WOW24 Scrabble words whose most recent Wiktionary etymology is Late Latin, according to kaikki.org data.
420 entries
| WORD | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| ENS | [n. ENTIA] · an entity |
| ERA | [n. -S] · an epoch |
| AGUE | [n. -S] · a malarial fever - AGUED AGUELIKE AGUISH [a.] AGUISHLY [b.] (=agued) / [x] { ague § agues § ague agued agues § agued aguelike aguish § aguishly } |
| AMBO | [n. AMBOS or AMBONES] · a pulpit in an early Christian~ church |
| COOK | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to prepare food by heating |
| DINE | [v. DINED, DINING°, DINES] · to eat dinner |
| ORAL | [n. -S] · an examination requiring spoken answers |
| PONY | [v. -NIED, -NYING, -NIES] · to prepare lessons with the aid of a literal translation |
| PREX | [n. -ES] · prexy «a president» / [x] { prex prexy § prexes prexies } |
| SUPE | [n. -S] · an actor without a speaking part / [x] { sup supe super supernumerary § supernumeraries supes § supernumerary § supes } |
| ABBEY | [n. -BEYS] · a monastery or convent |
| BOLUS | [n. -ES] · a large pill |
| COAPT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to fit together and make fast |
| COXAL | < COXA, [n. COXAE] · the hip or hip joint - COXAL [a.] |
| DECAN | [n. -S] · one of three equal 10-degree divisions of a sign of the zodiac |
| DRAMA | [n. -S] · a composition written for theatrical performance |
| FERAL | [n. -S] · a wild beast (=ferals) / [x] { feral ferine § ferals § feral ferine } |
| IDIOM | [n. -S] · an expression peculiar to a language |
| MOIST | [a. MOISTER, MOISTEST] · slightly wet / [x] { moist § moist moistest § moist moister moistest moistful } |
| OASIS | [n. OASES] · a green area in a desert region |
| OVINE | [n. -S] · a sheep or a closely related animal |
| PROBE | [v. PROBED, PROBING, PROBES] · to investigate or examine thoroughly |
| REALM | [n. -S] · a kingdom |
| UVULA | [n. -LAE or -LAS] · the pendent, fleshy portion of the soft palate |
| ABBESS | [n. -ES] · the female superior of a convent of nuns |
| ANNUAL | [n. -S] · a publication issued once a year |
| BIGAMY | [n. -MIES] · the crime of being married to two people simultaneously |
| BOVINE | [n. -S] · an ox-like animal / [x] { bovid bovine § bovids bovines § bovine } |
| CANULA | [n. -LAS or -LAE] · cannula - CANULAR [a.] (=canular) / [x] { cannula canula § cannulae cannulas canulae canulas § cannular canular } |
| CAPTOR | [n. -S] · one who takes or holds a captive |
| CAUSAL | [n. -S] · a word expressing cause or reason |
| CAUSEY | [n. -SEYS] · a paved road |
| CAVITY | [n. -TIES] · an unfilled space within a mass - CAVITIED [a.] |
| CHORAL | [n. -S] · chorale / [x] { choral chorale § chorales chorals § choral } |
| CLERIC | [n. -S] · a member of the clergy / [x] { clergyman cleric clerical § clergymen clericals clerics § cleric clerical } |
| CONCHA | [n. -CHAE] · an anatomical shell-like~ structure - CONCHAL [a.] / ----- [n. -S] · an ornamental disk (=conchas) |
| DENTAL | [n. -S] · a dentally produced sound |
| DYNAST | [n. -S] · a ruler |
| EDIBLE | [n. -S] · something fit to be eaten / [x] { eatable edible § eatables edibles § eatable edible } |
| ENMITY | [n. -TIES] · hostility |
| HALLUX | [n. -LUCES] · the big toe - HALLUCAL [a.] (=hallucal) |
| HYPHEN | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to connect words or syllables with a hyphen - HYPHENIC [a.] (=hyphenic) |
| ICONIC | < ICON, [n. -S or -ES] · a representation - ICONIC ICONICAL [a.] / [x] { eikon icon ikon § eikones eikons icones icons ikons § iconic iconical } |
| IRONIC | [a.] · pertaining to irony / [x] { ironic ironical } |
| LATRIA | [n. -S] · the supreme worship given to God only, in Roman Catholicism~ |
| MAMMAL | [n. -S] · any of a class of warm-blooded~ vertebrates |
| MUCOSE | [a.] · mucous / [x] { mucose mucous } |
| MUCOUS | [a.] · secreting or containing mucus / [x] { mucose mucous } |
| MYRIAD | [n. -S] · a very large number |
| MYTHOS | [n. -THOI] · a myth / [x] { myth mythos § mythoi myths } |
| NOVICE | [n. -S] · a person new to any field or activity |
| OOLITH | [n. -S] · oolite «a variety of limestone» / [x] { oolite oolith oolitic § oolites ooliths § oolitic } |
| PARITY | [n. -TIES] · equality |
| PHRASE | [v. PHRASED, PHRASING°, PHRASES] · to express in words |
| PHYLON | [n. -LA] · a genetically related group |
| PLAGAL | [a.] · designating a medieval musical mode |
| PLANAR | [a.] · flat |
| PLUNGE | [v. PLUNGED, PLUNGING, PLUNGES] · to throw or thrust suddenly or forcibly into something |
| POLICE | [v. POLICED, POLICING, POLICES] · to make clean or orderly |
| POLICY | [n. -CIES] · an action or a procedure considered with reference to prudence or expediency |
| PREFIX | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to add as a prefix |
| REALIA | [n.] · objects used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living |
| REFLEX | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to bend back |
| REVEST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to vest again + |
| SCRIBE | [v. SCRIBED, SCRIBING, SCRIBES] · to mark with a scriber |
| SPHERE | [v. SPHERED, SPHERING, SPHERES] · to form into a sphere |
| SPINAL | [n. -S] · an injection of an anesthetic into the spinal cord |
| STREET | [n. -S] · having streets - STREETED [a.] (=streeted) |
| SUITOR | [n. -S] · one that is courting a woman |
| SYNTAX | [n. -ES] · the way in which words are put together to form phrases and sentences |
| SYSTEM | [n. -S] · a group of interacting elements forming a unified whole |
| SYZYGY | [n. -GIES] · the configuration of the earth, moon, and sun lying in a straight line - SYZYGAL SYZYGIAL [a.] |
| TMESIS | [n. TMESES] · the separation of the parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words |
| TRAGUS | [n. -GI] · a part of the external opening of the ear |
| VILIFY | [v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to defame / [x] { vilifying § vilified vilifies vilify vilifying vilipend vilipended vilipending vilipends } |
| VISCID | [a.] · thick and adhesive - VISCIDLY [b.] / [x] { viscose § viscoses § viscid viscous § viscidly } |
| VOLLEY | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to return a tennis ball before it touches the ground |
| AUDIENT | [n. -S] · one that hears |
| BULLATE | [a.] · having a blistered appearance |
| CAMBIUM | [n. -BIUMS or -BIA] · a layer of plant tissue |
| CAMERAL | < CAMERA, [n. -ERAS or -ERAE] · a judge's chamber - CAMERAL [a.] |
| CANNULA | [n. -LAS or -LAE] · a tube inserted into a bodily cavity - CANNULAR [a.] / [x] { cannula canula § cannulae cannulas canulae canulas § cannular canular } |
| CHORION | [n. -S] · an embryonic membrane |
| COLLECT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to bring together in a group |
| CORTINA | [n. -S] · a membrane on some mushrooms |
| CRYPTIC | [a.] · mysterious / [x] { cryptic § cryptic cryptical } |
| DECIMAL | [n. -S] · a fraction whose denominator is some power of ten |
| DEVIATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · to turn aside from a course or norm |
| DILEMMA | [n. -S] · a perplexing situation - DILEMMIC [a.] |
| DIPTYCH | [n. -S] · an ancient writing tablet / [x] { diptyca diptych § diptycas diptychs } |
| DUBIETY | [n. -ETIES] · the state of being dubious |
| EQUATOR | [n. -S] · a great circle of spherical celestial bodies |
| EREMITE | [n. -S] · a hermit - EREMITIC [a.] / [x] { eremite hermit § eremites hermits § eremitic eremitical hermitic } |
| FEUDARY | [n. -RIES] · a vassal |
| FLUENCY | [n. -CIES] · the quality of being fluent |
| GRANULE | [n. -S] · a small particle |
| INCUBUS | [n. -BI or -BUSES] · a demon |
| JUGGLER | [n. -S] · one that juggles |
| JUGULAR | [n. -S] · a vein of the neck |
| LEGIBLE | [a.] · capable of being read - LEGIBLY [b.] |
| LITERAL | [n. -S] · a small error in printing or writing |
| LITORAL | [a.] · pertaining to a coastal region / [x] { litoral littoral § littorals § litoral littoral } |
| LUMBAGO | [n. -GOS] · pain in the lower back |
| MORTIFY | [v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to humiliate |
| NIGELLA | [n. -S] · an annual herb |
| OBLOQUY | [n. -QUIES] · abusive language |
| OPERAND | [n. -S] · a quantity on which a mathematical operation is performed |
| ORIFICE | [n. -S] · a mouth or mouthlike opening |
| PECCANT | [a.] · sinful |
| PEDICEL | [n. -S] · a slender basal part of an organism / [x] { pedicel pedicle § pedicels pedicles § pedicled } |
| PILLAGE | [v. -LAGED, -LAGING, -LAGES] · to plunder |
| PISCINE | [a.] · pertaining to fish |
| PREBEND | [n. -S] · a clergyman's stipend |
| PRECEPT | [n. -S] · a rule of conduct |
| PRIMAGE | [n. -S] · an amount paid as an addition to freight charges |
| QUANTUM | [n. -TA] · a fundamental unit of energy |
| RETICLE | [n. -S] · a network of lines in the eyepiece of an optical instrument |
| RISIBLE | [a.] · inclined to laugh - RISIBLY [b.] |
| SACRIST | [n. -S] · a person in charge of a sacristy |
| SARCASM | [n. -S] · a sharply mocking or contemptuous remark |
| SCALENE | [n. -S] · a triangle having no two sides equal (=scalenes) |
| SCAPULA | [n. -LAE or -LAS] · a bone of the shoulder |
| SCEPTIC | [n. -S] · skeptic / [x] { sceptic skeptic § sceptics skeptics § sceptic skeptic } |
| SCOTOMA | [n. -MAS or -MATA] · a blind spot in the field of vision |
| SENSUAL | [a.] · pertaining to the physical senses |
| SITUATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · to place in a certain position |
| SKEPTIC | [n. -S] · a person who doubts generally accepted ideas / [x] { sceptic skeptic § sceptics skeptics § sceptic skeptic } |
| SPHERAL | [a.] · of, pertaining to, or having the form of a sphere / [x] { spheric spherical § spherics § spheral spheric spherical } |
| SPINULA | [n. -LAE] · spinule «a small thorn» / [x] { spinula spinule § spinulae spinules } |
| SPINULE | [n. -S] · a small thorn / [x] { spinula spinule § spinulae spinules } |
| TEDIOUS | [a.] · causing weariness |
| THEURGY | [n. -GIES] · divine intervention in human affairs - THEURGIC [a.] / [x] { theurgy § theurgies § theurgic theurgical } |
| UNITIVE | [a.] · serving to unite |
| VACANCY | [n. -CIES] · the quality or state of being vacant |
| ADMONISH | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to reprove mildly or kindly / [x] { admonishing § admonish admonished admonishes admonishing monish monished monishes monishing § admonishing } |
| ALCAHEST | [n. -S] · alkahest «the hypothetical universal solvent sought by alchemists» / [x] { alcahest alkahest § alcahests alkahests } |
| ALKAHEST | [n. -S] · the hypothetical universal solvent sought by alchemists / [x] { alcahest alkahest § alcahests alkahests } |
| ANATHEMA | [n. -MAS or -MATA] · a formal ecclesiastical ban or curse |
| APOSTATE | [n. -S] · one who commits apostasy |
| BATTALIA | [n. -S] · a military unit |
| CANNULAE | < CANNULA, [n. -LAS or -LAE] · a tube inserted into a bodily cavity - CANNULAR [a.] / [x] { cannula canula § cannulae cannulas canulae canulas § cannular canular } |
| COLOPHON | [n. -S] · an inscription placed at the end of a book |
| CREATIVE | [n. -S] · one who has the ability to create (=creatives) |
| CUSTUMAL | [n. -S] · a written record of laws and customs |
| DEPURATE | [v. -RATED, -RATING, -RATES] · to free from impurities |
| DIASTEMA | [n. -MAS or -MATA] · a space between teeth (=diastemas) |
| DIATONIC | [a.] · pertaining to a type of musical scale |
| DILUVIAL | [a.] · pertaining to a flood / [x] { diluvial diluvian } |
| DIRECTER | < DIRECT, [a. -RECTER, -RECTEST] · straightforward - DIRECTLY [b.] / ----- [v. -ED -ING -S] · to control or conduct the affairs of |
| DIRECTOR | [n. -S] · one that directs |
| DOGMATIC | < DOGMA, [n. -MAS or -MATA] · a principle or belief put forth as authoritative - DOGMATIC° [a.] / [x] { dogma dogmatic dogmatical § dogmas dogmata dogmatics § dogmatic dogmatical } |
| ENCLITIC | [n. -S] · a word pronounced as part of the preceding word |
| FARINOSE | [a.] · resembling farina |
| FIDUCIAL | [a.] · based on faith or trust |
| FLOCCOSE | [a.] · having woolly tufts |
| FUNERARY | [a.] · pertaining to a funeral / [x] { funeral funerary funereal } |
| GADARENE | [a.] · headlong |
| HIBISCUS | [n. -ES] · a tropical plant |
| INDOLENT | [a.] · lazy |
| LENITIVE | [n. -S] · a soothing medicine |
| LIGATION | [n. -S] · the act of ligating «to bind» - LIGATIVE [a.] |
| LITTORAL | [n. -S] · a coastal region / [x] { litoral littoral § littorals § litoral littoral } |
| LOCALITY | [n. -TIES] · an area or neighborhood |
| LUXATION | [n. -S] · the act of luxating «to put out of joint» |
| MARASMUS | [n. -ES] · a wasting away of the body - MARASMIC [a.] |
| MARCHESE | [n. -CHESI] · an Italian~ nobleman |
| MASSACRE | [v. -CRED, -CRING, -CRES] · to kill indiscriminately~ |
| METONYMY | [n. -MIES] · a type of figure of speech |
| MINACITY | [n. -TIES] · the state of being threatening |
| MNEMONIC | [n. -S] · a device to assist the memory |
| MONARCHY | [n. -CHIES] · rule by a monarch |
| MONOPOLE | [n. -S] · a type of radio antenna |
| MONOTONY | [n. -NIES] · tedious sameness |
| MORALITY | [n. -TIES] · conformity to the rules of right conduct |
| MORTMAIN | [n. -S] · perpetual ownership of land |
| MULTIPLE | [n. -S] · the product of a quantity by an integer |
| NEOTERIC | [n. -S] · a modern author |
| NIHILISM | [n. -S] · a doctrine that denies traditional values |
| OUTRANCE | [n. -S] · the last extremity |
| PARTIBLE | [a.] · divisible |
| PEDUNCLE | [n. -S] · a flower stalk |
| PERICOPE | [n. -PES or -PAE] · a selection from a book |
| PERINEUM | [n. -NEA] · a region of the body at the lower end of the trunk - PERINEAL [a.] |
| PHYSICAL | [n. -S] · a medical examination of the body |
| PLANULAR | < PLANULA, [n. -LAE] · the free-swimming~ larva of certain organisms - PLANULAR [a.] |
| PLETHORA | [n. -S] · an excess |
| PRACTICE | [v. -TICED, -TICING, -TICES] · to perform often so as to acquire skill / [x] { practice practicing practise practising § practices practises § practice practiced practices practicing practise practised practises practising § practiced practicing practised practising } |
| PRACTISE | [v. -TISED, -TISING, -TISES] · to practice / [x] { practice practicing practise practising § practices practises § practice practiced practices practicing practise practised practises practising § practiced practicing practised practising } |
| PRANDIAL | [a.] · pertaining to a meal |
| PRESERVE | [v. -SERVED, -SERVING, -SERVES] · to keep free from harm or danger |
| PROTASIS | [n. -ASES] · the introductory part of a classical drama - PROTATIC [a.] |
| PUNCTURE | [v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to pierce with a pointed object |
| QUIDDITY | [n. -TIES] · the true nature of a thing |
| SALVIFIC | [a.] · having the power to save |
| SANCTIFY | [v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to make holy |
| SAPONIFY | [v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to convert into soap |
| SCANSION | [n. -S] · the analysis of verse into metrical feet and rhythm patterns |
| SCISSURE | [n. -S] · a lengthwise cut |
| SPAGYRIC | [n. -S] · a person skilled in alchemy |
| SPURIOUS | [a.] · not genuine |
| SYNONYMY | [n. -MIES] · equivalence of meaning |
| SYNOPSIS | [n. -OPSES] · a summary - SYNOPTIC [a.] / [x] { synopsis synoptic § synopses § synoptic synoptical } |
| SYNTAGMA | [n. -MAS or -MATA] · a syntactic element / [x] { syntagm syntagma § syntagmas syntagmata syntagms } |
| TERMINAL | [n. -S] · an end or extremity / [x] { terminal terminus § terminals termini terminuses § terminal terminals § terminal } |
| THEATRIC | < THEATER, [n. -S] · a building for dramatic presentations - THEATRIC° [a.] / [x] { theater theatre § theaters theatres § theatric } |
| THERIACA | [n. -S] · theriac «molasses» / [x] { theriac theriaca treacle § theriacas theriacs treacles § treacle treacles § theriac theriaca } |
| UNGULATE | [n. -S] · a hoofed mammal |
| USUFRUCT | [n. -S] · the legal right to use another's property so long as it is not damaged or altered |
| VESICANT | [n. -S] · a chemical warfare agent that induces blistering |
| VOMITIVE | [n. -S] · an emetic / [x] { vomitive vomitory § vomitives vomitories § vomitive vomitory } |
| ABNEGATOR | [n. -S] · © one who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything |
| ABNORMITY | [n. -TIES] · © departure from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity |
| ALLEVIATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to lighten or lessen the force or weight of |
| ANIMALITY | [n. -TIES] · © animal existence or nature |
| ANOMALOUS | [a.] · © deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding |
| APOPHASIS | † [n. -SES] · rhetorical mention of something by denying it will be mentioned |
| CAMPANILE | [n. CAMPANILES or CAMPANILI] · © a bell tower, esp~. one built separate from a church |
| CATEGORIC | [a.] · derivative of categorical / [x] { categorical § categorial categoric categorical } |
| CIRCULATE | [v. -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] · © to move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body |
| DECRETORY | [a.] · © established by a decree; definitive; settled |
| DICTATION | [n. -S] · © the act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated |
| ELABORATE | [v. -RATED, -RATING, -RATES] · © to produce with labor |
| ELUCIDATE | [v. -DATED, -DATING, -DATES] · © to make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject |
| ENTELECHY | [n. -CHIES] · © an actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence |
| ESSENTIAL | [n. -S] · vitally important; absolutely necessary |
| EXCRETION | [n. -S] · © the act of excreting «to separate and eliminate from an organic body» |
| EXFOLIATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark |
| EXPLETIVE | [n. -S] · © a word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath |
| HUMILIATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to humble; to mortify |
| IMMINENCE | [n. -S] · © the condition or quality of being imminent; a threatening, as of something about to happen. The imminence of any danger or distress |
| IMPLEMENT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · © to accomplish; to fulfill |
| INNOVATOR | [n. -S] · © one who innovates «to introduce something new» |
| INTELLECT | † [n.] the faculty of thinking |
| ITINERANT | [n. -S] · itinerating |
| MATUTINAL | [a.] · © of or pertaining to the morning; early |
| MELIORATE | [v. -RATED, -RATING, -RATES] · © to make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable / [x] { ameliorate ameliorated ameliorates ameliorating meliorate meliorated meliorates meliorating § ameliorated meliorated } |
| MERGANSER | [n. -S] · © any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill |
| MINACIOUS | [a.] · © threatening; menacing |
| MORPHOSIS | [n. -PHOSES] · © the order or mode of development of an organ or part |
| NUTRITIVE | [n. -S] of or pertaining to nutrition |
| OBFUSCATE | [v. -SCATED, -SCATING, -SCATES] · © to darken; to obscure; to becloud; hence, to confuse; to bewilder |
| OCCLUSION | [n. -S] · © the act of occluding, or the state of being occluded |
| OFFICIATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to act as an officer in performing a duty; to transact the business of an office or public trust; to conduct a public service |
| ORBICULAR | [a.] · © resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate |
| OSTENSIVE | [a.] · © showing; exhibiting |
| OVALBUMIN | [n. -S] · © alt. of Ovalbumen~ «The albumin from white of eggs; egg albumin; -- in distinction from serum albumi» |
| PALPEBRAL | [a.] · © of or pertaining to the eyelids |
| PAROCHIAL | [a.] · © of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties |
| PATRIOTIC | [a.] · © inspired by patriotism; actuated by love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country; as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance |
| PENTARCHY | [n. -CHIES] · © a government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers |
| PERFERVID | [a.] · © very fervid; too fervid; glowing; ardent |
| PLETHORIC | [a.] · © having a full habit of body; characterized by plethora or excess of blood; as, a plethoric constitution; -- used also metaphorically |
| POPLITEAL | < POPLITEUS, [n. -TEI] · a muscle at the back of the knee - POPLITEAL [a.] (=popliteus poplitei) |
| POPLITEUS | [n. -TEI] · a muscle at the back of the knee - POPLITEAL [a.] (=popliteus poplitei) |
| PRACTICUM | [n. -S] · a course in which theory is put into practice, a practical training or research session |
| PRECATORY | [a.] · (rare) of, involving, or expressing entreaty; supplicatory Also: precative / [x] { precative § precative precatory } |
| PROTHESIS | [n. -THESES] · © a credence table; -- so called by the Eastern or Greek Church |
| PROXIMATE | [a.] · © nearest; next immediately preceding or following |
| PSORIASIS | [n. -RIASES] · © the state of being affected with psora~ |
| QUERULOUS | [a.] · inclined to make whining or peevish complaints |
| RATIONALE | [n. -S] · a reasoned exposition, esp~ one defining the fundamental reasons for a course of action, belief, etc~. |
| REFLEXION | † [n. -S] · reflection / [x] { reflection reflexion § reflections reflexions } |
| REFUTABLE | [a.] · © admitting of being refuted or disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous |
| RESOLUBLE | [a.] · © admitting of being resolved; resolvable; as, bodies resoluble by fire |
| REVETMENT | [n. -S] · a facing of stones, sandbags, etc~, to protect a wall, embankment, or earthworks |
| SAXIFRAGE | [n. -S] · © any plant of the genus Saxifraga~, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions |
| SCIAMACHY | † [n.] shadow-boxing~ |
| SENSORIUM | [n. -RIA or -RIUMS] · the part of the brain concerned with the reception and interpretation of sensory stimuli |
| SILICOSIS | † [n.] a disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust |
| SOLILOQUY | [n. -QUIES] · © the act of talking to one's self; a discourse made by one in solitude to one's self; monologue |
| SPLENETIC | [n. -S] · © a person affected with spleen |
| STRICTURE | [n. -S] · © strictness |
| STROBILUS | [n. -LI] · strobile «the conical, multiple fruit of certain trees» / [x] { strobil strobile strobilus § strobiles strobili strobils } |
| SYNCOPATE | [v. -PATED, -PATING, -PATES] · © to contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, "Gloster~" is a syncopated form of "Gloucester~." |
| TAUTOLOGY | † [n.] redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition |
| TRANSIENT | [n. -S] · © that which remains but for a brief time |
| VALLECULA | [n. -LAE or -LAS] · © a groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum (=valleculas) |
| VARIEGATE | [v. -GATED, -GATING, -GATES] · © to diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors |
| VEHICULAR | [a.] · © of or pertaining to a vehicle; serving as a vehicle; as, a vehicular contrivance |
| VERRUCOSE | [a.] · © covered with wartlike elevations; tuberculate; warty; verrucous; as, a verrucose capsule |
| VERRUCOUS | [a.] · © verrucose «© covered with wartlike elevations; tuberculate; warty; verrucous; as, a verrucose capsule» |
| VINACEOUS | [a.] · © belonging to, or like, wine or grapes / [x] { vinaceous § vinaceous vineal vinic vinous § vinously } |
| VIRULENCE | [n. -S] · © alt. of Virulency / [x] { virulence virulency § virulences virulencies } |
| VIRULENCY | [n. -CIES] · © the quality or state of being virulent or venomous; poisonousness~; malignancy / [x] { virulence virulency § virulences virulencies } |
| APOSTOLATE | [n. -S] · © the dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship |
| ARCHBISHOP | † [n.] a senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese |
| COMMISSARY | [n. -RIES] · © one to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner |
| COMPETENCY | [n. -CIES] · © the state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power / [x] { competence competency § competences competencies } |
| COMPULSORY | [n. -IES] · © having the power of compulsion; constraining |
| CONFLATION | [n. -S] · © a blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry |
| CONTRACTOR | † [n.] a person or company that builds or improves buildings or structures |
| DEFECATION | [n. -S] · © the act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification |
| DENOTATION | [n. -S] · © the marking off or separation of anything |
| DEPLORABLE | [a.] · © worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable |
| DEPOSITARY | [n. -RIES] · © one with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor |
| DEROGATORY | [a.] · © tending to derogate, or lessen in value; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; -- with from to, or unto |
| DESPICABLE | [a.] · © fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift |
| DOGMATICAL | [a.] · © pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet / [x] { dogma dogmatic dogmatical § dogmas dogmata dogmatics § dogmatic dogmatical } |
| ELONGATION | [n. -S] · © the act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension |
| EMIGRATION | [n. -S] · © the act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe~ to America~, or, in America~, from the Atlantic~ States to the Western |
| EPENTHESIS | [n. -THESES] · © the insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in "nimble" from AS. n∕mol |
| FORAMINATE | [a.] having foramina or openings |
| HABILITATE | [v. -TATED, -TATING, -TATES] · © to fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle |
| HISTRIONIC | † [a.] · overly theatrical or dramatic |
| HYPOCORISM | [n. -S] · a pet name, esp~ one using a diminutive affix |
| ILLAUDABLE | [a.] · © not laudable; not praise-worthy~; worthy of censure or disapprobation |
| INDIGENOUS | [a.] · © native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not imported |
| INSPIRATOR | [n. -S] · © a kind of injector for forcing water by steam |
| INSPISSATE | [v. -SATED, -SATING, -SATES] · © to thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation |
| LICENTIATE | [n. -S] · © one who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology |
| MAMMILLARY | [a.] · © of or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the breast; resembling a mammilla; mammilloid~ |
| METATHESIS | [n. -THESES] · © transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a word; as, pistris~ for pristis~; meagre for meager |
| METROPOLIS | [n. -ES] · © the mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country |
| MONUMENTAL | [a.] · © of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument; as, a monumental inscription |
| MULTIVOCAL | [a.] having many different interpretations, meanings, or values |
| NATATORIUM | [n. -RIA or -RIUMS] · © a swimming bath |
| PATHETICAL | [a.] · © pathetic / [x] { pathetic pathetical } |
| PERIHELION | † [n.] the point in the elliptical orbit of a comet |
| POPULATION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants |
| PREBENDARY | [n. -RIES] · © a clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church |
| PRODUCTIVE | [a.] · © having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the number or amount of products |
| PROTOPLASM | † [n.] the entire contents of a cell comprising the nucleus and the cytoplasm |
| PROTOPLAST | [n. -S] · © the thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent copies or reproductions; the original |
| QUADRANGLE | [n. -S] · © a plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles |
| REFLECTION | [n. -S] · the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected / [x] { reflection reflexion § reflections reflexions } |
| RESCISSION | [n. -S] · the act of rescinding |
| SATURATION | [n. -S] · © the act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation |
| SATYRIASIS | [n. -RIASES] · © immoderate venereal appetite in the male |
| SPORANGIUM | [n. -GIA] · © a spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc~. |
| STROPHULUS | † [n.] an eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy |
| STUPENDOUS | [a.] · © astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile |
| SUBVENTION | [n. -S] · © the act of coming under |
| SUPPLETIVE | [a.] · © alt. of Suppletory / [x] { suppletive suppletory § suppletive suppletory } |
| SUPPLETORY | [a.] · © supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath / [x] { suppletive suppletory § suppletive suppletory } |
| SUSPENSION | [n. -S] · © the act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook |
| SYSTEMATIC | † [a.] · methodical |
| TENDINITIS | [n. -NITIDES or -NITISES] inflammation of a tendon |
| TENDONITIS | [n. -NITIDES or -NITISES] alternative form of tendinitis |
| UNIVERSITY | [n. -TIES] · © the universe; the whole |
| VOLUPTUARY | [n. -RIES] · © a voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment his chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of sensual appetites |
| VULNERABLE | [a.] · © capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or external injuries; as, a vulnerable body |
| ACATALECTIC | [n. -S] · © a verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables |
| ANTIPHRASIS | [n. -PHRASES] · © the use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance |
| APPELLATIVE | [n. -S] · © a common name, in distinction from a proper name |
| COLLABORATE | [v. -RATED, -RATING, -RATES] · often followed by on, with, etc~: to work with another or others on a joint project |
| CRUCIFIXION | [n. -S] · © the act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment |
| DELINQUENCY | [n. -CIES] · © failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; a misdemeanor; a crime |
| DIAPHORESIS | [n. -RESES] · © perspiration, or an increase of perspiration |
| DICHOTOMOUS | [a.] · © regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, a dichotomous stem |
| EMANCIPATOR | † [n. -S] · one that emancipates «to free from bondage or restraint» |
| EXPLANATORY | [a.] · © serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory notes |
| EXSICCATION | [n. -S] · © the act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness |
| FUNDAMENTAL | [n. -S] · © a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of the Christian~ faith |
| HETEROCLITE | [n. -S] · irregularly declined or inflected |
| HIPPOCAMPUS | † [n.] a mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a fish |
| IMPENITENCE | [n. -S] · © the condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart |
| IRREFUTABLE | [a.] · © incapable of being refuted or disproved; indisputable |
| ITHYPHALLIC | [a.] · © lustful; lewd; salacious; indecent; obscene |
| LEGISLATION | [n. -S] · © the act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted |
| LONGANIMITY | [n. -TIES] · © disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience |
| MAGISTERIAL | [a.] · © of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic |
| MASTICATION | [n. -S] · © the act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food |
| MEDICINABLE | [a.] · © medicinal; having the power of healing |
| MELANCHOLIA | [n. -S] · © a kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded~ fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas |
| MELIORATIVE | [a.] · derivative of meliorate «a variant of ameliorate» |
| MENSURATION | [n. -S] · © the act, process, or art, of measuring |
| PARALLELISM | [n. -S] · © the quality or state of being parallel |
| PEDUNCULATE | [a.] · © alt. of Pedunculated / [x] { pedunculate § peduncled pedunculate pedunculated } |
| PERCEPTIBLE | [a.] · © capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable |
| PERSPICUITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality or state of being transparent or translucent |
| PHARISAICAL | [a.] · © of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees / [x] { pharisaic pharisaical } |
| PRECIPITANT | [n. -S] · © any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate |
| PRODIGALITY | [n. -TIES] · © extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony |
| PROFANATION | [n. -S] · derivative of profane |
| PROSECUTION | † [n. -S] · act of prosecuting |
| PROSPECTIVE | [a.] · looking towards the future |
| PROVOCATIVE | [n. -S] · © anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative of appetite |
| QUADRENNIUM | [n. -NIA or -NIUMS] · © a space or period of four years |
| QUALITATIVE | [a.] · © relating to quality; having the character of quality |
| RATIONALITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness |
| REGURGITATE | [v. -TATED, -TATING, -TATES] · © to throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity |
| REMONSTRATE | [v. -STRATED, -STRATING, -STRATES] · © to point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate |
| SUBROGATION | [n. -S] · © the act of subrogating «© to put in the place of another; to substitute» |
| SUBTRACTION | [n. -S] · © the act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part |
| SUPERFICIAL | [a.] · © of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficial measure or contents; superficial tillage |
| SUPPOSITORY | [n. -RIES] · © a pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp~., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter |
| SYNCHRONOUS | [a.] · © happening at the same time; simultaneous |
| TERRITORIAL | [n. -S] · of or relating to a territory or territories |
| VIRIDESCENT | [a.] · © slightly green; greenish |
| COMMENSURATE | [a.] · © having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities |
| CONSTRICTION | [n. -S] · © the act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression |
| DENOMINATIVE | [n. -S] · © a denominative name or term; denominative verb |
| EPIGRAMMATIC | [a.] · derivative of epigram |
| INTRODUCTORY | [a.] · © serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse |
| MONOSYLLABIC | [a.] · © being a monosyllable, or composed of monosyllables; as, a monosyllabic word; a monosyllabic language |
| OBNUBILATION | [n. -S] · the process or fact of making dimmer, darker, or obscure |
| PEDUNCULATED | [a.] · © having a peduncle; growing on a peduncle; as, a pedunculate flower; a pedunculate eye, as in a lobster / [x] { pedunculate § peduncled pedunculate pedunculated } |
| PHILANTHROPY | [n. -PIES] · © love to mankind; benevolence toward the whole human family; universal good will; desire and readiness to do good to all men; -- opposed to misanthropy |
| PROSTITUTION | [n. -S] · © the act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman |
| RECAPITULATE | [v. -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] · to capitulate again + |
| REMINISCENCE | [n. -S] · © the act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory |
| SEMINIFEROUS | [a.] · © seed-bearing~; producing seed; pertaining to, or connected with, the formation of semen; as, seminiferous cells or vesicles |
| SUBSTITUTION | † [n.] the act of substituting or the state of being substituted |
| SUPEREMINENT | [a.] · © eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ~ |
| CONTRADICTORY | [n. -RIES] · © a proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety |
| HORRIPILATION | [n. -S] a real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body |
| INTERROGATORY | [n. -RIES] · © a formal question or inquiry; esp~. «Law», a question asked in writing |
| NULLIFICATION | [n. -S] · © the act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect |
| PERSPICACIOUS | [a.] · © having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted~; sharp of sight |
| PREFIGURATION | [n. -S] · © the act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured |
| PRIMOGENITURE | [n. -S] · the state of being a first-born~ |
| QUESTIONNAIRE | [n. -S] · a set of questions on a form, submitted to a number of people in order to collect statistical information |
| REPREHENSIBLE | [a.] · © worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable |
| SEQUESTRATION | [n. -S] · the act of sequestering or state of being sequestered |
| SUPERNUMERARY | [n. -RIES] · © a person or thing beyond the number stated / [x] { sup supe super supernumerary § supernumeraries supes § supernumerary § supes } |
| EXTEMPORANEOUS | [a.] · © composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand~; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production |
| METEMPSYCHOSIS | † [n.] transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death |
| REMINISCENTIAL | [a.] · © of or pertaining to reminiscence, or remembrance |
| SUPEREROGATION | [n. -S] · © the act of supererogating~; performance of more than duty or necessity requires |
| INTELLECTUALITY | [n. -TIES] · © intellectual powers; possession of intellect; quality of being intellectual |