contempt
The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
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credentials
Documentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority, especially such a document given to an ambassador by a country.
disappearance
The action of disappearing or vanishing.
Doyle
An idiot.
drowned
That has died by drowning.
drying
The act of drying.
dwelling
A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.
ecology
The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
Einstein
An extremely clever or intelligent person.
Eli
A student at Yale University.
emergence
The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
enclosed
Contained; held within a container.
endurance
The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.
equals
The symbol =
erotic
Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.
evacuation
The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.
exceptionally
To an unusual, remarkable or exceptional degree.
expenditure
Act of expending or paying out.
falcon
Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
folder
An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.
frightened
Afraid; suffering from fear.
glass-hearted
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
groove
A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tire groove, or a geological channel or depression.
heavy-hearted
Feeling sad or depressed
homosexuality
The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex attraction between males.
ingredient
One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.
initiate
To begin; to start.
inserted
Attached to or growing out of some part.
ironically
In an ironic manner; in a way displaying irony.
jealousy
A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.
jewellery
Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
kingston
monkfish, angel shark (Squatina squatina)
laden
Weighed down with a load, burdened.
meta
Clipping of metagame. — An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.
mil
An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to ¹⁄₆₄₀₀ of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also ¹⁄₆₀₀₀ and ¹⁄₆₃₀₀ are used in other countries.
notebook
A book (physical or digital) in which notes or memoranda are written.
overweight
Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
palette
A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.
phenomena
A phenomenon.
pneumonia
Inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.
postponed
Done later than originally planned; delayed.
potent
Powerful; possessing power; effective.
preceding
Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
rainy
Pouring with rain; wet; showery
rams
A French trick-taking card game related to nap and loo.
ranged
whose range can be adjusted
renovation
An act, or the process, of renovating.
reverend
Worthy of reverence or respect.
rewarding
Giving or resulting in reward or satisfaction.
Scots
Scottish.
scrutiny
Intense study of someone or something.
seizure
senses related to possession — The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
serum
Blood serum used as a blood product, in the practice of medicine: blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals (human or nonhuman), containing antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual (human or nonhuman).
singular
Being only one of a larger population; single, individual.
storyline
The plot of a story; one of several within a story, usually interwoven.
stray
Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
stud
A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
sweetheart
A person who is always very kind.
systemic
Embedded within and spread throughout and affecting a whole system, group, body, economy, market, or society.
tempo
A frequency or rate.
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