sounds or letters of a word mtayage: system of agricultural labour with share of produce as wages metempirical: beyond the scope of knowledge metempsychosis: passing of soul after death into another body metemptosis: omission of day from calendar to correct lunar calendar metensomatosis: movement of soul into new body before or after death meteorism: abdominal cramps and swelling due to flatulence meteoritics: the study of meteors meteorograph: instrument recording a variety of meteorological observations meteoromancy: divination by studying meteors meteorophobia - A fear of meteors methanometer: instrument for detecting presence of methane metheglin: mead; honey ale methomania: morbid craving for alcohol methysis: drunkenness mtier: profession, occupation, calling or business metonymy: figurative use of word to name an attribute of its subject metope: front, forehead or frontal surface metopic: of or pertaining to the forehead metopomancy: divination using the forehead or face metoposcopy: fortune-telling by the lines of the forehead metrics: study of versification metrocracry - A government formed of mothers

metrology: science of weights and measures metromania: insatiable desire for writing verse metronymy: system of naming after the mother's or female line metrophobia: fear of poetry metropolitan: archbishop holding authority over other bishops metutials boring chores which must be done before other work can commence meuse: space through which animal track passes mew: to shed, moult or change mewling: crying feebly mezzotint: method of copper engraving with even gradation of tones miasma: foul vapours from rotting matter; unwholesome air micaceous: consisting of or made of mica micrander: dwarf male plant microcephalic: having a very small head microclimatology: study of local climates micrograph: instrument used to write on a very small scale microlipet - Someone who gets upset about trivial things microlith: very small stone tool micrology: study or discussion of trivialities micromancy: divination using small objects micromania: pathological self-deprecation or belief that one is very small micrometer: instrument for measuring very small distances micronometer: instrument for measuring short periods of time micropalaeontology: study of microscopic fossils microphagous: feeding on small creatures or plants microphobia - A fear of small things microphyllous: having small leaves microphytology: study of very small plant life micropodal: having extremely small feet micropolis: small city micropsia: disease causing objects to appear smaller than actual size micropyle: microscopic orifice microseismograph: instrument for recording small or distant earthquakes microseismometer: instrument for measuring small or distant earthquakes microsomatous: having a small body microtome: instrument used to cut very small sections of something micrurgy: dissection under magnification or under a microscope micturition: the act of urinating mida: larva of the bean-fly midinette: shop-girl midlenting: custom of giving gifts to parents on mid-Lent Sunday mien: air or look; manner migniard adj. - dainty, delicate; mincing mignon: small and dainty migraineur: one who suffers from migraines mileometer: instrument for recording distance travelled in miles miliary: like or concerning millet seeds militaster: soldier without skill or ability milleflori: glassware made of coloured rods embedded in clear glass millenarianism: belief that an ideal society will be produced in the near future millesimal: thousandth; consisting of thousandth parts milliad: millennium; period of a thousand years milliammeter: instrument for recording very small electrical currents millocracy: government by mill owners milquetoast: very timid; unassertive person milt: fish spawn mim: prim, demure mimature: mimicry mimetic: imitative; of or relating to mimicry mimography: written representation of signs

mimp - To speak in a prissy manner, usually with pursed lips minacious: threatening minargent: alloy of copper, silver and aluminum minatory adj. - portending punishment; threatening; menacing minatory: threatening minauderie n. - coquetry minauderie: display of affectation mineralogy: study of minerals miniaceous: colour of reddish lead miniate: to decorate with rubrics; to illuminate a manuscript minify: to diminish, in appearance or reality minimifidian - Having virtually no faith, almost faithless minimism: inclination to reduce a dogma to the least possible minimuscular: tiny minium: vermilion; red lead miniver: ermine in winter coat; ermine or squirrel fur minnesinger: medieval troubadour or poet minster: church associated with a monastery minuend: number from which another is to be subtracted minutious: paying undue attention to minutiae miosis: abnormal contraction of the pupil of the eye miothermic: of or relating to temperature conditions of the present day mirabilia: wonders mirabiliary: miracle worker mirador: belvedere or watchtower; architectural feature with good view mird: to meddle mirific: wonder-working; marvellous mirliton: reed pipe misacceptation: misinterpretation misandronist - A person who believes men are the source of all problems misandry: hatred of men misapodysis - The fear of being undressed or seen undressed misarchist - One who hates any form of authority misaunter: misadventure or mishap misbeseem: to be unsuited or unsuitable to miscegene: person of mixed racial heritage miscellanarian: writer of miscellanies misericord: ledge in church to lean against while standing; forgiveness or mercy misfeasance: doing of a lawful act in a wrongful manner mislight: to lead astray by a light misocapnic: hating tobacco or its smoke misocapnist - One who hates the smell of tobacco smoke misoclere: one who hates the clergy misodoctakleidist - Someone who hates practicing the piano misogallic: hating France or the French misogamist - One who hates marriage misologist - A hater of knowledge and enlightenment misology: hatred of reason or knowledge misomaniac - A person who hates everything misomath - A hater of math or science misoneism: hatred of novelty and new things misopaedia: hatred of children misopedist - One who detests children misopolemiac - A hater of war and strife misosophist - One who hates all wisdom or learning misosophy: hatred of knowledge or wisdom misotheism: hatred of God or deities misotramontanist - One who hates whatever is unknown misotyrannist - One who hates tyranny misoxene - One who hates strangers

misoxeny - The dislike of strangers misprise: to scorn; to slight; to undervalue misprision: mistake; overlooking of a crime of another missal: book containing complete service for mass mistetch: bad habit mistigris: variation of poker where blank card can have any value misyoke: to yoke or marry unsuitably mithridate: antidote to poison mithridatism: immunity to poison by taking increasingly large doses mitrailleur: machine-gunner mitrate: shaped like a mitre or bonnet mitriform: mitre-shaped mittimus: warrant granted for sending a charged person to jail mixen: dunghill mixotrophic: combining different modes of nutrition mizmaze: labyrinth; bewilderment mizzen: three-masted vessel; aft sail of such a vessel mizzenmast: mast aft or next aft of the mainmast in a ship mizzle: to rain in small drops mnemon: unit of memory, largely hypothetical mnemonist: one from whose memory nothing is erased mnemophobia - A fear of memories mnemotechny: system for improving memory mnesic: of or pertaining to memory mobocracy: government by mobs or crowds modalism: belief in unity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit modena: crimson modillion: ornamental bracket under Corinthian or other column modish: fashionable; stylish modiste: a maker or seller of fashionable dresses and hats modius: cylindrical headdress of the gods modulus: number leaving same remainder when divided into two others mofette: volcanic opening in the earth emitting carbon dioxide mofussil: provincial; rural mogigraphia: writing only with difficulty mogilalia: speaking only with difficulty mohair: fabric made from silky hair of angora goats moilsome: laborious moineau: small flat bastion that protects fortification when being built moir: watered appearance on cloth or metal moirologist: mourner for hire molariform: shaped like a molar molendinaceous - Resembling a windmill molendinar: of or relating to a mill or miller molendinary: mill molimen: great effort, especially in performing natural functions moliminous adj. - massive; momentous molinary: pertaining to mills or grinding mollescent: softening mollipilose: downy; soft; having soft plumage mollities: softness; softening mollitious: luxurious; sensuous molluscicide: killing of mollusks mollycoddle: an effeminate man molochize: to sacrifice molybdosis: lead poisoning molysomophobia - A fear of contamination momentaneous: momentary; instantaneous momilogy: study of mummies momiology - The study of mummies

Momus: satirist; critic mon: Japanese family crest monachise: to cause to become a monk monachism: monasticism monandry: marriage to only one man at a time monanthous: having only a single flower monarchy: government by one individual monaxial: having only one axis mondain: worldly; fashionable; such a person monepic: comprising only one word or single-word sentences mongery: trafficking or marketing, especially in discreditable ways monial: a nun moniliform: shaped like a string of beads monism: belief that all things can be placed in one category monition: caution; warning monitory: letter containing a warning monkery: monks in general; monasticism; behaviour of monks monoblepsia: colour-blindness for all but one colour monocerous: having only one horn monochroic: of one colour monochromasy: complete colour-blindness monochronic: contemporaneous monocracy: rulership by one individual monoculus: one-eyed person monodont: one-tusked monodrama: one-man show; play having only one actor monody: mournful ode or poem performed by a single mourner monoecious: having both male and female reproductive organs monogenesis: origin of offspring from identical parent monogenism - The belief that all humans are descended from two people monogoneutic: having only a single brood or litter monogony: asexual reproduction monoideism: obsession or fixation on a single idea or thought monolatry: worship of one god without excluding belief in others monoliteral: comprising only one letter monolith: large single stone in form of monument, obelisk or column monology: habit of offering soliloquies or monologues monomachy: single combat; a duel monomania: abnormal obsession with a single thought or idea monomath - Someone who knows all on a single subject and nothing else monomorphic: having only one form monoousian: having the same substance monopathophobia - A fear of a specific disease monophagous: feeding on only one type of food monophobia - The fear of a single thing monophobia: fear of being alone monophylletic: derived from common ancestry or parentage monophysitism: belief that Christ was primarily divine but in human form monopode: one-footed person with foot large enough to be a sunshade monopolylogue: dramatic work in which one actor plays many roles monopsony: case of only one buyer for products of several sellers monopsychism: belief that individuals have a single eternal soul monopteron: circular temple with one ring of columns monopteros n. - (pl. - tera) building with single ring of columns supporting a roof. monoptote: word with one form for all cases; indeclinable noun monorhyme: series of lines all rhyming together monoschemic: having the same metrical pattern throughout monostichous: in one line; in one row monostrophe: poem in which all stanzas share an identical structure monostylar: consisting of a single shaft

monosy: separation of parts normally fused monotheism: belief in only one God monotheletism: belief that Christ had only one will monothelious: polyandrous monotroch: wheelbarrow monoxylon: canoe made from one log monstrance: vessel used to expose the Eucharist montane: mountainous; mountain-dwelling montant: vertical member in panelling or framing montero: huntsman montgolfier: balloon using fire for propulsion monticle: a little hill monticolous: mountain-dwelling montiform: shaped like a mountain montre: visible pipes of an organ monture: mounting, setting or frame mooncalf: false conception or fleshy mass in the womb moonraker: topmost sail of a ship, above the skyscraper moorlog: deposit of decayed woody material under a marsh moot: meeting; gathering; meeting-hall mopsical: short-sighted moquette: thick piled fabric used in upholstery and carpeting mor: humus layer formed by slow decomposition in acidic soil mora: delay morassic: of or pertaining to a morass morbidezza: an extreme delicacy and softness morbiferous: disease-bringing morbilli: measles morbilliform: like or resembling measles morbus: disease morcellate: to divide into small portions mordacious adj. - tending to bite; caustic, sarcastic. mordacity, n. mordacious: given to biting; biting in quality mordant adj. - biting; caustic; cutting; sarcastic mordant: biting; caustic; incisive; corrosive mordent: rapidly alternating a tone with one half-tone lower; reverse trill moreen: stout corded wool or cotton morel: dark-coloured horse; blackish colour moresco: a Moorish dance or morris-dance morganatic: relating to a marriage between those of unequal rank morganise: to secretly do away with morganize v. - do away with secretly; burke. morgen: unit of land area slightly more than two acres morgue: haughtiness; arrogance moria: folly morient: dying moriform: shaped like a mulberry morigeration: deferential behaviour morigerous adj. - obedient; obsequious morigerous: obsequious or deferent morion: open helmet without visor morioplasty: restoration of lost parts of the body morkin: animal that has died by accident morling: sheep dead from disease; its wool mormal: inflamed sore morne: dismal; gloomy; sombre morologist - A boring fools who speaks nonsense morology n. - deliberate nonsense of foolishness for effect morology: nonsense moromancy - A foolish divination

morosis: pathological feeble-mindedness morosoph: learned fool morphallaxis: regeneration in a changed form morphean: of or relating to dreams morphew: skin eruption morphinomania: habitual craving or desire for morphine morphogenesis: origin or development of a body part or organ morphology: study of forms and the development of structures morphometry: measurement of form or shape morphonomy: laws governing biological morphology morphotic: pertaining to formation or development morris: vigorous English dance performed by costumed men morro: rounded hill or headland morsal: pertaining to the cutting edge of a knife morse: walrus morsitation: act of biting or gnawing morsure: a bite mortalism: belief that the soul is mortal mortiferous: death-bringing; fatal mortise: hole or recess made in wood to receive a tenon mortmain: restrictive influence of the past on the present moschate: having a musky odour moschiferous: producing musk moslings: thin strips taken off when dressing skins motable: constantly moving motatory: continually moving motiferous: conveying motion motile: capable of moving spontaneously as a whole motograph: old telegraph or telephone receiver motrix: female motor motte: artificial mound upon which a castle is built mottle: to variegate blotchily moucharaby: projecting latticed window mouchard: police spy mouill: sounded in a liquid manner; palatized mouldwarp: mole moulin: shaft in a glacier caused by water running down a crack moulinet: machine for bending a crossbow mountenance: amount; distance mournival: set of four things mousseline: fine sheer fabric mousseline: very fine glassware mouton: sheepskin processed to look like the fur of another animal movent: moving; capable of causing motion mow: to make a grimace moya: volcanic mud mozzetta: short cape with ornamental hood worn by Catholic prelates mucago: mucus; mucilage mucedinous: mouldy; mildewy muchity: great size or bulk mucid: mouldy; musty muciferous: conveying or secreting mucus mucilage: any sticky substance mucivorous: feeding on plant juices mucopurulent: composed of mucus and pus mucorrhoea: discharge of mucus mucronate: terminating in a sharp point mucrone: stiff sharp point forming an abrupt end mucroniform: like, having or resembling a sharp point muculent: like mucus

muffineer: dish for keeping muffins hot mugient: bellowing; braying mugwump: one who is neutral politically mulciberian: of or relating to metalworking mulct: to swindle; to obtain by fraud mulctuary: punishable by a fine muleta - The red cape used by matadors muleteer: mule-driver muliebrile adj. - feminine. muliebrile: womanly; feminine muliebrity: womanhood mulierose adj. - extremely fond of women mulism: obstinate quirk or habit mull: soft fine sheer cotton or silk fabric muller: flat heavy stone or iron pulverizing tool mullet: five-pointed star in heraldry; ridiculous hairstyle mulley: hornless mulligrubs: a despondent or ill-tempered mood mullion: upright division between window panes mullock: waste earth or rock from a mine mulm: organic sediment at bottom of an aquarium mulse: boiled wine with honey multanimous: having a many-sided mind multarticulate: many-jointed multeity: manifoldness; very great numerousness multicapitate: many-headed multicipital: many-headed multifarious: having great diversity; manifold multifid: having many divisions multiflorous: many-flowered multilocation: appearance in many places simultaneously multiloculate: many-chambered multiloquent - Always talking or simply talking too much multiloquent: talkative; garrulous multiparous: having given birth to multiple children multiplicative: indicating repetition or augmentation multipotent: having the power to do many things multiscience: knowledge of many things multisonant: producing many or very loud sounds multisonous - Composed of many different sounds multisulcate: many-furrowed multitarian: having many forms but one central essence multivious: leading in many directions; offering many different paths multivocal: having many meanings multivolent: having several differing opinions; disagreeing multivoltine: having several broods in one season multure: fee for grinding grain mump v. -i. sulk; be silent; beg. mumper, n. mumpish, adj. mumpsimus: view stubbornly held even when shown to be wrong mundificative: a cleansing or purifying medicine mundify v. - cleanse; heal. mundificant, n. & a. mundification, mundifier, n. mundify: to cleanse; to purify; to heal mundivagant n. - wandering over the world mundungus: foul-smelling tobacco mungo: waste produced in a woollen-mill munificence: magnificent liberality in giving munify: to fortify muniment: means of defence; record fortifying or proving a claim munting: vertical framing piece between door panels muonium: positively-charged muon attached to an electron

murage: tax for the upkeep of walls murally: by means of walls; on or from a wall murcous: having the thumb cut off murdrum: killing of a human being in a secret manner murenger: official in charge of ensuring city walls are repaired muriated: pickled; preserved muriatic: briny muricate: rough or warty with sharp points muriform: resembling a mouse or rat murine: mouselike; of or relating to mice muriphobia: fear of mice or rats murrain: epidemic or plague affecting livestock murrhine: clear glassware containing pieces of coloured glass musal: pertaining to poetry or the Muses musard n. - an absentminded dreamer, or fool muscariform: shaped like a brush muscicide: substance for killing flies muscid: of or relating to house-flies muscoid: of or relating to mosses; moss-like muscology: the study of mosses museology - The science of museum curatorship museology: the study of museums muslin: plain-woven fine cotton musophobia - A fear of mice or rats musrol: nose-band of a bridle mussitate: to mutter mussitation: murmuring; grumbling mustelid: otters, badgers and weasels musteline: of or pertaining to weasels mutagenesis: origin or induction of mutation mutative: indicating a change of place or state mutic: lacking normal defensive parts or organs mutivity: tendency to alter mutualism: belief in mutual dependence of society and the individual muzhik - A Russian peasant myasthenia: muscular weakness or debility mycetism: fungus poisoning mycology: study of funguses mycophagous: eating fungus mycosis: disease due to the growth of a fungus mycteric: pertaining to the nostrils mycterism n. - derision or sarcasm that is somewhat veiled mycterism: sneering myctophobia - A fear of darkness or of the night myogenic: having a muscular origin myology: study of muscles myomancy: divination from the movements of mice myophobia: fear of mice myoxine: of or relating to dormice myriacanthous: having many prickles myriadigamous - willing to marry all kinds of people myringa: eardrum myriorama: picture consisting of many interchangeable parts myristicivorous: feeding upon nutmegs myrmecoid: antlike myrmecology: study of ants myrmecophagous: feeding on ants myrmecophilous: having a symbiotic relationship with ants myrmecophobia - A fear of ants myrmidon - devoted servant or disciple who follows commands without question

myropologist: one who sells perfume mysophobia: fear of contamination, uncleanliness or dirt mystacial - Resembling a mustache mystacial: having a mustache-like stripe mystagogical: relating to religious ritual initiation mytacism - The incorrect or excessive use of the letter M mythoclast: destroyer of myths mythogenesis: origin of myths mythography: descriptive study or representation of myths mythomane - Someone who is prone to lie or believe in lies mythomania: lying or exaggerating to an abnormal extent mythopoeic: giving rise to myths myxophobia - A fear of slime

nacarat: bright orange-red nacelle: structure on wing of airplane containing engine nacket: snack; light lunch nacre: mother-of-pearl nacreous: of or resembling mother-of-pearl naevus: birthmark naiant: swimming horizontally naissant: nascent, rising or coming forth nanism: the condition of being dwarfed or being a dwarf nanization: artificial dwarfing nankeen: buff-coloured; durable buff-coloured cotton nanocephalous: having an extremely small head nanophilia - An attraction to short people nantle n. - to fondle naology - The study of holy buildings such as churches naos: temple; inner cell of a temple napaea: nymph that inhabits wooded dells napiform: shaped like a turnip nappe: sheet of water flowing over a weir napper: one who naps cloth after it is fulled narcohypnia: numbness experienced upon awakening narcokleptocracy - Rulership by drug dealers with ties to politicians/military narcolepsy: pathological drowsiness narcomancy: divination using sleep narcose: experiencing a hallucinogenic stupor nares: the nostrils narial: of or relating to the nostrils naricorn: horny termination of a birds nostril nariform: shaped like the nostrils narquois: mocking; malicious narthex: small entrance or porch to a church nasard: organ mutation stop nascent: immature; in process of birth nasicornous: having a horn on the nose nasology: study of the nose nassology - The science of stuffing animals for display, also called taxidermy nasute: keen-scented; critically discriminating; having a big nose nasutiform: shaped like a nose natable: able to float; able to be sailed natalitial: of or pertaining to a birthday natalitious - Pertaining to someone's birthday natation: swimming natatorium - An indoor swimming pool natatorium: swimming-pool

nates: the buttocks natheless: nevertheless; notwithstanding natiform: shaped like buttocks nativism: belief that the mind possesses inborn thoughts natricine: of or pertaining to water-snakes natron: sodium bicarbonate natuary: hospital maternity ward naturalism: belief that the world can be explained in terms of natural forces naturism: communal nudism naufragous - Causing shipwrecks naumachy: mock sea-battle naupathia: sea sickness nauseant: producing nausea nautics: art of navigation navalism: cult of naval supremacy or seapower navarchy: rulership over the seas nave: largest part of church where congregation sits navette: pointed oval shape; jewel cut in this shape navicular: boat-shaped naviform: boat-shaped naze: headland or cape neanic: of or relating to the adolescent period; young neanilagnia - An attraction to teenagers neanimorphism - Looking younger than one actually is neanimorphism n. - looking younger than one's years nearomatria - Being a young mother neatherd: cowherd nebbich: colourless; inconsequential person nebulaphobia: fear of fog or of clouds nebulize: to reduce to spray nebulochaotic - A state of being hazy and confused nebulochaotic adj. - chaotic, confused necessarianism: theory that actions are determined by prior history; fatalism necrogenic: deriving from dead animals necrographer: obituary writer necrolatry: worship of the dead necrologist - A person who writes obituaries or eulogies necrologue: obituary necrology: obituary list necromancy - Divination using black magic or the dead necromimesis - Feigning death or the delusion that one is dead necrophagous: feeding on the dead necrophobia: fear of corpses necropoliphobia - A fear of cemeteries necroponent - person who temporarily runs a household after a death in the family necropsy: post-mortem examination necrotic: undergoing death of part of the body nectareal: of or like nectar nectariferous: producing nectar nectarivorous: feeding on nectar nectopod: limb used for swimming necyomancy: divination by summoning Satan needlecord: thinly ribbed cotton needledom: the world of sewing needs: of necessity; necessarily nef: ornamental stand in shape of ship for holding salt or cutlery nefandous adj. - unmentionable, unspeakable nefandous: abominable; despicable nefast adj. - wicked negrophile: one who is sympathetic towards black people

negrophobia: fear of blacks nekton: assemblage of swimming organisms in a body of water nelipot - Someone who is walking without shoes nelophobia - A fear of glass nemaline: of or like a thread nematology: the study of nematodes nemophilist: one who loves the woods nemoral: of a wood or grove nemoricolous: living in forests or groves nemorous: wooded neoblastic: pertaining to new growth neocracy - Rulership by inexperienced people neogenesis: producing regeneration of tissue neolagnium: puberty neolatry: worship of novelty neomenia: period of the new moon neomorphic: developed suddenly and not inherited neonate: newly born child neonatology: study of newborn babies neophile: one who loves novelty and trends neophillia - The love of novelty neophobe: one who fears change or novelty neophobia - A fear of anything that is new neophrastic: relating to neologisms neorama: view of interior of building neossology - The study of young birds neossology: study of nestling birds neoteinia - A state of prolonged immaturity neoteric: of recent origin; modern neoterism: introduction of new things, especially words neovitalism: theory that total material explanation is impossible nepenthe: something, such as a drink, capable of making one forget suffering neper: unit for expressing ratio of two currents or voltages nephalism: total abstinence from alcoholic drinks nepheligenous: discharging smoke in clouds nephelognosy: observation of clouds nepheloid: cloudy nephogram: photograph of clouds nephology: study of clouds nephophobia - A fear of clouds nephric: of or pertaining to the kidneys nephroid: kidney-shaped nephrolith: kidney stone nephrology: study of the kidneys nepiomania - The desire of a woman to have a child nepionic: of or relating to the embryonic period of development nepotal: of or pertaining to one's nephew nepotation n. - riotous living nepotation: riotous behaviour; profligacy neritic: belonging to the shallow waters near land nervine: quieting; soothing nervous excitement nervure: vein of a leaf nescience: lack of knowledge; ignorance nescient adj. - uneducated, unaware, ignorant, and stupid nesh: soft; delicate; tender nesiote: living on an island neuralgiform: like or shaped like a nerve neuroid: like a nerve neurypnology: study of hypnotism nv: granular snow; field of granular snow

nevus: birthmark newel: upright column in middle of circular staircase; post at end of stairs nexus: a bond; a linked group niaiserie: simplicity; foolishness niccolic: made of or pertaining to nickel nicitate - To close and open the eyelids rapidly, as in a blink nickeliferous: bearing nickel nicotian: of or relating to tobacco nictate: to wink or blink nidamental: nest-forming nidatory: pertaining to nests niddering: one who shows shameful fear or timidity nidicolous: reared in a nest; sharing a nest nidificate - To build a nest nidifugous: leaving the nest soon after hatching nidify: to build a nest nidology: study of nests nidor - The aroma of cooked food, particularly meat nidorosity - Belching with the taste of undigested meat nidulation: nest-building nidus: place where something originates or develops; nest niello: ornamenting metal by placing black compound in engravings nieve: hand or fist nigh: nearly; almost nightpiece: work of art describing a night scene nigrescence: blackness; dark colouring or pigmentation nigricant: of a blackish colour nigrine: black nigrities: exceptionally dark coloration nigroglobulate: to blackball nigrosine: blackish coal-tar colour dye nihilism: denial of all reality; extreme scepticism nihility: nothingness; a mere nothing nikhedonia - The pleasure caused by anticipating good fortune or success nikhedonia n. - the pleasure received from anticipating success nill: to refuse; to be unwilling nim: to steal; to pilfer nimbose: cloudy nimiety n. - excess, redundancy, superfluity, pleonasm nimiety: excess nimious adj. - extravagant nimonic: of alloys used in high-temperature work nimptopsical adj. - drunk ninon: silk voile or other thin fabric nippitatum: exceptionally good and strong ale nipter: ecclesiastical ceremony of washing the feet niramiai: period of stamping and glaring to cow sumo opponent nisus: effort; striving; impulse nitency: brightness; lustrousness nitency: effort; impulse; tendency nithing: infamous person; abject coward; traitor nitid adj. - shining. nitid: bright; shining; merry nitriary: artificial bed of animal matter used to produce nitre nitrometer: instrument for measuring nitrogen and its compounds nitrophilous: flourishing in or preferring locations with abundant nitrogen nivellate: to level or plane niveous: snowy; white nivial: growing among snow nobiliary: of or relating to nobility

nobilitate: to ennoble nocent adj. - harmful; criminal. nocent: hurtful; guilty; harmful nociceptive: sensitive to pain; causing pain noctambulation: sleep-walking noctidiurnal: comprising one day and one night noctiflorous: flowering at night noctilucent: phosphorescent; glowing in the dark noctivagant - To roam about at night or to wander around while asleep noctuary: record of one nights thoughts nocuous: hurtful; noxious nodality: knottedness; state of being nodal nodated: knotted noddypeak: fool; imbecile nodose: having knots or nodules; knotty nodosity: knottiness; a knotty swelling nodus n. - (pl. -di ) crucial or difficult point; knot. nodus: a knotty point; difficulty; complication noegenesis: production of knowledge noesis: intellectual activity; purely intellectual perception noetics: laws or rules of logic noils: short pieces of fibre separated from longer ones by combing noisette: small piece of lamb cut off the bone and rolled nolition: adverse action of will; unwillingness nomancy: divination by examining letters of name nomatophobia - A fear of names nomenclator: lexicon; word-list; one who assigns names nomiatrist - A lawyer whose specialty is medical law nomic: customary; conventional nominalism: doctrine that naming of things defines reality nominative: indicating subject of a verb nomism: view that moral conduct consists in observance of laws nomistic: based on law or a sacred book nomocracy: rule of law; government based on legal system nomogeny: origin of life according to natural law nomographer: a writer of laws nomology: the science of the laws; especially of the mind nomothetical: giving laws; legislative nonage: legal infancy; minority; time of immaturity nonpareil: thing of unequalled excellence; paragon nonparous: not having given birth nonpathogenic: not causing disease noogenesis: evolution of the mind noology - The study of intuition and comprehension normalism: state of being normal norsel: short piece of line for fastening fishing nets and hooks nosebag: food bag hung over a horses head nosegay: bouquet of fragrant flowers nosism: use of "we"; assumption of role of group mouthpiece nosocomial: of or relating to a hospital nosocomium: hospital nosology: study of diseases nosomania: delusion of suffering from a disease nosomaniaphobia - A fear of suffering from an imaginary disease nosophobia - A fear of becoming ill or disease nostology: study of senility nostomania: abnormal desire to go back to familiar places, homesickness nostopathy: fear of returning to familiar places or home nostrification: acceptance of foreign university degrees on par with native nostrum: secret or quack medicine

notabilia: notable sayings; things worthy of notice notalgia: back pain notandum: something to be specially noted or observed notaphily: collecting of bank-notes and cheques notarikon: making words from letters taken from throughout a sentence nothingarian: person who has no particular belief nothosonomia n. - calling someone a bastard nothous adj. - spurious; bastard. nothous: spurious; bastard notitia: roll, list or register notonectal: swimming on the back noumenalism: belief in existence of noumena noumenon: object whose reality defined by reason rather than perception nous: pure intellect or reason novalia: lands newly brought under cultivation novantique: both new and old through repair or imitation novation: substitution of a new obligation for an existing one novena: series of Catholic church services held on nine successive days novenary: of or relating to the number nine novendial: festival lasting nine days novercal: of or pertaining to a stepmother novercaphobia: fear of one's stepmother novity: innovation; newness nowise: not at all noxal: relating to wrongful injury by object or animal of another noyade: execution by drowning, a mass drowning nubecula: a cloudiness nubiferous: cloud-bringing nubiform: cloudlike nubigenous: cloud-born nubilate: to obscure nubilous: cloudy nucal: of or pertaining to nuts nucamentaceous - Pertaining to a nut nucha: the nape of the neck nuchal: pertaining to the nape of the neck nuciferous: nut-bearing nuciform: shaped like a nut nucivorous: nut-eating nucule: a nutlet nudation: the act of making bare nudis verbis phr. - in naked words nudiustertian - Pertaining to the day before yesterday nugacious adj. - unimportant. nucity, n. triviality; futility. nugae nugacious: unimportant; trifling; trivial nugatory adj. - worthless, trifling, of no consequence nugatory: inconsequential; inoperative; futile; trifling nullibicity: state of being nowhere nullibiety - The state of being nowhere nullibilism: denial that the soul exists in space nullifidian: having no faith; one who is faithless nulliparous: having not borne children nullity: the state of being null or void nulliverse: universe devoid of any plan or organizing principle numen: presiding deity numenism: belief in local deities or spirits numerophobia - A fear of numbers numinous: pertaining to a deity; suffused with religious awe numismatics: study of coins numismatist - A coin collector

nummamorous - someone who spends all of their time trying to make money nummary: relating to coins or money nummet: light meal or luncheon nummiform: shaped like a coin numquid: an inquisitive person nunciative: bearing messages nuncio: one who brings tidings; high-ranking papal legate nuncius: messenger nuncupate: to utter as a vow; to declare verbally nuncupative: oral; designative nundinal: of or relating to a fair or market nundination: trading; mercantile commerce nunnation: addition of a final n in the declension of nouns nunting adj. - of clumsy and awkward appearance nupson: simpleton; fool nuptiality: marriage-rate nuque: nape of the neck nutant: nodding; drooping nutarian: person who believes that nuts are the best kind of food nutation - The involuntary nodding of one's head nutrication: nourishment nutrice: nurse nutricial: of or pertaining to nurses nychthemeron - A period of 24-hours nychthemeron: a full night and a day; 24 hours nyctalopia - night blindness or the inability to see in low light nyctalopia: night-blindness nyctanthous: flowering at night nycterent - A hunter who hunts at night nyctograph: device for recording ideas at night or when not fully awake nyctophobia: fear of the night or darkness nymphean: of or relating to a nymph nympholepsy: emotional frenzy, as that inspired in men by nymphs nymphology: study of nymphs

oakum: old ropes untwisted for caulking the seams of ships oakus: wallet; pocket billfold oast: kiln to dry hops or malt obambulate: to wander about obdormition: numbness in a limb caused by pressure on a nerve obduracy: stubbornness; persistence obedible: docile; capable of obedience obedientiary: someone subject to obedience obeism: practice of West African magic obeliscolychny: lighthouse obelize: to condemn as spurious, doubtful, or corrupt obelus: sign used to mark questionable or corrupt text passages obeophone: mechanical keyboard instrument used to imitate other instruments obequitate: to ride about obesophobia - The fear of gaining weight obganiate: to irritate someone by constantly repeating oneself obi: broad sash worn with a kimono obit: religious office for a dead person obitual: of or pertaining to obituaries objectivism: doctrine that all reality is objective objicient: objector objuration: the act of binding by oath; a solemn charge

objurgate v. - rebuke; scold. objurgation, n. objurgatory, adj. objurgate: to chide; to scold; to rebuke objurgation n. - an earnest denunciation, rebuke, or scolding; harsh criticism oblate: flattened at opposite sides or poles oblate: layman living in a religious community under modified rule oblation: act of offering; a sacrifice; anything offered in worship oblatrate n. - to snarl at, inveigh against oblectation n. - delight, pleasure oblectation: enjoyment; pleasure obliquation: obliqueness oblivescence: forgetfulness; forgetting oblocution n. - interruption oblocutor: one who denies or disputes obloquy n. - abuse; disgrace. oblocutor, n. one who denies or disputes. obloquy: censure; calumny; slander; disgrace obluctation: resistance; opposition obmutescent: speechless; persistently silent, preferring silence obnixely: earnestly; strenuously obnubilate: to becloud; to obscure obnubilation n. - beclouding or obscuring; obfuscation obolary: extremely poor obreption: seeking to obtain a gift by false premises obrogate: to alter the law by passing a new law obrotund: round but flattened on top and bottom obscurantism: policy of withholding knowledge from the public obscurum per obscurius phr. - explaining the obscure by means of the more obscure obsecrate v. - beseech. obsecration, n. obsecrate: to beseech; to implore obsecrations n. - entreaties obsequent: flowing in opposite direction to original slope of land obsequies: funeral obsequious: servilely ingratiating; fawning obsidional: of or relating to a siege obsign: to seal or confirm obsolagnium: waning sexual desire due to age obstetrics: study of midwifery obstreperous: noisy; unruly obstriction: obligation obtend: to put forward or allege obtenebrate: to cast a shadow over obtest v. - beseech; invoke; adjure. obtestation, n. obtest: to call to witness; to adjure; to protest; to beseech obtruncate: to cut or lop off the head of obtund v. - blunt; dull. obtundent, n. & a. (drug) dulling pain. obtund: to blunt or dull; to deaden obtundent: dulling obturate: to stop up; to seal up obumbrate adj. - obsolete darkened; hidden under a projection. obumbrate: to overshadow obvallate adj. - walled in. obvallate: walled in; sealed up obvention n. - casual or occasional happening or gift. obvention: any incidental occurrence or advantage obvert: to turn; to alter obvolute: overlapping; twisted obvolvent: enwrapping; curved downward or inward ocarina: egg-shaped flute-like wind instrument occamy n. - alloy imitating silver or gold. occamy: alloy imitating gold or silver occipital: of or pertaining to the back of the head

occlusion: closing of an opening, passage or cavity occultation: concealing of one heavenly body by another ocellated: eyelike and ringed; having an eyelike spot or spots ocellus: small eye or eye-like coloured spot ochlesis: sickness resulting from overcrowded living conditions ochlocracy: rule by mobs ochlophobia: fear of crowds ochophobia - A fear of riding in automobiles ochre: yellowish or yellow-brown colour ochroleucous: yellowish white ocracy: government ocreate: wearing boots or leggings octactinal: having eight rays or points octad: set of eight things octamerous: having parts in eights octan: recurring every eight days octapla: multi-lingual book in eight texts octarchy: government by eight people octarius: pint octastich: poem of eight lines octingentenary: eight hundredth anniversary of an event octonary: pertaining to or consisting of eight things; grouped in eights octonocular: having eight eyes octroi: trading privilege, monopoly or concession granted to a town oculate: having eyes oculiform: shaped like an eye oculoplania - Letting one's eyes wander while assessing someone's charm oculus: round window, especially over main door in church od: mild oath odalisque: female slave in a harem odditorium: place for displaying odditied odeum: a usually small theatre or concert hall odible: worthy of hatred odium n. - hatred; reproach. odious, adj. hateful, repugnant. odium: hatred; offensiveness; blame odograph: odometer; instrument for measuring distance travelled odology: science of the hypothetical mystical force of od odontalgia: toothache odonterism: chattering of the teeth odontist: dentist odontoid: tooth-like odontology: study of teeth odontomancy: divination using teeth odontophobia - The fear of teeth odophone: scale of odours odoriferous: emitting a usually pleasant smell odorimetry: measurement of strength and persistence of odours odorivector: substance producing an odour odynophobia - A fear of pain oecist: founder of a colony oecodomic: pertaining to architecture oeillade n. - glance, ogle. oeillade: an ogle; a glance or wink oenology: study of wines oenomancy: divination by studying appearance of wine oenomania: obsession or craze for wine oenometer: instrument for measuring alcoholic strength of wine oenophile: one who is fond of or loves wine oenophlygia - The state of being drunk oenophobia: fear or hatred of wine

oenopoetic: pertaining to wine-making oersted: unit of magnetic field strength oestrogenic: producing female sex hormones officialism: excessive devotion to routine or position officinal: belonging to or used in a shop officious: volunteering ones services too eagerly ogdoad: set of eight ogee: S-shaped ogive: graph representing cumulative frequency ohmmeter: instrument for measuring electrical resistance oikology: science of housekeeping oikomania - mental disorder caused by an abusive home oikonisus: desire to start a family oikophobia - A fear of one's home oinomancy: divination using wine oinophobia - The fear of wine olamic adj. - infinite, eternal olamic: of or belonging to a vast period or eon oleaginous: oily, fawning or sycophantic olecranon - The bony tip of the elbow olecranon: funny bone oleic: pertaining to or derived from oil oleiferous: producing oil olent adj. - archaic, fragrant. olent: having a smell; fragrant oleograph: print in oil-colours to imitate an oil painting oleometer: instrument for measuring amount of oil in a substance oleraceous: of the nature of a pot-herb; for kitchen use; edible olericulture: growing of herbs and vegetables olet lucernam - it smells of the lamp: describing something written that is belaboured olfactible: able to be smelled olfactology: study of the sense of smell olfactometer: instrument measuring intensity of odour of a substance olfactphobia - A fear of odors olid adj. - evil-smelling. olid: rank-smelling oligarchy: government by the few oligochrome: work of art using few colours oligodynamic: pertaining to the effect of small quantities oligogenics: birth control oligophagous - One who eats only a few kinds of food oligophrenia: feeble-mindedness oligopoly: market situation of few sellers of a service oligopsony: market situation of few buyers of a service oligosyllable: word of few syllables olio: miscellany; potpourri olitory: pertaining to kitchen vegetables olivaceous: olive-coloured olivary: olive-shaped olivet: artificial pearl olivetta: container used to hold olives oliviform: shaped like an olive ollamh: learned man in ancient Ireland ololygmancy: fortune-telling by the howling of dogs ombibulus - Someone who drinks everything ombr: shadowy; shaded; dusky ombrology: study of rain ombrometer: rain-gauge ombrophilous: tolerant of large amounts of rainfall ombrophobia: fear of rain

ombrosalgia - Aches and pains felt when it rains omegoid: shaped like a horseshoe or omega ommateum: compound eye ommatophobia - A fear of eyes omneity: state of being all; allness omniana - Bits and pieces of various information omnicompetent: legally competent in all matters omnierudite - One who is educated in all subjects omnifarious: of all kinds omniferous: bearing everything omnify: to make large or universal omnigatherum: miscellaneous assemblage or collection omnigenous: of all kinds omniloquent - One who can talk about any and all subjects omniparity: general equality omnism: belief in all religions omophagy: eating of raw flesh as a ritual observance omoplatoscopy: divination by observing cracks in burning scapulae omphalism: centralization in government omphaloid: navel-like omphalomancy: divination from the knots in the umbilical cord omphalophobia - Fear of belly buttons omphalopsychite: one who meditates by gazing at the navel omphalos: the navel; a boss; a centre omphaloskepsis: navel-gazing onager: military engine for throwing great stones onamatophobia - A fear of names onanism: masturbation; self-gratification oncogenesis: producing cancerous tumours oncology: study of tumours oncometer: instrument measuring change in size of internal organs oncosimeter: instrument measuring variations in density of molten metal oncostman: mine worker paid by the day ondograph: instrument measuring change in wave formations of electricity ondoyant: wavy oneiric: of or relating to dreams oneirocriticism: dream interpretation oneirodynia: nightmare oneirology: study of dreams oneiromancy: divination by dreams oneirophobia - A fear of dreams onimancy - Divination using fingernails oniomania - uncontrollable urge to buy something, mania for making purchases oniscoid: like a woodlouse onocrotal: old term for the pelican onolatry: worship of asses or donkeys onomancy: divination using a donkey or ass onomancy: divination using proper names onomasiology: study of nomenclature onomastic: of or pertaining to a name or signature onomasticon: dictionary of proper names onomastics: study of proper names onomatomania: irresistible desire to repeat certain words onomatophobia: fear of hearing a certain word onomatous: bearing the author's name ontal: pertaining to reality or existence ontocyclic: returning to an infantile state or character in old age ontogenesis: origin and development of a single individual organism ontography: description of reality, essence or being ontological: based upon being or existence

ontology - The study of the nature of being onus probandi phr. - the burden of proof onychocryptosis: ingrowing toenail onychoid: like a fingernail onychomancy: divination by the fingernails onychoophagist: nail-biter onychophagy - The habit of biting one's fingernails onychophorous: bearing nails or claws onymancy: divination by the fingernails onymatic: relating to names onymous: bearing the authors name onymy: scientific nomenclature onyxis: ingrown nail oogenesis: production of eggs or ova ooidal: egg-shaped oologist - A collector of bird's eggs oology: study of eggs oomancy: divination using eggs oophoron: ovary oose: furry dust that gathers under beds opacular: somewhat opaque opalescence: milky iridescence operculum: cover or lid; lid-like organ or covering operose: laborious; tedious ophelimity: ability to please sexually; ability to satisfy ophiasis: baldness in wavy bands ophic: pertaining to serpents ophicleide: keyed bass brass musical instrument ophidian: of or like a snake ophidiarium: snake-house ophidiomancy: divination using snakes ophidiophobia: fear of snakes ophiolatry: worship of snakes ophiology: study of snakes ophiomancy: divination by watching snakes ophiomormous: snakelike ophiomorphic: shaped like a snake ophiophagous: eating snakes ophiophagy - The eating of snakes ophiophilist: snake-lover ophism: snake-worship ophiuran: brittle star ophthalmometer: instrument for measuring the eye ophthalmophobia - The fear that one is being stared at ophthalmophobia: fear of being stared at ophthalmoscope: instrument for viewing the interior of the eye opificer: artificer opinable: capable of being thought opinicus: mythic heraldic winged beast with lion's body, eagle's head, camel's tail opinionator: one who holds or gives an opinion opiparous adj. - sumptuous opisometer: instrument for measuring curved lines opisthenar: the back of the hand opisthograph: manuscript or slab inscribed on both back and front opisthosomal: pertaining to posteriors opodeldoc: soapy liniment oppidan adj. - pertaining to town; n. town-dweller oppidan: urban oppignorate: to pawn oppilate: to block up; to stop up

oppositive: indicating opposition or location opposite to opprobrium: disgrace; bad reputation oppugn v. - call in question; deny; resist; conflict with. oppugn: to attack by argument; to oppose; to call in question oppugnant adj. - opposing; antagonistic; contrary opsablepsia - inability to look someone in the eye while speaking opsigamy: one who marries late in life opsimath - One who acquires knowledge late in life opsimathiphobia - A fear of learning something too late opsimatria - The bearing of children late in a woman's life opsipatria - The fathering of a child by an elderly man opsiproligery - The ability to still have children late in life opsomania: abnormal love for one kind of food opsonium: anything eaten with bread as a relish opsophagy - The eating of delicacies optative: mood expressing a desire or wish optics: study of light optimate: of the nobility or aristocracy optogram: image fixed on the retina optology: study of sight optometer: instrument for testing vision optophobia - A fear of opening one's eyes optophobia: fear of opening ones eyes optophone: device transforming light into sound opuscule: little work or composition or: before or: heraldic colour gold or yellow orad: toward the mouth oragious: stormy oralism: instruction of the deaf through speech rather than sign language orangery: building for growing orange trees in a cool climate orant: representation of praying figure in early art orarian: coastal; a coast-dweller orarion: deacon's stole in Orthodox church orarium: book of private devotions orarium: handkerchief; scarf attached to bishop's staff oratiuncle: short oration oratory: small chapel for private prayer; lectern for prayer orbific: creating the world orchesis: act of dancing or rhythmical moving of the body orchesography: notation of dance movements by means of diagrams orchidaceous: exceptionally beautiful; gaudy; ostentatious orchidology: study of orchids orchidomania: abnormal obsession with orchids ord: point of a weapon; a beginning ordalian: of or relating to an ordeal ordinal: book containing religious rites, especially for ordination ordinant: one who ordains ordinate: in rows or columns ordo: calendar with list of services for each day of the year ordonnance: proper coordination of figures in a picture ordure: loathsome dirt or refuse; something morally degrading oread: mountain nymph orectic: of or relating to appetite or desires oremus: Roman Catholic liturgical prayer orey-eyed: expressing anger through the eyes orf: viral infection of sheep orfvrerie: goldsmith's work organdie: fine translucent cotton organicism: conception of life or society as an organism

organistrum: early musical instrument resembling the hurdy-gurdy organity: an organized whole organogenesis: origin or development of living organs organoleptic: dealing with testing effects of a substance on senses organon: method of investigation; logical technique or system organonomy: laws of organic life organza: transparent thin silk or nylon orgulous adj. - proud and haughty; swelling orgulous: proud; haughty orichalc: gold-coloured alloy; brass oriel n. - projecting window or part of building containing window. oriel: small room or recess with a polygonal bay window oriflamme: banner of red silk split into several points oriform: shaped like a mouth orillion: semicircular projection on a bastion to protect flanks orismology: technical definition or terminology orison: prayer orleans: interwoven cotton and worsted orlop: lowest deck in a ship having four or more decks ormolu: something expensive looking; gold-plated metal ornithic: of or relating to birds ornithoid: bird-like ornithology: study of birds ornithomancy: divination by observing flight of birds ornithon: aviary ornithophilous: pollinated by birds ornithophobia: fear of birds ornithopter: bird-like archaic flying machine ornithoscelidaphilia - A love of dinosaurs ornithoscelidaphobia - A fear of dinosaurs ornithoscopy: bird watching orobathymetric: pertaining to map showing submerged heights and sea depths orogen: mountain pass orogenesis: mountain-building orography: description of mountains oroide: alloy used to imitate gold orology: study of mountains orotund adj. - using high-flown language; speaking or singing clearly orotund: marked by fullness and clarity of sound; pompous orphanotrophism: care and support of orphans orphrey: gold or other rich embroidery on clerical robes orpiment: yellow arsenic compound used as pigment orrery: clockwork model of the solar system ort: scrap of food; morsel orthian: high-pitched orthobiosis: correct or moral living orthodromics: great-circle sailing; sailing by most direct route orthoepy: study of correct pronunciation orthogenesis: directional evolution of organisms orthognathism: state of having straight jaws orthographer: correct speller orthography: correct spelling orthography: study of spelling orthology: correct use of words orthophobia - A fear of correctness orthopraxis: correct practice in religion orthopter - A flying machine which uses flapping wings orthopterology: study of cockroaches orthostichous: arranged in vertical rows orthotomic: cutting at right angles

orthotonic: taking an accent in some but not all positions orthotropism: vertical growth orthpolitiphobia - A fear of political correctness orthpraxy - Pertaining to people who strictly follow the teachings of their religion orts n. - Archaic, crumbs, scraps. oryctognosy: mineralogy oryctology: mineralogy or paleontology oryctomancy: divination using excavated objects oryzivorous: rice-eating oscheal: of or pertaining to the scrotum oscillograph: instrument for recording alternating current wave forms oscillometer: instrument for measuring ship's rollings oscilloscope: instrument for detecting electrical fluctuations oscinine: of or pertaining to song-birds oscitancy: yawning; sleepiness; stupidity oscitate: to yawn osculant - Pertaining to a close embrace or long kiss osculaphobia - A fear of kissing oscular: pertaining to the mouth or to kissing osculate: to kiss osculatory: carved tablet kissed by priest during celebration of mass osmatic: having olfactory organs osmesis: act of smelling osmics: scientific study of smells osmidrosiphobia - A fear of body odour or sweat osmidrosis: emission of ill-smelling sweat osmol: unit of osmotic pressure osmology: study of smells and olfactory processes osmometer: instrument for measuring osmotic pressure osmophilia - The love of various smells osmophobia - A fear of odors osnaburg: coarse linen or cotton osophy: belief or doctrine osphresiology: study of the sense of smell osphresiophobia - A fear of odors osphresis: sense of smell ossein: the organic basis of bone ossia: alternatively; rather in music ossicle: little bone or bone-like plate ossiferous: bearing bones ossifrage: osprey ossify: to change into bone; to become callous or conventional ossivorous: feeding on bones ossomancy: divination using bones ossuary: a depository for the bones of the dead osteal: relating to, of or comprised of bone ostensory: container for holding consecrated Communion wafers ostent: appearance; manifestation osteoclasis: surgical breaking of a bone osteogenesis: production or formation of bone osteography: description of bones osteoid: bony; bone-like osteology: study of bones osteomancy: divination using bones osteometry: measurement of bones or skeleton osteophone: device used to allow deaf to hear sounds through the cranium osteophyte: abnormal bony outgrowth ostiary: doorkeeper ostiolate: having an opening ostiole: a small opening

ostium: mouth-like opening ostler: person who takes care of horses at an inn and/or sells oats ostraceous: of or relating to oysters ostraconophobia - A fear of shellfish ostreiform: shaped like an oyster ostreoid: oyster-like ostreophagous: oyster-eating ostrichism: habit or policy of refusing to face unpleasant facts otacoustic: aiding hearing otalgia: earache otarine: of or pertaining to seals otiant adj. - idle; resting. otic: of or relating to the ear otiose adj. - futile, functionless, sterile, idle otiose: superfluous; redundant; futile; useless; functionless; idle otolith: calcium concretion in inside of vertebrate's ear to aid in equilibrium otology: study of the ear otosis: mishearing of speech oubliette - A dungeon whose only entrance is in the ceiling ounce: medium to large-sized great cat oundy: wavy ouranomancy: divination using the heavens ouroboros: snake eating own tail symbolizing totality or completion oustiti: lock-opening tool outage: amount of commodity lost in transport and storage outcross: to breed individuals of different strains of a species outfling: sharp retort or gibe outhaul: rope used to haul a sail taut along a spar outjet: projection outmantle: to exceed in dress or ornament outrance: the utmost extremity; the bitter end outr: beyond what is proper; extravagant outrecuidance n. - egomania; gross conceit outremer: area beyond the sea; overseas outrigger: spar extended from side of ship to help secure mast outroop: auction ovarious: consisting of eggs overcrow: to crow or triumph over overflush: superfluity overhaile: to overtake; to overpower overlock: to oversew a hem or fabric edge to prevent fraying overmantel: ornamental structure set on a mantel-shelf overpoise: weight sufficient to weigh another down overrack: to overstrain overset: to upset; to disorder overslaugh: exemption from duty in turn when otherwise employed ovibovine: of or relating to musk-oxen ovicide: killing insect eggs ovicide: sheep-killing oviferous: egg-carrying oviform: like a sheep oviform: shaped like an oval or egg ovigerous: bearing eggs ovil: sheep-fold ovine - Sheep like ovine: of or relating to sheep ovivorous: eating eggs ovivorous: eating sheep owlery: place frequented by owls owling: smuggling wool or sheep

oxter: to take under the arm; to support by taking the arm, walk arm in arm oxyacaesthesia: extreme sharpness of senses oxyacanthous - Having sharp thorns or spikes oxyacanthous: having sharp thorns oxyblepsia: extremely keen sight oxyesthesia - Being extremely sensitive to touch oxygeusia: extremely keen sense of taste oxymoron: figure of speech combining contradictory terms oxyosphresia - An extreme sensitivity to smells oxyphonia: sharpness or shrillness of voice oxythymous adj. - quick-tempered; easily riled oxythymous - Pertaining to someone who is quick to anger oxytocic: drug that hastens the process of childbirth oxytone: word bearing acute accent on last syllable ozoniferous: bearing ozone ozostomia: bad breath

pabouche: a slipper pabulous: of or relating to nourishment pabulum: food; provender; nourishment pacable: able to be appeased; willing to forgive pace: contrary to the opinion of pachydermia: elephantiasis pachyglossal: thick-tongued pachymeter: instrument for measuring small thicknesses pachynsis: thickening paciferous: peace-bringing pacificate: to give peace to pactolian: like or having golden-hued sands padella: shallow dish of fat with a wick used in illuminations padrone: innkeeper; employer padronism: system of obtaining labour through employment agents paduasoy: corded silk paean: song of thanksgiving paedarchy: government by children paedobaptism: doctrine of infant baptism paedocracy - A government formed of children paedogenesis: reproduction by an infant or larval organism paedology: study of children paedonymic: name taken from one's child paedophage: eater of children paedophilia: abnormal love or sexual attraction for children paedophobia: fear of children; fear of dolls paedotrophy: art of rearing children paginal: of or relating to pages or pagination pagophagia - The eating of ice pagophobia - A fear of ice or frost paideutic: educational method or theory paidonosology: study of children's diseases; pediatrics paillette: a spangle pais: people from whom a jury is drawn paisley: soft wool fabric with ornamental pattern paizogony: necking; love-play palabra: a word; talk palaceous: spade-shaped palaeoanthropology: study of early humans palaeobiology: study of fossil plants and animals

palaeogaea: the Old World as a biological region palaeolimnology: study of ancient fish palaeolimnology: study of ancient lakes palaeopedology: study of early soils palaeophile: antiquarian palaeosophy: ancient learning or thought palaestra: wrestling school; gymnasium palaetiology: application of principles of causation to past events palafitte: prehistoric lake dwelling palamate: having webbed feet palanquin: light litter for one passenger palatine: having royal authority over a region palative: pleasing to the taste or to the palate palatography: recording position of tongue against hard palate during speech palaver: to talk profusely or idly paleaceous: chaffy; like or resembling chaff paleobotany: study of ancient plants paleography - The study of ancient writings paleo-osteology: study of ancient bones paleozoology - The study of prehistoric animals paletot: loose overcoat palette: small plate covering the armpit joint in a suit of armour palewise: of heraldic charges oriented vertically palfrenier: groom palfrey: riding horse, especially one for a lady palification: the act of strengthening with stakes paliform: shaped like a stake palilalia: disorder characterized by rapid repetition of words palillogy: repetition of a word or word or phrase palingenesis: new birth; reincarnation; second creation palingman: seller of fish or eels palinode: poem in which earlier thoughts or feelings are retracted palinola: compulsive repetition of an act until it is perfect palinspastic: showing geological formations of an area as they existed in the past palisade: fence of stakes used for defensive purposes pall: covering cloth laid upon Communion chalice palladian: relating to wisdom or learning pallasethesia: sense of vibration pallescent: turning pale palliament: white robe or gown palliasse n. - hard straw mattress. palliasse: straw mattress palliate: to ease with out curing; to extenuate pallid: pale; wan pallium: white woollen band symbolising archbishop's authority pallograph: instrument measuring ship's vibration palmar: of or relating to the palm palmarian: pre-eminent palmary: principal; meritorious palmate: hand-shaped palmiped: web-footed palpebral: of or relating to the eyelid palpebration: winking palter v. -i. act or talk deceitfully. palter: to trifle in talk; to use trickery; to equivocate paltripolitan: term of scorn applied to city-dwellers or urban life paludal: of or pertaining to marshes; marshy; malarial paludicolous: growing in marshes; marsh-dwelling paludism: marsh fever; malaria paludose: marshy; living in marshes

palynology: study of pollen palzogony: love-play; foreplay pam: card game in which jack of club has highest value pampiniform: like a tendril panaceist: believer in panaceas panaesthesia: totality of perception; general awareness panaesthetism: theory that consciousness may inhere generally in matter panarchy: universal rule or dominion panary: of or pertaining to bread; bread store panatella: long; thin cigar panchion: coarse earthenware pan panchreston: panacea pancosmism: theory that the material universe is all that exists pancratic - having a mastery over numerous subjects pancratic: excelling all round in athletics or accomplishments pancyclopaedic: encyclopaedic pandation: warping pandect: treatise covering the whole of a subject pandemian: vulgar; sensual pandemic: universal; affecting majority of people in a region pandemonism: worship of spirits dwelling in all forms of nature pandiculation: the act of stretching and yawning panduriform: fiddle-shaped panegoism: solipsism panegyric: elaborate and poetic compliment; eulogy; laudation panegyricon: collection of sermons for Orthodox church festivals panegyry: grand assembly; religious festival paneity: the state of being bread panentheism: belief that world is part but not all of Gods being pangamy: random or unrestricted mating pangeometry: extension of geometry to more than three dimensions Panglossian: overly optimistic pangram: sentence containing all the letters of the alphabet panhygrous: moist in all parts panification: conversion into bread panivorous: bread-eating panjandrum n. - a self-important local official; pompous minormagnate panjandrum: imaginary potentate of great power and self-importance panmixia: cessation of the influence of natural selection panmnesia: belief that all mental impressions are stored in memory pannage: food picked up by swine in woods; right to pasture swine panne: heavy lustrous silk or rayon with waxy feel pannicle: thin sheet-like vestment pannier: provision-basket; basket carried over ones back pannikin: small metal cup pannose: like felt pannychis: all-night vigil in preparation for Orthodox church feast panomphaean: all-oracular panophobia: melancholia marked by groundless fears panoptic: all-embracing; viewing all aspects panopticon: prison where all inmates can be watched from one point panpharmacon: universal remedy panplain: flat area consisting of several joined floodplains panpsychism: theory that all nature has a psychic side panpygoptosis: shortness of the legs pansexualism: theory that all thought derived from sexual instinct pansophy: universal knowledge panspermatism: belief in origin of life from extraterrestrial germs pantagamy - Married to everyone pantagamy: universal bachelorhood; free love

pantagruelian: marked by extravagant and coarse satire pantaphobia - A fear of lack of fear pantarchy: government by all the people; world government pantechnicon: receptacle holding many miscellaneous objects pantheism: belief that the universe is God; belief in many gods pantisocracy: government by all equally pantler: officer in a household in charge of bread pantochronometer: combined sundial and compass pantoglot: speaker of all languages pantograph: apparatus connecting streetcar to overhead wires pantograph: instrument for copying drawing to a different scale pantology: system of universal knowledge pantomancer - One who sees omens in every event pantomnesia: remembrance of everything ever learned pantomorphic: taking on all shapes pantophagy: omnivorousness pantophobia: fear of everything pantopragmatic: meddling in everybodys business pantoscope: panoramic camera panurgic: good at all kinds of tasks panzoism: belief that humans and animals share vital life energy papaphobia - A fear of the pope or the papacy paparchy: government by the pope papaverous: of or relating to poppies papeterie: packaged fancy stationery; stationery-case papilionaceous: of or relating to butterflies papilla: nipple-like projection papilliferous: bearing papillae papilliform: nipple-shaped papillose: having nipples or papillae pappus: downy beginnings of a beard papren: stone passing through a wall from face to face papulation: the development of papillae or pimples papule: pimple papuliferous: pimply; bearing or relating to pimples papyraceous: like paper; papery papyrocracy - Rulership by paperwork or by the press papyrology: study of paper papyrophobia - A fear of paper papyrotamia: manufacture of paper flowers parabasis: speech where the chorus advances and addresses audience parabiosis: physical union of two embryos or organisms parablepsis: false vision; oversight parablepsy, parablepsia n. - false vision. parabolanus - A monk who treat contagious diseases parabolanus: layman who tends the sick paraboliform: shaped like a parabola parabolist: teller of parables paracentral: situated near the centre parachronism: representation of something as being newer than it is paraclete: advocate or intercessor; the Holy Spirit acting in such a role paracme: decline; period following the zenith or acme paracoita: female sexual partner paracoitus: male sexual partner paracrostic: poem whose initial letters reproduce its first verse paracusis: disordered hearing paradiastole n. - a euphemistic half-truth paradisiacal: suggestive of a place or state of perfect bliss parados - bank behind trench or other fortification, giving protection from the rear. parados: earthworks defending against a rear attack

paradoxology: holding or maintaining paradoxes paradromic: adjacent; side by side paraenesis: exhortation paraesthesia: tingling sensation on the skin parage: high birth or rank; equality of birth or status paragenesis: formation of minerals as a joined mass paragnosia: misunderstanding paragnosis: skill in matters immune to scientific investigation paragoge: addition of a sound to end of word paragram: play on words in which letters are changed paragraphia: writing of different letters and words than intended parakinesis: production of movement of objects by a spiritualist paralalia: abnormality of speech sounds paralian - A person who lives near the sea paralipomenon: thing left out; added in supplement paralipophobia - A fear of responsibility paralipsis: fixing attention on subject by pretending to neglect it parallax: seeming change of object position due to observer moving parallelepiped: solid figure with each face a parallelogram parallelism: belief that matter and mind dont interact but relate paralogise: to reason falsely paralogism: false reasoning paramatta: worsted and cotton blend paramedian: near the middle line parament: rich decoration, hanging or robe paramnesia - A disorder in which one remembers events that never happened paramnesia: abnormality of memory; inability to remember meaning of word paranomasia: rhetorical art of punning paranym: euphemism; word whose meaning altered to conceal evasion paranymph n. - archaic, best man; bridesmaid. paranymph: one who solicits for another; best man or bridesmaid paraph: flourish under ones signature paraphasia: disorder in which one word substituted for another paraphilia: any abnormal sexual attraction paraphonia: alteration of the voice; as at puberty paraphraxis: inability to perform purposive movements properly parapraxis - memory lapse or a slip of the tongue, usually revealing a hidden thought parapraxis: blunder; error; mistake parapsychology: study of unexplained mental phenomena pararthria: incoherence paraselene: mock moon; bright patch on a lunar halo parasigmatism: inability to pronounce the sound 's' parasiticide: killing of parasites parasitophobia - A fear of parasites paraskevidekatriaphobia - The fear of Friday the 13th parastatal: indirectly controlled by the state parastatic: pertaining to protective mimicry of animals parasuicide: harmful act appearing to be an attempt at suicide parasynesis: corruption of forms of words parasynthesis: derivation of words using hyphenated compounds parataxis: organization of clauses without connectives parateresiomania - The obsession with being a voyeur parathesis: apposition; compounding of words without change paratonic: arresting growth paravail: inferior; lowest; of least account paravane: device used to cut underwater cables paravant: in front; first; beforehand paravent: wind screen parbreak: to vomit parbuckle: sling made by wrapping both ends of rope around object

parcel: partly parcenary: co-heirship parciloquy: laconic speech parclose: railing in church enclosing altar, chapel or tomb pardie: mild oath; certainly or truly pardine: of or related to leopards pardoner: one who raises money for religious works by selling indulgences paregmenon: repetition of a word or its cognates in a series of words paregoric: soothing; lessening pain parembole: insertion of something related to the subject into a phrase parentalia: feasts or rites in memory of deceased parents parentelic: related by blood parenticide: killing or killer of one's parents parergon - A second job or an additional source of money from extra work pareschatology: doctrine dealing with matters after death but before the end of the world paresis: omission of an element from a word pareunia: coitus parfay: by my faith; verily parfleche: dried buffalo skin parget: to plaster over; to cover with ornamental plasterwork parhelion: halo-like light seen in sky opposite the sun paribuntal: fine straw used to make hats parietal: of a wall or walls, especially anatomical walls parietals: school rules regarding inter-gender contact parine: of or pertaining to the titmouse parisologist - A person who uses ambiguous language or evasive writing parison: lump of glass before it is moulded into its final shape paristhimion: tonsil parisyllabic: having the same number of syllables in all forms parity: condition or fact of having born children parlous: full of danger or risk Parnassian: poetic parnel n. - a priest's mistress; a loose woman parnel: mistress or concubine of a priest; harlot parochial: local; confined to one region parodinia: difficult childbirth paroemia: proverb; adage paroemiographer: writer of proverbs paroemiology: study of proverbs paromoeon: alliteration paromology: concession of opponent's point to strengthen one's own point paronomasia: play on words; punning paronym: word from same root or having same sound as another parorexia: desire to eat strange or indigestible foods parosmia - A disorder which causes one to smell things that are not real parotic: near or adjacent to the ear parous: bearing or having borne offspring parousia: second coming of Christ parousiamania - An obsession with the return of Christ paroxysm: fit of passion; laughter; coughing; sudden violent action paroxytone: having an acute accent on the next to last syllable parquet: floor-covering of fitted wooden blocks parr: young salmon parrel: band by which a yard is fastened to a mast parrhesia: boldness of speech parrhesiastic - Able to speak freely parricide: killing of parent or close relative parse: to describe a word fully in terms of classification parsonarchy - A government formed by priests parterre: pit of a theatre

partheniad - A poem which honors a virgin parthenian: pertaining to virgins parthenogenesis: reproduction by a virgin or by means of an unfertilized egg parthenolagnia - The desire to make love to virgins parthenolatry - worship of a virgin or virgins parthenolatry: worship of the Virgin Mary parthenology: study of virgins parthenophobia - The fear of virgins parthophobia: fear of virgins partible: that may be divided up or parted partim: in part partitive: indicating a part of a larger whole parturition: the act of giving birth parure: a set of ornaments or jewels parvanimity n. - pettiness; meannes; or a mean or petty person parvanimity: smallness of mind parvenu n. - a pretentious snob of the nouveau riche parvenu: one suddenly risen to wealth without great social rank parvipotent adj. - having little power. parviflorous, adj. having small flowers. parvipotent: having little power parvis n. - enclosed area in front of church. parvis: enclosed space at the front of a church parviscient adj. - uninformed parviscient: having little knowledge pascual: growing on land used for grazing; of or pertaining to pastures paseo: leisurely stroll; march of bullfighters into arena pashmina: fine goat's wool fabric used for making shawls pasigraphy: a system of universal ideographic writing pasilaly - Any universal language pasquilant: lampooner pasquinade: to lampoon; a lampoon passacaglia: slow solemn Italian or Spanish dance passade: motion of horse to and fro over ground in dressage passalorynchite: one who takes a religious vow of silence passant: heraldic animal depicted walking passement: decorative trimming of beads or braid passementerie n. - bright trimmings of gilt, tinsel, etc. passepartout n. - a master key; a safeconduct or passport passepied: Breton dance resembling a quick minuet passerine: of or relating to sparrows passible adj. - capable of feeling; impressionable. passible: susceptible to or capable of suffering or of feeling passim: everywhere; dispersedly passimeter: instrument for issuing automatic tickets passivate: to coat metal with oxides to protect from corrosion passulate: to dry grapes passulation - The act of drying up and turning into a raisin passus: section of a poem or story pastance: pastime pastern: rope, strap or chain used to tie horse by its leg pastiche: medley, composed from different sources; imitative work pastille: small cone of charcoal burned as incense pastose: painted thickly pastourelle: medieval poem between knight and shepherdess patagium: wing-membrane of flying mammal pataphysics - science of imaginary solutions or of nonsensical philosophy patation: act of drinking patavinity - The use of local slang or expressions when writing patavinity n. - the use of local words or expressions patavinity: provincialism; dialectal term

patefaction: disclosure; opening; manifestation patelliform: shaped like a saucer or kneecap paten: plate; metal disk used to hold Communion bread pateriform: saucer-shaped pathenophillia - The love of virgins pathenophobia - The fear of virgins pathic: passive; a passive subject pathogenesis: causation or production of disease pathognomic: indicative of a specific disease pathomania: moral insanity pathophobia: fear of disease pathopoeia: excitation of passion by rhetoric or poetry patible: capable of suffering or being acted on; passible patibulary: of or pertaining to the gallows patibulate: to execute by hanging patina: film or surface that forms on surface of metal or wood patination: formation of a film on copper from exposure patrial: pertaining to ones native land patrimony: inheritance from father or ancestors patriolatry: excessive devotion or worship of one's native country patroclinous: having inherited paternal characteristics patroiophobia - A fear of hereditary diseases patrology: study of early Christianity patronym: name derived from father's name patroon: captain of a ship; coxswain of a longboat patruity: degree of relationship of paternal uncle patte: narrow band keeping a belt or sash in its place patten: wooden shoe; clog; base of a pillar patulous adj. - wide-spreading or wide open. patulous: spreading; wide-spreading; open pauciloquent - Using as few words as possible when speaking pauciloquent adj. - speaking briefly pauciloquy n. - brevity in speech. pauldron: shoulder-plate of suit of armour paulopast: just finished or past paulopost: just after pavage: charge for paving streets pavane: stately English Renaissance court dance pav: setting of jewellery with stones close together pavid adj. - quaking with fear; afraid; frightened pavid: timid pavior: one who lays down paving stones pavis: shield for the entire body pavonated: peacock-blue pavonian: of or relating to peacocks pawky adj. - sly; coy; dry. pax: tablet decorated with sacred figure and kissed by participants in mass paxillose: resembling a small stake paxophobia - A fear of peace paynimry: heathendom paysage: landscape paysagist: painter of landscapes peatary: region, bog or moor covered with peat peavey: lumbermans spiked and hooked lever peccable adj. - liable to sin peccable: liable to sin peccadillo: a slight offense or sin peccaminous: sinful peccancy: sinfulness; transgression peccatiphobia - A fear of sin or of sinning

peccavi: admission of sin or guilt peck: unit of dry measure equal to 8 quarts peckerwood - A southern term for poor anglo-saxon protestants pecorous: full of cows pectinal: of a comb; comb-like pectination: comb-like structure pectineal: of the pubic bone pectiniform: shaped like a comb pectize: to congeal; to cause to set pectoriloquy: sound of patients voice as heard through stethoscope pecudiculture: rearing of cattle peculation: embezzlement peculium: private property; especially when given by father to son pecunious - Having a lot of money ped: naturally formed mass or aggregate of soil pedagogics: study of teaching pedagoguery: schoolmastering; teaching pedalian: relating to the foot or to metrical feet pedaneous: going on foot; pedestrian; of lowly or petty standing pedantocracy: government by pedants or strict rule-bound scholars pedary: pertaining to walking or feet pedate: footed; having feet; like a foot pederasty: anal intercourse between a man and a boy pedetentous: proceeding slowly pediatricophobia - A fear of having to take care of children pedicel: stalk of an animal organ pedicle: bony protrusion of the skull from which an antler grows pedicular: of or pertaining to lice pediculophobia: fear of lice pediculous: lousy pediform: shaped like a foot pedigerous: having or bearing feet pediluvium: foot bath pedimanous: having feet shaped like hands pediment: triangular structure crowning front of a Greek building pediophobia - A fear of children or dolls pedipulate - To operate with one's feet pedipulate: to work or knead with the feet pedological: of or relating to soils pedology: study of soils pedomancy: divination by examining the soles of the feet pedometer: instrument for measuring distance travelled on foot pedotrophy - The art of raising children properly peduncle: stem or stalk of a flower pegamoid: artificial leather pegomancy: divination by springs or fountains peignoir: womans dressing-gown peirameter: instrument measuring resistance of road surfaces to wheel movement peirastic: experimental; tentative peise: weight; burden; load pejorate v. - depreciate; worsen, insult pejorate: to worsen; to depreciate pejorism: severe pessimism pekin: fine soft silk peladophobia - A fear of people who are bald pelage: animal's coat of hair or wool pelagic: oceanic; inhabiting or carried out in the deep sea pelargic: of or pertaining to storks pelasgic: nomadic pelatast: ancient Greek shield-bearing soldier

pelecoid: shaped like a hatchet; a hatchet-shaped geometrical figure pelerine: womans fur cape pelisse: fur-lined or fur garment pelitic: composed of fine sediment pellate: to divide; to separate pellicle: thin skin or film pellicule: thin diaphanous fabric pellucid: completely clear; transparent pelma: sole of foot pelmatogram: footprint pelmet: fringe or valance for hiding a curtain rod peloid: mud or other semi-solid medium used in baths pelology: study of mud pelotherapy: treatment by mud baths peltastiform: shield-shaped peltiferous: bearing a shield peltry: skins of animals with the fur on them pelurious: furry; hairy pelviform: basin-shaped pelvimeter: instrument for measuring the pelvis pembroke: small four-legged table with hinged flaps pemphigus: skin condition characterized by watery boils on the body penacute: having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable; paroxytone penanggalan: female vampire of Malay mythology penannular: in the form of an almost complete ring penates: household gods of a Roman family pencilliform: paintbrush-shaped pendeloque: drop pendant pendent: hanging; drooping; dangling pendicle: pendant, dependency or appendage pendular: of or relating to a pendulum penduline: building a pendulous nest pendulograph: curve representing combination of musical sounds penecontemporaneous: of geological processes occurring immediately after deposition penelopize: to create work as an excuse to deter suitors peneplain: land worn down by denudation to almost be a plain penetralia: inmost parts of a building or temple; innermost secrets penetrometer: instrument for measuring firmness or consistency of substances penial: of or pertaining to the penis peniaphobia - A fear of poverty pennaceous: featherlike pennate: winged; feathered penniferous: bearing feathers penniform: feather-shaped pennyweight: unit of troy weight equal to 24 grains penology: study of crime and punishment penotherapy - Controlling prostitutes in order to eliminate the spread of disease penphobia - The fear of writing or of the written word pensile: hanging; suspended; overhanging pensum: task; school imposition pentad: set of five things pentagamist: person who has or has had five spouses pentalogy: state of being in five parts pentamerous: having five parts or members pentapolis: alliance of five cities pentapopemptic - One who is divorced five times pentarchy: government by five individuals pentateuch: the first five books of the Old Testament pentheraphobia: fear or hatred of ones mother-in-law pentimento: revealing of part of a painting beneath a newer one

penury: destitution; poverty per: through; according to; by means or agency of peracute: very sharp or violent; very acute peradventure: perhaps; possibly; by adventure; by chance peragrate: to travel over or through percale: closely woven lightweight cloth percaline: glossy lightweight cotton percheron: dappled cart horse percipient: perceiving; observant; perceptive percoct: well-cooked; overdone percurrent: running through the whole length percutaneous: done or applied through the skin percutient: striking or having the power to strike; percussive perdricide: killer of partridges perdu adj. - (fem. -e) out of sight; lost; reckless. perduellion: treason perdure: to endure over a period of time peregal: fully equal peregrination: journey, especially on foot or to a foreign country peregrinity: foreignness; outlandishness perendinate - To delay until the day of tomorrow or to delay indefinitely perennate: to live perennially; to survive from season to season perequitate: to ride through on horseback perfectibilian: believer in the perfectibility of mankind perfectibilism: doctrine that humans capable of becoming perfect perfectionism: doctrine that moral perfection constitutes the highest value perfervid: very fervid; ardent; eager perficient: effectual; actually achieving a result perfidy n. - treachery; breaking of promise. perfidious, adj. perfuncturate - To perform some task in a careless or listless manner perfuse: to pour or diffuse through or over pergameneous: like or resembling parchment pergola: arched framework for climbing plants periapt n. - amulet. periblebsis - The wild look which accompanies delirium peribolos: precinct; enclosing wall of a precinct pericentral: surrounding a centre or central body periclinal: sloping downwards in all directions from a point periclitate - To put at risk or in danger pericope: an excerpt or passage read during religious services periculous: dangerous periegesis: description in the manner of a tour; journey through periodontics: study of gums perioeci: individuals living at same latitude on opposite sides of earth periotic: around the ear peripatetic - walking about, usually while studying peripetia: sudden change of fortune peripety, peripetia, peripeteia n. - sudden and violent change in circumstances periphrasis: circumlocution; round-about expression periphrastic - Pertaining to circumlocution or to one who is wordy periphrastic adj. - using many words when few would do; verbose periplus: a voyage or trip around something peripteral: having a row of columns on every side periscian: person living inside the polar circle perispomenon: having a circumflex accent on the final syllable perissology: verbiage; pleonasm perissosyllabic: having an additional syllable perissotomist: knife-happy surgeon peristalith: ancient stone circle peristeronic: of or relating to pigeons

peristerophilist - One who collects pigeons peristerophily - The art of training pigeons peristerophily: pigeon-collecting peristerophobia - A fear of pigeons peristrephic: moving round; revolving; rotatory peristyle - row of columns, especially on all sides of court; area inside it peristyle: range of columns around a building or courtyard peritectic: in the state between solid and liquid; melting perlaceous: pearly perlative: indicating movement through or across perliginous: producing pearls perlocution: effect produced when a particular word is uttered perlustrate: to traverse and inspect carefully permeameter: instrument for measuring permeability pernicious: destructive; ruinous; fatal pernoctate: to pass the night in vigil or prayer pernoctation - act of staying up all night doing work or attending a party pernoctator - A person who studies through the night pernor: one who takes or receives peroral: through the mouth perorate: to speak grandiosely or grandiloquently peroration: lengthy part of speech; especially a conclusion perpend: to weigh in the mind; to consider carefully perpilocutionist: one who speaks through his hat perron: raised platform or terrace at an entrance door perruquier: wigmaker perscrutation: thorough search perse: dark blue or bluish-grey; cloth of such a colour perseity: independent existence perseverate: to repeat an action continually or habitually persiennes: outside shutters with movable slats persiflage n. - raillery; idle chatter. persiflage: banter; flippancy; idle chatter personalia: personal details, possessions or stories personalism: doctrine that humans possess spiritual freedom personalty: personal belongings and property perspicacious: clear-minded; astute; perceptive perspicuous: easily understood; clearly expressed perstringe: to constrain; to touch on; to censure pertinacity n. - persistence; tenacity. pertinacious, adj. pertinacity: quality of holding unyieldingly to a position pertuse: punched; pierced; slit pertussis: whooping cough peruke n. - wig. peruke: a frilly wig perulate: scaly; having scaled skin pervicacious adj. - extremely obstinate; willful pervicacious: very obstinate pervigilium: night vigil pervious adj. - permeable; open-minded. pervious: permeable; penetrable pervulgate - To publish something pessary: suppository inserted into the vagina pessimal: least favourable pessimum: point at which any condition is least favourable pessomancy - Divination using stones or rocks pestiferous: bringing plague or pestilence pestology: science of pests petaliferous: bearing petals petary: peat-bog

petaurist: flying phalanger petcock: valve for draining condensed steam from engine cylinders petrary: contrivance for hurling stones petrean: pertaining to or made of rock petricolous: living in or near rocks petrissage: massage by longitudinal rubbing and lateral squeezing petrogenesis: formation or development of rocks petroleous: containing or rich in petroleum petroliferous: bearing petroleum petrology: study of rocks petrophilous: living on or thriving in rocky areas petrous: stony pettifogger: a lawyer given to underhanded tactics pettitoes: pigs feet as food petulcous: butting like a ram pewfellow: one who occupies the same pew as another pexity: roughness of the nap of cloth phacochoerine: of or relating to warthogs phacoid: lens-shaped phacometer: instrument for measuring lenses phaeic: dusky phaeism: duskiness phaeton: open four-wheeled carriage phagomania: excessive desire for food or eating phagophobia - A fear of eating or swallowing phagophobia: fear of eating phakic: of an eye having a crystalline lens phalacrophobia - A fear of going bald phalacrosis: baldness phalanstery: dwelling of a communal group or phalanx of individuals phallephoric: carrying the penis phallic: of, relating to or resembling a penis phallocrat: one who assumes the naturality of male dominance phanerolagniast - A psychologist who studies human lust phaneromania - The compulsive habit of picking at scabs or growths phaneromania: habit of biting ones nails phanerosis: act or process of becoming visible phanic: visible; obvious phanopoeia: visual imagery in poetry phaometer: old instrument for measuring light intensity pharisaic: hypocritical pharmacognosy: study of drugs of animal and plant origin pharmacology: study of drugs pharmacometer: instrument for measuring drugs pharmacophobia - A fear of medicine or drugs pharmacopolist: drug-seller; pharmacist; apothecary pharology - The study of lighthouses or similar signalling devices pharos: lighthouse or beacon pharyngology: study of the throat pharyngoscope: instrument for inspecting the pharynx phasmophobia - A fear of ghosts phassachate: lead-coloured agate phatic: using speech for social reasons or to communicate feelings phellem: cork phelloid: cork-like phelloplastic: a model in cork phememe: smallest possible linguistic unit phemic: like or pertaining to speech phenakistoscope: early cinematograph in which figures are viewed through a slit phenetic: of or relating to classification by phenotype

phengophobia: fear of daylight or the sun phenogenesis: origin of racial groups phenology: study of organisms as affected by climate phenomenalism: belief that phenomena are the only realities phenomenology: study of phenomena pheon: the barbed head of a dart or arrow in heraldry pheretrer: keeper of a shrine phialiform: saucer-shaped phialine: resembling a phial philalethist: lover of truth philandrist - One who loves men philately: study of postage stamps philemaphobia - A fear of kissing philematology: the act or study of kissing philematophobe: one who dislikes kissing philhippic: loving or admiring horses philiater - A medical student philippic: speech or writing full of bitter condemnation philistine: materialistic in outlook; uncultured phillumeny: collecting of matchbox labels philocalist - A lover of beauty philocaly: love of beauty philodemic: fond of commoners or the lower classes philodespot - One who loves tyranny philodox: one who loves his own opinions; dogmatic person philogeant - One who loves everything on the Earth philographer - A collector of autographs philogynist - One who loves women philogyny: love of women philologist - One who loves literature and languages philology: study of ancient texts; historical linguistics philomath: lover of learning philomythist - A person who loves mythology philoneist - One who is obsessed with trends or fads philonoist - Someone who is seeking knowledge philonoist: one who seeks knowledge philophobia - A fear of love or of falling in love philopolemicist - A person who loves to argue or debate philopornist: lover of prostitutes philoprogeneity - The love of your children philoprogenitive: relating to instinctive love for offspring philosophaster - person who pretends to know more than they do to impress philosophaster: amateur or superficial philosopher philosophobia - A fear of philosophy or philosophers philosophunculist - person who pretends to know more than they do to impress ot philotechnical: devoted to the arts philotherian - An animal lover philotherianism: love of animals philoxenia: hospitality philoxenist - A person who loves to entertain strangers philtrum - The groove in the middle of one's upper lip phimosis: inability to retract the prepuce of the penis phlebography: description or examination of a vein phlebotomy: blood-letting phlegmatic: of a calm; unexcitable disposition phlogiston: nonexistent principle of flammability inherent in matter phlogogenetic: causing inflamation phobologophobia - The fear of words about fears phobophobia - A fear of being afraid phocine: of or relating to seals

phocomelia: having limbs like a seals flippers phoeniceous: bright scarlet-red colour phoenicopter: flamingo pholidosis: arrangement of scales, as in fish and reptiles phon: unit of loudness of sound as heard by listeners phonascus: person who maintains rhythm in church choir phonasthenia: weakness of voice phonation: production of vocal sound phonautograph: instrument for recording sound vibrations phonendoscope: device which amplifies small sounds phonesis: production of speech sounds phoniatrics: study and correction of speech defects phonometer: instrument for measuring sound levels phonophobia: fear of noise or of speaking aloud phonophorous: transmitting sound waves phorometer: instrument used to correct abnormalities in eye muscles phosphene: light seen when the eyeball is pressed phossy: caused by phosphorus photaesthesia: sense of vision photic: light-giving; sensitive to light; penetrated by light photism: illusory vision of light photoaugiaphobia - A fear of glaring lights or being in the spot light photobiology: study of effects of light on organisms photodromy: motion towards light photoglyph: photographic engraving photogyric: turning towards light photolysis: disintegration resulting from exposure to radiation photometer: instrument for measuring light intensity photon: unit of brightness of light as received at the retina photophile: organism loving or thriving in light photophilous: preferring or thriving in lighted conditions photophobia: irrational fear or dislike of light photophygous: avoiding or disliking light photopia: vision in bright light photopolarimeter: instrument for measuring intensity and polarization of reflected light photopsia: appearance of light flashes due to retinal irritation photosphere: region of space lit by the sun phototachometer: instrument for measuring the speed of light phototaxis: growth or movement determined by light phototelegraph: instrument for transmitting drawings telegraphically phototonus: sensitivity to light phraseology: study of phrases phratry: clan or tribe phreatic: pertaining to underground water supplying or wells phrenesis: delirium; frenzy phrenic: of or near the midriff phrenology: study of bumps on the head phronemophobia - The fear of thinking phrontifugic - helping to escape from one's thoughts phrontistery - A place for study or for contemplation phrontistery n. - place for study. phthartic: deadly; destructive phthiriophobia - A fear of lice phthirophagous - One who eats lice phthirophagous: lice-eating phthongal: of, pertaining to, or consisting of a sound; vocalized phthongometer: instrument measuring intensity of vowel sounds phugoid: pertaining to the longitudinal stability of aircraft phycology: study of algae and seaweeds phygogalactic: halting milk production

phylactic: defending against disease phyle: division of the people of a state into local clans phylliform: shaped like a leaf phylline: leaf-like phyllomancy: divination using leaves or tea leaves phyllophagous: leaf-eating phyllophorous: leafy; bearing or having leaves phylogenesis: origin and history of a species' evolution physagogue: substance causing flatulence physicalism: belief that all phenomena reducible to verifiable assertions physiocracy: government according to natural laws or principles physiognomancy: divination by studying the face physiognomy: general appearance of anything, especially the face physiolatry: nature-worship physiologus: work containing descriptions of animals; a bestiary physitheism - Giving physical form to a deity physitheism: attribution of physical form and attributes to deities physitism - The worship of nature physiurgic: due to natural causes phytivorous: feeding on plants phytogenesis: origin and development of plants phytogenic: derived from plants phytoid: plant-like phytology: study of plants; botany phytophilous: fond of plants piacular adj. - serving to atone or make amends for; expiatory; or sinful; wicked piacular: expiatory; atrociously bad pibcorn: old Welsh instrument like a hornpipe pibroch: piece of music for bagpipe pica - craving for an inedible substance such as chalk or paint chips picamar: bitter oily liquid obtained from tar picaresque: pertaining or relating to rogues or roguish behaviour picaroon: person who lives by his or her wits; rogue or scoundrel picayune: five-cent-piece or other coin of little value piceous: like pitch; inflammable; reddish black piciform: of the form or shape of a woodpecker piciform: of the nature of or resembling pitch picine: of or pertaining to woodpeckers Pickelhaube - spiked helmet worn by german or prussian soldiers before WWI pickery: petty theft under Scottish law picksome: particular; picky pickthank: sycophant; flatterer picot: loop in an ornamental edging; raised knot in embroidery pied: variegated; of various colours piedroit: square pillar attached to wall, lacking both base and capital piend: a salient angle pierage: fee paid for use of a pier pieta: representation of Virgin Mary with dead Christ across her knees pietism: unquestioning or dogmatic religious devotion piezometer: instrument for measuring pressure or compressibility piggin: small pail or bowl made of staves and hoops pight: to pitch pigmentocracy: government by those of one skin colour pignorate: to give or take in pledge or pawn pigsconce: blockhead pilaster n. - rectangular pillar projecting from and supporting wall. pilaster: square column partially embedded in a wall pilch: fur or wool outergarment; rug laid over saddle pilcrow - symbol used by editors to indicate a new paragraph pilcrow: paragraph-mark

pile: upside-down wedge at an acute angle on a coat of arms pileated: cap-shaped; crested; capped pileiform: shaped like an umbrella pileum: top of a birds head pileus: umbrella-shaped portion of a mushroom pilgarlick: poor wretch; self-pitying person piliferous: bearing or growing hair piliform: shaped like hair pillion - seat for a second person on a motorcycle or on a horse pillion: light pillow or saddle for a woman rider pilliwinks: torture instrument for crushing fingers pillory: wooden frame with holes for head and hands used as punishment pilose: having scattered soft or moderately stiff hairs pilosism - Excessive hairiness pilpul - subtle debate between rabbincal scholars over the details of the Talmud pilule: little pill piment: spiced sweetened wine pinacotheca: picture-gallery pinafore: loose protective garment worn over a dress pinchbeck: cheap copper and zinc alloy; spurious or trashy pinder: one who impounds cattle pineal: shaped like a pine-cone pinetum: collection or plantation of pine trees pingo: cone-shaped mound with ice core pinguefy v. - become or make fat or rich. pinguid, adj. fatty; oily; rich. pinguefy: to become or make fat or greasy; to make rich Pinguescent adj. - becoming fat pinguid: fat pinion: small wheel with teeth pinion: wing; last joint of a wing; outermost flight feather pink v. - prick with sword, etc.; decorate with perforations pinnace: small vessel with oars and sails pinnate: shaped like a feather pinniped: seals, walruses, and other such sea mammals pintle: bolt or pin on which something turns, as a hinge piobalreachd - A dirge played on the Highland bagpipes piolet: ice-axe pipe: unit of liquid capacity equal to two hogsheads pipistrelle: small reddish-brown bat pipkin: small pot pique n. - hurt pride, resentful irritation piqu: stiff durable corded fabric of cotton, rayon or silk pis aller. - last resort piscary: the right of fishing; a fishing pond piscatology: study of fishes piscatorial: of or relating to fishing or fishers piscicapturist: fisherman piscifauna: fish life of an area pisciform: shaped like a fish piscina: basin set in wall of church to drain away ceremonial water piscine: of or pertaining to fish piscivorous: fish-eating pisiform: shaped like a pea pismire: an ant; something or someone insignificant pismirism - saving of every bit of money, such as hoarding pennies pismirism: hoarding of small or insignificant things pisteology: science or study of faith pistiology: doctrine concerning faith pistology: branch of theology concerned with faith piteous: arousing or deserving pity

pityroid: bran-like pixilated: bemused; bewildered; intoxicated pizzle: bulls penis used as instrument of punishment by flogging placage: covering of walls with thin marble slabs or with plaster placee: investor who is sold shares by private placement placentiform: cake-shaped placentigerous: bearing a placenta placentophagy: eating of the placenta placet: vote of assent in a governing body placitum: decision of a court or an assembly placket: opening in a skirt or shirt for a pocket placoid: plate-like; having plate-like scales placophobia - The fear of tombstones plafond: decorated ceiling plagate: marked with a streak or streaks plage: fashionable beach plagiary: one who plagiarises plagium: the crime of kidnapping plainstones: flagstone side-pavement of a street planation: making level planchet: blank metal disc to be stamped as a coin planchette: board or similar tool used in interpreting spirit messages planetesimal: pertaining to asteroids or similar tiny celestial bodies planetic: erring; erratic planetogeny: theory of the origin of planets planetolatry: worship of the planets planetology: study of planets plangency: resonance; noisiness plangent - A deep, reverberating sound such as heavy bells ringing or thunder plangonologist - A collector of dolls plangorous: mournful planigraph: instrument for copying drawings at a different scale planiloquent - Talking plainly about some subject planish: to polish; to flatten planisphere: sphere projected onto a plane; map of the heavens planity: the quality of being plane plankwise: in the manner or direction of a plank planography: cartography planomania - The urge to roam planster: petty or poor planner plantar: of or relating to the sole of the foot plantigrade: walking fully on the soles of the feet plantivorous: plant-eating plantocracy: government by plantation owners plapper: to make sounds with the lips plash: dash of water plashy: full of pools or puddles; marshy or boggy plasmophagous: consuming plasma plastron: fencers padded breast-shield; steel breastplate worn under hauberk plataleiform: spoonbilled; of the shape of a spoonbill platband: flat molding that exceeds its projection; fillet between column's flutings plateasm: broad speech; talking with the mouth open too wide platilla: fine white linen platiniferous: bearing platinum platitude: commonplace or trite remark made as if it were important platitudinarian: one who utters platitudes platometer: instrument for measuring area; planimeter platten: to flatten into a plate or sheet platurous: flat-tailed platyopic - having a broad flat nose

platypodia: flat-footedness platypussary: building or pen where platypuses are kept platysma: broad sheet of muscle in the neck plauditory: issuing enthusiastic approval or applause plaustral: of or relating to a wagon playa: basin which becomes a shallow lake after heavy rainfall pleach: to intertwine the branches of pleasance: pleasure; enjoyment; complaisance plebania: mother-church having authority over several local churches plebeian: of the common people or vulgar classes plebification: making something vulgar or plebeian plebiscitarism: principle or practice of using plebiscites plectile: woven or plaited plectrum: pick for stringed instruments pledget: wad of cotton or lint used to dress a wound plegometer: instrument for measuring the strength of a blow pleiomery: condition of having more than the normal number pleiomorphy: occurrence of several distinct stages in the life cycle of an organism pleionosis - The habit of exagerating one's own importance pleionosis n. - exaggeration of one's own importance plenary adj.,n. - full; entire; unlimited; with all members present. plenary: full; entire; complete; absolute; unqualified plenicorn: having solid horns as a deer pleniloquence n. - excessive talking pleniloquence: excessive talking; fullness of speech pleniloquent - Always talking or full of speech plenilunar: of or relating to the full moon plenilune - The time of the full moon plenipotence: absolute power plenitude: fullness; completeness; abundance; sufficiency plenum: space completely filled with matter pleochroic: displaying different colours when seen from different directions pleonasm: redundancy; use of more words than necessary pleonectic adj. - covetous. pleonexia, n. pleonectic: greedy; covetous pleonexia n. - covetousness, avarice; mania for acquiring possessions pleonexia: greed; avarice pleroma: fullness; abundance plerophory: full conviction plethysmograph: instrument for measuring change in body part size due to blood flow pleurotropous: laterally flattened plexiform: shaped like a network plexure: network; web; interweaving plexus: network plicated: folded fanwise; pleated plication: the act of folding plimsoll: rubber-soled canvas shoe plinth: rectangular base of column or pedestal pliofilm: thin waterproof transparent sheet used for packaging pliothermic: pertaining to periods of above-average temperatures pliss: fabric with puckered finish ploce: repetition of word in more expressive sense for emphasis plodge: to trudge through anything in which the feet sink plosion: release of breath after consonant plousiocracy - A government consisting of the wealthy and the elite plumassier - Someone who makes or sells feathers used in ornaments plumassier: worker in feathers; feather-seller plumbago: graphite plumbeous: leaden; lead-coloured plumbiferous: bearing or yielding lead

plumbism: lead poisoning plumbless: incapable of being sounded plumeopicean: of tar and feathers plumigerous: plumaged plumiped: having feathered feet plumulate: downy pluralism: belief that reality consists of several kinds or entities plurennial: lasting or surviving many years pluriliteral: of more than three letters plurinominal: having more than one name pluriparous: giving birth to multiple young in a single birth pluripresence: presence in multiple places at one time pluriserial: in several rows plutarchy - A government formed by the wealthy and elite plutocracy: rulership by the wealthy plutocrat - A member of the wealthy ruling class plutolatry - The worship of wealth plutolatry: worship of wealth plutology: political economy; study of wealth plutomania - An obsession with money pluton: mass of rock solidified under earths surface plutonic: of volcanic or deep origin plutonomy: economics pluvial: floor-length open-fronted ecclesiastical garment pluviograph: self-registering rain gauge pluviometer: rain-meter pluviophobia - A fear of rain pluviose: rainy pneometer: instrument that measures respiration pneumatics: study of mechanics of gases pneumatographer: one who receives and writes spirit messages pneumatolith: stone in the lung pneumatology: theory of the existence of spirits pneumatomachy: denial of the divinity of the Holy Ghost pneumatomorphic: like a spirit pneumatophany: appearance of a spirit; especially the Holy Ghost pneumatophobia - A fear of air pneumatophony: sound caused by a ghost or spirit pneumatosis: presence of gas in the body pneumograph: instrument for measuring and recording respiration pnigophobia - A fear of choking pnyx: ancient Athenian place of assembly poaceous: pertaining or relating to grass pochette: pocket notecase or wallet pochoir: manual colour stencilling onto a printed illustration pocillator: cup-bearer pococurante adj. - nonchalant, indifferent pococurante: uninterested; indifferent; nonchalant; apathetic poculation: drinking of alcoholic beverages poculent: fit for drinking poculiform: cup-shaped podagra: gout podagrous: gouty podalic: pertaining to feet podex: rump; anal region podiatry: study and treatment of disorders of the foot; chiropody podiform: shaped like a pod podobromhydrosis: smelly feet podocarp: stalk that bears the fruit of a plant podology: study of the feet

podoscaph: boat with bicycle mechanism or pedals podzol: acidic soil with ash-like subsurface layer poecilonym: synonym pole: broth or stock poephagous: eating grass or herbs; herbivorous poetaster: petty poet; writer of contemptible verses poetolatry: worship of poets poetomachia: contest or quarrel among poets pogamoggan: wooden club with iron or stone piece on end, used by Indians pogoniasis: excessive growth of beard pogonip: dense fog of suspended ice particles pogonology: book or treatise on beards pogonophile: one who loves beards pogonophobia: fear of beards pogonotomy: shaving pogonotrophy: growing of a beard pogrom: organized massacre poiesis: creation poikilitic: mottled poikilothermic: cold-blooded poimenic: pastoral poinephobia - A fear of punishment pointel: sharp instrument pointillism: use of separate dots of pure colour rather than blends poise: unit of viscosity of liquids poitrel: armour for a horses breast poivrade: pepper sauce pokerish: causing terror; uncanny polacca: stately Polish dance; polonaise polarimeter: instrument for measuring polarised light polariscope: instrument for detecting polarized light polder: piece of low-lying reclaimed land pole: unit of area equal to a square rod polemarch: ancient Greek military and civil officer polemic: controversial discussion or attack polemology: study of war polemoscope: telescope with angled mirrors for seeing over walls or around corners poleyn: piece of armour for the knee policlinic: outpatient department of hospital poliorcectic: of or pertaining to siegecraft or besiegement poliosis: premature graying of the hair politicaster - Second rate politician or incompetent leader politicophobia - A fear of politicians pollarchy - Rulership by the mob pollard: tree having the whole crown cut off pollent: strong pollex: the thumb pollicitation: promise; especially one not yet accepted polliniferous: bearing pollen pollinigerous: pollen-bearing pollyanna: one who is naively optimistic polonaise: stately Polish dance of moderate tempo poltophagy - To chew food until it is the consistency of porridge poltroon n. - abject coward. poltroon: craven; cowardly polverine: glass-makers potash polyacoustic: amplifying sounds polyaemia: plethora polyandry - Marriage to several men polyapopemptic - Having been divorced numerous times

polyarchy: government by many people polychotomy: division into many parts polychrest: thing or medicine useful in many ways polydemic: native to several countries polydipsia: abnormal thirst polyergic: having many functions polyethnic: consisting of or derived from many races or ethnicities polygenesis: theory that humans derived from many separate origins polygenous: of multiple origin or composition polygoneutic: having several broods in each season polygyny - Marriage to several women polyhidrosis: excessive perspiration polyhistor: person of exceptionally broad knowledge polylemma: argument forcing choice between contradictory statements polylith: prehistoric monument consisting of many stones polylogize - To talk excessively polyloquent - One who can talk about numerous subjects polymath: person possessing knowledge of many subjects polymicrian: compressed into a very small space polymythy: use of multiple plots in a single story polynesic: in multiple separate locations polynia: open water amid sea ice polyommatous: having many eyes polyonym: name consisting of several words polyopia: multiple vision polyphage - Someone who eats many kinds of foods polyphagous: eating many types of food polypharmacy: treatment with many medicines polyphiloprogenitive: very fertile; very imaginative polyphloisbic: loud-roaring polyphloisboian - Making a lot of noise or a loud racket polyphobia - A fear of many things polyphyletic: descending from more than one original type polypnea: rapid breathing polypod: many-legged animal polypragmatist: busybody polypsychic: having several souls polysarcous: obese polysemant: word with many meanings polystachious: having many spikes polystichous: arranged in many rows polystomatous: having many mouths polystyle adj.,n. - (building) with many columns. polystyle: building having many columns polysyllogism: series of syllogisms where each is basis for next polysyndeton: rhetorical device of repeating conjunction for emphasis polythalamous: having many chambers polytheism: belief in multiple deities polytocous: producing many or several at a birth pomace: crushed apples for cider-making pomaceous: relating to or consisting of apples pomade: ointment for the hair pomander: ball of perfumes pomiculture: growing of fruit pomiferous: bearing apples pomiform: shaped like an apple pomoerium: open space around a town within the walls pomology: study of fruit-growing ponceau: poppy red ponderation: weighing or weighing up

pone n. - card player on dealer's right, who cuts the cards. pone: card player on dealer's right responsible for cutting cards ponent: western ponerologist - One who expounds on the evils of nature ponerology: theological doctrine of wickedness or evil pongee: thin soft fabric woven from raw silk poniard: small dagger ponophobia - The fear of overworking pontage: toll paid on bridges; tax for repairing bridges pontifice: bridge-work; a bridge pontist: bridge builder pontlevis: drawbridge poodle: coarsely looped or nubby fabric poop: enclosed structure at stern of ship above main deck poophyte: meadow plant popinjay: conceited person popjoy: to amuse oneself poplin: corded woven silk and worsted popliteal: of or relating to the back of the knee popple: to flow tumblingly; to heave choppily poppyhead: raised ornament on top of upright end of seats in churches poral: of or relating to pores porbeagle: shark with a pointed snout porcellanous: resembling porcelain porcine: of or pertaining to pigs; swinish porculation: fattening or feeding of swine porge: to make meat kosher by removing veins and sinews from hindquarters poriferous: having pores poriform: having the form of a pore porism: geometrical expression of possibility of multiple solutions porlocking: irksome intrusion or interruption pornbroker: one who deals in pornography pornerastic: lecherous; bawdy; lewd pornocracy: government by harlots pornogenarian: dirty old man pornolagnia: desire for prostitutes pornotopia: perfect setting for the antics of pornography porogamy: fertilization of seed plants poromeric: permeable to water vapour porometer: instrument for measuring degree of porosity poroplastic: both porous and plastic poroscope: instrument for investigating porosity porosis: knitting together of broken bones porphyrogenitic: of royal birth porphyrogeniture: accession of 1st son born after fathers accession porphyrophobia - A fear of the color purple porphyrous: purple porphyry: beautiful and valuable purplish stone porraceous: leek-green porrect: to stretch forth; to present porriginous: suffering from a scalp disease that causes baldness porringer: small dish for soup or porridge portatile: portable portesse: portable breviary portfire: prepared paper cylinder used to fire rockets and fireworks portire: curtain hung over door of a room portmanteau: word formed by blending two existing words portreeve: mayor posigrade: auxiliary rocket on a spacecraft positivism: doctrine that that which is not observable is not knowable

posnet: small cooking pot with feet and handle posology: science of quantity or dosage possessive: indicating possession; genitive case posset: milk curdled with alcohol used as remedy postament n. - pedestal; frame. postament: frame; pedestal postcenal: after dinner postcibal: after a meal postconnubial: after marriage postdiluvian: after the great Flood postern n. - archaic, back door. postern: back door or gate; small private door postexilic: after exile postface: concluding note added to end of written work posthetomist - A person who performs circumcisions postiche: excessively and inappropriately added to a finished work posticous: posterior; outward; extrorse postil: marginal note; commentary postilion: someone who guides posthorses postjacent: posterior; behind postliminary: subsequent postliminy: right of returned exiles to resume former status postlude: closing piece of music at end of church service postmundane: after the end of the world postprandial: after dinner postscenium: part of stage behind the scenery postulant: candidate for a religious order postulator: official who presents case for canonization or beatification potable: fit to drink; drinkable potager: garden laid out in a decorative way potamic: of or relating to rivers potamology: study of rivers potamophobia - A fear of rivers potation: the activity of drinking potatory: related to excessive drinking potentiate: to use drugs in combination to increase their power potentiometer: instrument for measuring electromotive forces pother: choking smoke or dust; fuss; commotion potichomania: craze for imitating Oriental porcelain potomania: abnormal desire to drink alcohol potometer: instrument measuring rate at which plants absorb water potophobia - A fear of drinking alcohol potshop: small public house potter: to busy oneself with trifling tasks pottle: small conical fruit basket poulaine - Pointy toed shoes such as worn by jesters poulard: fattened or spayed hen poulp: octopus poult: young fowl pounce: fine powder spread on writing paper to keep ink from running poundage: charge for keeping stray cattle poundal: unit of force that accelerates 1 pound to 1 foot / second / second pourboire: tip; gratuity pourparler: discussion prior to negotiation poussin: chicken raised for eating at around six weeks old powellisation: means of preserving timber practive: practical; concerned with practice praedial: relating to or connected with the land or farming praepostor: prefect of a school pragmatica: royal edict that has the force of law

pragmatism: doctrine emphasizing practical value of philosophy prairillon: small prairie pralltriller: rapid musical trill prandial: of or relating to dinner prasinous: leek-green colour pratal: growing in meadows prate: to talk foolishly or sententiously; to tattle pratincolous: inhabiting meadows or fields pravity: wickedness; depravity praxeology: study of practical or efficient activity; science of efficient action praxinoscope: early cinematograph using series of moving drawings praxis: customary practice or conduct preadamic: before Adam preagonal: immediately preceding death throes preallable: previous; preliminary; preceding preantepenultimate - Fourth from last preaudience: right to be heard before another prebend: stipend or salary paid to clergyman prebendal: relating to stipends issued by a church precative, precatory adj. - beseeching. precative: supplicating; expressing entreaty precatory: of the nature of or expressing a wish or recommendation precentor: leader of the singing of a church choir preceptive: concerning rules of conduct, laws or precepts preciation: evaluation of the value or price of a thing precibal - Before dinner prcieuse: woman affecting a fastidious over-refinement precipitinogenic: causing precipitation precisian: overly precise person; formalist precissive: separating; defining; exact precognosce: to take a precognition of preconcert: to settle beforehand preconize: to proclaim; to summon publicly predacean: predatory animal predacious: living by prey; predatory Predella - platform for altar; portable altar or decoration on it; shelf behind altar. predella: platform for altar; portable altar or decoration upon it predestinarianism: belief that what ever is to happen is already fixed predevote: foreordained predicant: preaching; predicating predicative: indicating the predicate prefatorial: serving as preface or opening remarks prefigure: to imagine beforehand; to foreshadow prefulgent: extremely bright pregustation: foretaste prehensor: something that grasps or seizes prelacy: episcopal church government prelapsarian: belonging to the time before mans original sin prelate: bishop or abbot of superior rank prelation: preferment; promotion; eminence prelect: to lecture prelibation: foretaste; offering of first fruits prelusive: of the nature of a prelude; introductory premiate: to give a prize or premium for premonish: to warn beforehand premorse: ending abruptly as if bitten off premotion: divine impulse determining the will premove: to incite or prompt to action premundane: period before the creation of the earth prenarial: pertaining to or in front of the nostrils

prepense: premeditated; intentional prepollence: predominance prepone: to reschedule for an earlier time prepossess: to bias or prejudice favourably; to impress prepotent: potent in a very high degree preputial: of or relating to the foreskin prerupt: broken off; steep; abrupt presbycousis: hardness of hearing during old age presbycusis - The loss of hearing due to old age presbyophrenia: female senility marked by loss of memory presbyopia - The loss of sight due to old age presbyte: old man presbytery: part of church reserved for officiating clergy prescient - Having foresight or knowledge of what will happen. prescind: to cut off; cut short; separate prescious: prescient prescriptivism: belief that moral edicts are merely orders with no truth value preseminal: before the onset of puberty; before fertility presenium: period of life preceding old age presentient: prescient; having a premonition presentoir: ornamental shallow tray or cup presidial: of or relating to a garrison presidial: presidential pressible: able to be pressed prest: to loan prestigiator: conjurer prestriction: blindness; blindfolding preterist: lover of the past preterite: signifying past time or a completed action preterition - doctrine that God has decided who to save preterition: the act of passing over or omission pretermit: to pass by; to omit; to leave undone preterpluperfect - More than perfect prevenancy: courteous anticipation of others wishes prevenient: antecedent; preceding; anticipatory prevernal: blossoming or foliating early prevision: foresight; foreknowledge prevoyant: having foresight Priapean: pertaining to male reproductive power; phallic priapism: constant erection; licentiousness; lewdness pricket: spike or antler used as a candlestick pridian: of or relating to yesterday prie-dieu: prayer stool or kneeling bench in a church prill: nodule of metal obtained after assaying primage: fee paid to loaders for loading ship primatology: study of primates prime: prayer service held at 6 a.m. primigenial: first or earliest formed or produced primiparous: having borne only one child primitiae: first fruits primitial: of or relating to first fruits; primeval primitivism: doctrine that a simple and natural life is morally best primo: in the first place primogenous: pertaining to the earliest or first developmental stage primrose: pale yellow princeps: first; especially first edition of a book princox n. - an arrogant effeminate fellow priscan: ancient; of early times prisoptometer: instrument for measuring degree of astigmatism prithee: expression of wish or request

privatism: attitude of avoiding involvement in outside interests privative: indicating absence, deprivation or negation privity: privacy; secrecy; secret or confidential conversation pro: in favour of; for proairesis, proaeresis n. - deliberate choice. proairesis: the act of choosing probabiliorism: belief that when in doubt one must choose most likely answer probabilism: belief that knowledge is always probable but never absolute proband: one with a certain feature by which descendants analyzed probang: flexible rod put down throat to clear obstacle probit: unit of measurement of statistical probability probity n. - integrity of character. proboscidate: having a proboscis or long snout proboscidiform - having a nose like an elephant's trunk probosciform: shaped like a long nose probouleutic: for preliminary deliberation procacious adj. - insolent. procacity n. procacity: petulance; insolence procatalectic: lacking the unaccented part of first foot of a line of verse procathedral: parish church serving as a cathedral proceleusmatic: inciting; encouraging; exhorting procellous: stormy procephalic: pertaining to the front of the head procerity: tallness prochronism: assigning a date to an event earlier than actual procidence: prolapse; falling forward or downward procinct: preparedness proclisis: pronunciation of word dependent on following word proclivitous: steep procoelous: cupped in front procrescophobia - The fear of gaining weight procrustean: seeking to enforce uniformity procrypsis: protective coloration proctal: pertaining to the anus or rectum proctology: study of rectum proctor: disciplinary officer at a college or university proctoscope: instrument for examining the rectum procumbent: lying or leaning forward; prone procuratory: authorization to act for another procursive: running forward proditor: traitor proditorious adj. - traitorous; prone to give away secrets prodrome: initial symptom of a disease; introductory treatise proem: preface proemial: introductory; prefatory proemptosis: addition of extra day to lunar calendar every 300 years proethnic: pertaining to primitive races profectitious: derived from a parent or ancestor proficuous - advantageous and useful profligate: debauched; rashly extravagant profluent: exuberant; abundant profulgent: shining out; radiant progeria: second childhood; disease of premature aging prognathic: having a jaw that projects forward projacient: jutting forward projicient: communicating between an organism and its environment prolate: having flattened sides due to lengthwise elongation prolation: utterance prolative: indicating motion alongside or means of motion prolegomenon: introductory study or treatise

prolepsis: anticipation; device where objections are anticipated proleptical: prehistoric proleptics: prognosis prolicide: killing of offspring; killing of the human race proligerous: bearing offspring prolix n. - tedious, boring words prolix: long-winded; garrulous; dwelling too long on particulars prolocutor: spokesman; speaker of the House of Lords prolusion: preliminary performance, activity or display promachos: champion or defender; tutelary god promptuary: repository; reference book of facts promulgate: make known; disseminate pronaos: vestibule in front of a temple pronasale: tip of the nose pronation: turning hand and forearm so that palm faces downward pronograde: walking with body parallel to ground prooemium: preface propadeuctic: a preliminary study; preliminary proper: elements of Christian mass that are variable propine: to pledge in drinking; to present or offer propinquiphobia - A fear of being too close propinquity: closeness propitiate: to render favourable; to appease proplasm: preliminary model or mould propolis: resin of tree buds collected by bees proprioception: sense of muscular position propugnation: defence prore: prow; ship proreption: creeping attack or secretive advance of troops prorogue: to discontinue meetings of a group without dissolving it prorrhesis: preface prosateur: one who writes prose for a living proscenium: part of the stage in front of the curtain prosector: one who dissects bodies in anatomical lectures proseuche: place of prayer; oratory prosilient: outstanding; conspicuous; jumping forth prosit: toast to good health prosodemic: contagious; infectious prosodic: of or relating to versification prosody: study of versification prosophobia - A fear of progress prosopic: pertaining to the face prosopography: biographical sketch; description of person prosopolepsy - The acceptance of people based on the appearance prosopolethy - The inability to remember a face prosopopeia: personification; representation of absent person as speaking prospice: look forward prostyle adj.,n. - (building) with columns in front only. prostyle: building having columns only in the front prosy: prosaic; tedious prosyllogism: syllogism whose conclusion forms premise of another protactic: prefatory; preliminarily explanatory protanopia: colour-blindness with respect to red protasis: conditional clause of a conditional sentence protasis: introductory or explanatory portion of a play protean: variable; versatile; assuming different forms protension: duration protensive: extensive in time or length protervity: peevishness; petulance; perversity; wantonness protestation: avowal or solemn declaration

prothalamion: song or poem celebrating a coming marriage prothonotary: chief registrar of a court; keeper of canonisation records protistology: study of protists protocolist: registrar or clerk protogenic: formed at the beginning protogenist: inventor protolithic: from the earliest Stone Age protomorphic: primordial; primitive protopathy: first or direct experience protoplast: original ancestor; first-formed person or thing prototrophic: feeding directly on uncombined elements protreptic: exhorting; encouraging; didactic; doctrinal provand: allowance of food; provisions provection: transfer of last letter of one word to first of next proveditor: purveyor of supplies or goods provenance: source; origin provenient: issuing forth providore: steward; quartermaster provine: to propagate by layering proxemics: study of mans need for personal space proxenete: procurer; marriage broker proximo: of next month proxysm: close or near relationship pruinose: having a frosted look; bearing whitish dust prunella: strong and heavy silk or wool pruniferous: bearing plums prunt: moulded glass ornament attached to a larger glass object prurient: stemming from the indulgence of lewd ideas prurigo: irritating skin disease causing itching pruritus: itching of the skin psalligraphy: the art of paper-cutting to make pictures psalmodist: singer of psalms psalmody: act of singing psalms in church services psaltery: ancient stringed musical instrument psammite: fine-grained rock psammophile: sand-loving plant psammous: sandy psaphonic - Preoccupied with plotting your ascent to wealth and renown psellism - indistinct pronounciation, such as produced by a lisp or by stammering psellismophobia - The fear of stuttering psephitic: of or relating to pebbles psephology: study of election results and voting trends psephomancy: divination by drawing lots or markers at random pseudacusis: mistaken or false hearing pseudaesthesia: imaginary feeling or sensation pseudandry: assumption of man's proper name by a woman pseudaposematic: imitating the coloration of a dangerous animal pseudepigrapha: apocrypha; non-canonical books of the Bible pseudepigraphy: assignment of false authors to books pseudepiscopy: existence or rule of a spurious bishop pseudoautochiria: murder disguised as suicide pseudoblepsis: imaginary or false vision; hallucination pseudochromaesthesia: mental association of sounds with colours pseudochronism: error in dating pseudodox: false doctrine or opinion pseudography: unsatisfactory spelling pseudogyny: adoption of womans name by a man at marriage pseudolalia: incoherence of speech pseudolatry: false worship pseudologia: lying in speech or writing

pseudologue: pathological liar pseudology: art or science of lying pseudomancy - A false or fake divination pseudomania: irrational predilection for lying pseudomorph: false or abnormal physical form pseudophonia: suicide disguised as murder pseudopsia: optical illusion pseudoptics: study of optical illusions pseudosmia: false perception of odours pseudosopher: one who pretends to hold knowledge or wisdom psilanthropism - The belief that Jesus was not a God, but a man psilanthropy - The belief that Jesus was a mere mortal psilology n. - empty talk psilosis: loss of hair psilothrum: substance causing loss of hair psithurism - The sound of wind in trees or rustling leaves psithurism: whispering noise; sound of leaves mvoing in the wind psittacine: of or like parrots psittacism: parrot-like repetition of speech psoas: loin muscle psomophagy: swallowing food without thorough chewing psophometer: instrument measuring audible interference of electrical current psychaesthesia: sensation in relation to feeling or thought psychagogic: attractive; encouraging psychagogue: conductor of souls to the underworld psychalgia: mental pain or distress psychiasis: healing of the soul or psyche psychism: belief in universal soul psychobiology: study of biology of the mind psychodynamic: concerning psychological motives and causation psychofugal: proceeding outward from a mental state psychogenesis: origin and development of the mind psychogenetics: study of internal or mental states psychognosy: study of mentality, personality or character psychogony: development of the mind or soul psychogram: writing supposedly produced under influence of spirits psychograph: instrument that supposedly records spirit messages psychomachy: conflict between the body and the soul psychomancy: divination by means of spirits psychometry: measurement of intelligence and psychological attributes psychomorphism: doctrine that inanimate objects have human mentality psychopannychism: belief souls sleep from death to resurrection psychopathology: study of mental illness psychophobia - A fear of the mind psychophysics: study of link between mental and physical processes psychorrhagy: separation of the soul from the body psychosophy: doctrine or theory of the soul psychotaxis: alteration of mental outlook to satisfy the personality psychotheism: doctrine that God is a purely spiritual entity psychroaesthesia: sensation of cold in part of body that is actually warm psychrolusia: bathing in cold water psychrometer: instrument for measuring air moisture or temperature psychrometer: instrument for measuring dryness of the atmosphere psychrophilic: thriving in cold temperatures psychrophobia: fear of the cold psychurgy: mental function, operation or energy ptarmic: substance that causes sneezing pteric: pertaining to the wing or the shoulder pteridology: study of ferns pteridomania: passion for ferns

pterography: treatise or description of feathers pteronophobia - A fear of feathers pteronophobia: fear of being tickled by feathers pterospermous: having winged seeds pterygoid: like a wing pteryla: patch or clump of feathers on a bird pterylology: study of distribution of feathers on birds ptilosis: plumage or mode of feathering; plumage ptochocracy: rule of beggars or paupers; wholesale pauperization ptochogony: production of beggars; pauperization ptosis: drooping of the upper eyelid ptyalagogue: substance that promotes salivation ptyalism: excessive flow of saliva pubarche: first appearance of pubic hair puberulent: feebly or minutely pubescent; covered with minute down pubigerous: hairy; bearing or growing hair puccoon: blood-root; dark red colour puce: brownish-purple; purplish-pink pucelage: virginity pucelle: maid; virgin puckery: astringent; tending to wrinkle pudendum: external female reproductive organs pudibund: shamefaced; prudish pudicity: modesty pudor: sense of shame puellaphillist - One who loves girls puericulture: child-rearing puerperal: of or relating to childbirth pug: ground clay mixed with water pugil: small handful; pinch pugioniform: dagger-shaped puisne adj. - inferior; junior. puisne: inferior in rank; later; junior puissant adj. - powerful. puissance, n. puissant: powerful; mighty pulchritude: beauty pule: to pipe; to whimper or whine pulicide: flea-killer pulicine: of or pertaining to fleas pulicoid: like a flea pulicose - Infested with fleas pullet: young hen pullulate: to swarm; to teem; to breed freely; to sprout pulmonic: of or relating to the lungs pulpitum: gigantic stone screen separating cathedral choir from the nave pulsimeter: instrument for measuring the pulse pultaceous: macerated and softened; like porridge; pulpy pulverous: dusty or powder pulverulent: dusty-looking; readily crumbling; powdery pulvil: perfumed powder pulvillar: cushion-like pulvilli: pads between claws of an insects foot pulvilliform: shaped like a cushion pulvinated: cushion-like; bulging; pillowy punalua: marriage of brothers of one family to sisters of another puncheon: tool for punching or stamping punctal: like a point punctate: dotted; pitted punctatim: point for point punctiform: shaped like a point

punctilio: minor detail or point of conduct punctilious: scrupulous and exact punctulate: bearing small spots or dots punctule: minute dot, pit or aperture pundigrion: play on words; pun pundonor: point of honour puniceous adj. - bright or purplish red. puniceous: bright or purplish red punk: decayed wood punk: dry decayed wood used for tinder punnet: small shallow fruit basket pupate: to pass through a chrysalis stage pupigerous: bearing a puparium pupillarity: the state of being a pupil purblind: nearly blind purfle v. - ornament edges of, especially with embroidery purfle: to ornament the edge of with embroidery purificator: cloth used to wipe Eucharist chalice puriform: like pus purlicue n. - space between extended thumb and index finger; flourish in writing purlicue: curl or flourish in writing; summary of speeches purlieu: a persons usual haunts; neighbourhood purlieus n. -pl. neighbourhood; suburb(s). purline: supporting timber stretching across rafters purloin: to steal; to filch purpresture: encroachment on public property purpure: heraldic colour purple purpureal: purple purser: ship's officer in charge of finances and passengers pursuivant: follower or attendant pursy adj. - short-winded, especially because stout. purulence: the quality of being filled with pus pushful: energetically or aggressively enterprising pusillanimous: lacking firmness; cowardly; having a weak character pustule: pimple containing pus; lump or wart putanism: lewdness in women; prostitution putative: supposed; reputed putcher: wire trap for catching salmon puteal: wall round the top of a well putid adj. - worthless; fetid. putid: decayed; fetid putlock: cross-piece in a scaffolding putois: brush for painting pottery putrefaction: rotting putrilage: products or remnants of decay putto: plump naked winged boy in artwork puture: foresters claim of subsistence within bounds of forest puy: small volcanic cone pycnometer: instrument for measuring specific gravity or density pycnomorphous: compact; dense pycnosis: thickening pycnostyle: having closely spaced columns pygal: belonging to the rump end; pertaining to the rump pygalgia - A pain in the butt pygia: pain in the rump pygmachy: boxing; fighting with clubs pyknic - Being stocky and round pyogenic: pus-forming pyoid: purulent; pus-like pyosis - formation of pus or the process through which pus is formed

pyrene: fruit-stone pyretic: of, pertaining to or for the cure of fevers pyretology: study of fevers pyrexia: fever pyrexical: feverish pyrexiophobia - A fear of fever pyrgoidal: tower-shaped pyrgology - The study of towers pyrgology: study of towers pyriform - Shaped like a pear pyriform: shaped like a pear pyritiferous: bearing pyrite pyroballogy: study of artillery pyroclastics: ash and other material released by volcano pyrogenation: subjection to heat pyrogenous: produced by or producing heat or fever pyrognomic: easily made incandescent pyrography - The art of writing on wood or decorating wood by burning it pyrography: poker-work pyrography: study of woodburning pyrokinesis: ability to start fires using mind alone pyrolatry: fire-worship pyromachy: use of fire in combat pyromancy: divination using fire pyrometer: instrument for measuring very high temperatures pyrophanous: becoming transparent when heated pyrophobia: fear of fire pyrophorus: substance that spontaneously combusts pyroscope: instrument for measuring intensity of radiant heat pyrosis: heartburn pyrrhic: pertaining to the dance or to the foot pyrrhonism: total or radical skepticism pyrrhonist - A skeptic who accepts nothing at face value pyrrhotism: state of being red-haired pyrrhous: reddish; ruddy pysmatic - Always asking questions or inquiring, interrogatory pythogenic: produced by filth; causing dirt or decay pythonic: like an oracle or a python pythonism: possession by an oracular spirit pyx: box or vessel in which coins or consecrated Eucharist are kept pyxis: little box or casket for jewels or toiletries

qanat: underground tunnel for carrying irrigation water qat: leaves chewed or brewed in tea as a stimulant qigong: system of Chinese meditational exercises qintar: Albanian unit of currency qua: in the capacity of quab: something unfinished or immature; unfledged bird quackle: to choke; to suffocate quadra n. - plinth; square frame. quadra: square frame; plinth quadragesimal: of or relating to Lent; lasting forty days quadral: in four parts quadrat: small square block used as a space in printing quadrate: to make square; to make to agree quadratrix: a curve by which a circle may be squared quadratura: wall or ceiling painted with arches and columns in strong perspective

quadrennial: lasting four years; occurring once every four years quadrifid: split into four quadrifoliate: having four leaves quadriga: two-wheeled carriage drawn by four horses quadrigeminal: in four similar or equal parts quadrigenarious: comprising four hundred quadrille: square dance for four couples quadrilocular: having four compartments quadrimium: four-year-old wine; best or oldest wine quadrireme: ancient ship with four sets of oars quadrivial: leading in four directions; concerning a four-way junction quadrivoltine: having four litters in a single year quadroon: old term for a person of one-quarter black ancestry quadrumane - A four handed animal, such as a monkey or ape quadrumanous: of the primates other than man quaeritur: the question is asked quaesitum: something sought for; the true value quaestionary: religious pardoner quaestor: ancient magistrate; a medieval pardoner quaestuary adj.,n. - archaic, in business for profit, or having profit as sole aim quaestuary: money-making; money-seeking; in business only for profit quagga: extinct African wild ass like the zebra quagma: hypothetical matter made up of quarks and gluons quahog: type of edible clam quaintise n. - ingenuity, cunning; a trick or stratagem quale: quality or property of something; abstract virtue or quality qualificator: one who prepares ecclesiastical cases for trial qualtagh - The first person you see after leaving your house quango: a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization quannet: flat file used like a plane quant n. - punting pole; v.t. propel with quant. quant: punting or jumping pole with a flat end quantometer: instrument for measuring proportions of elements in metallic samples quantophrenia: obsessive reliance on statistics and mathematical results quantulum: small quantity quaquaversal: facing or bending all ways quarender: dark red apple quaresimal: Lenten; having the meagreness of Lenten meals quark: soft cheese made from skim milk quarterdeck: part of ship's deck set aside by captain for ceremonial functions quartering: sailing nearly before the wind quarterlight: small triangular ventilation window in a car quartern: one quarter of various measures quartziferous: bearing quartz quasi: as if; seemingly; in a manner quasquicentennial: one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary quassation: act of shaking or being shaken quat: a pimple; an insignificant person quatenus: in the capacity of; in so far as quaternity: fourness; any group of four things quatint: engraving using nitric acid quatrayle: great-great-great grandfather quatrefoil n. - any figure like leaf or flower with four leaflets. quatrefoil: four-petalled flower; design or ornament with four flowers or leaves quattrocentism: style of art of the fifteenth century in Italy quattrocento n. - 15th century. queach: a thicket quean: lewd woman; hussy; woman of bad character qued adj. - evil, bad queenite: a queen's partisan

quelch: to squelch quena: vertical bamboo flute used in the Andes quenelle: poached meat dumpling quenouille: concerning the training of trees into cone-like shape quercetum: plantation of oak trees quercine: of or relating to oak trees querent: one who asks a question querimony n. - a complaint querimony: complaint querist: inquirer quern: stone mill worked by hand quersprung: in skiing, a jump-turn at right angles querulent adj.,n. - habitually and abnormally suspicious (person). querulous, adj. peevish; fretful; complaining. querulous: complaining; peevish quesited: sought for; asked about question extraordinaire n. - n. final or severest torture. quetzal: gold and green bird with long tail feathers qui vive n. - 'who goes there?' on the qui vive, on the alert. quich: to stir; to move quickset: formed of living plants arranged in place quicksilver: old name for mercury quickstep: fast march-like dance quid: a cut or wad or something chewable quidam n. - obscure, unknown person quidam: a certain person; somebody quiddany: jelly or thick syrup made from sweetened quince juice quiddity n. - the essence or nature of a thing quiddity: unique essence; eccentricity quidnunc n. - gossiper; inquisitive person. quidnunc - person who always wants to know what is going on, a busybody, gossip quietism: doctrine of enlightenment through mental tranquility quietus n. - release; act of dispatching or disposing of; fatal blow; death. quietus: discharge from life; extinction; death; silencing quiff: tuft of hair brushed away from the forehead; oiled lock of hair quillet n. - archaic, quibble; small tube. quillet: subtle point in argument; a quibble quilling: strip or ribbon gathered into flutings quillon: arm of the cross-guard of a sword handle quince: orange-coloured, pear-shaped fruit quincunx: five things with four at corners and one in middle quinology: study of quinine quinquefarious: arranged in five rows quinquennium: period of five years quintain: post for tilting with turning cross-piece quipu: knotted cords used as Inca mnemonic device quire: twenty-four sheets of paper of the same size and quality quirister: a chorister quiritary: in accordance with Roman civil law quirt n. - a riding crop or whip quisguous adj. - perplexing quisling: one who aids the enemy; a puppet leader supported by foreign power quisquilian - Consisting of trash and rubbish quisquillian adj. - trashy quitclaim: deed relinquishing a claim, such as a mining title quitrent: small nominal rent paid to commute feudal service quixotic: extravagantly and romantically chivalrous; idealistic quodlibertarian - pedant who engages in elaborate arguments about minor things quodlibet - subtle debate over a theological point by Christians quodlibet. - moot or subtle point; fruitless or pedantic argument.

quoin: a wedge; salient angle of a building; cornerstone quoit: heavy flat ring thrown over pin in a game like horseshoes quomodocunquize - To make money by any means possible quondam adj. - 'formerly'; a. former. quondam: former; sometime; formerly quorate: having or being a quorum quotatious: tending to quote; given to quoting quotha: expression of surprise or contempt quotidian - Occuring every day, commonplace quotiety: number; numerical relationship quotition: a division regarded as a repeated subtraction

rabbet: groove cut to receive an edge rabble: device for stirring molten iron in a furnace Rabelaisian: coarsely hilarious rabiator n. - a violent man rabic: pertaining to rabies racemation: cluster or bundle of grapes or any other thing raceme: central stem with flowers on small stalks racemiferous: bearing clusters or bunches rach(e) n. - dog hunting by scent. rach: dog that hunts by scent rachidian: of or concerning the spine rachiometer: instrument for measuring the spine rachis: spine or axis of a feather; the spinal cord rachitogenic: causing rickets raciology: study of racial differences rackrent: excessive rent racloir: scraper used by early hominids raconteur: teller of anecdotes radappertization: treatment of food with ionizing radiation to kill bacteria radarscope: instrument for detecting radar signals raddle: flexible rod used to make hurdles or fences raddle: red ochre used to make marks radicated: rooted; established radiciform: like a root radicivorous: eating roots radicle: rootlike organ or part radicolous: living on roots radiesthesia: sensitivity to radiation from any source radiology: study of X-rays and their medical applications radiophobia - The fear of radiation radix: root; root-number or numerical base; root word or stem radular: coarse; scraping; raspy raduliform: like a rasp or file rafale: burst of artillery in quick rounds raffish: disreputable; vulgar ragabash: idle worthless fellow raglan: having sleeves going all the way to the neck ragmatical: wild; ill-behaved raguly: in heraldry, having short alternating projections and depressions railophone: telephone installed in a train raisonn adj. - systematically arranged; ordered. raisonneur: person in a play or book embodying authors viewpoint raith - A quarter of a year rake: the inclination of a mast or another part of a ship

ramage: boughs of a tree ramate: branched rameal: of or relating to branches ramellose: having small branches ramentum: chaffy scale on plants ramie: strong lustrous fabric resembling linen or silk ramiferous: bearing branches ramiform: branching; shaped like branches rampallion: scoundrel; villain rampant: heraldic animal portrayed on its hind legs rampick: dead tree or tree decayed at top ramuliferous: bearing small branches ramulus: small branch ramus: branch of anything ranarian: froggy ranarium: place where frogs are kept rancelman: local constable or law officer in Orkney and Shetland rancescent: becoming rancid rand: border; edge; margin randan: uproar; din; riotous conduct randem: with three horses in single file rangiferine: pertaining to or like reindeer raniform: frog-like ranine: pertaining to or like frogs ranivorous: eating frogs rantallion n. - one whose scrotum is longer than his penis rantipole n. - a wild, rambunctious young man rantipole: wild; disorderly rantize: to sprinkle with water during baptism ranunculaceous: of or relating to buttercups rapacious adj. - greedy; obtaining by extortion; predacious; ravenous. rapacity, n. rapine n. - pillaging. raploch: coarse undyed woollen cloth rapparee n. - irregular soldier; vagabond. rappel: call to arms by the beating of a drum rapprochement: establishment of or state of cordial relations raptorial: predacious; of or relating to a bird of prey raptus: trance; rapture; seizure rarissima: extremely rare books ras: headland raschel: light loosely kitted cloth rasophore: lowest rank of Greek Orthodox monk rasorial: scraping the ground for food rasure: act of scraping; erasure; obliteration rataplan: drumming sound ratemeter: instrument for measuring counting rate of electronic counters rath: prehistoric hill fort rathe: quick; early; eager ratheripe: early ripe raticide: substance or person who kills rats ratihabition: ratification ratin: rough bulky plain-woven fabric ratiocinate: to reason or argue logically ratite: of or pertaining to flightless birds ratline: small rope forming a rung of a rope ladder on a ship ratten: to practise sabotage against ravelin: detached work with two embankments realism: doctrine that objects of cognition are real reast: to become rancid reasty - Something which is covered in rust or has a rusty taste to it

rebarbative adj. - grim, unattractive, forbidding, repellent rebarbative: repellent; repulsive rebatement: abatement; reduction; discount rebec: medieval musical instrument like a mandolin or viol reboant: marked by reverberation; resounding rebullition: act of boiling up or effervescing rebus: picture puzzle representing a word recadency: relapsing; falling back recalesce: to display again a state of glowing heat recaption: reprisal; taking back that which is unlawfully obtained recense: to revise critically recept: idea or imaged formed by repeated similar perceptions receptacular: serving as a receptacle recherch adj. - refined; carefully done; curious; far-fetched; extravagant. recherch: carefully chosen, rare or exotic recidivism: habit of relapsing into crime recipiangle: old instrument with two arms used for measuring angles reciprocornous: having horns that turn backward and then forward recision: cutting back; rescinding rcit: solo part for voice or instrument; narrative tale reckling: smallest or weakest of a litter rclame: art or practice by which publicity or notoriety is secured reclinate: bent down or back recoct: to cook again; to concoct; to improvise recondite adj. - concealed; abstruse; erudite. recondite: out of the way; little known recreant adj.,n. - cowardly or renegade (person). recreancy, n. recreant: craven; false; apostate recrement: waste; dross; secretion that is reabsorbed; excess matter recriminate: to charge ones accuser recrudescence: a resurgence after a period of abatement rectalgia: pain in the butt rectigrade: moving in a straight line rectiphobia - A fear of being corrected rectiserial: in vertical ranks rectitudinous: manifesting overly obvious moral correctness recto: front side of a bookleaf; on the front rectopathic - One who is easily hurt emotionally rectrix: quill feathers of a bird's tail recumbent: reclining; lying comfortably recumbentibus - A knockout punch, either verbal or physical recure: to cure; to heal; to bring back to health recusant: one who refuses to attend Catholic church services; nonconformist redact: to edit; work into shape; to frame redactophobia - A fear of editing or of editors redan: field fortification with two parapets meeting at an angle redargue: to refute; to confute reddendum: reserving clause in a lease rede: to counsel or advise redhibition: return of defective product and cancellation of sale redintegrate: to make whole again; to restore redivivus: resuscitated; come to life again redolent: fragrant; smelling of; suggestive of redoubt: rough and temporary fortification redoubtable: formidable; valiant redound: recoil back on; make contribution for own benefit redshort: brittle at red-heat reductionism: belief that complex phenomena are reducible to simple ones reduit: inner fortified retreat for a garrison reef: to reduce area of a sail by rolling or folding part of it

reel: lively dance of the Scottish Highlands reeve: to pass a rope through a ring refection: refreshment or relief; a meal refectory: dining-hall of a monastery or other institution refel: to refute; to disprove; to confute reflation: increase in amount of economic activity and spending reflectometer: instrument for measuring reflectance of radiant energy reflet n. - lustre, irridescence, esp. on pottery. reflet: iridescent or metallic lustre reflexology: study of reflexes refluent: flowing back; ebbing; tidal reflux: an ebb; boiling using a condenser to avoid liquid loss refocillate: to refresh; to cherish refractometer: instrument measuring refraction of light refractory: unruly; unmanageable; perverse; obstinate refragable adj. - capable of being refuted refrangible adj. - capable of being refracted refrangible: that may be refracted refringency: refractivity refugium: area that has retained earlier geographic conditions refulgent adj. - radiant, brilliant, shining refulgent: casting a flood of light; radiant; beaming regal: a small portable organ regalism: doctrine of the monarch's supremacy in church affairs regardant: in profile and looking to the rear regelation: freezing together again reginal: of or relating to a queen regiphobia - A fear of a king or kings rgisseur: stage manager; director; manager regius: royal reglementation: regulation reglet: strip for spacing between lines in printing regnal: of a reign regolith: layer of loose rock overlaying solid rock regorge: to disgorge; to regurgitate regrate: to buy and sell again in or near the same market regrede: to retrograde regreet: to exchange greetings reguerdon: to reward regula: rule of a religious order regulus: impure metal; intermediate product in ore smelting rehibition - The act of taking back defective products reinfund: to flow in again rejectamenta: refuse; excrement rejoinder: sharp and clever answer relche: relaxation; rest; no performance relative: indicating relation or a prepositional object relict: left behind; surviving reliction: recession of sea leaving bare land religate: to tie together; to restrain reliquary: a small box or shrine used to hold relics reliquiae: remains relucent adj. - reflecting; refulgent. relucent: reflecting; shining relume: to light or light up again remanent: a remainder; a remnant remanet: postponed case or parliamentary bill remeant: returning; coming back remex: quill feather of a bird's wing remiform: oar-shaped

remigate: to row remittitur: act of sending case from appellate court back to trial court remonstrate: to protest; to expostulate remontant: flowering more than once per season remora: delay; obstacle remplissage - The padding of literary works or of musical works remuant: restless; fidgety remueur: person who turns the bottles in wine-making renable adj. - fluent, eloquent renal: of or pertaining to the kidneys renascent: coming into renewed life or vitality rencounter: chance meeting; encounter; casual combat reniform: shaped like a kidney renitent: resistant; reluctant; recalcitrant renverse: to reverse; to upset rep: plain-woven fabric with crosswise ribs repetend: figures, words, notes or numbers that are repeated repine: to feel or express discontent or dejection replevin: repossession of stolen goods pending outcome of lawsuit repository: side altar in Catholic church repouss: raised in relief by hammering from behind or within reprehend: to rebuke representamen: the product of representation representationalism: doctrine that ideas rather than external objects are basis of knowledge reprobate: reprehensible or immoral person reprography: reproduction of graphic or typeset material reptant: creeping; crawling reptation: act of squirming along a smooth-walled narrow passage repugn: to fight against; to oppose repunit: number consisting of two or more identical integers requiem: lament or mass for the dead requiescat: prayer for the dead requital: act of payment in return; repayment; vengeance reredos n. - screen behind altar reredos: screen behind altar reremouse: bat rescript: answer of pope or emperor to any legal question; edict or decree rseau: network of lines used in star photographs resection: cutting away a part of; especially the end resiant: resident resile: to recoil; to rebound; to draw back from a position resiniferous: bearing resin resipiscence: recognition of error; change to better frame of mind resistentialism - The spiteful behaviour of inanimate objects resofincular: resembling a wire hanger resorb: to absorb back; to reabsorb respirometer: instrument for measuring and studying respiration respondentia: loan on ships cargo payable on safe arrival responsory: set of responses sung or said after liturgical reading restiform: shaped like a cord resupine: lying on the back ret: to expose to moisture; to soak; to soften by soaking retable: shelf or ornamental setting for panels behind an altar rete: network or net; stylized star-map of an astrolabe retiary: of nets; using nets as a weapon; catching insects in webs reticular: of or pertaining to nets; intricate reticulate: divide or be divided into a network retiform: shaped like a net retinaculum: connecting band; means of retention retinise: to read mechanically by sight alone

retinoid: like resin retinoscope: instrument for measuring and viewing the retina retiracy: seclusion; enough to retire on retorse: bent backwards retrad: backwards retrahent: drawing back retral: at or toward the rear retree: slightly damaged paper retrenchment: cutting down on; reduction in amount of retrocede: to move back; to cede back; to grant back retrochoir: space in choir behind high altar retrocognition: extrasensory knowledge of past events retrograde: moving or directed backwards; degenerating; inverse retrogress: backward movement; degeneration retroject: to throw backwards retromancy: divination by looking over ones shoulder retromingent: urinating rearwards retromorphosis: change for the worse retronym: new name as modification of older term used alone retrophilia: love of things of the past retropulsion: pushing backwards retrorse: turned back or downward retrouss: turned up; especially of the nose retrovert: to turn back revalescent: convalescent revalorize: to give new value to; to restore value of currency revanche: revenge; policy directed towards recovery of territory revehent: carrying back revendicate: to make formal claim to; to try to retrieve lost goods revers: any part of a garment which is turned back revest: reinstate; reinvest revet: to face with masonry revetment: retaining wall revie: to stake more than an opponent has proposed on revirescent: growing young or strong again reviviscent: reviving revolute: rolled back at the edges rhabdoid: rodlike rhabdology: art of calculating using numbering rods rhabdomancy: divination using a rod or stick rhabdophobia - A fear of magic rhabdophobia - fear of sticks or rods, or of being beaten with them rhabdos: magic wand rhadamanthine - Being completely fair and incorruptible rhaebosis: curvature; bandiness rhagades: small fissures or chaps on the skin rhamphoid: hooked beak shaped rhapsodomancy: divination by opening works of poetry at random rhathymia: personality factor leading to optimism and cheerfulness rheid: substance that flows viscously when below its melting point rhema: word; verb rhematic: of words or verbs; forming a word or words rheme: speech element that expresses an idea rheology: science of the deformation or flow of matter rheometer: instrument that measures current rheophile: living or thriving in running water rheostat: instrument for measuring electric resistance rheotaxis: direction of movement by water rheotropism: change in orientation or location of an organism due to running water rheum: watery discharge from eyes and nose

rheumatology: study of rheumatism rhexis: rupture of a blood-vessel rhigosis: sensation of cold; ability to feel cold rhinal: of or relating to the nose rhinocerial: very heavy; of or like a rhinoceros rhinocerotic: of or pertaining to the rhinoceros rhinogenous: deriving from the nose rhinology: study of the nose rhinophonia - An extreme nasal sound in one's voice rhipidate: fan-shaped rhizic: of the root of an equation rhizogenic: producing or growing roots rhizoid: root-like rhizome: root-like stalk or stem of a plant rhizophagous: root-eating rhizophilous: growing or thriving on or near roots rhochrematics: science of inventory management and the movement of products rhodopsin: visual purple rhomboid: shaped like a parallelogram rhombos: bull-roarer rhonchial: of or relating to snoring rhonchisonant: making a snorting or snoring noise rhopalic: having each word one syllable longer than that before rhopography: painting in still life rhotacism: excessive or incorrect pronunciation of the letter r rhumb: compass point rhynchodont: having a toothed beak rhyparography: genre or still-life pictures of sordid subjects rhypophagy: eating filth rhysimeter: instrument for measuring speed of current or watercraft rhythmometer: instrument for measuring speed of rhythms rhytidectomy: wrinkle-removing operation rhytiphobia - Fear of getting wrinkles rhytiscopia - an obsession with one's facial wrinkles rhyton: drinking cup with hole in the point to drink by ria: normal drowned valley; long wide creek riant adj. - laughing; jolly. riant: laughing; merry ribibe: an old crone, past the age of sexual attractiveness rictal: of the gape; of the corner of the mouth rictus: gaping mouth; orifice rideau: ridge or mound of earth used for defense ridel, riddel n. - altar-curtain. ridel: altar curtain rident: laughing or smiling radiantly; beaming ridgeling: half-castrated animal ridibund adj. - easily moved to laughter. ridibund: easily moved to laughter ridotto: social gathering with music and dancing riem: rawhide thong rifacimento: recasting of a literary or musical work riffler: small file with curved ends used in woodworking rigadoon: lively Baroque period dance rigescent: becoming numb or stiff rigidulous: somewhat stiff rillet: small brook or stream rillmark: marking produced by water running down a bank or beach rima: narrow fissure rimiform: having a long furrow rimose: full of chinks; covered with cracks

rimple: to wrinkle rindle: small watercourse ringent: gaping riometer: instrument for measuring absorbed cosmic radio waves riparian: of or inhabiting a riverbank; a riverside inhabitant ripienist: supplementary instrumentalist ripieno: supplementary or reinforcing music ripple: toothed tool for removing seeds from flax or hemp risible: laughable risorgimento: revival; rebirth risorial: pertaining to or causing laughter risus: a laugh; a grin ritornel: short instrumental prelude or interlude in opera rittmaster: captain of a troop of horse rivage: shore; bank rivel: to shrivel; to shrink rivulation: irregular marks of colour rivulose: marked with winding and haphazard lines rixation n. - quarreling rixatrix - nasty old women, usually with a tendency to natter and scold riziform: shaped like a grain of rice roach: curved cut in edge of sail for preventing chafing roadster: light carriage roband: piece of yarn used to fasten a sail to a spar robinet: ancient light cannon roborant: strengthening drug or tonic roborate: to strengthen; to corroborate roborean: strong; like an oak robur: hard-wooded oak roc: enormous legendary Arabian bird rocaille: artificial rockwork or similar ornament rochet: surplice-like vestment of a bishop or abbot rockaway: light four-wheeled carriage with fixed top and open sides rodenticide: killing of rodents rodomontade n. - arrogant boasting; pretentious blustering, ranting, or bragging rodomontade: bluster; boasting; bragging speech roentgen: unit of x-radiation or gamma radiation rogation: asking or supplication, especially in an ecclesiastical sense rogatory: asking for the intervention of a foreign court in examining a witness roil - To make muddy by stirring or to disturb sediment roinous adj. - mean, nasty and contemptible rollick: exuberant jollity; to frolic gaily rolly: truck; trolley rom: a gypsy man romage: tumult romal: handkerchief or headcloth; silk or cotton fabric romaunt n. - ancient romance in verse. rondeau: poem of thirteen lines rondure: gracefully rounded curvature rood: cross or crucifix at entrance to church chancel rood: old unit of land area equal to 1/4 acre roodge: to push or lift with effort rookery: state of confusion roorback - ugly rumor of fabricated news story created to discredit a political roorback: defamatory falsehood published for political effect roric adj. - dewy. roric: dewy roriferous: producing or bearing dew rorulent: dew-covered rosacea - A condition in which a person has a large red nose

rosarian: rose-fancier rosarium: rose garden roscid: dewy roseaceous: of the rose family; roselike roseate: resembling a rose; overly optimistic rosette: knot or radiating loops of ribbon concentrically arranged rosin: resin applied to bows for stringed instruments rosmarine: mythical walrus-like sea animal that feeds on dew rosorial: rodentine rostel: small beak or similar outgrowth rostelliform: shaped like a small beak rostrum: platform for public speaking; conductor's dais rostrum: spike on prow of warship for ramming rota: roster rotameter: instrument for measuring length of curved lines rotiferous: bearing rotifers rotograph: photograph made by laying negative on sensitive paper rotula: kneecap rotundate: rounded off; orbicular roturier: plebeian rou n. - debauched man; lecher. rourie, n. rou: man devoted to life of pleasure; rake roulade: melodic embellishment sung to one syllable rouleau - A cylinder of coins rolled in paper rounce: handle for moving carriage on hand printing press rounceval: a large, boisterous woman; a mannish woman; a lesbian round: dance in a ring roundel: anything circular; circle; disc; ring-dance roundelay: song with a refrain roup: poultry disease roussette: fruit-bat rowel: small; spiked wheel on a spur rowen: second mowing of grass in the same season; aftermath rowlock: contrivance serving as a fulcrum for an oar royal: small sail on royal mast just above topgallant sail rubedinous: ruddy rubefaction: reddening rubefy: to redden rubescent: growing red; blushing rubican: of a horse, black or red with flecks of white rubicund: ruddy rubiginous: rusty-coloured rubious: ruby red; rusty rubor: redness of body part due to excess blood rubricality: ceremony rubricate: to mark in red; to fix like a ritual ruche: frill of lace or other material ruction: disturbance; uproar ruderal: growing in wasteland or among rubbish ruelle: space between bed and wall rufescent: inclining to redness rufous: reddish or brownish-red rugate: wrinkled rugine: surgeon's scraping instrument rugous: wrinkled; covered with sunken lines rugulous: having small wrinkles ruiniform: having the form or appearance of ruins rulley: flat four-wheeled wagon for carrying goods rullion: a rawhide shoe rumbustious: boisterous

rumchunder: fine silk rumfustian: hot alcoholic drink made from rum and various spices rummer: large drinking-glass runagate: fugitive; vagabond runcation: action of weeding runcible adj. sensuous runcinate: having irregular saw-toothed divisions rundale: system of holding land in single detached pieces rundle: rung of a ladder rundlet: old liquid measure equal to about 15 gallons runnel: little brook runology: study of runes rupellary: rocky rupestrian: composed of rock; inscribed on rock rupicoline: rock-dwelling rupophobia - A fear of dirt ruptile: easily breakable ruridecanal: concerning a rural dean and his jurisdiction rurigenous: living or born in the country rushlight: a type of candle dipped in grease russel: ribbed cotton and wool russet: coarse homespun cloth russet: reddish brown Russophile: one who admires Russia or the Russians Russophobia: fear of Russia or Russians rusticate: to send into the country; to banish to rural areas rustication - Taking a trip to the countryside rusticity: rustic manner; simplicity; rudeness ruth: pity; remorse; sorrow rutherford: unit of radioactive decay equal to 1 million disintegrations per second ruthful: piteous; sorrowful rutidosis: wrinkling rutilant: shining; glowing ruddily rya: colourful Scandinavian knotted-pile rug sabaton: foot-covering as part of suit of armour sabbatarian: one who keeps the sabbath strictly sabbulonarium: gravel pit sabelline: sable fur sabin: unit of acoustic absorption of one square foot of a perfect absorber sable: black; dark; of a black colour in heraldry sabliere: sand pit sabot: attachment to guide projectile through bore of firearm sabot: wooden shoe; clog sabretache: satchel suspended from cavalry officer's belt sabulous: sandy; gritty; growing in sandy places saburration: application of hot sand as medical treatment saccade: sharp lateral movement of the eye as it changes fixation saccadic: jerky; twitching sacchariferous: bearing sugar saccharimeter: instrument for measuring amount of sugar in a solution sacciferous: bearing a sac or sacs sacciform: shaped like a sac saccular: sac-like sacculiform: shaped like a small sac sacerdotal: priestly; relating to priestly interests sacerdotalism: belief that priests are necessary mediators between God and mankind sachet: small plastic envelope holding liquid or cream sack: dry white wine or sherry from Spain

sackbut: early wind instrument resembling the trombone sacralgia: pain in the sacrum sacralized: prepared to be used in sacred ceremonies sacramentarianism: belief that sacraments have unusual properties sacrarium: place where sacred objects are kept sacring: hallowing; consecration sacristan: church official in charge of vessels and the sacristy sacristy: room in church where sacred objects are kept sadogue: fat; easy-going person saeculum: astronomical or geological age saffron: orange-yellow sagathy: light blend of silk and cotton or wool sagene: fishing-net; network sageship: state or quality of being a sage saggar: clay box in which pottery is packed for baking saginate: to fatten animals sagittal: shaped like an arrow sagittary: centaur; archer sagittiform: shaped like an arrowhead sal: a salt salacious: indecently erotic; lecherous salamandroid: like a salamander; able to withstand fire salariat: salary-earning class collectively saliferous: salt-bearing salify: to impregnate with salt saliniform: like salt salinometer: instrument for measuring amount of salt in a solution salmagundi: stew of many mixed ingredients; a medley or miscellany salpiform: shaped like a barrel salpinx: Fallopian tube salse: mud volcano salsuginous: salty; brackish; growing in salty soil saltant: leaping; dancing saltarello: lively Italian dance saltation: jumping or leaping; abrupt variation saltationism: punctuation in evolution saltativeness: ability to jump saltern: salt-works saltigrade: progressing by leaps saltire: X-shaped cross saltus: breach of continuity; jump to a conclusion salubrious: favourable to or promoting well-being salutary: producing good effects; beneficial salutatorian - second best student in a graduating class salutiferous: conducive to health or well-being salvific: having the purpose or intention of saving samara: propeller-like winged fruit samarra: flame-decorated cassock worn by those condemned by the Inquisition samel: underburnt samite: rich and heavy silk, sometimes interwoven with gold or silver sanable: able to be healed sanative: healing sanatory: producing health sanbenito: yellow or black sackcloth garment worn by heretics prior to execution sanctanimity: holiness of mind sanctiloquent - Speaking of something which is holy or sacred sangfroid: coolness; composure sanguiferous: bearing blood sanguine: optimistic; having a bright complexion sanguineous: bloody; of or relating to blood; blood-red

sanguinivorous - A blood sucker sanguinolent: containing blood; bloodthirsty sanguisugent: blood-sucking sanguivorous - One who drinks blood sanguivorous: blood-drinking sanies: watery foul discharge from wounds or sores sansculotte: strong republican; democrat or violent revolutionary sapid: having a perceptible or decided taste; savoury; agreeable sapience: discernment; judgement sapiential: providing wisdom saponaceous - Being soapy or slippery/Being very ingratiating saponifiable: able to be converted into soap saponify: to convert into soap sapor: property of substance of taste; flavour saporine: pertaining to the sense of taste Sapphism: homosexuality in women saprobic: characterized by decaying organic matter saprodontia: tooth decay saprogenic - Causing rot and decay saprogenous: growing on decaying material; causing putrefaction saprophagous: feeding on decaying material saprophilous - Living in rotting waste saprostomous - Having bad breath saprostomous: having foul breath sapsago: hard green Swiss cheese sapwood: soft tissue beneath bark of tree sarabande: stately Spanish Baroque court dance sarangousty: waterproof stucco sarcle - To dig up weeds sarcoid: flesh-like sarcoline: flesh-coloured sarcology: study of fleshy parts of the body sarcophagous: feeding on flesh; carnivorous sarcophilous: fond of flesh sarcotic: promoting growth of flesh sarcous: of flesh or muscle sarculation - Weeding using a rake sard: deep orange chalcedony sardanapalian - Being luxuriously effeminate like the Byron hero Sardanapalus sarmassophobia - A fear of love play, especially in women sarment: long weak twig sarmentum: vine, long twig or runner sarrusophone: double-reeded musical instrument resembling the bassoon sarsenet: fine and soft silk; soft or gentle sartorial: of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes sarwan - A person who rides and guides a camel sastruga: long parallel ridges of snow that form on windy plains satanology: study of devil satanophany - Possession by the devil satanophany: an appearance of the devil satanophobia: fear of the devil satara: ribbed lustred wool sateen: glossy cotton or wool satinet: thin silk satin or imitation thereof satisdation: provision of security satisfice: to aim for or achieve that which will suffice sative: cultivated satrapess - An official who acts like a petty tyrant saturnalian - Wild and unrestrained, usually referring to a riotous party saturnalian: riotously merry

saturnine: of a gloomy or surly disposition; sardonic saturnism: lead poisoning satyrism: uncontrolled licentiousness saulie - A person who is hired to mourn saurophagous: eating lizards sauterelle: mason's tool for making angles sautoir: long necklace or pendant saw: saying or proverb sawder: to flatter saxatile - Pertaining to rocks, rock dwelling saxicavous: rock-boring saxicolous: living in or among rocks saxifragous: breaking stone saxify - To turn to stone or rock saxigenous: growing in rocks saxony: fine soft woollen fabric say: delicate woollen fabric scaberulous: somewhat scabrous or rough scabious: pertaining to scabies or scabs scabrous: having scaly or rough surface; risqu or obscene scacchic: of or pertaining to chess scagliola: stone-like plasterwork for interior decoration scalariform: shaped like a ladder scalary: formed with steps or rungs scaldabanco - A preacher who delivers a fiery sermon scallion: spring onion scallom: rod with thin or spliced end used to form base or frame of baskets scalpeliform: shaped like a scalpel scalpriform: shaped like a chisel scalpture: art of engraving on metal or stone scamander: to take a winding course; to meander scambling: haphazard meal scammony: plant root used as strong purgative scandent: climbing scanderoon: homing pigeon scansorial: climbing; adapted for climbing scantling: dimensions of a cross-section of timber; a small amount scapegrace: scoundrel; incorrigible man or boy scaphion: kind of sundial scaphism n. - death by being covered in honey and left in the hot sun scaphism: execution by deserting honey-covered person in the sun scaphoid: boat-shaped scapiform: shaped like a stalk scapigerous: having a scape scapple: to work smoothly, without smoothing to a finish scapular: badge of monastic order worn on the shoulders scapulomancy: divination by examining burnt shoulder blade scarabaean: of or pertaining to scarabs scaramouch: ruffian; scoundrel scarcement n. - narrow ledge on wall. scarfskin: surface skin scarify: to scratch or scar scarious: thin and tough scarlatina: scarlet fever scarlet: fine cloth scarp: to make steep scarpetti: climbing shoes with hemp soles scarpines: instrument of torture for the feet scatch: a stilt scatebrous: flowing or bubbling out; abounding with springs

scatology: study of excrement or obscene literature scatomancy: divination by studying excrement scatophagous: dung-eating scatophobia - A fear of excrement scatoscopy: divination by studying excrement; scatomancy scattery: dispersed; sparse scaturient: flowing out; gushing scaturiginous: abounding with springs scauper: semicircular gouging chisel scavage: refuse scavenged from the roads scavager: officer in charge of keeping streets clean scazon: limping verse scelerat: villain scelerophobia - A fear of evil men, such as burglars or muggers scelestic: wicked; villainous scelotyrbe: disease causing hesitation in walking scenography: representation of an object in perspective scepsis: philosophic doubt schadenfreude: malicious pleasure in others misfortunes schediasm: impromptu action; an extemporized work schematomancy: divination using the human form schematonics: art of using gesture to express tones schesis n. - mocking another's accent or manner schesis: deriding opponent's argument by referring to his way of thought schetic: of a disease, not deeply rooted in the body schiller: bronze lustre schistous: formed of schist schizogenesis: reproduction by division schizotrichia: splitting of hair schiztic: pertaining to or marked by splitting schoenabatic: of or pertaining to rope walking schoenobatist - A tight rope walker schola: church choir led by a cantor scholaptitude - A natural ability to perform scholarly achievements scholarch: head of a school scholasticate: preparatory college for those intending to enter Catholic order scholiast: commentator; writer of marginal notes scholion: annotation to an argument written in margin schorl: tourmaline schottische: old polka-like round dance schryari: old and very loud double-reed wind instrument schwrmerei: sentimental enthusiasm; wild devotion schwerpunkt: point where main effort of a military attack is directed sciagraphy: art of shading scialytic: dispelling shadows sciamachy - To fight with a shadow, or imaginary opponent sciaphobia: fear of shadows sciapodous: having large feet sciatheric: pertaining to measurement of time by shadows sciatic: of or relating to the hip scible: that which is knowable scientism: belief that the methods of science are universally applicable scilicet: to wit; namely scincoid: of or resembling a skink scintilla: hint; trace; spark scintillant: sparkling scintillation - The twinkling of stars or small bursts of light scintillescent: twinkling scintillometer: instrument measuring scintillation of star scintilloscope: instrument for measuring gamma rays emitted by a radioactive body

sciolism n. - pretence to wisdom; conceit due to it. sciolist, n. sciolistic, adj. sciolism: superficial pretensions to knowledge sciolist - A person who pretends to be an intellectual but is not sciolist n. - one who pretends to scholarship or knowledge sciomancy: divination using ghosts sciophilous: thriving in or loving shady conditions scioptic: pertaining to formation of images in darkrooms sciosophy: system of knowledge without basis in science scissel: metal clippings; scrap metal scissile: able to be cut; readily splitting scission: cutting; division; splitting scissure: a cleft; a splitting; fissure; rupture sciuroid: of or relating to squirrels or chipmunks sciuroid: shaped like a squirrels tail sclerodermous: hard-skinned scleroid: hard; hardened sclerometer: instrument measuring hardness scobiform - Resembling sawdust scoleciphobia - The fear of worms scolecophagous - One who eats worms scolionophobia - A fear of school sconce: small protective fortification or earthwork scop: Anglo-Saxon poet and harpist scopate: brush-like scopic: visual scopophilia: obtaining sexual pleasure from voyeurism scopophobia: fear of being looked at scoptophobia: fear of being looked at scopula: little tuft of hairs scopulate: brush-like scorbutic: of or suffering from scurvy scoria: dross or slag from metal-smelting; slag-like mass of lava scorify: to reduce to slag scorpioid: scorpion-like; curved at the end scortation: fornication scotch - block of wood or a brick used under vehicle wheels to prevent rolling scotograph: instrument for writing without seeing scotoma: dizziness with headache and impairment of vision scotomaphobia - A fear of scotoma, having spots before your eyes Scotophilia: admiration for Scotland or the Scots scotophobia: fear of the dark or the night scotopia: vision in dim light or darkness scotoscope: instrument for detecting objects in darkness scranch: to crunch scrannel: thin; meagre; squeaking scree: sloping mass of loose rock at base of a cliff screed: lengthy discourse; informal piece of writing scribable: capable of being written upon scribacious: given to writing scride: to crawl on all fours scrim: durable plain-woven cotton fabric scrimshank: to evade work or duty scrimure: fencer scriniary: keeper of archives; archivist scripophily: collection of bond and share certificates scriptophobia - The fear of writing or of the written word scriptorium: writing room; room used by monastic scribes scriptory: by, in or relating to writing scripturient: having a violent desire to write scrivello: elephant's tusk

scrobiculate: pitted scrobiculus: small depression or pit scrotiform: shaped like a pouch scrow: a scroll; writings scruple: unit of weight used by apothecaries equal to 1/24 of an ounce scrutator: close examiner scruto: stage trap door scud: to sail swiftly before a gale scullion: mean; contemptible person scumble: softening a painting using a dry brush scuncheon: inner part of a door jamb or window frame scunner n. - strong dislike. scupper: hole allowing water to drain from ships deck scurriour: scout scutage: tax on a knights fee scutal: pertaining to shields scutch: to beat out impurities from flax or wool scutellate: shaped like a platter scutellation: arrangement of scales or plates on an animals body scutiferous - Carrying a shield or armor/Being covered in scales like a reptile scutiform: shaped like a shield scutiger: squire scutigerous: bearing a shield or scales scuttles: portholes on a ship scyphiform: shaped like a cup scytodepsic: pertaining to tanning leather seacock: bold sea rover seahog: porpoise sealine: the sea horizon sebaceous: of or like tallow sebiferous: bearing fatty matter secateurs: pruning-shears secco: painting on dry plaster secern: to discriminate or distinguish; to secrete secodont: having cutting teeth secque: lightweight clog secreta: products of secretion secretagogue: substance inducing or stimulating secretion secretaire: writing desk secretum: private seal sectile: capable of being cut easily with a knife secund: on one side only secundine: afterbirth secundogeniture: custom where second-oldest child inherits property secundum: according to securiform: shaped like an axe securigerous: bearing an axe secus: otherwise sedent: seated sederunt: sitting of a court; gathering; long discussion sedigitated: six-fingered sedilia: stone seats for clergy in wall of chancel sedimentology: study of sediment sedulous adj. - diligent, persistent, persevering sedulous: assiduous; diligent seel: to sew up the eyelids of; to blindfold seersucker: light puckered cotton or linen fabric seg: stud or metal plate in sole of a shoe to prevent wear segnity: sluggishness; slothfulness segregant: having a genotype derived from segregation

seguidilla: Spanish folk dance seicento: style of art in Italy in the seventeenth century seiche: periodic side-to-side fluctuation of body of water seine: large vertical fishing net seisin: freehold possession of land in a feudal system seismicity: degree of vulnerability to earthquakes seismograph: instrument for recording earthquakes seismology: study of earthquakes seismometer: instrument for measuring earthquake intensity seismoscope: instrument for detecting earthquakes seismotherapy: medical therapy using vibrations seismotic: causing earthquakes seity: self; selfhood; personal identity sejant: sitting especially of a heraldic animal sejugate: to separate sejunction: separation; disjunction sejungible: able to be disjoined selachian: pertaining to sharks or rays selachostomous - Shark - mouthed selacophobia - A fear of sharks selaphobia - A fear of flashing lights or strobe lights selcouth: strange; unfamiliar; marvellous selenic: of or relating to the moon selenocentric: relating to the moon as a centre; as seen from the centre of the moon selenodesy: study of the shape and features of the moon selenolatry: worship of the moon selenology: study of the moon selenomancy: divination by studying the moon selenophobia - A fear of the moon self-agglandize - To make oneself more attractive by artificial means self-determinism: doctrine that the actions of a self are determined by itself sellate: having a saddle selliform: shaped like a saddle selvage: differently finished edging of cloth semanteme: word expressing an idea, such as a noun semantics: study of meaning semantology: science of meanings of words semasiology: study of meaning; semantics sematic: serving for recognition, attraction or warning sematography: writing in signs rather than letters semelincident: occurring only once in the same individual semelparous: reproducing only once in its lifetime semese: half-eaten semestral: half-yearly semic: pertaining to a sign or signs semilunate: shaped like a half-moon seminative: producing growth seminiferous: seed-bearing seminivorous: seed-eating seminule: small seed or spore semiography: description of signs or symptoms semiology: study of signs and signals semiotics: study of signs and symbols semioviparous: bringing forth young in incomplete developmental state semiquote: single quotation mark ` or ' semitaur: mythical half-man; half-bull semiterete: half-cylindrical semper: always sempervirent: evergreen; always fresh sempiternal: of never-ending duration; eternal

sempiternum: durable wool sempster: one who sews senary: involving or based on six; having a numerical base of six sendal: thin silk or linen senectitude: old age senectuous: very old senescent: growing old senicide: killing of old men sennet: musical fanfare sennit: plaited straw or rope senocular: having six eyes sensationalism: belief that ideas originate solely in sensation sensibilia: whatever may be perceived by the senses sensifacient: producing or converting into sensation sensiferous: conveying sensation sensile: sentient; capable of affecting the senses sensitometer: instrument for measuring sensitivity of photographic material sententia: opinion; aphorism sententious: full of meaning; aphoristic; tending to moralize sepal: division of the calyx of a flower separatrix: solidus; separating line sepelible: that may be buried sepelition: burial sephiroth: ten essences of God emanated into the physical world sepia: fine brown sepian: inky sepicolous - Living in a bush or hedges sepiment: hedge; fence; barrier sepometer: instrument for measuring septic matter in the air seposit: to set aside; to give up sept: division of a tribe; clan septate: partitioned; having a septum septemfid: split into seven septemfluous: in seven streams septenary: in seven portions; grouped in seven; of base seven septentrional: northern; of or pertaining to the north septiferous: having barriers septiform: shaped like a partition septimal: relating to or based on the number seven septimanal: weekly septimanarian - A monk who is given a week of duties to perform septophobia - A fear of decay or decaying matter septum: division; partition; barrier sepulchral: funereal; gloomy; dismal sepulchre: receptacle in an altar for holding religious relics sepultre: interment sequacious: ready to follow a leader or authority; compliant sequela: after-effect of any trauma; consequence or result sequestrate: to confiscate; to set income aside to meet claims serac: pillar of glacial ice seraglio: harem seral: relating to the development of ecological communities seraphic: serene; blissful; angelic sere: threadbare; withered serein: fine tropical rain falling from cloudless night sky serge: strong twilled worsted seriate: in rows seriatim: in succession; one after another seric: silken sericeous: silky; covered with soft silky hairs

sericterium: silk spinning glands sericulture: breeding of silkworms serific: silk-producing serigraphy: silk-screening serimeter: instrument for testing quality of silk seriocomic: partly serious and partly humorous serment: oath sermocination - A speaker answering their own questions sermocination: making of speeches or sermons sermuncle: short sermon serology: study of serums seron: crate or hamper serotinous: flowering late serous: of or relating to serum; watery serpentcleide: musical instrument like an ophicleide with a wooden body serpenticide: killing or killer of a snake serpentiferous: bearing a snake; abounding in snakes serpentise: to wind; to cause to wind serpentry: serpents collectively serpette: pruning knife serpigo: ringworm serpivolant: mythical flying serpent serratic: like a saw serratiform: saw-shaped; serriform serried adj. - densely-packed; in close formation. serried: close-set; packed together without gaps serriform: saw-shaped serrurerie: wrought iron work sertule: scientific collection of plants servilism: system of slavery or serfdom servitor: one who serves; clerk or assistant; adherent sesquialter: as three to two sesquiduplicate: having a ratio of five to two sesquipedalian: tending to use long or cumbersome words sesquiplicate: of or as the square roots of cubes sesquitertial: having a ratio of four to three sessile: stalkless, sedentary, fixed or stationary seta: bristle or bristle-like organ setaceous: having the form of a bristle; bristly setiferous: bearing bristles setiform: shaped like a bristle setigerous: bearing bristles setline: fishing line suspended between buoys seton: thread passed under skin acting as channel for discharge setose: bristly settee: long seat with a back setulous: covered with small bristles severalty: separateness; separate ownership of property severy: compartment of vaulted ceiling sevum: tallow sexenary: six-fold sexology: study of sexual behaviour sext: prayer service held at noon sexton: church caretaker or bellringer sferics: electronic detector of storms sgiomlaireached - The habit of dropping in at mealtimes sgraffito: scratching surface of pottery to reveal different colour sgriob - itchiness of the upper lip just before taking a sip of whiskey shabrack: saddle cloth shaconian - person who believes Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's works

shag: dance where participants hop energetically on each foot in turn shagreen: green dyed untanned leather shail: to shamble; to stumble shakos - The hat usually worn by members of a marching band shalloon: light twilled wool or worsted shallop: light river boat with sail and oars shallot: onion with garlic-flavoured bulbs shambles: a butcher's shop; a street or district for butchers shambolic: chaotic shambrough: heraldic depiction of a boot or ship shammel: platform of boards for shovelling unrefined ore upon shandry: light cart on springs shantung: plain rough silk or cotton shapka - The fur covered, brimless hat worn by many Russians in the winter sharkskin: smooth durable wool or worsted fabric shaugh: thicket shawm: double-reeded wind instrument sheading: administrative division on the Isle of Man shearling: one-year-old sheep sheer: fore-and-aft curvature of a ship from bow to stern shenango: a casually employed dock worker shend: to destroy; to ruin; to disgrace; to corrupt shend: to disgrace; to shame; to reproach sheol: hell; place where the dead live a shadowy existence shetland: lightweight loosely twisted wool fabric shide: piece of wood split off from a timber shimmy: jazz dance featuring rapid shaking of the body shindle: wooden roofing tile; shingle shistaceous - slate colored or livid, especially pertaining to skin shivaree: noisy mock serenade for newlyweds shoat - A worthless young fellow, originally a young hog shoddy: woollen fabric made from rags shofar: ram's horn trumpet used in Jewish ceremonies shrieval: of or pertaining to a sheriff shrive: to hear a confession from and give absolution shroff: to test money to detect impurities shrouds: ropes supporting the mast of a ship shuftiscope: instrument used to explore interior of dysentery case shunamitism: rejuvenation of an old man by a young woman shurocracy - A government based on consensus sial: outer part of the earth's surface sialagogue - Anything which promotes salivation sialic: of or relating to saliva sialogogue: anything that stimulates flow of saliva sialoquent - Spraying saliva when speaking sialoquent: spitting greatly while speaking siamese: to join pipes in a way suggestive of Siamese twins siblicide: killing or killer of a sibling sibylline: prophetic; oracular sic: thus sicarian: murderer; assassin siccaneous: dry; arid siccar: sure; certain; firm siccative: drying; a drying agent sicchosism n. - morbid fastidiousness siccimeter: instrument for measuring liquid evaporation sicilienne: ribbed silk sidelight: coloured lights on side of a ship under way at night sidelight: lamp or light above or at the side of a door sideral: sent from the stars; omenous or evil

siderate: to blast or strike sideration: use of green manure sidereal: of or relating to the stars siderism: belief that the stars influence human affairs siderization: addition of iron to alloy siderodromophobia - Fear of railroads or trains siderognost: instrument measuring magnetic intensity siderography: art of engraving on steel sideromancy: divination using stars; divination by burning straws siderophobia - The fear of stars sideroscope: instrument using magnets to detect presence of iron siderose: like or containing iron siderurgy: metallurgy of iron and steel sideslip: oblique offshoot siege: seat or throne siemens: unit of electrical conductance equivalent to one ampere per volt siffilate - To talk in a whisper siffilate: to whistle siffleur: professional whistler sightworthy: worth looking at sigillary: of or pertaining to a seal sigillate - To cover with official stamps and seals sigillate: sealed; with seal-like impressions sigillative: tending to form scars sigillography: study of seals sigillum: seal of the confession sigla: abbreviations, symbols and signs sigmate: shaped like an S or a sigma sigmoid: S-shaped sigmoidoscope: instrument for examining the interior of the rectum and sigmoid colon signary: system of symbols; alphabet signate: distinct; distinguished significs: science of meaning silage: any green crop stored for use as animal fodder silential - Performed in silence or pertaining to silence silentiary: any official who calls for silence silentium - A place in which silence is enforced silenus: tipsy person silesia: thin twilled cotton or linen silicicolous: growing in silicate or sandy soil siliciferous: bearing or containing silica silkaline: soft light cotton fabric resembling silk sillograph: one who writes satires sillometer: instrument measuring speed of ship silva: assemblage of trees in a region silverskin: fine skin of a coffee bean silvicide: substance that kills trees silvicolous: living in woods silvics: study of tree's life silviculture: growing of trees simian: of or pertaining to apes similative: indicating similarity to similiter: in a similar manner similize: to liken; to compare simillimum: remedy chosen for symptoms it emulates simity: state of being pug-nosed simnel: sweet fruit cake covered with marzipan and eaten at Easter simoniac: one who practices simony simony: buying or selling of ecclesiastical offices simous: having a flat; upturned nose

simphobia - fear of speaking straight forwardly and in simple terms simplex: figure with minimum number of vertices simpliciter: simply; not relatively; unconditionally simplism: affected simplicity; oversimplification simpliste: simplistic; nave simular: counterfeit; feigned simultanagnosia: inability to experience perceptions as components of a whole sinal: pertaining to the sinuses sinapise: to sprinkle; to powder sinciput: the forehead sindon: fine linen sindonology: study of the shroud of Turin sine: without sinecure: ecclesiastical office or other job requiring little work singillatim: singly singspiel: semi-dramatic play in dialogue and song singult: a sob singultous: hiccuping; suffering from hiccups sinister: of or on the left side of a heraldic shield sinistrad: towards the left sinistration: moving to the left sinistromanual: left-handed sinistrophobia - A fear of the left side or things on the left side sinistrorse: rising spirally and turning from right to left Sinology: study of China Sinophile: one who admires China or the Chinese sinopia: preparatory drawing for a fresco; reddish-brown colour sinter: deposit from hot springs; iron dross sinuate: having a wavy edge or margin; winding; sinuous sipe: to percolate or ooze through siphonic: of or pertaining to a siphon siphoniform: shaped like a siphon siphonogamous: reproducing by seeds sipidity: savour; flavour sippet: morsel of bread to be eaten with soup sirenize: to bewitch, allure or enchant siriasis: sunstroke sisal: fibre used for making rope siserary: a scolding; a blow sisyphean: laborious, endless and futile sith: since sitiophobia: fear of food sitology: dietetics sitophobia: fear of food or eating situative: indicating comparison of two things situla: a holy bucket situs: position; normal position of an organ in the body skald: ancient Scandinavian bard skaw: low cape or headland skean: dagger skeg: part of ship connecting the keel with the bottom of the rudderpost skelder: to beg; to swindle; to cheat skeletogenous: producing a skeleton skelic: pertaining to the skeleton skellum: villain; rascal; scoundrel skerry: small rocky island skeuomorph: retained but no longer functional stylistic feature skewbald: bearing patches of white and some other colour skiagram: shadow picture or photograph skiagraphy: telling time by sundial

skiamachy: sham fight; shadow boxing skiascope: instrument for measuring eye's refraction from movement of shadows skintle: to separate and rotate half-dry bricks to permit drying to complete skippet: flat box for protecting documents skirl - A piercing sound such as produced by the high notes of a bagpipe skive: to pare or split leather skookum - First rate or the best from Chinook jargon skoptsy - The act of self castration skothending: rhyme in which final consonant is same but preceding vowel differs skysail: sail above the royal sail skyscraper: triangular sail on a ship above the royal slade: little valley or dell slangwhang: to assail with violent or abusive language slantindicular: slanting; oblique slate: dull dark blue-grey slatternly: slovenly slavocracy - A government formed of slave owners Slavophile: one who admires the Slavs sleathy: slovenly sleech: slimy mud; a mudflat sley: weavers reed slickenside: smooth; polished rock surface produced by friction slipe: skip or sledge slipway: ramp sloping into water for supporting a ship sloken - To quench one's thirst slubberdegullion - A boorish slob slumberous: inviting or causing slumber slummock: to move slowly and awkwardly slurvian: speech characterized by slurring slype: covered passage between walls, or between transept and chapterhouse smallage: wild celery smalt: deep blue smalto: piece of coloured glass used in mosaic smaragdine - Pertaining to emeralds; emerald green smatchet - A small nasty person or a nasty child smatchet n. - a small, nasty person or a nasty child smectic: purifying; cleansing smeddum: fine powder; spirit smegmatic: like soap; cleansing smellfungus - A person who finds faults with everything smeuse: hole in a hedge or wall snaffle: jointed bit for horses snarf - laughing while drinking and expelling the fluid through one's nose snarf - To fall asleep with your clothes on snaste: burnt part of a candle wick snath: curved handle or shaft of a scythe snead - The long bent handle of a scythe sneap: to nip; pinch; put down; repress; snub snell: quick; keen; sharp snell: short line used to attach fish-hook to main fishing line snift: to sniff; to blow out steam snipocracy: leading members of the tailoring profession snoach - To speak through the nose snobocracy: government by snobs snollygosters - Sleazy politicians or lawyers snood - The fleshy appendage on the beak of a male turkey snood: ornamental hair band or hair net snooperscope: instrument for viewing infrared radiation snotty: naval midshipman snurl - To turn up one's nose in scorn

snurt - To expel mucus when sneezing snuzzle - To poke around with one's nose, as dogs do snye: natural channel bypassing rapids or body of river soboliferous: bearing shoots or suckers sobriquet: nickname socage: feudal land tenure by fixed service soceraphobia - A fear of parents in law sociable: four-wheeled open carriage with side-seats sociative: indicating association with the subject sociobiology: study of biological basis of human behaviour sociocracy: government by society as a whole sociogenesis: origin of human societies sociophobia - The fear of society or friendship socius: member; associate; companion socle n. - Architecture, moulded member at base of plinth or pedestal. socle: moulded member at base of pedestal sodality: a fellowship or fraternity soffit: ornamented underside of a stair or archway soign: well-groomed; sleek soilure: stain; pollution solacious: giving solace solander: box in the form of a book solarimeter: instrument for measuring solar radiation solarise: to expose to sunlight solarism: excessive use of solar myths in explaining mythology solation: liquefaction of a gel solatium: compensation given as solace for suffering or loss soldatesque: soldierlike solecism n. - ignorant error, especially in grammar. solecise, v.i. solecist, n. solecism: a grammatical mistake; a breach of etiquette soleiform: slipper-shaped solemnsides: excessively solemn or serious solenoid: cylindrical wire coil acting as a magnet when charged solfatara: volcanic vent emitting only gases solferino: purplish red solidary: marked by solidarity; joint and several solidum: large moulding along base of a pedestal solidus: stroke, oblique or slash "/" solifidianism: doctrine that faith alone will ensure salvation soliform: sun-like; resembling the sun soligenous: produced by the sun soliloquacious: prone to giving soliloquies solipsism: theory that self-existence is the only certainty solisequious: following the course of the sun soliterraneous: pertaining to the joint effect of the sun and earth solivagant: wandering alone solive: joist or beam of secondary importance solleret - A metallic pointy toed shoe worn by knights sollevation: insurrection solmisate: to sing; to set to musical notation solonist: wise man solum: ground; soil; piece of ground solus: alone solvolysis: decomposition of dissolved substance somatasthenia: weakness of the body somatism: materialism somatogenic: caused from within the body or by the cells of the body somatognosis: diagnosis of bodily conditions somatology: science of the properties of matter somatopsychic: concerning a person's bodily self-image

somatotrophic: promoting growth of the body somedeal: somewhat somewhither: to some place; somewhere sommelier: butler; wine steward somnial: pertaining to dreams somniate: to dream somnifacient: sleep-inducing somniferous: bearing sleep somnifugous - Something which drives away sleep somniloquence: talking in ones sleep somnipathy: sleep produced by hypnotism or mesmerism somnolence: sleepiness; drowsiness somnolescent: half-asleep somnorific: causing sleep; soporific sonance: sound; a sounding of an instrument sondage: trial bore or excavation; sounding out of opinion sondation: sounding of the earth by boring sone: unit of loudness on a scale based on subjective or perceived loudness soniferous: producing sound sonification: act of producing sound sonograph: instrument for recording and analysing sound sonorescent: emitting sound under influence of radiation sooth: truth; reality; in truth soothfast: truthful; honest; faithful soothly: in truth; truly sophianic: of or pertaining to wisdom sophic: full of wisdom; learned sophiology: science of ideas sophism: deceptive but plausible intellectualism sophist - A person who uses deceptive reasoning to win debates sophomania n. - delusion of exceptional intelligence sophomoric: bombastic sophophobia - A fear of knowledge wisdom or learning sophrosyne n. - sober, sensible, prudent and rational sophrosyne - The quality of wise moderation or discreet good sense sophrosyne: soundness of mind; self-control; moderation sopite: to dull; lull; put to sleep; put an end to sopitive: causing sleep soporiferous: bearing sleep soporific: tending to produce sleep soporose: sleepy sorbefacient: promoting absorption sorbile: able to be sipped or drunk sord: flock of mallard sordor: refuse; foul matter soricident: having teeth like a shrew's soricine: shrewlike; of or relating to shrews sorites: string of statements where end of one is subject of next soroche: mountain sickness sorocide - The killing of one's own sister sororal: pertaining to sisters sororate - The marriage of a man to his wife's sister sorosis: womens club sorrel: reddish-brown; light chestnut sortation: sorting out sortilege: divination by drawing lots sortition: casting of lots; assignment by casting of lots soterial: of or pertaining to salvation soteriology - doctrine the salvation can only be granted by Christ soteriology: study of theological salvation

sottise n. - stupid or blundering act. sottisier: collection of jokes; quotes; ridiculous remarks soubrette: coquettish and intriguing maid; such a role in drama sough: drain; sewer; adit sough: to sigh or murmur as the wind does sounder: herd of pigs; young boar soupon: hardly perceptible quantity; dash soutache: narrow braid used for trimming soutane: priest's cassock souteneur: prostitutes pimp or bully souterrain: underground chamber; earth-house sovenance: remembrance; memory spadassin n. - swordsman; fighter. spadassin: swordsman; fighter spadiceous: chestnut-coloured spadiceous: shaped like a palm branch spado n. - (pl. -ones) impotent person; castrated animal. spado: castrated or impotent person or animal spadonism n. - eunuchry spagyric: alchemical spagyrist: alchemist spall: to splinter or split; to chip spanandry: extreme scarcity of males in a biological population spancel: to hobble spandrel: design in corner of postage stamp spandrel: space between curve of an arch and mouldings spaneria - A place with few or no men spaniolate: to hispanicize spanker: sail on the mast nearest the stern of a square-rigged ship spanogyny - A place with few or no women spansule: time-release capsule sparable: small headless shoemakers nail sparagmos: ritualized tearing apart of a persion prior to rebirth or renewal sparge - To moisten by sprinkling with water spargefaction - moistening of something by sprinkling it with water spargefication: act of sprinkling or scattering spargosis: swelling sparsim: here and there spartle - To flounder and flail about sparver: canopy for a bed spasmatomancy: divination by twitching or convulsions of the body spatchcock: to insert into a text too hurriedly or inappropriately spatialism: doctrine that matter has only spatial, temporal and causal properties spatiate v. - to stroll or ramble spatiate: to ramble; to saunter spatilomancy: divination by means of feces spatiography: scientific description of outer space spatiotemporal: pertaining to time and space spatrify v. - to besmirch, befoul spattee: protective outer stocking spatulate: shaped like a spatula spavin: hard bony tumour on a horse's leg spavined: lame; broken down; decrepit spawling v. - a noisy clearing of the throat specie: coined money speciocide: destruction of an entire species specious: apparently good but not actually so; superficially plausible spectocloacaphobia - The fear of one's eyeglasses falling in the sewer spectrofluorimeter: instrument for measuring and recording fluorescence spectra spectrograph: instrument for viewing a spectrum

spectroheliograph: instrument for taking pictures of the sun spectroheliokinematograph: camera for taking pictures of the sun spectrohelioscope: instrument for viewing solar disc in light of a single wavelength spectrology: study of ghosts spectrometer: instrument measuring wavelengths of light of a spectrum spectrophobia - A fear of mirrors spectrophobia: fear of looking in a mirror spectrophotometer: instrument for measuring speed of different parts of light spectrum spectroscope: instrument for forming spectra by dispersing rays of light specular: mirrorlike; by reflection; visual speculum: mirror; reflector; coloured patch on a bird's wing speed: prosperity; success spelaeothem: depositional features found in caves spelean: cave-dwelling speleology: study and exploration of caves speleothem: structure in a cave formed by deposition of minerals in water spelter: zinc speluncar: of or pertaining to caves speos: ancient Egyptian cave temple spermatic: pertaining to sperm spermatogenesis: producing sperm spermatorrhoea: frequent and involuntary ejaculation spermiogenesis: producing sperm spermologer: one who gathers seeds spermology: study of seeds spermophile: member of family of seed-loving rodents spetch: piece of undressed leather used in making glue sphacelate: to cause or affect with gangrene or mortification sphacelated: necrosed; dark and shrunken sphagnicolous: living in peat moss sphagnology: study of peat moss sphairistic: tennis-playing sphallolalia - Flirtatious talk that leads nowhere sphecoid: wasp-like spheksophobia - The fear of wasps sphenic: wedge-like sphenogram: cuneiform character sphenoid: wedge-shaped spheristerion: place for exercise in ball-play spheromancy: divination using a crystal ball spherometer: instrument measuring curvature spheterize: to make one's own; to appropriate sphingal: pertaining to sphinxes sphragistic: of or pertaining to seals and signets sphragistics: study of seals and signets sphygmic: pertaining to the pulse or heartbeat sphygmodic: pulsating sphygmograph: instrument for recording pulse sphygmology: study of the pulse sphygmomanometer: instrument for measuring arterial blood pressure sphygmometer: instrument for measuring arterial blood pressure sphygmophone: instrument for hearing the pulse sphygmoscope: instrument for making arterial pulsations visible sphygmus: the pulse sphyrelaton: metalwork done with hammers spicaceous: shaped like a spike spicate: spiked; spikelike spicigerous: bearing spikes spicula: prickle or splinter spiculate - To sharpen to a point

spider: light high-wheeled carriage spiflicate: to destroy; to quell; to confound spikenard: sweetly scented ointment spile: device for tapping sap from maple trees spilikins - The wooden pegs used in the game of cribbage spiloma: birthmark; nevus spindrift - The ocean spray which is blown by the wind spinescent: developing spines; developing into a spine spiniferous: bearing spines spiniform: like a thorn or spine spinigerous: bearing spines spinnaker: large triangular sail opposite the mainsail spinnbar: capable of being drawn into strands spinneret: silk-spinning organ of an insect or spider spinney: copse or small clump of trees spinosity: thorniness spinthariscope: instrument for visually detecting alpha particles spintherism: seeing of sparks before the eyes spintrian: pertaining to orgies or male sexual deviance spinulate: furnished with small spines spinuliferous: bearing spinules spiracle: breathing hole; orifice; vent spiraculate: having air-holes spiraliform: shaped like a spiral spiralism: advancement through a spirally structured career spirate: voiceless spiration: act of breathing spiritualism: belief that nothing is real except the soul or spirit spirketting: inside planking between ports and waterways of a ship spirograph: instrument recording movements of breathing spirometer: instrument measuring lung capacity spirulate: spirally arranged spissated: thickened spissitude: density splanchnic: visceral; intestinal splanchnology: study of the entrails or viscera splat: thin strip forming upright middle part of the back of a chair splenetic: marked by bad temper or spite splenial: splint-like splenic: pertaining to the spleen spleniculus: small detached part of the spleen splenitive: fiery; ill-tempered splenium: surgical bandage spodium: bone charcoal; powder obtained from calcination of substances spodomancy: divination by means of ashes spokeshave: plane or knife used to round spokes spoliate: to despoil; to plunder spoliative: serving to take away or diminish spondulicks: available money; funds spondyle: vertebra spongology: study of sponges sponsal: spousal sponsalia: espousals sponsion: act of becoming surety for another sponson: platform jutting from ships deck for gun or wheel sporicide: killing of spores sporiferous: bearing spores sporogenesis: reproduction by means of spores sporran: ornamental pouch worn in front of kilt sportulary: relying on charity or the generosity of patrons

sporulation: formation or production of spores sprachgefhl: innate feel for essential character of a language sprag - block of wood, bar or brick used under vehicle wheels to prevent rolling spraints: otters dung sprauncy: smart; dapper spreagh: cattle raid; foray sprent: sprinkled springald: active young man; youth springe: snare with noose and spring sprit: spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally spritsail: sail extended by a sprit spumescent: foamy; frothing spumid: frothy; foamy spurcidical: foul-mouthed; speaking dishonestly or foully spurcitious: foul; filthy; obscene spuria: spurious works spurion: any hypothetical subatomic particle used to facilitate calculations spurrier: one who makes spurs sputative: habitually spitting sputum: matter spat out squab: fat; clumsy; unfledged; newly hatched squadrism: control of government by armed squadrons of loyalists squaliform: shaped like a shark squaloid: of or relating to sharks squamate: scaly squamation: scaliness squamiform: shaped like a scale squamoid: like a scale squamous - covered with scales squamulose - covered with very small scales, as in snakes squandermania: irrational propensity for spending money wastefully squarrose: having scales sticking out at right angles squarson: clergyman who is also a land-holding squire squassation: form of torture involving hanging weights and shaking or whipping victim squill: sea-onion squinancy: quinsy squinch: arch across the corner of a room squintifego: squinting greatly squirage: the landed gentry squirearchy - Rulership by the landed gentry stabile: stationary stack: old unit of measure for firewood equal to 108 cubic feet stactometer: pipette with hollow bulb for counting drops staddle: support for a haystack stadial: of or pertaining to a stage stadiometer: instrument for measuring the length of a curved line staffage: decorative accessories or additions to work of art stagiary: law student stagmometer: instrument for measuring number of drops in volume of liquid stagnicolous: living in stagnant water stalactiform: shaped like a stalactite or icicle stalagmometer: instrument for measuring surface tension by drops stalko - A poor man who pretends he is rich stallenger: keeper of a stall staminiferous: bearing stamens stammel: coarse woollen fabric, usually dyed red; bright red colour stanchion: upright beam, bar or support stang: stake; pole stanhope: light open one-seated carriage stanjant: heraldic animal in profile with head towards the viewer

stannary: tin-mining district stanniferous: bearing tin stapediform: shaped like a stirrup staphyline: like a bunch of grapes staphylorrhaphy: surgical closure of a cleft palate starbolins: sailors of the starboard watch starets: Eastern Orthodox spiritual advisor starveling: starving, weak, hungry or pining person stasiarch: ringleader in sedition stasibasiphobia - The fear of standing and walking stasimorphy: structural modification by arrested development stasiology: study of political parties statant: heraldic animal standing in profile with all feet on the ground statics: study of bodies and forces in equilibrium statim: immediately; at once stative: indicating a state rather than an action statocracy: government by the state alone, without ecclesiastical influence statolatry: worship of the state statolith: small calcareous stone used by invertebrates to maintain equilibrium statoscope: instrument for measuring small changes in atmospheric pressure statuary: of, relating to or suitable for sculpture statuminate: to support; to prop up statuvolism: mesmerism; hypnotism staurolatry: worship of the cross or crucifix staurophobia - A fear of crucifxes stauroscope: instrument for studying structure of crystals with polarised light staysail: fore-and-aft sail hoisted on a stay steading: range of building surrounding a farmhouse stearin: hard fat steatite: soapstone steatogenous: producing fat steatopygic - Having a fat behind steatopygous: fat-buttocked steatorrhoea: excretion of fat through the bowels steen: to line with stone steeve: angle of elevation in relation to the horizontal steeve: to set a ship's bowsprit at an upward inclination steganograph: cryptogram steganographer: cryptographer; one who works with ciphers stegmonth: period of recuperation after childbirth stegnosis: constipation stegophilist: one who climbs buildings for sport stellate: star-shaped; starry stelliferous: having many stars stelliform: shaped like a star stellify: to set among the stars stellion: lizard with starry spots stellionate - The unauthorized sale of a piece of property stellular: star-like; having star-like spots stelography: practice of writing inscriptions on columns or pillars stemma: scroll; garland; pedigree; family tree stemmatology: study of relationships between texts stemson: supporting timber of a ship stenometer: instrument for measuring distances stenopaeic: with a narrow opening stenophobia - A fear of narrow places stenosis: narrowing of an orifice stenotopic: able to tolerate only small environmental changes stentor: loud-voiced person stentorian: extremely loud

stentorophonic - Having a loud, powerful voice or making a loud sound stepney: spare wheel stercomancy: fortune-telling by studying seeds in dung stercoraceous: of or relating to feces stercoranism: belief that the consecrated Eucharist is digested and evacuated stercorate: to shit stercoricolous: living in dung or filth stercovorous: feeding on dung or excrement stereobate: substructure; foundation; basement stereochromy: colourful wall painting stereognosis - Deducing the weight of an object by handling it stereotomy: cutting of stone or other solid materials steric: relating to the organization of atoms in a molecule stern: back part of a ship sternpost: main member at stern of a ship extending from keel to deck sternutation: sneezing sternutatory - Something which causes sneezing sternway: movement of a ship backwards sterquilinian: of or pertaining to a dunghill stertorous: with a snoring sound stet: to restore after marking for deletion stethometer: instrument measuring chest expansion during breathing stevedorage: fee levied for loading and unloading cargo stevedore: dock worker who loads and unloads ships steven: outcry; loud call sthenia: strength sthenic: strong; robust; morbidly active stibadium: semicircular couch stibial: pertaining to antimony stibialism: antimony poisoning sticharion: vestment like an alb worn by Orthodox priests sticheron: short hymn stichology: metrical theory stichomancy: divination by picking passages from books at random stichometry: numbering or counting lines in books or documents stichomythia: dialogue in alternate lines stiction: frictional force occurring when surfaces set together stifle: joint above the hock of a horse stigmatic: giving infamy, stigma or reproach, marked or branded stigmatiferous: bearing stigma stigmatophilia: obsession with tattooing or branding stigmeology - The art of proper punctuation stillage: frame or stand for keeping things off the floor stillatim: drop by drop stillatitious: issuing in drops; falling in drops stillatory: still; distillery stillicide: drip; eavesdrop stillion: cask stand stilp: to walk with stilts or crutches stipe: a stalk stipiform: shaped like a stalk stirious: shaped like an icicle stirk: yearling ox or cow; pasture for yearlings stirpiculture: selective breeding stirps: branch of a family; pedigree stithy: blacksmith's forge or anvil stiver: thing of little or no value stoa n. - (pl. -as, -ae ) covered walk with colonnade(s). stochastic: pertaining to a sequence of random events stockinette: soft elastic cotton fabric

stodge: to cram, stuff or gorge with food stoichiology: science of elements of animal tissues stoichiometry: measurement of proportions of chemical reactions stoicism: belief in indifference to pleasure or pain stokehold: ships furnace chamber stole: narrow ecclesiastical vestment or scarf stolisomancy: divination by observing how one dresses oneself stolon: runner or shoot from base of a plant stoloniferous: bearing or having runners stomacher: armour for the chest; covering or ornament for the chest area stomachous: resentful; haughty; spirited stomatiferous: having an orifice or mouth stomatolalia: speech produced with clogged nostrils stomatology: study of the mouth stomp: jazz dance featuring heavy stamping of the feet stonk: a heavy concentration of artillery fire stope: steplike excavation in mining storge: natural or parental affection storiate v. - ornament with historical designs. storiation, n. storiate: to decorate with historical designs storiated: decorated with elaborate ornamental designs storiology: study of folk tales and legends stoss: side of a hill facing upstream stotious: drunk stoup: vessel for holding holy water stover: fodder strabismometer: instrument measuring degree of squinting strabismus: squint strabometer: instrument for measuring strabismus in the eyes strabotomy: surgical removal of a squint stradometrical: pertaining to the measurement of streets and roads strahl: flow of beams of electrons from the sun to earth strait: strict; rigorous; constricted strake: continuous band of plates on side of a ship strake: trough for washing ore stramineous: strawy; light; worthless; straw-coloured strapontin: folding seat in a theatre strappado: form of torture in which victim is left dangling from a rope strass: paste for making false gems stratephrenia - A neurosis caused by serving in the military strathspey: reel-like Scottish dance of moderate tempo straticulate: composed of parallel strata stratiform: layered; forming a layer stratigraphy: study of geological layers or strata stratocracy: military rule or despotism stratography: art of leading an army stratonic: of an army or armies stratous: in layers strepent: noisy strephosymbolia: visual disorder where letters are mirror image strepitant: loud; noisy; clamorous strepor: noise; clamour strepsis: twisting stretcher: brick placed lengthwise in masonry striated: striped; with fine lines strickle: tool used to sharpen a scythe; template stridor: harsh shrill sound stridulate: to make a chirping or scraping sound stridulous: squeaky striga: flute of a column

strigate: bristled; streaked strigiform: shaped like an owl strigil: scraper used to clean the skin after bathing strigilation: scraping strigine: owl-like; of or pertaining to owls strikhedonia - The pleasure of being able to say to hell with it strobic: like a spinning top; appearing to spin stroboscope: instrument for studying motion using flashes of light strombuliferous: bearing spirally coiled organs strombuliform: shaped like a spinning top; spirally twisted strophosis: twist; turn strumpetocracy - A government formed of prostitutes struthiform: ostrich-like struthious: of or relating to ostriches stulm: adit; draining-shaft stultiloquence: foolish or senseless talk stultiloquent - Speaking senselessly or babbling idiotically stummel: bowl and adjacent part of a pipe stunsail: light auxiliary sail to the side of principal sails stupe: medicated cloth used to treat fever stupefacient: narcotic; stupefying stupent: astounded; dumbfounded stuprate: to ravish; to violate; to rape stupulose: downy stygian: having a gloomy or foreboding aspect; murky stygiophobia - A fear of hell styliferous: bearing a bristle styliform: shaped like a bristle stylite: monk who spends much time on tops of pillars stylobate: continuous pedestal supporting a row of columns stylogalmaic: pertaining to figures serving as columns or pillars stylography: mode of writing or engraving with a pen stylometer: instrument for measuring columns stylometry: studying literature by means of statistical analysis styptic: drawing together; astringent stythe: choke-damp suable: that may be sued suasion: persuasion suaveolent: fragrant suaviloquent - Speaking in a sophisticated manner subact: to work up; to subdue subaerial: in open air subalary: beneath the wings subaltern: ranked quantitatively but not qualitatively subaltern: subordinate subarrhation: mode of betrothal where gift given by man to woman subboreal: very cold subdolous adj. - rather crafty or sly subdolous: crafty subduct: to withdraw; to take away subduple: in the ratio of one to two subduplicate: expressed by a square root suberous: like or having the appearance of cork; pertaining to cork subessive: indicating location under or below subfocal: of which one is only dimly aware subfusc: dusky; sombre subhastation: sale by public auction subindicate: to hind subinfeudate: to grant to another land held by another feudal lord subintelligitur: implication understood though not stated

subitaneous: sudden; hasty; hastily made subitize: to perceive number of items in a group without counting subito: at once; immediately subjacent: underlying subjectivism: doctrine that all knowledge is subjective subjoin: to add at the end or afterwards sublate: to deny; to contradict; to resolve a contradiction sublative: indicating movement towards the top of sublineation: act of underlining sublunary: under the moon; of this world; earthly; terrestrial subluxation: state of being almost dislocated subnascent: growing up from beneath subniveal: under snow subnubilar: under clouds suborn: to bribe or procure to commit an unlawful act subreptary: adapted to crawling subreption: misrepresentation; false deduction subrident: smiling subrogate: to substitute subsecive: remaining over; spare subserve: to be useful to; to promote subsidiarity: state of being subsidiary; secondary importance subsolar: beneath the sun; between the tropics substantialism: belief that there is a real existence underlying phenomena substractor: detractor substratose: imperfectly stratified substruct: to build beneath; to lay as a foundation subsultive: moving by leaps and starts; twitching subsultus: convulsive movement subtend: to be opposite to or to extend under subternatural: less than natural subtopia: suburbs of a city subtrist: somewhat sad subtrude: to push in stealthily subturbary: beneath turf subulate: awl-shaped subungual: beneath a nail or hoof suburbicarian: pertaining to suburbs subvention: granting of money in aid succedaneous: serving as a substitute succedaneum: substitute; remedy succentor: bass soloist in a choir succenturiate: to supply what is lacking; to supplement succiduous: ready to fall; in the process of falling; tottering succiferous: bearing or producing sap succinctorium: band or scarf worn from the Pope's girdle succinic: of, relating to or derived from amber succiniferous: bearing or producing amber succise: appearing to have the lower part cut off succorrhoea: excessive secretion succour: to aid in distress succursal: subsidiary; branch or subsidiary establishment succus: juice extracted from plant succuss: to shake up sucrier: table vessel for sugar suctorial: designed for sucking or adhering sudarium: cloth for wiping away sweat sudation: sweating sudatory: inducing sweat sudd: mass of floating weed blocking the Nile River

sudiform: shaped like a stake sudor: sweat sudoral: sweaty sudoriferous: inducing or secreting sweat sudorific: causing sweat sudoriparous: secreting sweat sudorous: sweaty suede: light beige suffibulum: veil worn by vestal virgins prior to their sacrifice suffisance: sufficiency; satisfaction; enjoyment sufflaminate: to check; to obstruct; to block sufflate: to inflate suffragan: assistant bishop suffrutescent: having a woody base sugent: designed for sucking suggilated - Badly beaten black and blue sugillate: to beat until black and blue suicidology: study of suicide suidian: of or relating to pigs suilline: like a pig; of or pertaining to pigs suine: mixture of margarine and lard suint: dried sheep perspiration sulcal: of a sulcus; grooved; furrowed sulcalize: to furrow sulcate: with grooves or furrows sulciform: having the shape of a groove sulcus: groove, furrow or fissure sullage: filth; refuse; sewage; scum; silt sulphorous: of or pertaining to hellfire; infernal; blasphemous sulphureous: bright yellow summa: comprehensive treatise summate: to add together sumpsimus: correct expression that replaces popular but wrong one sumpter: pack horse; beast of burden sumptuary: of or relating to expense or extravagance sundog: bright spot or halo appearing on either side of sun; parhelion suoid - Like a hog supellex: furnishings; apparatus for an experiment superannuate: to discharge as being too old supercalender: to give a high polish to supercargo: ship's official in charge of business affairs supercherie: deception; hoax; fraud superciliary: of, on or near the eyebrow supercilious: disdainfully superior; overbearing supercrescent: parasitic supererogation: doing more than needed to complete a task superessive: indicating location upon or on top of superfetate: to conceive during pregnancy superfetation: superabundant production or accumulation superficies: surface layer; surface with length and width only superfuse: to pour over superhumeral: ecclesiastical garment worn over the shoulders superincumbent: resting on top; overlying; overhanging superinduce: to bring as addition superjacent: lying above superlunary: otherworldly; above the moon supernaculum - To drink to the last drop supernal: on high; celestial; exalted supernatant: floating on the surface supernumerary: above the stated, usual or necessary number

superscribe: to write at the top or at the head supersensible: beyond physical perception; spiritual supersolid: magnitude of more than three dimensions supervenient: extraneous, additional or unexpected supeter: armour for the feet supinate: to lie on one's back; to make to lie on the back supine: lying flat on the back suppalpation: coaxing; wheedling suppedaneum - block of wood supporting the feet of a crucified person suppletion: addition; supplement suppliant: supplicating; entreating suppositious: conjectural; hypothetical suppurate: to discharge pus supra: above; earlier in a text supraliminal: conscious supralunar: beyond the moon; very lofty surah: soft twilled silk or rayon sural: pertaining to the calf of the leg surbate: to bruise from walking; to make footsore surcease: to stop or cease surcingle: girth or strap for holding saddle to animals back surculation: pruning; cutting off shoots to propagate them surculigerous: producing suckers surculose: having or producing suckers surd: deaf; senseless surd: irrational number surdimutism: state of being both deaf and dumb surdomute: deaf-mute surexcitation: excessive excitedness surfactant: substance which reduces surface tension surfeit: excess; state of being full surfeitigo - sudden feeling of being stuffed by food, friends, or invitations surficial: pertaining to the surface of the earth suriphobia - A fear of mice or rats surnominal: pertaining to surnames surplice: loose-fitting ankle length overgarment worn by clerics surquedry: arrogance surrey: light four-wheeled carriage with two seats suscept: host of a parasite suscipient: recipient of a sacrament suscitate: to excite; to rouse suspercollate: to hang suspiration: sighing sustentacular: supporting sustentative: sustaining susurrate: to whisper susurrus: murmuring; whisper; rustling sutile: accomplished by stitching or sewing sutler - person who follows the army in order to sell provisions to the soldiers sutor: cobbler sutorian: relating to cobbling or sewing svedberg: unit of time used to measure sedimentation velocity swag: looping hanging down bit of fabric over a window or door swage: groove; grooved shaping tool swale: marshy hollow or depression; meadow swallet: place where water disappears underground swansdown: heavy napped cotton flannel swanskin: soft napped fabric resembling flannel swape: beam with which water is raised to irrigation ditches sward: a portion of land covered with grass

swarf - metallic dust that accumulates after sharpening or grinding metal swasivious: agreeably persuasive sweven: vision seen in sleep; a dream swingometer: instrument for measuring swing in votes during an election swink: to toil; to labour swinophobia - A fear of pigs or swine swipple: striking part of a flail swissing: ordinary calendering of cloth swith: instantly; quickly swive: to enjoy conjugal intimacy with a female personage; to fuck a chick swoopstake: in an indiscriminate manner sybaritic: devoted to luxury sybil: female prophet; hag; witch sybilline: like an oracle or prophet; mysterious sybotic: pertaining to a swineherd sycomancy: divination using fig leaves sycosis: inflammation of the hair follicles or beard syllabatim: syllable by syllable syllabub: anything frothy or insubstantial syllepsis: figure where word related to two others differently syllogism: argument in which two premises lead to a logical conclusion sylph: airy female spirit or fairy-creature; slim girl sylvatic: belonging to or found in woods sylvestral: pertaining to trees sylviculture: forestry symblepharon: adhesion of the eyelid to the eyeball symbolaeography: drawing up of legal documents symbolatry: undue worship of symbols symbology: study of symbols symmachy: fighting jointly against a common enemy symmetrophobia: fear of symmetry symmography: string art sympatric: occupying the same regions but not interbreeding symphilism: the state of being in a symbiotic relationship symphily: living together for mutual benefit symphonia: old name for the hurdy-gurdy or other musical instruments symphoric: accident-prone sympiesometer: instrument for measuring pressure of a current symploce: repetition of word at start of one and end of next clause symposiarch - A master of ceremonies symposiast: participant at a conference symptomatology: study of symptoms of illness symptosis: emaciation synaeresis: running together of vowels into a diphthong synaesthesia: confusion of one sensation with another synaesthesis: harmony of differing impulses from a work of art synallagmatic: mutually or reciprocally obligatory; bilateral synaloepha: contraction of two syllables into one by omitting a vowel synanthy: growing together of two flowers synaphea: metrical continuity between verses in a system synaposematism: warning coloration common to many species in region synarchy: joint sovereignty synartesis: close junction synastry: comparison of horoscopes of two or more people synaxarion: account of a saint's life syncategorematic: meaningless or unable to form a term without other words synchoresis: concession made for the sake of more effective retort synchroscope: instrument for detecting whether two moving parts are synchronized synchysis: confusion of meaning due to unusual arrangement synclastic: curved in all directions towards a single point

syncline: downward fold in geology syncope: omission of a sound from a word syncrasy: combination syncretism: combination of different religious beliefs syndactylic: with digits joined together syndetic: connective syndeton: phrase whose parts are joined by a conjunction syndicalism: doctrine of direct worker control of capital syndyasmia - open marriage in which partners may live with other people syndyasmian: marked by a loose temporary pair-bonding or one-night stand synecdoche: part used to refer to whole or vice versa synecdochial: broadened or narrowed in interpretation synechiology: continuity or union of all things synechthry: cohabitation of hostile species synecology: study of ecological communities synectics: study of processes of invention synedrion: judicial assembly syneidesis: conscience as passing judgement on past acts synergism: belief that human will and divine spirit cooperate in salvation synergy: combined action of two or more forces synesis: syntax having regard to meaning rather than form syngamy: free interbreeding between organisms syngenesis: sexual reproduction syngenesophobia - A fear of relatives syngraph: writing or contract signed by both or all parties synizesis: movement of one part causing movement in another part synod: ecclesiastical assembly or council synodical: of or pertaining to conjunction synoeciosis: rhetorical figure of coupling opposites synoecism: uniting of several towns under a single capital city synoecize: to unite in one community or city-state synoecy: association of species with benefit to one species only synonymicon: thesaurus synoptic: of or giving a synopsis or summary synorthographic: spelled in the same way synsemantic: of a word, having no meaning outside a specific context syntagm: organized body, system or group syntectic: having the quality of melting or dissolving synteresis: conscience as guide to action; intuitive moral knowledge syntexis: liquefaction; melting; wasting synthronus: joint throne for an Orthodox bishop and his presbyters syntrierarch: an ancient Greek citizen charged with equipping a trireme syphilology: study of syphilis syphilophobia: fear of syphilis syringadenous: pertaining to sweat glands syrinx: rock-cut tunnel; pan pipes syrt: quicksand syrtic: of or pertaining to quicksand syssitia: ancient Greek custom of eating chief meal together in public systaltic: alternately contracting and dilating; pulsating systatic: bringing together systematology: study of systems systyle: having columns separated by a distance of twice their thickness syzygy: alignment of three or more celestial bodies

tabacosis: tobacco poisoning tabanid: blood-sucking insect; gad-fly

tabaret: striped watered silk and satin fabric tabatire: snuff-box tabby: plain-woven silk taffeta fabric tabefaction: wasting away; emaciation tabellary: auditor; carrier of letters tabellion: scrivener tabernacle: ornamental container for storing Communion bread and wine tabernacular: of or pertaining to a tabernacle tabescent: wasting; shrivelling tabific: wasting; consumptive; producing tabes tabinet: silk and wool watered fabric tablature: mental image or picture; plate-like surface or object tablier: apron; part of dress resembling an apron tabor: light medieval drum buckled onto the player's chest tabouret: low stool; embroidery frame tacenda: things not to be mentioned tacent: silent tach: link tachism: painting by smearing or splattering tachophobia - The fear of speed tachydidactic - Being taught rapidly or teaching quickly tachydidaxy - Rapid teaching or instruction tachygraphy - Short hand or stenography tachygraphy: shorthand tachymetry: measurement of speed tachyphagia - Fast eating tachyphrasia - The act of talking very fast tachyphrasia: abnormally rapid or voluble speech tachyscope: early cinematograph taction: contact; touch tactometer: instrument measuring sense of touch tactual: relating to or derived from the sense of touch taenia: band; tapeworm; fillet taeniacide: killing of tapeworms taeniate: like a ribbon or tapeworm taenioid: of a ribbon-like shape taffeta: thin glossy silk taffrail: rail round the stern of a ship tagmeme: analysis of arrangement of spoken elements tain: tin foil used as backing for mirror; thin tin plate talalgia: pain in heel or ankle talar: ankle-length robe talaria - Winged shoes, such as worn by Hermes talaric: pertaining to or reaching the ankles taligrade - Walking on the outer edge of one's foot talionic adj. -pertaining to revenge in kind talionic: retributive; like for like taliped: one with a club-foot tallage: feudal tax of a lord on tenants; any tax or toll talliate: to impose a tax tallith - The traditional prayer shawl worn by Jewish men talpa: mole or similar mark on the body talus: rock detritus or debris at the base of a slope tambour: sloping buttress or fortification tamin: thin glazed worsted tamis: thin wool tampion: protective plug placed in mouth of gun or cannon tanacles: pincer-like instruments of torture tandem: two-seated carriage with horses harnessed in series tangoreceptor: sensory receptor responding to touch

tanistry: succession by previously elected relative tanquam - A person with enough education to attend college tantalus: locked case used to hold wine bottles tanti: worthwhile tantime: share of profits or royalties tantivy: at full gallop; headlong taperer: one who bears a taper during a religious procession taphephillia - The love of funerals taphephobia - .A fear of graves taphephobia - Fear of being buried alive taphephobia: fear of being buried alive taphrogenesis: vertical movement of the earths crust tapinophobia - A fear of small things tapinosis: use of degrading or diminutive diction regarding a topic tapotement: use of light taps in massage tappit: crested tarantas: four-wheeled carriage mounted on poles tarantella: fast violent Italian folk dance tarantism - an urge to overcome melancholy by dancing tarantism: irresistible urge to dance tarassis: hysteria suffered by a man tardigrade: slow-paced tardiloquous: slow in speech tarlatan: thin sheer stiff cotton tarradiddle: lie; falsehood; nonsense; fib tarriance: act of tarrying or delaying; procrastination tarrish: of the quality or consistency of tar tartarology: beliefs about hell or the underworld taseometer: instrument for measuring stress in a structure tasimeter: instrument for measuring changes in pressure tasse: one of a series of armour plates that go around the hips like a skirt tastevin: wine taster tatami n. - (pl. -mi, -mis) straw mat of standard size. tath - Either cattle manure or the grass that grows in dung tatonnement: experimentation; trial and error tatou: armadillo tatterdemalion: tattered; ragged; scarecrow-like taupe: brownish-grey taurean: of or relating to a bull tauricide: killing or killer of a bull tauricornous: having horns like a bull's tauriform: having the form of a bull taurine: bull-like; of a bull tauromachy: bullfighting tauromorphous: bull-shaped taurophobia - A fear of bulls tautochronous: lasting the same amount of time tautological: repetition of an idea implied in a statement tautomerism: possession of more than one structure by a substance tautonym: taxonomic name in which genus and species are the same tautophony: repetition of the same sound taw: to prepare skins by soaking, salting, stretching and paring taws: thong used for punishment taxaceous: pertaining to yew trees taxeme: a basic unit of systems of classification taximeter: instrument for measuring fee for hired vehicle taxis: movement of a whole organism tazza: cup with saucer-shaped bowl on a pedestal teasel: brush with hooked bits used in napping cloth technocracy: government by technical experts

technography: description of arts and crafts technolithic: pertaining to stone tools technonomy: laws of industrial arts technophile: one who is fond of technology technophobia: fear of technology technopole: place where high-technology industries located tecnology: teaching of children tectiform: shaped like a roof tectonic: of or relating to building; structural tectonics: science of structure of objects, buildings and landforms tectorial: covering tectosphere: part of the earth that moves during plate tectonic activity tectrix: small feather of a birds wing ted: to spread grass for drying tediferous: bearing a torch teen: injury; grief teg: a sheep in its second year; the fleece of such a sheep tegestology: study and collecting of beer mats tegmen: covering or shell tegmental: relating to coverings or outer shells tegminal: covering; protecting tegula: tile tegular: of, like or overlapping like tiles or slates tegulated: composed of plates overlapping like tiles tegument: natural covering of an animal or plant body teichopsia: visual blurring and colours associated with migraines teichoscopy: observation from the perspective of a wall teinoscope: prism telescope teknonymy: the naming of the parent from the child telaesthesia: perception of events or objects not actually present or near telamon: a column carved in the shape of a human male telarian: creature that spins a web telary: web-spinning telautograph: telegraph that reproduces writing done with a pen or pencil telega: four-wheeled springless wagon telegnosis: knowledge of events taking place far away; clairvoyance telegony: influence of previous mate on offspring of current one telematics: transmission of computerized data over long distances telemeter: instrument for measuring strain or distance from observer telenergy: application of spirit energy at a distance teleology: study of final causes; analysis in terms of purpose teleonomy: characteristic of being governed by an overall purpose teleophobia - A fear of religious ceremonies teleorganic: vital telergy: physical force at work in telepathy teleseism: tremor due to a very distant earthquake telesis: making use of natural or social processes for a goal telespectroscope: instrument for analysing radiation omitted by distant bodies telestereoscope: instrument for viewing distant objects stereoscopically telesthesia: abnormal impression of objects beyond the senses telestic: relating to the mysteries telestich: poem where final letters of each line spell a word teletactor: instrument that allows deaf people to feel sound vibrations telic: expressing purpose; purposive; signifying intention tellograph: signalling apparatus like a semaphore system tellural: of or pertaining to the earth tellurian: terrestrial tellurometer: instrument using microwaves to measure distance telmatology - The study of swamps and bogs telodynamic: pertaining to transmission of power to a distance

telos: aim; purpose; ultimate end teloteropathy: telepathy between living persons telpherage: system of cargo conveyance using electric motor and cable telson: last segment of a crustacean temenos: place dedicated to a god; sacred precinct temerarious: rashly or presumptuously daring temerity - A form of extreme boldness tempera: painting using white of egg instead of oil temperative: having a moderating influence tempestive: timely; seasonable temporal: indicating time when temporaneous: lasting only a short while tempore: in the time of temporise: to delay; to procrastinate temulance n. - drunkenness temulence: intoxication tenaculum: pincers tenaille: outwork in main ditch of a fortification tendentious: designed to advance a cause tenderometer: instrument for measuring tenderness of fruits and vegetables tenebrific: producing darkness tenebrose: dark; gloomy tenendum: clause in a deed defining land tenure teniophobia - The fear of tapeworms tenne: heraldic designation for orange-brown colour tenon: projecting part of joint for inserting into mortise tensimeter: instrument for measuring vapour pressure tensiometer: instrument for measuring tension tentamen: experiment; attempt tentation: experiment by trial and error tentiginous adj. - sensuous, lascivious tentiginous: lust-provoking tentigo: priapism; morbid lasciviousness tenue: bearing; carriage; manner of dress tepefaction: making or becoming tepid tephra: ash and debris ejected by volcano tephrochronology: dating of volcanic eruptions by studying layers of ash tephromancy: divination by ashes tephrosis: incineration tepor: state of being tepid or lukewarm teramorphous: of abnormal or monstrous form teratism: monster, malformed person or animal teratogenic: producing monsters or abnormal growth teratoid: monstrous teratology: study of monsters, freaks, abnormal growths or malformations teratophobia - A fear of deformed people or monsters terce: prayer service held at 9 a.m. tercel: male hawk tercet: group of three rhyming lines terdiurnal: three times per day terebrate: to bore into; to pierce terebration - A pain that feels as though a drill is boring through some body part terete: smooth and cylindrical or tapering tergal: pertaining to the back tergiversation: equivocation termagant: an overbearing or nagging woman terminative: indicating motion up to or time until terminism: doctrine that there is a time limit for repentance ternary: in threes; having three components; having three as a base terotechnology: use of various skills to extend life of equipment

terpsichorean: of or relating to dancing terraceous: earthen terracotta: reddish-brown terramara: kind of earthy fertiliser terraneous: pertaining to the earth terraqueous: amphibious; consisting of land and water terrazzo: flooring of chips of marble terrella: magnetic model of the earth terremotive: seismic terrene: of the earth; earthly; worldly; mundane terreplein: top of a rampart where guns are mounted terret: swivel-ring; ring for fastening chain to terricolous: living in or on the soil terrier: register or roll of rents from an estate terrigenous: produced on land; produced by the land terriginous: earth-born; derived from the land terrine: earthenware jar or dish terry: piled fabric consisting of uncut loops tersive: cleansing; detersive terzain: stanza of three lines tesla: unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter tessaraglot: speaking four languages tessellate: to form into or adorn with mosaic tessellation: fitting together exactly; leaving no spaces tessera: small token or ticket; block of stone used in mosaic; password tesseract: figure of a cube within a cube tesserarian: of or pertaining to dice games tesseratomy: division into four parts testaceous: of or having a hard shell; brick-red testamur: certificate of having passed an examination tester: canopy over a bed, pulpit or altar tester: piece of armour for the head; headgear for a horse testicond: having the testes concealed within the body testudinal: like or pertaining to tortoises or tortoise-shell testudo: wheeled shelter used for protection from above attacks tetanigenous: causing tetanus tetchy: irritable tetrachotomous: divided into fours tetrachromatic: concerning theory that there are four primary colours tetragrammaton: sacred word or acronym of four letters tetrakishexahedron: cube with pyramid erected on each face tetralemma: quandary with four alternatives tetramerous: having four parts tetramorph: artistic representation of the four evangelists in one figure tetrapod: quadruped tetrapolis: group of four cities tetrapteran: having four wings tetraptych: hinged painting in four parts tetrarchy: government by four people tetricity n. - austerity, harshness, gloominess teuthology: study of cephalopods tewel: a chimney; the rectum or anus of a horse textology: study of the production of texts textophobia - A fear of certain fabrics textorial: of or pertaining to weaving textrine: of or pertaining to weaving textuary: a person having extensive biblical knowledge thaasophobia - A fear of sitting thalassian: marine; type of sea turtle thalassic: marine; of seas; of inland seas

thalassocracy: sovereignty of the seas thalassography: science of the sea thalassometer: instrument for measuring tides thalassophilous: living in or fond of the sea thalassophobia: fear of the sea thalassotherapy: medical treatment using baths in sea water thalerophagous: feeding on fresh vegetable matter thalposis: sensation of warmth thalweg: middle of navigable waterway used as boundary line thanatism: belief that the soul dies with the body thanatognomonic: indicating or characteristic of death thanatography: narrative of a death thanatoid: apparently dead; deathly; deadly thanatology: study of death and its customs thanatophobia: fear of death thanatopsis: view of or reflection upon death thanatosis: gangrene; necrosis; state imitating death thanatousia: funeral rites thaumatogeny: doctrine of the miraculous origin of life thaumatography: description of natural wonders thaumatolatry: worship of miracles or wonders thaumatology: study of miracles thaumatrope: gadged showing persistence of visual impressions using spinning disk thaumaturgy: performing of miracles theandric: divine and human at the same time theanthropic: simultaneously human and divine theanthropism - The belief in the union of the divine and human theanthropist - One who believes that gods can take human forms theanthropos - A person who is worshipped as a god theanthropy - The belief in the union of the divine and human thearchy - Rulership by a god or gods thearchy: rule by a god or gods; body of divine rulers theatromania: craze for going to plays theca: sheath; capsule thecate: having a sheath theftuous: thievish thegosis: tooth-grinding in order to sharpen teeth theiform: of the form of tea theism: belief in the existence of God without special revelation thelematic: pertaining to will or volition; voluntary thelemic: allowing people to do as they wish thelemite: libertine thelitis: inflammation of the nipple thelyotokous - Having only female offspring theocentrism: belief that God is central fact of existence theochristic - anointed by God theocracy: government by priests or by religious law theocrasy - The worship of different gods theocrasy: mixture of religions; fitting other religions into own theodemocracy - A democracy which is controlled by divine powers theodicy: defense of goodness in view of the existence of evil theodidact: student of God; one who is taught by God theodolite: surveying instrument for measuring angles theody: hymn in praise of God theogamy: marriage of gods theogonic: accounting for the origin or presence of gods theoktony - The death of God or of gods theolepsy: seizure or possession by a god theologaster - A religious charlatan theologaster: petty or shallow theologian

theologicophobia - The fear of theology theologoumenon - Individual opinion on God or divinity theologoumenon: theological statement as opposed to divine one theomachy: war amongst or against the gods theomancy: divination by means of oracles theomania - madness in which one claims to be a god or represent God theomania: belief that one is a god theomastix: punisher of mortals sent by God; such a punishment theometry: measurement or estimation of God theomicrist - A person who mocks God or divinity theomorphic - Resembling a god or having godlike qualities theonomy: government or rule by God theopantism: belief that God is the only reality theopathy: emotional experience brought on by religious belief theophagy: sacramental consumption of a god theophany: manifestation or appearance of a god to people theophilanthropism: love of both God and humanity theophile: one who loves or is loved by God theophobia: fear of God theophorous: having the name of a god; derived from a god's name theopneustic: divinely inspired theopneusty - Divine inspiration theopsychism: belief that the soul is of a divine nature theorbo: double-necked lute theosophy: immediate divine illumination or wisdom theotechny: use of the gods as primary moving force in a poem or play theotherapy: faith healing theotokos: title given to the Virgin Mary as bearer of God therblig: unit of work for quantifying industrial operations thereinto: into that or it thereoid: bestial; savage thereology: therapeutics thereon: thereupon therewith: thereupon; forthwith therewithal: besides theriac: antidote to venomous bites theriacal: pertaining to antidotes therianthropic: combining human and animal forms theriatrics: veterinary medicine theriodic: malignant theriogenology: study of animals' reproductive systems theriolatry: animal-worship theriomancy - Divination using animals or their movement theriomorph: animal form in art theriomorphosis: transformation into a beast therm: unit of quantity of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units thermaesthesia: sensitivity to heat or cold thermantidote: apparatus for cooling air thermic: of or relating to heat thermogenesis: production of heat thermograph: instrument for recording changes in temperature thermokinematics: study of motion of heat thermolabile: easily decomposed by heat thermology: study of heat thermolysis: decomposition caused by heat thermometrograph: instrument for recording changes in temperature thermonous: pertaining to stimulation by heat thermophilous: preferring or thriving in high temperatures thermophobia - A fear of heat thermopile: instrument measuring minute changes in temperature

thermoplagia: sunstroke thermoscope: instrument indicating change in temperature thermotaxis: movement influenced or controlled by heat thermotropism: growth of organism influenced by heat theroid: of or relating to a beast or wild animal therology: study of wild mammals thersitical adj. - loud and grossly abusive foulmouthed; scurrilous thersitical: scurrilous; violent in manner of speech thesial: of or pertaining to a thesis thesmothete: law-giver thetic: positively asserting; bearing the thesis; prescribed theurgy: magic or miracles by the agency of good spirits thewe: pillory for women that keeps the legs together thiasus: group of worshippers gathered to dance in praise of gods thibble n. - wooden stirring stick thigmotaxis: movement of plant towards or away from an object thigmotropism: turning of an object in response to touch thionic: pertaining to or containing sulphur thirdborough: petty constable of a township thirdendeal: old liquid measure of three pints; one-third of anything thither: to that place thixophobia - The fear of touching or being touched thixotropy: temporary reduction in viscosity when shaken or stirred thlipsis: constriction; compression thnetopsychism: belief that the soul dies with the body, to be reborn on day of judgement thole: pin in the side of a boat to keep oar in place thole: to endure; to suffer tholobate: circular substructure on which a dome rests tholoid: dome-shaped lava extrusion plugging the vent of a volcano tholus: round building; dome; cupola thooid: like a wolf thoracoscope: instrument for viewing the thorax and chest wall thoughtography: supposed technique for transferring mental images onto photographs thrasonic: boastful; bragging thrasonical adj. - given to or marked by boasting and bragging thremmatology: science of breeding domestic animals and plants threnetic: mournful threnodic: mournful threnody: ode or song of lamentation; lament; dirge threpsology: science of nutrition threpterophilia - An attraction to female nurses threptic: pertaining to the rearing of young thrioboly: divination using pebbles thrip - To snap one's fingers thro: through thrombus: blood clot thronal: of or pertaining to a throne thropple: throat or windpipe of an animal throstle: machine for drawing, twisting and winding fibres throttlebottom: harmless incompetent holding public office thrum: loose thread or fringe of a garment or cloth thumomancy: divination by means of one's own soul thurible - The incense holder used in religious ceremonies thurifer: altar boy who bears censer thuriferous: incense-bearing thurification - The burning of incense thyestean: cannibalistic thygatrilagnia - An incestuous desire for one's daughter thymiatechny: use of perfumes for medicinal purposes thymiaterion: ancient Greek censer

thymogenic: due to emotion thymoleptic: psychologically energizing thymopathy: mental disorder thyrsus: staff wreathed with ivy tiara: three-tiered crown worn by or carried in front of the pope tibialoconcupiscent - a lascivious interest in watching a women put on stockings tibicinate: to play on a pipe tichorrhine: woolly rhinoceros tick: cover of a mattress or pillow ticking: strong linen or cotton fabric used for mattress and pillow cases tidology: study of tides tiffany: transparent silk-like gauzy fabric tigerism: swagger tilbury: light open two-wheeled carriage tiller: handle or lever for turning a ship's rudder tilth: agricultural work tiltmeter: instrument for measuring tilting of earth's surface timbal: kettle drum timberhead: top end of ship's timber used above the gunwale timbrology: study of postage stamps timbromania: craze for stamp collecting timbrophily: love or fondness for stamps; stamp-collecting timbrous: resonant; sonorous timenoguy: rope stretched from place to place in a ship timeous: in good time; seasonable timmynoggy - A device the saves time and labor timocracy: government by the propertied class timoneer: helmsman timwhisky: light carriage for one or two people, pulled by one or two horses tinchel: circle of men who encircle a deer tinction: act of dyeing tinctorial: of or relating to dyeing; giving colour tinctumutation: change of colour tincture: a heraldic colour or metal tingent: adding colour; having the ability to tinge tinnient: ringing; resonant tinnitus: ringing sound in the head tintinnabulate: to ring; to tinkle tintinnabulum: percussion instrument of many bells in succession tippet: long black scarf worn by Anglican clergy tiqueur: one who suffers from tics tirailleur: skirmisher; sharpshooter tirasse: pedal-coupler in an organ tiretaine: wool cloth mixed with cotton or linen tiro: recruit; novice; beginner tirocinium - A soldier's first battle tirocinium: early training; first experience; group of recruits tiromancy: divination using cheese tisane: infusion of herbs or flowers tisicky: wheezy; asthmatic titaniferous: bearing titanium titanism: spirit of revolt or defiance against social conventions titanomachy: war of the Titans against the gods titian: red-gold or reddish-brown titivate: dress up; spruce up titrimetry: measuring by titration tittup: to prance mincingly; to walk in an affected manner titubant adj. - staggering. titubancy, n. titubate: to stagger; to stumble titulus: inscription on or over something

tmema: segment or section tmesis . - introduction of word, etc., between parts of a compound word. tmesis: separation of word into parts by an intervening word toadstone: stone thought to grow inside a toad and have magic powers tobaccophile: one who loves tobacco tocology: obstetrics; midwifery tocophobia: fear of pregnancy or childbirth tocsin: alarm bell; sounding of an alarm bell Toddick n. - very small quantity of something toft: a small hill tog: unit of measurement for insulation properties of fabric togated: wearing a toga; dignified toile: plain or simple twilled fabric toison: lambs wool tolerationism: doctrine of toleration of religious differences tolsester: duty of ale due to one's lord for the privilege of brewing tolutation: act of pacing or ambling tolutiloquent - Pertaining to a smooth talker tombac: cheap gold-coloured alloy of zinc and copper tombic: holding that the Egyptian pyramids were intended as tombs tombola: lottery in which each entrant must win a prize tomecide - The act of murdering or destroying a book tomentose: bearing thickly matted hair or fur tomiparous: of organic matter, multiplying by division tomium: cutting edge of a birds bill tomophobia - The fear of surgery tonant adj. - making loud, deep noise. tonant: thundering tondo n. - a circular painting or relief sculpture. tondo: circular painting or relief carving tonetic: of or relating to tonal pronunciation or languages tonetics: study of pronunciation tonga: light two-wheeled carriage tonish: modish; fashionable tonitrophobia: fear of thunder tonitrous - Reverberating with the sound of thunder tonitruone: musical instrument that imitates sound of thunder tonitruous: thundering tonitruphobia - The fear of thunder tonlet: set of overlapping strips on armour skirt tonneau: rear extension of body of car tonometer: instrument measuring pitch of musical tones tonsorial: relating to a barber or a barbers work tonsure: shaving of small area on the crown of head of a priest or monk tontine: annuity scheme where benefits increase as members die tonus: normal elasticity of healthy muscle at rest topaesthesia: determining place by sense of touch toparch: ruler of a district topaz: dark yellow topgallant: mast or sail above the topmast and below the royal mast tophaceous: gritty topiary: clipping of trees into imitative or fantastic shapes toplofty: high and mighty; haughty topmast: ship's mast above the lower mast topology: study of places and their natural features topomancy: divination using landforms toponomastic: of or pertaining to place names toponym: place name derived from geographical feature toponymics: study of place-names topophilia: great love or affection for a particular place

topophobia - A fear of a particular place topophobia - A fear of performing topophobia: stage fright; fear of performing; fear of certain places topophone: instrument to determine direction and distance of a fog-horn topotype: specimen collected in the same locality as an original topsail: ship's sail above the lowermost sail toran: arched gateway or garland of flowers torchier: floor lamp with bowl for reflecting light upwards torchon: duster or dishcloth; coarse lace or paper torcula: wine press torcular: tourniquet tordion: Renaissance dance similar to but slower than a galliard tore: surface described by rotation of conic section about a line toreumatography: description of ancient metal sculpture toreutics: artistic work in metal by chasing and embossing toreutics: study of artistic work in metal torfaceous: growing in mosses or bogs torii n. - Japanese gateway of curved posts and lintel only. tormentum: ancient siege engine tornote: having blunt extremities toroid: shaped like a doughnut or anchor-ring torose adj. - bulging, knobbly; muscular. torous, adj. torosity, n. torose: swelling; bulging; knobby; muscular torpedinous: numbing; having the quality of a torpedo torpefy: to make numb or torpid; to paralyze torpescence: becoming numb or torpid torpid: numb; lethargic; having lost the power to act torpillage: electric shock therapy torpor: numbness; inactivity; dullness torporific: causing dullness or numbness torquated: wearing a collar or chain; formed like a torque torr: unit of pressure equal to 1/760 of standard atmospheric pressure torrefy: to scorch or parch; to dry or roast with heat torrentine: of or pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a torrent torsade: ornament on a hat like a twisted cord; any twisted cord torsel: plate in a brick wall to support the end of a beam torsibility: capability of being twisted torsiograph: instrument for recording torsional vibrations on an object torsive: twisted spirally tortfeaser - A wrongdoer torticollis: stiff neck tortile: wreathed; twisted; coiled tortious: committing a wrongful deed torulose: with small swellings at intervals torus: rounded swelling; lowest moulding of a column torvity: grimness; fierceness torvous adj. - stern. torvity, n. torvous: stern tosticated: fuddled; perplexed tot: bone or other object retrieved from garbage pile totemism: belief that a group has a special kinship with an object or animal tother: the other totient: number of numbers less than and prime to a given number totipotent: capable of differentiation totitive: number less than and prime to another tourbillon: swirl; vortex; whirlwind tournure n. - grace; poise; expressive phrase. tournure: contour; characteristic turn of line; grace or poise tovarish: comrade tow: bundle of untwisted natural fibres

toxicogenic: producing or produced by poisons toxicomania: morbid craving for poisons toxicophagous: eating poison toxicophobia: fear of poisoning toxiferous: producing or bearing poison toxiphagous: poison-eating toxiphobia: fear of poison or being poisoned toxophilite: lover of archery; an archer; of or relating to archery toxophily: love of archery; archery; study of archery toze: to tease out; card; comb; draw out; elicit trabeate: built of horizontal beams rather than arches trabecula: small bar or rod trabeculated: transversely barred tracasserie: turmoil trachelate: having a neck trachyphonia: roughness of voice tractate: treatise; tract tractile: ductile; able to be drawn out traditive: traditional traduce v. - slander. traduction, traducement, n. traduce: to defame; to slander traductive: transmitted tragedian: writer or actor of tragedy tragelaph: mythical crossbreed of a goat and stag tragomaschalia: smelly armpits tragus n. - (pl. -gi ) prominence in front of opening of ear. tragus: prominent bump in front of opening of the ear trahison: treachery; treason traject: crossing; ferry; transference tralatition: metaphor tralatitious: traditional; transmitted; handed on; metaphorical tralatitiously adv. - metaphorically; figuratively tralineate: to deviate tramble: to wash tin-ore by agitation in a trough trammel: device used to hold pots and pans over a fire trammel: net used to catch fish or birds trammel: to hamper or restrain trammel: tool used for drawing ellipses tramontane: beyond the mountains; foreign; uncivilized tranation: act of swimming over or across tranche: slice or block of money or shares tranchet: Neolithic flint chisel tranect: ferry trangam: showy or worthless article transcalent: pervious to or allowing the passage of heat transcendentalism: theory that emphasizes that which transcends perception transenna: screen enclosing a shrine transept: part of a church off to one side of main structure transfluent: flowing across tranship: to transfer from one ship to another transhumant: passing from winter to summer pastures transilient: leaping or passing across transire: ship's customs warrant for clearing goods translative: indicating process of change or movement through translunary: beyond the moon; spiritual transmarine: across or beyond the sea transmigrationism: belief that soul passes into other body at death transmissometer: instrument for measuring transmission of light through a fluid transom: structure dividing a window horizontally; horizontal bar transom: transverse timbers attached to ship's sternpost

transpicuous: transparent; easily seen through or understood transpontine: from the other side of the river; melodramatic transubstantiation: miraculous changing of bread and wine into body and blood of Christ transude: to ooze out; to exude through the pores transumption: transcription; transference; translation transuranic: denoting heavy radioactive artificial chemical elements transverberate: to pierce transvolation: flying higher than normal trap: light one-horse carriage with springs trapezium: quadrilateral having only one pair of parallel sides trapunto: kind of quilting in which only the design is padded traulism n. - stammering. traulism: stammering traumatology: study of wounds and their effects traumatophobia - A fear of injury trave: crossbeam or space between crossbeams travelator: moving footpath for pedestrians treacle: dark; syrupy molasses trebuchet: medieval siege engine for launching stones trechometer: instrument for determining distance travelled; odometer treenail: long wooden pin used to fix planks of ship to the timbers trefoil: three-lobed architectural ornament tregetour: street magician, juggler; trickster; deceiver treillage: trellis-work; a trellis trellis: structure of cross-barred or lattice-work trema: an orifice; a dieresis tremallose: gelatinous tremendum: feeling of overwhelming awe associated with religious experience tremograph: instrument for recording involuntary muscular motion tremophobia - The fear of trembling tremulous: trembling; quivering trenchant: incisive; terse; vigorous trencher: edible plate and platter made of bread trendle: flat rounded baker's vessel trental: commemoratory service held thirty days after burial trepan: obsolete instrument for cutting open the skull trepanation: cutting open the skull tresayle: great-great grandfather tressilate: to quiver tressure: narrow band around a heraldic shield trews: close-fitting trousers with tartan pattern triage: selection for patients most likely to survive trialism: doctrine that humans have three separate essences body, soul, spirit triarchy: government by three people triatic: rope joining adjacent mastheads tribade: female homosexual; lesbian tribadism: lesbian intercourse in the missionary position tribble: horizontal frame with wires for drying paper tribology: study of friction and wear between surfaces triboluminescence: emission of light caused by friction tribometer: instrument measuring friction tribuloid: yielding prickly fruit tribunitial: of or pertaining to a tribune tributorian: of or pertaining to tribute or payment trice: to haul in and lash secure a sail with a small rope tricephalous: having three heads trichoclasis: brittleness of hair trichogenous: producing hair trichoic: having or exhibiting three colours trichoid: hair-like

trichology: study of hair and its disorders trichophobia - A fear of hair trichoschisis: splitting of hair trichosis: arrangement, distribution or disorder of hair trichotillomania - Tearing out one's hair trichotillomania: neurosis where patient pulls out own hair trichotomy: division into three parts or categories tricolette: silk or rayon knitted fabric tricorn: three-horned; three-cornered tricorne - A hat with three points tricot: plain knitted silk or woollen fabric tricotee: lively old dance tricotine: double-twilled worsted fabric tridominium: threefold rule triduan: lasting three days triduum: period of three days of prayer preceding Roman Catholic feasts trierarchy: obligation of fitting out ships trieteric: occurring in alternate years trifarious: facing three ways triforium: gallery or arcade over an aisle; gallery over nave and choir trifurcate: to divide into three forks trig: stone placed under a wheel to keep it from rolling trigamy: state of being married to three spouses triglyph: architectural ornament of tablet bearing two V-shaped channels trigonal: having three angles trigonometer: instrument for solving triangles trigraph: combination of three letters for one sound trihoral: happening every three hours trilaminar: having three layers trilemma: quandary having three choices trilith: stone monument of two upright and one transverse slab trimacular: having three spots or marks trimerous: having the parts in threes trin: triplet trinacriform: three-pronged trindle: thin piece of wood which holds book spine while trimmed tringoid: pertaining to sandpipers trinoctial: lasting three nights trionym: name consisting of three words triphibious: taking place on land, in water and in air triphthong: three vowel sounds pronounced as one triplopia: triple vision trippet: part of machine which strikes another part regularly tripsis: pulverization; shampooing; massage triptote: used in three cases only triptych n. - painting in three parts triptych: hinged painting with three panels tripudiate: to dance for joy; to exult; to stamp triquetra: triangular-shaped object trireme: ancient ship with three banks of oars triskaidekaphobia: fear of the number thirteen triskelion: figure of three radiating curves or legs trismus: lockjaw tristachyous: three-spiked triste adj. - 'sad'. tristesse, n. sadness. tristichous: having or in three rows tristiloquy: mournful manner of speech tristisonous: mournful-sounding trisulcate: having three ridges or forks tritanopia: inability to distinguish the colour blue

tritavia - The great grandmother of one's great grandmother tritavus - The great grandfather of one's great grandfather tritavus: four-greats grandfather tritheism - Believing in three gods, such as the Trinity tritheism: belief that the members of the Trinity are separate gods tritical: trite; common triticeous: wheat-like triticism: trite remark triturate: to rub or grind into a fine powder triumphalism: belief in the superiority of one particular religious creed triune: trinity; three in one trivet: tripod for a pot; metal plate to raise food from heat trivirgate: having three linear marks troat: to bellow like a roaring buck trochal: wheel-like; circular trocheameter: instrument counting wheel's revolutions trochiferous: bearing a wheel or wheel-like organ trochiform: shaped like a spinning-top trochilic: of or relating to rotatory motion trochiline: pertaining to hummingbirds trochiscus: medicated tablet or lozenge trochlear: like a pulley trochoid: curve traced by a fixed point in plane of a circle trochomancy: divination by studying wheel tracks troglodytic: cave-dwelling troika: carriage drawn by three horses troilism: sexual activity between three people trommel: revolving sieve for cleaning or sizing minerals tromometer: instrument for measuring slight earthquake shocks tronc: collection of gratuities to be divided out later trophallaxis: mutual exchange of nutriment in symbiosis trophism: nutrition trophobiosis: exchange of nutriment in symbiotic relationship trophology: study of nutrition trophotropism: direction of growth by nutritional factors tropic: like a keel tropism: a tendency to react to stimuli in a specific manner tropoclastics - The science of breaking habits tropological: characterized by tropes or figures of speech tropology: figurative language; moral interpretation of the Bible tropometer: instrument measuring rotation tropophilous: flourishing in seasonal extremes of climate tropophobia - A fear of changes or making changes tropophyte: plant adapted to alterations of moisture and drought trottoir: pavement trousseau: clothes collected by a bride for her marriage trouvaille n. - lucky find; ingenious idea. trouvaille: a fortunate find trover: legal action brought to recover goods from wrongful owner trucage: faking of works of art trucidation n. - slaughter. trucidation: slaughter truckle: to submit; to cringe truculent: belligerent; cruel; pugnacious; defiant; aggressive trullization: act of plastering with a trowel trumeau: piece of wall or pillar between two openings truncheon: broken spear; broken or cut piece trunnion: a pin or pivot on which something can be rotated trutinate: to weigh using a balance; to evaluate mentally truttaceous: pertaining to trout

tryma: nut-like fruit trypanocide: killing of trypanosomes trypanophobia - A fear of injections or inoculations trysail: ship's sail bent to a gaff and hoisted on a lower mast tsiganology: study of gypsies tsiology - The study of tea, or a dissertation on tea tuant: of writing, keen or trenchant tuberiferous: bearing tubers tuberiform: shaped like a lump or protuberance tuberous: having tubers; knobbed tubicinate: to blow a trumpet tubicination - The sound made by someone blowing a horn tubicolous: inhabiting a tube tubicornous: hollow-horned tubifacient: constructing a tube tubiform: shaped like a tube tubulate: to form into a tube; to provide with a tube tubulure: tubular opening tuck: part of ship where ends of lower planks meet under the stern tucket: flourish on a trumpet tufa: rock made of fine volcanic detritus tufthunter: toady tuille: armour plate hanging below the tasses tuism: apostrophe; reference to or regard to a second person tuism: theory that individuals have a second or other self tuitive: giving instruction; acquired by instruction tulchan: calfs skin set beside a cow to make her give milk freely tulipomania: obsession with tulips tulle: sheer and delicate thin silk tumbrel: old instrument of punishment like a pillory tumefacient: causing swelling tumefy: to swell tumescent: tending to swell tumid: inflated; falsely sublime; bombastic tumorigenic: producing tumours tum-tum: dog-cart tumular: consisting of a mound or tumulus tumultuary: chaotic; haphazard tumulus: barrow-mound; mound of earth over a grave tund: to beat; to thump tunicate: covered with layers tunicle: short ecclesiastical vestment worn by bishop or subdeacon tup: ram; pile-driver; striking face of steam hammer or jackhammer turbary: right to take peat from anothers ground turbidimeter: instrument for measuring turbidity of liquids turbinate: shaped like a top or inverted cone turdiform: like a thrush turdine: of or pertaining to thrushes turgent: swollen turgescence: act or process of swelling; swollenness turgid: swollen; inflated turgometer: instrument for measuring turgidity turistaphobia - The fear of contaminated water turncock: valve for regulating water flow turnery: art of turning in a lathe turnspit: person who turns a roasting spit turnverein: athletic club turophile: cheese lover turquoise: blue-green turrical: of or pertaining to a tower or turret; like a turret

turriferous: bearing towers turriform: shaped like a tower turtleback: structure over ships bows or stern tussah: brownish silk fabric tussicular: pertaining to coughs tussock: a compact tuft of grass or sedge tutelary: having the guardianship of a thing tutiorism: doctrine that one should take the safer moral course tutulus: conical Roman headdress twain: two twiforked: bifurcate twingle: to wriggle; to twist twink: to blink; to twinkle twinter: two-year-old domestic animal twire: to peep; to leer twizzle: to swirl; to spin two-step: ballroom dance with two main steps twyer: nozzle for a blast of air tychism: theory that accepts role of pure chance tychopotamic - Pertaining to something which lives in fresh water tye: inclined trough for washing ore tyg - A seventeenth century mug having twelve handles tyloma: callus tympaniform: drum-like; shaped like a drum tympanum: space within an arch; arched recess at entrance of cathedral tympany: swelling with pride or with pregnancy typhlograph: instrument to help the blind write clearly typhlology: study of blindness and the blind typhlophile: one who is kind to the blind typhogenic: causing fever typhonic: having the character of a whirlwind or tornado typographia: matter relating to printing or printers typography: art of printing or using type typology: study of types of things typomania: craze for printing ones lucubrations typothetae: master printers collectively typtology: theory concerning rappings by spirits or ghosts tyrannicide: killing or killer of a tyrant tyrannophobia - The fear of tyrants tyriasis: elephantiasis tyroid: resembling cheese; cheesy tyroma: cheese-like matter tyromancy: divination using cheese uakari: short-tailed, long-haired monkey uberous adj. - fruitful uberous: yielding an abundance of milk; abounding uberty: fruitfulness; abundant productiveness ubication: condition of being in a certain location ubiety n. - state of being in a place; 'thereness'; position. ubiety: location; state of being in a definite place ubique: everywhere ubiquitarianism: belief that Christ is everywhere ubiquity n. - state of being everywhere. ubiquitous, adj. ubity: place or locality ucalegon: neighbour whose house is on fire udal: form of land tenure in Orkney and Shetland islands udometer: instrument for measuring rainfall ufology: study of alien spacecraft

ughten: morning twilight ukase: edict; proclamation by an autocratic government ulatrophy: atrophy of the gums ulcuscle: a small ulcer uletic: of or pertaining to the gums uliginose, uliginous adj. - marshy; muddy. uliginous: slimy; oozy; swampy; growing in swampy places ullage: quantity by which vessel is under full capacity ullagone: cry of lamentation; funeral lament ulmaceous: of or like elms uloid: like a scar ulosis: formation of a scar ulotrichous: having woolly hair ultimo: of last month ultimogeniture: inheritance by the youngest son ultion: revenge; vengeance ultracrepidarian - One who speaks on subjects they know nothing about ultracrepidarianism - talking constantly on subjects of which you know little ultracrepidate: to criticize beyond sphere of ones knowledge ultradian: of physiological cycles longer than an hour and shorter than a day ultrafidian: going beyond faith ultrageous: violently extreme ultraism: holding extreme opinions on a subject ultramarine: deep blue ultramicroscope: instrument for viewing extremely small objects ultramontane: south of the Alps; supporting the Pope ultroneous - Pertaining to a witness who testifies voluntarily ultroneous adj. - spontaneous, voluntary. ultroneous: spontaneous; voluntary umbel: mass of flowers springing from a single center umbelliferous: bearing umbels umber: brownish red umbilical: of or pertaining to the navel; related on the mother's side umbiliciform: shaped like a navel umbo n. - (pl. -ones) boss of shield; any rounded projection. . umbo: central knob or boss of a shield umbraculiform: shaped like an umbrella umbraculum: umbrella or umbrella-like structure umbrage: shade; foliage; offence umbratic: shadowy; providing shade umbratilous: shadowy; shaded; indoor; secluded umbriferous: giving or bearing shade umbril: visor on helmet to protect the eyes from light umbrose: shade-giving; dusky unalist: priest holding one benefice unaneled: without extreme unction unasinous: being equally stupid unberufen: exclamation to avert ill luck following boasting unbosom: to pour out; to tell freely uncate: hooked uncial: pertaining to an inch or an ounce unciform: shaped like a hook unconsentaneous: not in agreement unction: anointing as right of consecration or healing; warmth of address unctuous: slimy; oily; greasy; offensively suave and smug undate: wavy undecennial: happening every eleven years undeify: to deprive of the nature of a god underbreath: subdued voice; rumour underbridge: bridge carrying a road or railway

undercroft: crypt or vault under a church undern: light midday meal underwit: inferior wit; half-wit undigenous - Created or generated by water undight: to take off; to doff; to undo undine: female water spirit undinism - having erotic thoughts when viewing or thinking of water undinism: psychological obsession with urine and urination undulationism: theory that light consists of waves uneath: difficult; distressing; hard; scarce ungual: of or bearing a claw, hoof, or talon unguentary: of or relating to unguents; one who makes or sells unguents unguiculate: clawed unguiform: shaped like a claw unguinous: oily; fatty unguligrade: walking on hoofs unhouseled: not having received the Eucharist shortly before death unicity: uniqueness; oneness unifarious: arranged in a single row or series unifilar: having only one thread or wire unigeniture: state or fact of being the only begotten unigenous: of the same origin, kind or sort unipara: woman having given birth only once uniparous: producing only one offspring at birth unipotent: powerful in one direction only unisonous: in unison or agreement unition: conjunction universalism: belief in universal salvation univocal: unmistakeable; unequivocal univocalic: having only one vowel; written passage using only one vowel univoltine: having one brood a year univorous: living on only one host or source of food unleal: unfaithful unreeve: to withdraw a rope from an opening unseel: to unsew the eyes of unsinew: to take the strength from unstercorated: not manured untimeous: untimely untreasure: to despoil unwithdrawing: liberal; lavish unzymotic: fabulous upaithric: roofless; open to the sky upas: poisonous or harmful institution or influence upbuilding: development; edification upcast: upward throw; material thrown up upher: rough pole made of fir and used in scaffolding uprist: rising; uprising upspeak: to begin to speak upstay: to sustain uranic: of the palate uraniferous: bearing uranium uraniscus: roof of the mouth uranism: male homosexuality uranography: descriptive astronomy and mapping uranology: study of the heavens; astronomy uranomancy: divination by studying the heavens uranomania - The delusion that one is of Heavenly descent uranophobia: fear of heaven uranoplasty: plastic surgery on the hard palate uranoscopy: star-watching

urbacity: excessive pride in ones city urbanist: expert in urban planning urbanology: study of cities urbarial: founded on a register of landed property urbicide: destruction of a city urbicolous: dwelling in cities urbiculture: cultivation or development of urban life urceiform: shaped like a pitcher urceolate: shaped like a pitcher urceus: single-handled jug or pitcher urd: pointed; having points urdee: of a heraldic device, pointed or broken into parallel pointed projections ure n. - custom; use. ure: use; custom uredinology - The study of rust uredo: burning feeling in the skin urenology: study of rust molds urent: burning; stinging uresis: urination urethroscope: instrument for viewing the interior of the urethra uretic: of or pertaining to urine urimancy: divination by observing urine urinator: diver uriniferous: bearing urine urinometer: instrument for measuring specific gravity of urine urkingdom: taxonomic group of organisms larger than a kingdom urman: swampy pine forest urogenous: producing or produced in urine urolith: small stone in the urinary tract urology: study of urine; urinary tract urophobia - The fear of urinating uropoietic: secreting or excreting urine uropygium: rump of a bird urosthenic: having a tail designed for propulsion ursal: fur seal ursicide: killing or killer of a bear ursiform: having the shape or appearance of a bear ursine: of or pertaining to bears urtext: earliest version of a text; original unmodified version urticaceous: of or pertaining to nettles urticant: stinging; irritating urticariaphobia - A fear of itching urticate - To beat with a whip urticate: to sting; to flog with nettles usageaster: self-appointed and conservative language usage expert usance: habit; custom ushabti: figurine of deceased person placed in Egyptian tomb usitative: signifying a usual act ustion: action of burning or searing ustulate - Scorched or discolored from prolonged exposure to heat ustulation: burning; roasting usucaption: acquisition of property by long usage and enjoyment usufruct n. - right to enjoy property. usufructuary, n. & a. usufruct - right to use another's property, on condition it be unchanged usward: toward us utile: profitable; useful utilitarianism: belief that utility of actions determines moral value utinam: earnest wish or desire utlesse - An escape from prison utraquist: person speaking two or both of two languages

utricide: one who stabs an inflated skin vessel instead of killing someone utricle: small cavity or sac utriculiform: shaped like a small cavity or sac utriform: shaped like a leather bottle or flask uvala: irregular depression in a karst terrain uvelloid: resembling a small cluster of grapes uvid: moist; wet uxorial: of or relating to a wife uxoricide: killing of one's own wife uxorious: excessively fond of ones wife uxorodespotic - Tyrranical rulership by one's wife

vaccary: dairy or cow pasture vaccimulgence: cow milking vaccinophobia - The fear of vaccinations vacillate: fluctuate in opinion or resolution vadelect: servant; serving-man vade-mecum: ready reference manual regularly carried about vadimony: bond or pledge given before a judge vadose: of or relating to underground water above the water table vafrous: cunning; sly vagient: crying like a baby vagile: having the ability to move about vagility: ability to succeed in the struggle for existence vaginate: sheathed; having a sheath vagitus: babys cry or wail vainglory: idle boastfulness vair: blue-grey squirrel fur; heraldic representation of blue and white rows valance: drapery hung along the edge of a bed, table or canopy valence: linen helmet-cover for armour valenki: warm Russian felt boots valetudinarian - A person who is obsessed with some ailment valetudinarian: pertaining to ill-health; anxious about health valgus: club-footed; bow-legged vallate: having a raised rim or rampart vallation: ridge or bank of earth used as fortification vallecula: groove or furrow vallum: rampart; wall of earth thrown up from a ditch valorise: to set a fixed arbitrary price valuta: comparative value of a currency vandola: stringed lute-like Spanish instrument vaniloquence: vain or foolish talk vaniloquent - Speaking only of oneself or speaking egotistically vapulate: to flog; to be flogged vapulatory: of or pertaining to flogging varia: miscellany variegated: diverse and varied; having multi-coloured patches varietal: pertaining to a variety varietist: unorthodox person variform: of various forms variola: smallpox variometer: instrument for measuring magnetic declination variorum: including the notes of earlier scholars or editors varus: pigeon-toed vascular: of or relating to fluid-carrying vessels vasculature: arrangement of blood vessels vasculiform: shaped like a small vase or flowerpot

vasculum: botanists collecting case vasiferous: bearing a vessel or vas vasiform: shaped like a duct or vase vastate v. - make immune. vastation, n. purification. vastate: to make immune vastation - To purify something by using fire, or to purify a soul by cremation vastation v. - purification through fire vastidity: vastness; a vast extent vatic: prophetic; oracular; inspired vaticide: killing or killer of a prophet vaticinate v. - prophesy. vaticinal, vaticinatory, adj. prophetic. vaticinate: prophesy; predict vauclusian: of a spring in which water is expelled by artesian pressure vauntie - Being proud or in high spirits vavasour: feudal noble who is both a liege and a vassal vecordious adj. - senseless, insane, mad vectigal: pertaining to the paying of tribute or rent vectitation: act of carrying or conveying vedette n. - outpost mounted sentry. vedette boat - small boat or ship for watching enemy. vedette: mounted sentry stationed to watch for enemy veduta: panoramic view of a town vegete: vigorous vegetivorous: eating vegetables veilleuse: shaded night-lamp velamentous: pertaining to or like a membrane or sail velarium: awning over an auditorium velate: having a veil; veiled velation: act of veiling; secrecy veliferous: bearing a sail or membrane velitation n. - a petty fight; a skirmish velitation: skirmish velivolant: flying with sails velleity n. - state of desiring faintly; slight wish. velleity: lowest degree of volition; slight wish vellicate v. - to pull at, off, or out with a sudden jerk; to pluck; to twitch vellicate: to twitch; to tickle or pinch velociman: hand-propelled tricycle velocimeter: instrument for measuring velocity velocious: with great speed velocipede: swift-footed; swift-footed person; old-fashioned bicycle velometer: instrument for measuring speed of air velour: piled velvety cotton veloutine: velvety corded wool velutinous: velvety; having a downy covering velvetine: cotton with silk pile venal: of a type that may be bribed venatic: of or relating to hunting venation: arrangement of veins on a leaf or an insect's wing venator: huntsman; hunter vendange: grape harvest vendible: capable of being sold vendicate: to claim for oneself venditation: offering for sale vendition: sale venefic: acting by poison or potions or by sorcery venenation: poisoning venencia: instrument used to sample sherry from a cask veneniferous: carrying poison venepuncture: puncturing of a vein

venereology: study of venereal disease venerer: gamekeeper; hunter venerous: lustful venery: pursuit of sexual gratification; hunting; pursuit of game venesect: to open a vein for blood-letting venial: pardonable; excusable venigenous: containing veins of metal or quartz venireman: juror venography: injecting radioactive material into veins for medical examination venose: veiny; veined venous: of or relating to veins ventage: finger-hole; small hole ventana: window ventiduct: ventilating pipe or passage ventifact: stone polished by wind-blown sand ventorious: characterized by venturesomeness ventose: windy; flatulent; puffed up with conceit ventral: pertaining to the underside or the belly ventricumbent: lying on one's front or one's belly ventriduct: to turn towards the belly ventripotent - Having a fat belly, or being a glutton venustaphobia - The fear of beautiful women veracious: truthful; exact verbalism: undue attention to words alone verbatim: word for word verberate: to beat verbicide: destroying the meaning of a word verbid: non-finite part of a verb verbigeration: morbid and purposeless repetition of certain words verbile: one whose mental processes are stimulated by words verbivore - A person who devours words verbophobia - The fear of words verderer: officer in charge of royal forests verdigris: greenish copper coating verdure: greenness; health and vigour verecund adj. - bashful; modest verecund: modest; shy verger: church usher and attendant vergiform: shaped like a rod verglas: film of ice on rock veridical: veracious; genuine; truthful veridicous: truthful veriloquent - Speaking nothing but the truth verily: truly; certainly; confidently verism: artistic preference of the everyday to the legendary verjuice: sour juice of unripe fruit vermeil: bright red; scarlet; vermilion vermeology: study of worms vermian: like a worm vermicide: killing of worms vermicular: of or relating to worms vermiculous: wormy vermiform: shaped like a worm vermifugal: expelling worms vermigerous: bearing, containing or infested with worms vermigrade: creeping like a worm vermilion: bright red vermiphobia - The fear of worms vermivorous: eating worms vernal: of or relating to spring

vernalagnia - A romantic mood brought on by Spring. vernalize: to make springlike; to freshen vernicle: cloth with image of Christ's face impressed upon it vernicose: brightly polished or varnished vernissage: varnishing-day vernition: varnishing verricule: tuft of hairs or bristles verruca: wart verruciform: shaped like a wart; wartlike verrucose: warty versability: aptness to be turned around versal: ornamental letter at beginning of section versant: general slope of a mountain versicle: short verse in church service normally followed by response versicoloured: diversely or changeably coloured versicular: of or in verse versiform: changing in form verst: unit of distance equal to approximately 2/3 of a mile versus: against; in contrast to versute: crafty; wily vert: the heraldic colour green verticil: whorl verticillated: whorled verticity: power of turning vertiginous: relating to vertigo; dizzy; giddy vervel: ring for a hawks jess vervelle: decorated connector between helmet and mail of suit of armour vesical: pertaining to the bladder vesicant: blistering vesicate: to blister vespacide: substance or person who kills wasps vespal: of or pertaining to wasps vespers: prayer service held in early evening vespertillian - Resembling a bat vespertinal: of or pertaining to the evening vespiary: wasp's nest vespine: of wasps; wasp-like vespoid: wasp-like vesta: wax-stemmed match vesthibitionism - The flirtatious display of undergarments by a woman vestiary: robing-room; cloakroom; of or relating to clothes vestibule: entrance-hall vestiphobia - A fear of clothing vestiture: clothes; covering; coat vestry: priest's dressing room vesturer: keeper of vestments vesuvian: smokers slow-burning match vesuviate: to erupt; to burst with heat vetanda n. -pl. pl. forbidden things. vetanda: forbidden things vetitive: having the power to veto vettura: carriage, cab or car vexillary: standard-bearer; pertaining to regimental colours or flags vexillologist - The collecting or studying of flags viaggiatory: traveling frequently viameter: instrument for measuring revolutions of a wheel viatecture: construction of roads and bridges viatical: pertaining to roads or travel viaticum: money or provisions for journey; Eucharist for a dying person viator: traveller; wayfarer

vibraslap: modern percussion instrument with rod and ball vibratile: capable of vibratory motion vibratiunculation - A slight shudder or vibration vibrissa: tactile bristle such as cats whisker; bristly hair vicarial: pertaining to a vicar or delegate vice: in place of; rather than vicegerent: acting in place of another; having delegated authority vicegod: hostile appellation applied to the Pope vicenary: based on the number twenty vicennial: occurring every twenty years vicereine: wife of a viceroy vicinage: neighbourhood; residents in a neighbourhood vicinal: neighboring; local viciniphobia - A fear of neighbors or a neighborhood victimology: study of victims victoria: light open two-seated four-wheeled carriage victualler: one who operates a pub or eatery vicuna: fabric made from wool of the vicuna, a small ruminant videlicet: to wit; namely videndum: thing to be seen videtur: it seems vidimus: attested copy; inspection of accounts viduage: widowhood; widows collectively viduity: widowhood viduous: widowed; empty vigesimal: based on the number twenty vigia: danger warning on a chart vigneron: vine-grower vigorish: percentage of gamblers winnings taken by bookkeeper vigoro: team sport combining cricket and baseball vilipend - To verbally belittle someone vilipend: to despise; to make light of; to disparage mockingly villanelle: poem consisting of five tercets and a quatrain villar: pertaining to a manor or village villatic: rural; of or pertaining to a villa villeggiatura: a stay in the country villiform: of the form or shape of velvet villose: velvety villus: soft velvety hair or fur vimen: long thin branch or twig vimineous: with long flexible shoots vinaceous: wine-coloured vinal: of or due to wine vincible: that may be overcome vincular: connective vindemial: pertaining to the vintage vindemiate: to gather grapes or other fruit vineatic: of or pertaining to vines vinew: to make or become mouldy vinewed: mouldy; musty vinification: process of fermenting wine vinolent: addicted to wine vinology: scientific study of vines and winemaking vinous: deep red; burgundy vinous: like wine; pertaining to wine; wine-coloured violaceous: violet-coloured violatic: flying about viperiform: shaped like a snake or viper viraginity - The masculine qualities of some women viraginous: suggestive of a loud overbearing woman

virago: manlike or heroic woman virason: sea breeze virelay: old French poem with refrain and unusual rhyming scheme virescent: becoming green or greenish virescent: green virgal: composed of twigs virgate: old unit of land area usually equal to 30 acres or 1/4 hide virgate: rodlike; twiggy virgivitiphobia - A fear of being raped virgulate - Shaped like a rod virgule: slanting line; solidus; "/" viricide: killing of viruses; killing of men or of husbands virid: green viridarium: Roman garden viridian: chrome green viridigenous: producing greenness viridity: greenness; freshness virilescence: development of male character in the female virilia: male reproductive organs viripotent: fit for a husband; marriageable virology: study of viruses virose: poisonous; foul virucide: killing of viruses viruliferous: bearing or containing a virus virvestitism - preference of some women to wear mens clothing vis: force; power visagist: expert in facial make-up visard: mask or visor vis-a-vis: light carriage with seats facing one another visceral: of the organs of the body viscid: semi-fluid; sticky; glutinous; viscous viscometer: instrument for measuring viscosity visibilia: things that are seen visile: of or pertaining to sight; learning easily by sight visiogenic: suitable for transmission by television visitador: official visitor or inspector visive: of or pertaining to sight; visual; able to see or be seen visometer: instrument for measuring focal length of the eye vitalism: the doctrine that there is a vital force behind life vitative: concerned with the preservation of life vitellary: bright yellow vitelligenous: producing yolk vitellus: yolk of an egg vitiate: impair quality of; make invalid; spoil; make impure viticetum: plantation of vines; vineyard viticolous: living on vines viticulture: vine-growing vitiferous: bearing vines vitilitigation: vexatious wrangling vitrage: thin curtain for windows or glazed doors vitrail: stained glass vitrescent: tending to become glass vitrescible: able to be turned into glass vitricophobia - The fear of one's stepfather vitrics: glassy materials; glassware; study of glassware vitrifaction: process of converting into glass vitrifacture: glassblowing vitriform: of the form or shape of glass vitrine: glass display case vitriolic: caustic or hostile

vittate - Resembling a ribbon vittate: striped lengthwise vitular: pertaining to a calf or to calving vituline: pertaining to calves or to veal vituperation: abuse; rejection vivandire: female camp follower who supplies provisions vivarium: artificial enclosure for keeping live animals vivat: long live vivency: vitality viverrine: of or pertaining to the civet vivers: food; eatables viveur n. - person who lives (well); person indulging in pleasures. viviparous: producing live young vivisepulture: practice of burying people alive vizard: mask vocabularian: of or pertaining to vocabulary vocative: indicating calling or personal address vocicultural: of or pertaining to voice training vociferant: clamorous vociferate: to cry out with a loud voice; to bawl vocoid: vowel-like voicespondence: correspondence by means of recorded oral messages voided: of a heraldic charge, having the inner part cut away voidee - A last minute snack voile: soft fine sheer fabric voiturier: driver of a carriage or coach voivode: leader of an army; provincial governor volable: nimble-witted volacious: apt or fit to fly volage: giddy; flighty; fickle volant: flying; able to fly; of a heraldic bird, with wings extended volar: pertaining to the palm or the sole; pertaining to flight volary: aviary volation: ability to fly volens: consenting to a course of action which requires risk volent adj. - exercising will power. volery: place for aircraft repair volet: short veil worn at the back of the head volitant: flying; flitting; fluttering; moving about volitation: flying; flight volitient: willing volitive: expressing desire or permission volitive: of or pertaining to the will volitorial: able to fly volower - A person who performs baptisms volplane: to glide through the air volta: old leaping dance voltameter: instrument for measuring electrical current indirectly voltigeur: lightly armed skirmisher voltinism: breeding rhythm; brood frequency voltmeter: instrument for measuring electrical potential voluble: fluent in speech; too fluent or glib volucrine: of or pertaining to birds; bird-like volumenometer: instrument for measuring volume of a solid volumeter: instrument for measuring volume of a liquid or gas voluminal: pertaining to volume or cubic capacity voluntarism: belief that the will dominates the intellect voluptuary n. - person excessively devoted to luxury. voluptuous voluptuary: sensualist; person fond of luxury volupty: sexual pleasure

volutation: action of rolling; turning; wallowing voluted: in spiral form volution: revolving movement; convolution; whorl volvelle: instrument like an astrolabe used by doctors for astrology vomiturition: violent retching voraginous - something which devours everything; a whirlpool vorago: gulf vorant: devouring vortical: of or relating to a vortex; whirling vorticist: painter who expresses complexity of machinery through art vorticity: amount of vortical motion in a fluid vortoscope: device using mirrors to produce abstract photographs votation: action of voting votive: given by vow; consisting of a vow or wish voussoir n. - any wedge-shaped stone forming part of arch, vault, etc. voussoir: wedge-like stone forming part of an arch vraisemblance: verisimilitude vug: small cavity in a rock vulcanology: study of volcanoes vulgo: commonly; popularly vulgus: the common people; schoolboy Latin composition vulnerary: healing wounds vulnerate: to wound vulnerose: wounded vulpecular: of or pertaining to a young fox vulpicide: killing of a fox vulpine: of or resembling a fox; cunning vulsella: forceps with toothed blades vulturine: rapacious; of or pertaining to a vulture wack: old name for decomposed basalt wadmal: thick coarse wool waftage: transportation through water or air wafture: act of waving or wafting waggoner - A collection or book of nautical maps wagonette: carriage with one crosswise seat in front, two seats in back wagtail: an obsequious person; a harlot wainage: team and implements needed for cultivation of land wainscot: to line with boards or panels; fine oak panelling wair: timber of six feet in length and one foot in width waits: musicians employed to play on ceremonial occasions wakerife: wakeful; indisposed to sleep waldflute: organ flute stop of 4 feet in length waldgrave: old German title of nobility waldhorn: French valveless hunting horn wale: to choose; the act of choosing walleteer: one who carries a wallet wallfish: snail wallflower: yellowish-red wallydrag: feeble or worthless person or animal walm: to spout; to boil up walty: inclined to tip over or lean wamble: churning of the stomach; wobbling or rolling motion wame: the womb or belly; a protuberant hollow part wamus: cardigan or jacket buttoned at neck and wrists wanchancy: unlucky; uncanny wang: the cheek; a molar wanhope: despair wanigan: pay office in a lumber camp wanion n. - bad luck due to the waning of the moon

wanion: ill luck; misfortune wankle: unstable or unsteady wantage: deficiency; shortage wanweird - An unhappy fate wanze: to decrease; to waste away wapenshaw: periodic gathering to evaluate readiness of men for combat wapentake: archaic sub-division of certain counties wapperjawed - Having a crooked jaw waqf: charitable donation for Islamic religious purposes warble: small tumour suffered by horses under the saddle area wardcorn: payment of corn in place of military service warden: kind of pear used in cooking wardmote: meeting of a ward or a court of a ward wardroom: quarters for ship's officers warison - A musical note used to signal the start of an attack warison n. - bugle call ordering the attack. warison: wealth; reward; punishment warrantise: the act of guaranteeing or warranting; an assurance warray: to make war on warren: heart-shaped hoe warrener: keeper of a warren of rabbits wase: small bundle of hay or straw for resting one's head washball: ball of toilet soap washboard: broad thin plank along ship's gunwale to keep out sea water washery: location where industrial washing takes place washeteria: laundromat or launderette washi: thin Japanese paper used to make kites and lanterns washland: area periodically flooded by river wasm: an outdated policy, doctrine or theory wassail: toast to someone's health; to go caroling or carousing; spiced ale wasserman: man-shaped sea monster wastel: sweet flaky bread made with fine flour and butter wastelot: unused lot of land in a built-up area waster: wooden sword used for practicing fencing wastive: liable to waste watchet: pale blue watchglass: small dish used for holding small amounts of a solution watching: fully afloat waterage: fee payed for travelling on water waterish: resembling or filled with water; insipid or diluted waterman: boatman or ferryman waterwork: piece of fabric painted to resemble a tapestry waulk: to full cloth waulker: cloth fuller wavemeter: instrument for measuring wavelengths waveson: goods floating on the sea after a shipwreck waxcloth: oilcloth; linoleum wayboard: thin geological seam separating larger strata waygone: exhausted from long travels wayment: lamentation; grief waywiser: instrument for measuring distance travelled wayzgoose: annual employees' dinner or outing wear: to turn a ship's stern to windward to alter its course wearish: tasteless; savourless weasand n. - throat; gullet; wind-pipe. weasand: the gullet or windpipe weatherboard: weather side of a ship weatherly: able to sail close to the wind with little leeway weatherometer: instrument for measuring weather-resisting properties of paint weber: unit of magnetic flux equal to 100 million maxwells

webster: a female weaver webwheel: wheel in which spokes, rim and centre made from one piece of material wedeln: skiing in a swiveling motion with skis close together weed: garment or outfit worn during mourning weedicide: something that kills weeds weedy: dressed in widow's mourning clothes weftage: texture wegotism: excessive use of the pronoun 'we' in speech or writing weighage: fee payed for weighing goods weirdward: bordering upon the supernatural weld: yellow dye; plant from which it is extracted welk: to twist about welkin: the vault of the sky; firmament; heaven wellaway: expression of sorrow or lamentation; alas welter: to be in a state of turmoil or chaos wen: enormously congested city wergild: fine paid by family of murderer to family of murder victim wertfrei: without value judgement; neutral westing: space or distance westward wether: castrated ram wey: old measure for dry goods usually equal to 40 bushels whang: a leather thong; a thick slice whangam: an imaginary animal wharfinger: keeper or owner of a wharf whatabouts: things with which one is occupied wheal: a Cornish mine wheaten: the golden colour of ripe wheat wheelhouse: shelter where ships steering wheel kept wheep: sound made by a steel weapon when drawn from a sheath wheeple - A poor attempt at whistling wheeple: to whistle feebly whelky: knobby; rounded whelve: to cover with an upside down vessel whemmle: to overturn; to throw into a state of disorder whenas: when whencesoever: from whatsoever place or source whereagainst: against which whereinsoever: in whatsoever respect or place whereinto: into which; into what whereof: of what whereon: on what whereout: out of which wherethrough: through which; through the agency of whereuntil: to what wherewith: with what wherret: a blow on the ear or side of the head wherry: light shallow boat; barge whey: off-white whichsoever: every one that whicker: to neigh; to bleat whiddin - To be running like a hare whiff: to fish with hand line towed behind a boat whiffet: paltry person; little dog whiffler: official who clears way for a procession whifflery: levity; trifling whift: a slight puff or blast whilom: formerly; once; former whin: gorse; furze whinger: dirk or short sword whinstone: hard and compact rock

whinyard: short sword whipcat: tailor whipcord: fabric with bold twill used for making dresses whipjack: whining beggar who pretends to be a sailor whippet: a small tank whippletree: crosspiece of a carriage to which harnesses attached whippy: pliant; supple whipsaw: narrow saw for cutting timber lengthwise whipstaff: vertical lever controlling ships rudder whipstall: airplane stall causing nose to whip forward and down whirret: to give a sharp blow to whiskerando: a whiskered person whiskerine: beard-growing contest whiss: to hiss or whistle whisternefet n. - a sharp slap whistler: mythical bird whose whistle is fatal to the listener whitecoat: white-furred seal pup whither: to what place whithersoever: to any place whatsoever whitherward: toward what or which place whitleather: leather dressed with alum whitlow: abscess around a fingernail whitster: bleacher of cloth and clothing whittawer: one who makes saddles or harnesses whittle: a woollen shawl or blanket whodunitry: genre of writing poor mystery novels wholestitch: weaving stitch that fills in a pattern whoreson: bastard; whore's son; term of contempt whosoever: every one who wicket: small door forming part of larger door of a church or castle widdershins: counterclockwise widgeon: freshwater duck widget: any small manufactured object wieldless: unmanageable wigan: stiff plain-woven cotton wight: a supernatural man-like being wight: nimble; strong; courageous wilder: to cause to stray wilding: that which grows without cultivation williwaw: sudden squall, tumult or disturbance willowish: of the colour of willow leaves wimble: instrument for boring holes; gimlet; auger wimple: cloth covering for head and neck worn by nuns wincey: plain or twilled cotton windbound: hindered from sailing by contrary winds windcheater: windproof jacket windgall: puffy swelling around a horse's joints windlass: circuitous movement; indirect action windlass: winch used to raise a ship's anchor windle: appliance for winding yarn windlestraw: anything light or insubstantial; feeble person windrose: diagram showing yearly wind strengths for a locality windrow: hay raked together into a line windthrow: the blowing over of trees by the wind winglet: a small wing winkler: one who extracts or forces something out little by little winterbourne: intermittent spring of water winterim: short winter term at a private school designed for personal study winterkill: to kill by exposure to cold winx - To bray like a jackass

wirble: to whirl; to turn round and round wiredraw: to reduce fluid pressure by passing it through a small orifice wirewove: very fine quality of writing paper wis: to know, to believe wiseacre: someone who unduly assumes air of superior wisdom wiseling: one who pretends to be wise wisent: European bison wisket: a basket wist: to know wistly: longingly; earnestly witchknot: knot in hair supposedly tied by witches witeless: without fault; blameless witenagemot: early English national council withal: besides; therewith; nevertheless; with withe: elastic tool handle to save the hand from shock of blows withe: partition between chimney flues witherling: withered or decrepit person; an adversary withernam n. - taking something as reprisal for something else taken previously withy: flexible; wiry and agile; willow witling: one who utters markedly feeble witticisms witticaster: a petty or inferior wit wittol n. - complacent cuckold. wittol: one who knows wifes faithlessness and submits to it witwanton: to engage in irreverent wit witzelsucht - A feeble attempt at humor witzelsucht n. - emotional state characterized by futile attempts at humor wive: to take for a wife; to marry a woman wivern: mythical two-legged winged monster wlatsome - Describing something which is loathed woad: broad-leafed plant yielding blue dye woggle: ring of leather or plastic used to thread neckerchief wold: open tract of country womanthrope: a hater of women womby: hollow; capacious wommacky - Shaking and weak while recovering from illness or surgery wondermonger: one who promises miracles wonderwork: prodigy; miracle; thaumaturgy wone: a dwelling-place; custom or habit woning: state of dwelling; dwelling-place wontless: unaccustomed wood: mad; insane; wild woodmeal: sawdust and other wood waste used as industrial filler woodreeve: overseer of a wood woodshedding: spontaneous barbershop singing woodwose: wild man of the woods, used in heraldry as supporter; satyr or faun woofits: an unwell feeling; depression woolage: untidy hair woolbird: sheep woold: to wind a rope or chain around woolfell: skin with the wool still on it woolpack: cirrocumulus cloud; a bale or bundle of wool woolsack: large wool-filled scarlet sack for the Lord Chancellor woolsey: cotton and wool blend woolward: with wool next to the skin as punishment woonerf: road in a residential district which uses various measures to calm traffic woopie: well-off older person worcester: fine wool wordbound: unable to find expression in words wordbreak: point of division in a word that runs onto the next line wordish: verbose

workerist: one who supports worker's rights workshy: hating or avoiding work; lazy worksome: industrious worldling: a person engrossed in concerns of the present world wormcast: spiral heap of earth left by burrowing worm wormery: place where worms are bred wormil: lump in the skin of an animals back wormwood: something bitter, galling, or grievous worricow: scarecrow; hobgoblin; frightening-looking person worsement: deterioration or deprecation of property without the owner's consent worsification: the composition of bad poetry wort: any herb or vegetable wort: infusion of malt before fermentation wortle: perforated plate through which wire drawn to make thinner woubit: a small and shabby person woundless: harmless woundy: causing wounds; characterized by wounds woundy: excessively; extremely wrack: seaweed or wreckage cast up on shore wrackful: destructive wranglership: position of being a wrangler at Cambridge University wrawl: to caterwaul wreakless: unpunished wretchock: smallest or weakest of a brood wrick: to twist; to sprain; to strain wright: maker; repairer wristlet: wristband; small strap worn around the wrist writative: characterized by an inclination to write writhled: wrinkled; shriveled wrongous: unjust; wrongful wroth: wrathful; in commotion; stormy wrox: to decay; to rot wuffler: agricultural machine for turning and fluffing bales of hay wuntee - A lonely old buffalo bull wurley: a nest; an aboriginal hut wurst: large sausage wurzel: kind of beet wuthering: blowing strongly with a roaring sound wyn: old English rune having value 'w' wynd: narrow street or lane wyrd: the personification of fate or destiny

xanthareel: yellow eel formerly used in medicinal foods xanthic: yellow; yellowish xanthippe: ill-tempered woman xanthochroia: yellowness of the skin xanthochroid - Blond haired and blue eyed person with fair white skin xanthodont: one with yellow teeth xanthopsia: a visual condition where things appear yellow xanthous - Yellow colored xanthous: yellow or red-haired xebec: small three-masted pirate ship xenagogue: guide; someone who conducts strangers xenarthral - Resembling a sloth, anteater, or armadillo xenial: of or concerning hospitality towards guests xeniatrophobia - A fear of going to strange or foreign doctors

xenium - A present given to a guest xenium: gift made to a guest or ambassador; any compulsory gift xenobiotic: indicating a substance or item foreign to the body xenobombulate - To be malingering xenodocheionology: love of hotels xenodochial: hospitable; kindly to strangers xenodochiophobia - A fear of foreign hotels xenodochium - A home for the disabled and for the friendless xenodochium: building for the reception of strangers xenogamy: cross-fertilization xenogenesis: generation of offspring entirely unlike the parent xenogenous: due to an outside cause xenoglossia: persons knowledge of a language never studied xenolith: fragment of extraneous rock embedded in magma or another rock xenomancy: divination using strangers xenomania: inordinate attachment to foreign things xenomenia: menstruation from abnormal orifices xenomorphic: having a form not its own xenonosocomiophobia - A fear of pick pockets, especially foreign ones xenophilia: love of foreigners xenophobia: fear of foreigners xeransis: drying up xerarch: growing in dry places xerasia: abnormal dryness of the hair xeric: dry; lacking in moisture xerodermia: abnormal dryness of the skin xerophagy - A diet of bread and water xerophagy: eating of dry food; fast of dry food in the week preceding Easter xerophilous - Drought loving, particularly pertaining to plants xerophily: adaptation to very dry conditions xerophobia - A fear of dryness or dry places xerophobous: unable to survive drought xerophytic: able to withstand drought xerosis: abnormal dryness of body parts xerotic: dry xerotripsis: dry friction xertz - To gulp down quickly and greedily xilinous: of or pertaining to cotton ximelolagnia - The desire to look a women who cross their legs xiphias: swordfish xiphoid - Sword shaped xiphoid: sword-shaped xiphopagus: conjoined twins joined by a band of flesh on the torso xiphophyllous: having sword-shaped leaves xoanon: primitive wooden statue overlaid with ivory and gold xography: photographic process for producing three-dimensional images xylocarp: hard and woody fruit xylogenous: growing on wood xyloglyphy: wood-carving xylography: art of engraving on wood xyloid: woody; ligneous xylology - The study of wood or of the structure of wood xylomancy: divination by examining wood found in ones path xylometer: instrument measuring specific gravity of wood xylophagous: wood-eating xylophilous: fond of wood; living in or on wood xylophobia - A fear of forests or of woods xylophory: wood-carrying xylopolist - One who sells wood products xylopyrography: engraving designs on wood with hot poker

xylorimba: combination of xylophone and marimba xylotomous: wood-cutting; wood-boring xyresic - Being as sharp as a razor xystarch: ancient Greek officer in charge of gymnastic exercises xyster: surgeons instrument for scraping bones xyston: short pike used by Greek heavy cavalry xystus: covered walkway for exercises yad: rod used by readers of the Torah as a pointer for following text yaff: to bark like a snarling dog yajna: Hindu sacrificial rite yakhdan: box used for carrying ice on back of pack animal yakow: animal crossbred from male yak and domestic cow yale: mythical animal resembling tusked horse with elephant's tail yapok: an amphibious opossum of South America yapp: limp leather binding in which cover overlaps edges of book yarborough: hand of cards containing no card above nine yardang: ridge formed by wind erosion parallel to prevailing winds yardarm: either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship yardland: unit of land area equal to 30 acres yare: marked by quickness and agility; nimble; prepared; easily handled yarnwindle: tool for winding yarn into a ball yarpha: peatbog; sandy or fibrous peat yashmak: double Muslim veil leaving only eyes uncovered yataghan: long curved knife or sabre yaud - A worn out or old horse yawl: ships small boat; sailboat carrying mainsail and one or more jibs yealing: person of the same age yean: to give birth to a lamb or kid yeanling: lamb; kid yeasty: full of restless energy or creativity; insubstantial yede: to go yegg: a burglar of safes yelek: outer garment worn by Turkish women yellow: to bellow; to yelp yellowback: cheap sensational novel yelm: a straight bundle of straw used for thatching yelt: a young sow yeomanette: old term for a female yeoman in the American naval reserve yerk: to draw tight; to bind yeuk: to itch yex: to hiccup, belch or spit yikker: to utter sharp little cries yird: to bury ylem: in alchemy, substance from which the elements developed yogh: letter in Middle English representing y or 'hh' sound yogibogeybox: materials used by a spiritualist yoicks: expression of surprise or excitement yomp: to carry heavy equipment over difficult terrain yon: yonder yonderly: mentally or emotionally distant; absent-minded yoni: symbol representing female genitals yordim: emigrants who leave Israel younker: a young person yowie: a little ewe yperite: mustard gas ypsiliform: shaped like an upsilon yrneh: unit of reciprocal inductance yttriferous: bearing yttrium yu: precious jade yuft: Russia leather

yuke: to itch zabaglione: frothy custard zabernism: misuse of military authority; bullying zabuton: flat Japanese cushion for kneeling or sitting zaffre: impure cobalt oxide zaftig: having a full; rounded figure zakuska: hors doeuvre; snack zalambdodont: having molar teeth with V-shaped ridges zamacueca: Chilean dance where partners move around each other zambomba: Spanish percussion instrument zambra: Spanish dance zampogna: Italian bagpipe zampone: stuffed pigs' trotter sausage zanella: mixed twilled umbrella fabric zanjero: supervisor of irrigation canals zanze: African musical instrument like castanets zapata: flowing, drooping moustache zapateado: Latin-American dance with rhythmic tapping of the feet zarf - A special sleeve for a coffee cup or a beer can zarzuela: traditional Spanish vaudeville show; fish and shellfish stew zatetic adj. - pondering, questioning

zazzy: flashy; stylish zebrinny: offspring of male horse and female zebra zebrule: hybrid offspring of male zebra and female horse zebu: ox with hump and dewlap zeitgeist - The general culture, education, and morals of a given era zek: inmate of prison labour camp zel: form of Oriental cymbal zelatrix: older nun in charge of disciplining younger nuns zelophobia - A fear of jealousy or intense emotion zelophobia: irrational or fear of jealousy zelotypia: jealousy; excessive zeal in carrying out a project zenana: system of segregating women away from men in harems zendalet: large black woollen shawl worn over the head or shoulders zendik: heretic; magician zendo: hall for Zen Buddhist meditation zenography: study of the planet Jupiter zenzic: square of a number zenzizenzizenzic: eighth power of a number zephyr: lightweight wool or worsted fabric zeroable: able to be omitted from a sentence without any loss of meaning zeta: small room or closet in a church zetetic: proceeding by inquiry; a search or investigation zeugma: use of a word to modify two or more words in different ways zeze: stringed instrument resembling a zither zho: cross between a yak and a cow ziamet: large ancient Turkish fiefdom zibeline: of or relating to the sable zibeline: soft piled wool ziganka: Russian country dance ziggurat: Mesopotamian step pyramid zills - The finger cymbals worn by belly dancers

zimocca: bath-sponge zinciferous: bearing zinc zingaro: gypsy zinke: old wind instrument resembling the cornet zinkiferous: bearing zinc zinnober: chrome green zitella: young girl; maiden zither: musical instrument with strings laid over horizontal board ziti: pasta shaped like large macaroni zizel: chipmunk zizith - The fringes at the corners of a tallith zizz: sparkle; vim zoanthropy: delusion that one is an animal zob - A worthless person zocle n. - small stand or pedestal for a statue

zoetic: living; vital zoetrope: slotted rotating cylinder producing primitive animation zograscope: optical device for viewing stereoscopic images zoiatrics: veterinary surgery zoic: pertaining to animals; containing evidence of life zoilism: carping and unjust criticism zoism: doctrine that life originates from a single vital principle zollverein: customs union zolotnik: old Russian unit of weight equal to 1/6 of an ounce zomotherapy: medical treatment using raw meat zona: girdle or belt; patch or band zonary: of or like a zone; arranged in zones zonoid: like a zone zonule: small zone zonulet: a small belt or girdle zoocephalic: animal-headed zoochorous: of seeds or spores spread by animals zooculture: domestication of animals zoocytium: a hollow vessel zoodikers: an exclamation zoogamy: sexual reproduction of animals zoogenic: produced from animals zoogeography: study of geographic distribution of animals zoogonous: giving birth to live offspring zoograft: tissue from an animal grafted to a human zoography: the painting or description of animals zoogyroscope: device for depicting the movement of animals through rotating images zooid: asexually produced organism resembling an animal zoolatry: excessive devotion to animals or pets zoolite: fossil animal zoomagnetism: animal magnetism zoomancy: divination by observing animals zoometry: measurement of animals zoomimetic: imitating an animal or part of an animal zoomorphism: conception of a god or man in animal form zoon: organism regarded as a complete animal zoonic: pertaining to or derived from animals zoonomy: animal physiology zoonosis: disease of animals which can be transmitted to humans zoopathology: study of animal diseases

zoopery: experimentation on animals zoophagy: eating animals zoophily: loving or caring for animals; bestiality zoophobia: fear of animals zoophorus: continuous frieze depicting humans and animals zoophysiology: study of physiology of animals zoophyte: plant-like animal such as coral zoophytology: study of plant-like animals zoopraxiscope: device for depicting the movement of animals through rotating images zooscopy: hallucination that one is seeing animals zootaxy: science of classifying animals zootechnics: science of breeding animals zoothapsis: premature burial zootheism: attribution of divine qualities to animals zootherapy: veterinary therapeutics zootomy: dissection of animals; comparative anatomy zootoxin: poison derived from animal zootrophy: feeding of animals zootype: animal serving as a type zopissa: combination of wax and pitch used for medicinal purposes zopp: syncopated zoppetto: medieval Italian limping hop dance zori - sandals with a strap over the instep and a strip between toes zorino: euphemism for skunk fur zoster: a girdle zosteriform: shaped like a girdle zouk: Carribean disco dance zounds: mild oath zubrowka: vodka flavoured with sweet-grass zucchetto: round skullcap worn by Catholic clergy to indicate rank zufolo: small flute used to train songbirds zug: waterproof leather used for boots zugtrompete: slide trumpet zugzwang: chess blockade zumbooruk: small cannon carried on the back of a camel zuppa: fish soup zurla: Yugoslavian shawm zurna: Turkish bagpipe or shawm zwischenzug: chess move made to play for time zwitterion: ion carrying both a positive and negative charge zygal: formed like the letter H; of or relating to a yoke or union zygodactylic: having two toes in front and two behind zygology: science of joining and fastening zygomorphic: bilaterally symmetrical zygon: connecting bar zygopleural: bilaterally symmetrical zygosis: conjugation zymic: of or relating to fermentation zymite: priest using leavened bread during communion zymogenic: causing fermentation zymology: science of fermentation zymometer: instrument for measuring fermentation zymosimeter: instrument for measuring fermentation zymosis: fermentation zymotic: of or relating to fermentation zymurgy: branch of chemistry dealing with brewing and distilling zythepsary - A brewery