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1. carminātī̆f adj.

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Med. Having the property of dispersing wind in the body.

2. corrō̆sī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: corrosive
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(a) Chemically corrosive; water corrosif, an acid; also fig.; (b) a chemically corroding substance, as an acid.

3. cotidiā̆n adj. & n.

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(a) Daily; also, continual, unceasing; (b) usual, habitual; ordinary, everyday.

4. decorātī̆f adj.

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Med. & surg. Designed to remove or cover up blemishes, beautifying.

5. dīǧestī̆f adj. & n.

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As adj.: (a) med. able to break down pathological matter, humors, etc.; medecin digestif, a digestive medicine, a drug that prepares pathological matter for evacuation; (b) physiol. having to do with…

6. emperīk adj.

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Med. Of a physician: belonging to the empirical school.

7. epatī̆k adj.

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Med. and anat. (a) Affected with disease of the liver; (b) epatik veine the basilic vein; = epatica n., sense 1.

8. expert ppl., adj. (and n.)

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Having (personal) experience (in or of something); experienced, wise through experience.

9. fallāce adj.

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(a) Deceitful; fallacious, false; (b) med.?abnormal, improper.

10. fervent adj.

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(a) Hot, burning, fiery; fervent hete, burning heat; (b) fervent oil, hot oil; fervent water, scalding water; (c) fervent ground (lond).

11. fistūlǒus, -ōse adj.

Additional spellings: fistulose
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(a) Porous (stone); (b) med. like a fistula.

12. fō̆rmāl adj.

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(a) In due or proper form; according to established procedure; orderly, correct, regular, conventional; formal argument, argument following the rules of logic; (b) ?beautiful, shapely.

13. fraudūlent adj.

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(a) Of persons: given to fraud or lying, dishonest, treacherous; (b) of speech, action, intention, etc.: characterized by deceit; accomplished by trickery; dishonest, deceitful; (c) of a quality…

14. innātūrāl adj.

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(a) Med. Of humors, heat: improperly compounded, unhealthy; also, excessive; of a protrusion: pathological; (b) lacking normal human feelings or attitudes; unrestrained, immoral, inhuman; (c)…

15. mī̆tigātī̆f adj. & n.

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Med. & surg. (a) Soothing, lenitive; (b) as noun: a soothing preparation, palliative.

16. mordicātī̆ve adj.

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Med. (a) Irritating, smarting, stinging; (b) corrosive, caustic.

17. passī̆f adj.

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(a) Of matter or a quality of matter: capable of being acted upon, passive as opposed to active; (b) of one's relation to an attitude or judgment: receptive, passive; passif cursing, the suffering of…

18. prī̆mitī̆f adj.

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In phrases: (a) primitif chirche, chirche primitif, the early Christian church; primitif chirche of engelond; (b) med. & surg. cause primitif, a non-corporeal cause of a disease.

19. prō̆pre adj.

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(a) Belonging or pertaining to oneself, a person, or a thing; privately owned; private, personal, individual; intrinsic; (b) propre in, inherent in (a position of honor); propre to, belonging to…

20. prǒud adj.

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(a) Guilty of the sin of Pride; haughty, arrogant; also, obstinate, rebellious; (b) proudest of pride, supremely proud; proud as lucifer; proud herte, proud heart; -- also as surname or epithet; maken