conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
cravat |
a scarf or band of cloth tied loosely about the neck. |
cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |