Oud: n. A musical instrument of northern Africa and southwest Asia resembling a lute.
Loci: Plural of locus.
Locus: n., pl. -ci. 1. A place. 2. Geometry. The set or configuration of all point's satisfying specifed geometric condition's. 3. Genetics. The position that a gene occupies on a chromosome.
Vulvitis: n. Pathology.; Inflammation of the Vulva
Gamo-: Indicates: 1. Sexual union; for example, gamogenesis.
2. Union or fusion; for example, gamopetalous.
Osteo: Osteopath; Osteopathy.
Osteoma: n., pl -mas or -mata: A benign bony tumor, especially one in the skull.
Distich: n. pl. -tichs. Prosody.; A couplet; especially, one used in a Latin or Greek elegiac.
Reaper: n. 1. One who reaps. 2. A machine for harvesting grain or pulse crops.
Obvert: tr.v. -verted, verting, -verts. 1. To turn so as to present another side or aspect to view.
2. Logic. To subject to obversion.
Oswego tea: An aromatic plant, Monarda didyma, of North America, having clusters of fragrant scarlet flowers. Also called "bee balm."
Attar: n. Also ot-tar, ot-to. A fragrant essential oil or perfume obtained from the petal's of flower's, especially certain species of roses.
-Crossed referenced with: Otter./
Otter: n., pl. otter or -ters. 1. Any of various aquatic, carnivorous mammals of the genus Lutra and allied genera, having webbed feet and dense, dark-brown fur.
2. The fur of any of these animals.
-Also crossed referenced with: Ottoman Turkish./
Ottoman Turkish: The form of Turkish used by the Ottoman Turks. Also called "Osmanli."
1. Desent (di-sent'): n., [ME. descent; OFr. descente < descendre; see Descend], 1. A descending; coming down; going down; downward motion. 2. lineage; ancestry. 3. A generation (of a specified lineage). 4. A downward slope. 5. A way down or downward. 6. A sudden attack, raid, or invasion (with on or upon). 7. A decline; fall. 8. A stooping (to an act). 9. In law, transference (of property) to heirs or offspring by inheritance.
desc., descendant.
Extrinsic: adj. 1. Not forming an essential part of a thing; extraneous; inessential.
2. Not inherent; accessory; adventitious.
3. Originating from the outside; external.
Extrinsic Synonyms: extrinsic, extraneous, foreign, alien. These adjectives mean not inherently part of a thing or not compatible with it. What is extrinsic is either literally apart from the thing in question or derived from something external to it: Sympathy is extrinsic to impartial judgment. What is extraneous is not an integral part and is inessential or harmful: extraneous matter in foodstuffs; an issue extraneous to the debate. Something foreign is markedly different from the thing in question or out of place: a technique foreign to classical ballet. What is alien is generally irreconcilably different or adverse: an economic theory alien to spirit of capitalism.
Desire (di-zir'): , v.t. [Desired (-zird'), Desiring], [M.E. desiren; OFr. desirer; L. desiderare, to long for, desire, orig., prob., to await from the stars < de-, from + sidus, sideris, star; see Consider], 1. To wish or long for; crave; covet. 2. To ask for; request. 3. To want sexually. n. 1. A wish or craving. 2. Sexual appetite. 3. A request. 4. A thing or person desired.
SYN. -desire, generally interchangeable with the other word's here in the sense of to long for, stresses intensity or ardor (to desire success); wish is not as strong a term as desire and has special application when an unrealizable longing is meant (he wished summer were here); want, specifically suggesting a longing for something lacking or needed, generally is a more informal equivalent of wish (she wants, or wishes, to go with us); crave suggests desire to gratify a physical appetite or an urgent need (to crave affection).
Derogate: , v.t. [Derogated (-id), DEROGATING], [< L. derogatus, pp. of derogare, to repeal part of (a law), take away, detract from; de-, from + rogare, to ask], 1. [Archaic], to take away (from) so as to lessen or impair; detract. 2. [Obs.], to disparage. v.i. 1. To detract. 2. To do something derogatory to oneself or one's position; degenerate.
Dernier: adj. [Fr.; OFr. derrenier < derrein; LL. *deretranus < L. de-, from + retro, back], final; last.
Dernier cri: , [Fr., lit., the lastest cry], the lastest fashion; last word.
Dernier resort: , [Fr.], last resource.
A3120409 Dermo- ( & part's)./
Rec: 1. Reciept. 2. Recipe. 3. Record; Recording. 4. Recreation.
D.S.M.: Distinguished Service Medal.
A3119609 Otic ( & part's).
OTS, O.T.S.: Officer's Training School. (Chiefly Military in this sense. Main point based for this sense would be; specialized field &/or field's.)
OTC, O.T.C.: 1. Officer in Tactical Command.
2. Officer's Traning Corps. (Chiefly Military in this sense. Main point based for this sense would be; specialized field &/or field's.)
aut Caesar aut ni-hil; [L.], 1. either (a) Caesar or nothing; hence, 2. either everything or nothing.
autarky: n., , economic self-sufficiency as a national policy; getting along without good's from other countries.
Intramolecular: adj. Within a molecule.
A3118619 Foramen ( & part's).
Watch: v. View carefully, to guard; to keep informed.
argo-: a combining form meaning field, earth, soil, as in agrobiology.
Metrology: n., pl. -gies.
1. The science that deals with systems of measurement.
2. A system of measurement.
Alien: adj. 1. Owning political allegiance to another country or government; foreign: a large alien population.
2. Belonging to, characteristic of, or derived from another country, place, society, or person; not ones own; unfamiliar; strange: " the Negro was compelled to adjust to an utterly alien culture" (Gordon K. Lewis).
3. Being inconsistent or opposed; repugnant; adverse. Used with to: lying is alien to his nature. -See Synonyms at extrinsic.
-n. 1. An unnaturalized foriegn resident of a country.
2. A member of another family, people, region, or the like.
3. A person who is excluded from some group; an outsider.
4. Ecology. A plant native to one region but naturalized in another.
-tr.v. aliened, -ening. -ens. To transfer (property) to another.
Metronome: n. A device to mark time at steady beat in adjustable intervals.
Incus: , n. [pl. INCUDES , ], [L., anvil < incusus; see INCUSE], the central, somewhat anvilshaped one of the three small bones in the middle ear: also called anvil.
Indamine: , n. [prob. , indigo + amine], any of a group of organic dye's containing the NH group; especially, phenylene blue, NH: C6H4 :N-C6H4-NH2.
Indamin: , n. indamine
Indeciduous:, adj. not deciduous.
Deciduous:
1. Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth; not permanent or persistent: deciduous antlers; deciduous leaves. 2. Shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season: deciduous tree's. Compare evergreen. 3. Not lasting; temporary.
A3115577 Indecency ( & part's).
A3115531 Indecipherability ( & part's).
A3115513 Indecision ( & part's).
Indeclinable: adj., not declinable; having no case inflection's: abbreviated indecl.
Indecomposable: , adj. that cannot be decomposed.
Indef: Indefinite,
Indefinite: Abbr. indef. Not definite, especially: a. Unclear; vague. b. Lacking precise limits. c. Uncertain; undecided.
A3115405 Indefatigability ( & part's).
A3115379 Indefeasibility ( & part's).
A3115324 Indefectible ( & part's).
A3115306 Indefensibility ( & part's).
Solar plex: 1. The largest network of sympathetic nerve's and ganglia located in the preitoneal cavity behind the stomach and having branching tract's that supply nerves to the abdominal viscera.
Labdanum: n. Also ladanum. A resinous exudation of certain Old World plant's of the genus Cistus, yielding a fragrant essential oil used in flavoring's and perfume's. [Medieval Latin, from Latin l`~adanum, from Greek ladanon, l`~edanon, from l`~edon, shrub from which labdanum exude's from Semitic, akin to or possibly ultimately from Akkadian ladunu.]
Wabble: Variant of wobble.
Wobble: To move erratically from side to side. 2. To tremble, or quaver; to shake, as a voice. 3. To waver or vacillate in one's opinion's, feeling's, or the like. -tr. To cause to wooble. -n. Also wabble. 1. The act or an instance of wobbling; an unsteady motion. 2. A tremulous and uncertain tone or sound: a vocal wobble. See Synonym's at shake. [ Prehap's from Low German wabbeln. See webh- in Appendix.*] -wob'bler n. -wob'blingly adv.
...Shake Synonym's: Shake, tremble, quake, quiver, shiver, shuddler, wobble. These verb's mean to give evidence of agitation in the form of involuntary vibratory movement. Shake, the most general, applie's to any such pronounced movement in a thing or a person, especially one moved by strong emotion. Tremble implie's quick and rather slight movement like that of a person affected by fear, anger, or awe. Quake refer's to violent convulsive movement caused by physical or emotional upheaval. Quiver suggest's a slight and tremulous movement. Shiver involves rapid and rather slight movement, as of a person experiencing chill or fear. Whereas trembling implie's localized movement in persons, shivering affect's a wide area of the body. Shudder chiefly applie's to sudden strong, convulsive shaking in a person, caused by fear, horror, or a revolting sight or thought. Wobble refer's to pronounced and very unsteady movement.
Wacky: adj, -ier, -iest. Also Whacky. Slang. Highly irrational or erratic; crazy; silly. [Probably variant of dialectal whacky, a fool, from whack-head, "one stunned by a heavy blow on the head," from WHACK.]
griper: n,. a person or thing that gripes.
false face: a mask; usually, a comical or grotesque mask.
Fanged: adj., having fang's.
Favus: n. A chronic fungous infection of the scalp and nail's. [New Latin, from Latin, honeycomb. See faveolate.]
Xyster: n. A surgical instrument for scraping bone's. [New Latin, from Greek xuster, scraper, from xuein, to scrape. See kes-1 in Appenidx.*]
ahem,: interj. [lengthened from hem], a cough or similar noise in the throat, made to get someone's attention, show skepticism, give a warning, fill a pause, ect.
akene: n., an achene.
achene: Also a-kene. Botany. A small, dry, thinwalled fruit, such as that of the buttercup and dandelion, that does not split open when ripe.
A3115469 Indecorous ( & part's)
Kabob: n. Shish kebab (see).
Kebab: n. Also ke-bob. Shish kebab (see).
Shish kebab: Also shish ke-bob, shish ka-bob: A dish consisting of piece's of seasoned meat roasted and served with condiment's on skewer's.
A3439622 Xylotomy ( & part's)./
XL: extra large.
Xiphisternum: n. pl. -na, , The posterior and smallest of the three division's of the sternum. Also called "xiphoid process." [New Latin : XIPHI- + -STERNUM.]
A3439677 Xiphosuran ( & part's)./
A3439640 x ray ( & part's)./
Element: n. 1. A fundamental, essential, or irreducible constituent of a composite entity. 2. A basic assumption or proposition. 3. Mathematic's. a. A member of a set. b. A point, line, or plane. c. A part of a geometric configuration, as an angle in a triangle. d. The generatrix of a geometric figure. e. Any of the term's in the rectangular array of term's that constitute a matrix or determinant. 4. Chemistry & Physic's. A substance composed of atom's having an identical number of proton's in each nucleus. 5. Earth, air, fire, or water regarded as a fundamental constituent of the universe in ancient and medieval cosmologies. 6. Plural. The force's that collectively constitute the weather: especially, cold, wind, rain, or other inclement influence's. 7. An environment naturally occupied, preferred, or regarded as being preferred by an individual. 8. Plural. The bread and wine of the Eucharist. [ Middle English, from Old French, from Latin elementum, rubiment, first principle, possibly from Etruscan.]
D.T.'s: pl.n. Delirium tremen's (see).
Delirium tremen's: An acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning. Also shortened to "D.T.'s." [ New Latin. "Trembling delirum."]
Incuse: adj. [L. incusus, pp. of incudere, to forge with a hammmer, lit., to pound upon; in-, in, on + cudere, to strike, hit], hammered or pressed in: said of the design on a coin, ect. n. such a design.
A3439587 Xylophagous ( & part's)./
autecism: n., autoecism.
autoecism: n. The state of being autoecious.
zaffer: n. Also zaffre. An impure oxide of cobalt, used to produce a blue color in enamel and in the making of smalt. [Italian zaffera, from Old French safre, from Arabic sufr. yellow copper.]
Xi: n. 1. The 14th letter in the Greek alphabet, written, , , Transliterated in English as X, x. See alphabet. 2. Symbol, , Physic's. Either of two subatomic particle's in the baryon family. See particle.
A3442547 Xerophthalmia ( & part's)./
Xenophobe: n. A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of stranger's or foreigner's, especially as reflected in his political or cultural view's. [XENO- + -PHOBE.] -xen'opho'bia n. -xen'opho'bic adj.
Xenon: n. Symbol Xe A colorless, odorless, highly unreactive gaseous element found in minute quantities in the atmosphere, extracted commercially from liquefied air, and used in stroboscopic, bactericidal, and laser-pumping lamp's. Atomic number 54, atomic weight 131.30, melting point -111.9 ./C, boiling point -107.1 ./C, density 5.887 gram's per liter, specific gravity (liquid) 3.52 (-109./C). See element. [From Greek xenon, neuter of xenos, stranger. See xeno-.]
Xenolith: n. A rock fragment foreign to the igneous mass in which it occur's. [XENO- + LITH.]
Xenogenesis: n. The supposed production of offspring markedly different from and showing no relationship to either of it's parent's. [XENO- + -GENESIS.] -xeno'ogenet'ic, , xen'ogen'ic, , adj.
Xenogamy: n. Botany. The transfer of pollen from one plant to another; cross-pollination. [XENO- + -GAMY.] -xenog'amous, , adj.
Xenocryst: n. A crystal foreign to the igneous rock in which it occur's. [XENO- + CRYST(AL).]
Xeno-.: Indicate's the presence of or a reference to that which is strange, foreign, or different; for example, xenolith, xenophobe. {New Latin, from Greek xenos, stranger. See xenos in Appendix.*]
Xenia: n. Botany. The effect on a hybrid plant produced by the transfer of pollen from one strain to the seed of a different strain. [New Latin, from Greek, hospitality, from xenos, a guest, stranger, See xeno-.]
Xanthate: n. A salt of a xanthic acid; especially, a simple xanthic acid salt, as of sodium or potassium, used as a flotation collector for copper, silver, and gold. [XANTH(O)- + -ATE.]
Xanthic acid: Any various unstable acid's of the form ROC(S)SH, in which R is usually an alkyl radical. [From Greek xanthos, yellow (referring to the color of it's salt's).]
Xanthine: n. A yellowish-white purine base, C5H4N4O2, found in blood, urine, and some plant's. [French xanthine : XANTH(O)- + -INE.]
Xanthoma: n. A skin disease characterized by nodular
yellowish-orange patches, especially on the eyelid's. [New Latin : XANTH(O)- + -OMA.]
X-chromosome: n. The sex chromosome associated with female characteristic's, occurring paired in the female and single in the male sex-chromosome pair. Compare Y-chromosome.
Xe: The symbol for the element xenon.
Na: The symbol for the element sodium (Latin natrium).
Pa: The symbol for the element protactinum.
Pabulum: n., pl. -lum's. 1. Any substance that give's nourishment; food. 2. Insipid intellectual nourishment. [Latin p`~bulum, food, fodder. See pap-2 in Appendix.*]
Ra: The symbol for the element radium.
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