abacaxi:
n. a large, sweet pineapple grown especially in Brazil | abgesang:
n. the concluding section in musical and poetic |
abiuret:
a. not giving the biuret reaction | acquiesce:
v. agree or express agreement |
aitch:
n. the letter h or the sound represented by it | aloisiite:
n. a mineral consisting of hydrous subsilicate of calcium, ferrous iron, magnesium, and sodium |
antediluvian:
a. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | atheist:
n. someone who denies the existence of god |
atlatl:
n. stick used by some indigenous peoples of North America | autochthonous:
a. of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed, originating where it is found |
bellwether:
n. sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell, someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity | bhagavata:
n. a devotional worshipper of a deity, especially of Vishnu |
bhikku:
n. a Buddhist monk or religious mendicant | bologna:
n. large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork |
bourgeois:
a. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class, belonging to the middle class | cassioberry:
n. a shrub of the southern US, and also its fruit |
cemetery:
n. a tract of land used for burials | chauffeur:
n. a man paid to drive a privately owned car |
chhatri:
n. a funerary monument, a chapel built over a tomb | chlorophyll:
n. any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms |
chrematistic:
a. of, relating to, or occupied in the gaining of wealth | chthonic:
a. dwelling beneath the surface of the earth |
coelacanth:
n. fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa | connoisseur:
n. an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts |
conscientious:
a. guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong, characterized by extreme care and great effort | daiquiri:
n. cocktail containing rum and lime juice; |
demitasse:
n. small coffee cup; | dhole:
n. fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs |
dilate:
v. become wider, add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | dvandva:
n. a class of compound words having two immediate constituents that are equal in rank and related to each other as if joined by |
eczema:
n. generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages | egueiite:
n. a mineral that consists of a hydrous basic ferric iron phosphate with a little calcium and aluminum |
eichhornia:
n. a genus of chiefly tropical floating aquatic herbs having rounded or broad clustered leaves | eudaemonic:
a. conducive to happiness |
feuilleton:
n. part of newspaper or magazine devoted to fiction | fjeld:
n. a barren plateau of the Scandinavian upland |
foudroyant:
a. coming on suddenly with great severity | fuchsia:
n. any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti |
gubernatorial:
a. relating to a governor | harass:
v. annoy continually or chronically, exhaust by attacking repeatedly |
hierarchy:
n. a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system, the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body | idiosyncrasy:
n. a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual |
indict:
v. accuse formally of a crime | indispensable:
a. absolutely necessary; vitally necessary, not to be dispensed with; essential |
inoculate:
v. introduce a microorganism into, perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation | irascible:
a. quickly aroused to anger, characterized by anger |
kernel:
n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, a single whole grain of a cereal | khedive:
n. one of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914 |
kiekie:
n. a New Zealand climbing shrub with edible berries | kierkegaardian:
a. relating to or characteristic of Kierkegaard or his works, follower of Kierkegaard; |
kwakiutl:
n. member of North American people of NW Pacific coast; Wakashan language of Kwakiutl, now with few speakers | liaison:
n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship, a channel for communication between groups |
liquefy:
v. make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating, become liquid or fluid when heated | logorrhea:
n. pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking |
malfeasance:
n. wrongful conduct by a public official | manoeuvre:
v. perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense |
mbira:
n.an African musical instrument that consists of a wooden or gourd resonator and a varying number of tuned metal or wooden strips | memento:
n. a reminder of past events |
milquetoast:
n. a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive | minuscule:
n. a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts, very small |
mischievous:
a. deliberately causing harm or damage, naughtily or annoyingly playful | mlechchha:
n.one who does not practice Hinduism |
nausea:
n. the state that precedes vomiting, disgust so strong it makes you feel sick | nauseous:
a. feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit, causing or able to cause nausea |
ngege:
n. an important African cichlid food fish | ngwee:
n. monetary unit of Zambia, equal to one hundredth of kwacha; |
onomatopoeia:
n. using words that imitate the sound they denote | orangutan:
n. large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits |
paraphernalia:
n. equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. | pfennig:
n. (until introduction of euro in 2002) monetary unit of Germany, equal to one hundredth of mark; |
phthisis:
n. pulmonary tuberculosis or similar progressive wasting disease; | precocious:
a. characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity, especially in mental aptitude |
prosciutto:
n. raw cured Italian ham | prospicience:
n. the act of looking forward, foresight |
pschent:
n. headdress of the later Egyptian pharaohs formed of the two crowns | psephology:
n. statistical study of elections and trends in voting; |
psoriasis:
n. a chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences | ptarmic:
n. a substance that causes sneezing |
pterodactyl:
n. extinct flying reptile | ptosis:
n. drooping of upper eyelid due to paralysis or disease |
pycnogonid:
n. any of various small long-legged marine arthropods (class Pycnogonida) that superficially resemble spiders | qiviut:
n. the wool of the undercoat of the musk ox |
rhathymia:
n. the state of being carefree : light-heartedness | rhythm:
n. recurring at regular intervals |
sacrilegious:
a. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred | schokker:
n. a large Dutch cutter, yawl, or ketch-rigged pleasure boat |
sforzando:
n. an accented chord, (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack | sgabello:
n. an Italian-Renaissance wooden side chair consisting of a stool or similar form with a simple upright back |
sherbet:
n. a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin | sjambok:
n. long, stiff whip, originally made of rhinoceros hide |
soubrette:
n. actress playing lively flirtatious role; | stichomythia:
n. dialogue in which two characters speak alternate lines of verse; |
supersede:
v. take the place or move into the position of | surveillance:
n. close observation of a person or group (usually by the police) |
svedberg:
n. unit of time equal to 10 13 seconds; | synecdoche:
n. substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa |
takkanah:
n. a rabbinic ordinance initiating a practice not directly based on biblical authority or oral tradition | tchaviche:
n. a large, usually red-fleshed, commercially important salmon |
teonanacatl:
n. any of several mushrooms that are sources of hallucinogens | tjaele:
n. frozen ground, permanently frozen ground |
tyranny:
n. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator, dominance through threat of punishment and violence | tzigane:
n. Hungarian Gypsy; |
vengeance:
n. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life | vignette:
n. a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books), a brief literary description |
weltanschauung:
n. particular philosophy or view of life; | ylem:
n. (in Big Bang theory) primordial matter of universe, originally conceived as composed of neutrons; |
ytterbium:
n. chemical element of atomic number 70, silvery-white metal of lanthanide series; | zwetschenwasser:
n. a colorless plum brandy with a bitter almond taste |
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