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1. -acī(e suf.

Additional spellings: aci, asie, asi
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A suffix forming numerous abstract nouns denoting quality or condition, most of them directly borrowed from French or Anglo-Norman, some formed from Latin nouns in -atia or -acia (in some cases……

2. āǧen v.

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(a) To grow old, age; (b) ppl. aged, advanced in years, old; also mature; (c) aged men, those with authority, elders. …

3. articūlēr adj.

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Of the joints. …

4. calliditē n.

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Cleverness, shrewdness. …

5. capstan n.

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Naut. A device for hauling up the anchor, etc.; capstan bar, capstan spoke, a capstan bar. …

6. cardinā̆l adj.

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Chief, principal, primary: (a) cardinal signe, one of the four zodiacal signs marking the equinoxes and the solstices; (b) cardinal sister, fig. one of the cardinal virtues; (c) cardinal vertu, one of……

7. -cī(e suf.

Additional spellings: ci, sie, si
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A suffix forming nouns, usually in words borrowed from French (such as artificie, benefice, malefice, marshalsie, minstralsie, prophecie, seneshalsie) or Latin (such as servicie), but occasionally……

8. comunicante adj.

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(a) Shared, possessed in common; (b) med. of the cause of an ailment: not local, systemic. …

9. conquestiǒunen v.

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To raise the issue (whether something is the case), question, debate. …

10. cūpiditẹ̄ n.

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Covetousness, cupidity. …

11. dēcīden v.

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To determine (sth.), decide (a question, dispute, legal case). …

12. dīuturnitẹ̄ n.

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Long continuance. …

13. dūālitẹ̄ n.

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(a) The number two; (b) twofold nature, duality. …

14. dūracīne adj. as n.

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Of peaches: hard-fleshed. …

15. ēbrīetē n.

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Inebriety, drunkenness. …

16. eccentrik adj. as n.

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Astron. A planetary orbit of which the earth is not the exact center. …

17. ēgre fū n.

Additional spellings: egre fu
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Med. Erysipelas, or similar eruption on the skin; also, a case of erysipelas. …

18. elōquācitē n.

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Talkativeness, loquacity. …

19. ǧenerō̆sitẹ̄ n.

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Excellence, nobility. …

20. gǒurd(e n.

Additional spellings: gourde
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(a) A cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus); commune gourd; also, a cucumber; (b) the colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis); wilde gourd; also, the fruit of this plant; (c) a gourd plant (Lagenaria vulgaris……

21. grā̆tifīen v.

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To bestow grace upon (sb.), favor. …

22. infectī̆f adj.

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(a) Causing disease; of a disease: infectious, contagious; also fig.; (b) contaminating. …

23. infǒunden v.

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(a) To pour (sth.) in, infuse; infounden in (into, til, to), pour (sth.) into (sth.); infounden on (into, unto), pour (sth.) onto (sth.); also fig. ; (b) to soak (sth.), infuse. …

24. laurel n.

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(a) The European laurel tree, bay tree (Laurus nobilis); laurel tre; beries of laurel, laurel baies, fruit of the laurel, laurel berries; (b) the foliage of the laurel, laurel leaves; coroune of……

25. melliflūe adj.

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Sweet. …

26. mollifīen v.

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(a) To soften; make (sth.) soft; make (a bone or sinew) supple or pliant; render (metal) malleable or workable; (b) ppl. mollifiing, of humors, moistness, medicines: softening, mollifying; (c) fig. to……

27. mǒndiā̆l adj.

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Worldly; godes mondial, earthly goods. …

28. ō̆dō̆raunt adj.

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Fragrant. …

29. orī̆ǧine n.

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Ancestry, race. …

30. perōrāciǒun n.

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A speech, an address; the rhetorical conclusion to an address. …

31. perpendicle n.

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The plumb line of a quadrant. …

32. perpetrāciǒun n.

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Commission, perpetration. …

33. plānen v.(2)

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Of a bird: to glide, soar. …

34. plūperfith adj.

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Gram. Of a verb tense: past perfect, pluperfect. …

35. posset n.

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(a) A hot drink made of curdled milk and ale or wine, often with sugar and various spices; (b) ?hot milk curds used as a poultice. …

36. prēcipitaciọ̄n n.

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(a) in phr. precipitacion of the fendes, the casting down of the evil angels from heaven; (b) alch. the separation of a solid substance from a solution, precipitation. …

37. prēscript(e adj.

Additional spellings: prescripte
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Ordained, appointed, prescribed. …

38. prēvailen v.

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(a) To win the victory or mastery; prove superior in authority or power; overcome (sb.) [quot.: a1500]; win a victory for (sb.) [quot.: Lydg.Guy]; (b) prevailen ayen, to prevail over (sth.); prevailen……

39. principaunt adj.

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(a) Commanding, ruling; tourmes principaunt, princely or ruling troops of angels; (b) as noun: the foremost troops of an army, the front line of a legion [cp. prince n.5.(b)]. …

40. prosō̆dīe n.

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Prosody, the study or craft of versification. …

41. prōvenient n.

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Math. The number resulting from multiplication; the product. …

42. pūdende n.

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The male genitalia. …

43. pūleǧīe n.

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The European pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium). …

44. rapāces n. plural

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Rapacious people. …

45. refigūren v.

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(a) To represent (sth.); also, fig. to present something again to the mind; (b) to restore (sb.) to health. …

46. reformāble adj.

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Capable of being restored or amended. …

47. refrī̆ǧerāciọ̄n n.

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Cooling. …

48. rē̆gā̆l(e adj.

Additional spellings: regale
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Royal, regal, kingly. …

49. rokette n.

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?Dame's violet Hesperis matronalis or a related plant; ?an annual herb Eruca sativa, garden rocket. …

50. rutilaunt adj.

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Glistening with a golden or reddish color. …

51. sacro-seint adj.

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Supremely sacred, sacrosanct. …

52. scannen v.

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To analyze (verse) according to its meter, scan. …

53. scarō̆tic adj.

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Med. Escharotic, caustic. …

54. sē̆minārī n.

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A plot of ground in which seeds or cuttings are grown before transplanting, a nursery. …

55. sercle n.

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A sprout or shoot of a tree, twig. …

56. sētīne n.

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A soap-like substance obtained from boiling spermaceti with potash. …

57. sindriam n.

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A small insect of some kind. …

58. smaragdī̆n(e n.

Additional spellings: smaragdine
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A green precious stone; an emerald; also, emerald. …

59. sōcibbilitẹ̄ n.

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An expression of sociability, a friendly discourse. …

60. sordide adj.

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Med. Of a sore: festering, purulent. …

61. spigot n.

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(a) A wooden stopper for the vent hole of a cask; a wooden peg used as a stop valve, a faucet; also, a vent hole [quot. a1425(c1395)]; (b) as surname. …

62. splēnē̆tik n.

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One afflicted with a disorder of the spleen. …

63. sponsaile n.

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Marriage, wedlock; also, theol. the union between Christ and the church. …

64. substanciālitẹ̄ n.

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The quality of being substantial or essential. …

65. suspensī̆l(e adj.

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Suspended, elevated; gardin suspensil, the Hanging Garden of Babylon. …

66. temperaunt adj.

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(a) Restrained, mild, gentle; (b) abstemious, temperate; (c) having a moderate climate or temperature. …

67. tenconier n.

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= tentour n.(2). …

68. tene n.(1)

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A stalk, tendril; cluster tenes. …

69. tepide adj.

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(a) Lukewarm; (b) as adv. in comb.: tepide hot, lukewarm; (c) as noun: lukewarm water (aqua tepida). …

70. torken v.

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In phrase: torken with, to turn around. …

71. trī̆umphātrīce n.

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A female conqueror. …

72. umbre n.(2)

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A fish, prob. a grayling. …

73. vacillāciọ̄̆n n.

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Wavering, hesitation. …

74. vernant adj.

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Flourishing as plants in spring, blooming;—used fig. and in fig. context. …

75. victōriā̆l adj.

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(a) In phrases: coroune (palme) victorial, a crown (palm) serving as a token of or reward for spiritual victory (b) in place name: mount victorial [transl. L Mons Victorialis; cp. victori(e n.(1) 4.]……

76. victrīce n.

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A female victor: (a) The female winner of a disputation; also [2nd quot.], ?a woman who captures the affections of a man;—from misinterpretation of L vitricus, AL victricus, -i stepfather as L……

77. vī̆lifīen v.

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To consider (oneself) of little value, despise. …

78. viriditẹ̄ n.

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Greenery; also, an item of greenery. …

79. vī̆sū̆ā̆l adj.

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(a) Pertaining to the faculty of sight, visual; visual vertu, the substance embodying the faculty of sight; stremes visual, the beams of this substance thought to emanate from the eyes (b)……

80. volūble adj.

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Able to turn or revolve, turning; also, fig. changing; changeable, mutable, fleeting. …

81. wā̆stetẹ̄ n.

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Devastation; desolation; ben in wastete, to be the object of destruction. …

82. youle n.

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?A yoke for horses or oxen. …

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