Carrot Tree

bicaudal

having two tails

boondoggle

unnecessary or wasteful activity / braided leather cord

diazinon

an amber liquid used as insecticide

enteritis

inflammation of the small intestine

fervency

the condition or quality of being fervent

fractionalize

divide into separate parts

ganglion

A group of nerve cells forming a nerve center, especially one located outside the brain or spinal cord / A center of power, activity, or energy

illuminati

people claiming to be unusually enlightened with regard to a subject

larcenous

involving larceny

ligation

being bound

lumpenproletariat

lowest stratum of the proletariat, underclass

pronunciamento

official declaration

quokka

a short-tailed marsupial

sabulous

gritty, sandy

ylem

a form of matter believed to exist before the formation of chemical elements in the Big Bang theory

anaphylaxis

an allergic reaction

anemia

a deficiency in red blood cells

antiphony

responsive singing / a composition sung responsively / a responsive interchange

Bethesda

a city near Washington DC

excrescence

an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement

jaçana

a type of tropical shorebird

misogynist

one who hates women

octodecimo

the page size (4 × 6.5 in) of a book

paltriness

not important, negligible

requite

to respond to or pay back for

rhetorician

an eloquent speaker or writer

shogi

a Japanese game similar to chess

thole pin

a wooden peg in a boat that serves as an oarlock

vulpine

resembling a fox, cunning, clever

whetstone

a hard stone used for honing tools

Barents Sea

a shallow section of the Arctic Ocean

egalitarian

promoting equal rights for everyone

embarrassment

being embarrassed

fenestration

placement of windows in a building / opening in the surface of a structure

knaur

a knot on a tree

malodorous

having a bad odor

meliorate

to improve

oropharynx

the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the epiglottis

polyglot

using several languages

prehensile

able to grasp by wrapping around an object / having a keen memory

pro bono

provided at free or low cost to certain legal clients to serve the public good

pyrrhotite

a brown iron sulfide mineral

seraph

a celestial being with three pairs of wings / first of nine orders of angels in medieval angelology

template

a pattern used as a guide

Walden Pond

a pond that Henry David Thoreau lived near

abhorrence

disgust

analogous

similar

antinome

opposite, antithesis

avoirdupois

heavy, weight

degenerate

decline in quality

echelon

a step formation or hierarchy

lemma

mathematical proposition

machicolate

an opening between the holes in a gate where stones could be dropped on attackers

mediocrity

being mediocre

midwifery

the practices of a midwife

Noachian

relating to Noah, ancient

plantain

a variety of banana; a plant with spiky green flowers

roundelay

a poem or song with a repeated phrase

toheroa

an edible clam in New Zealand

wildebeest

a large African antelope

au courant

informed, knowledgeable

Averno

a small Italian lake believed to be the entrance to the underworld

cassoulet

a type of casserole

indelible

unable to be erased

malediction

a curse or slander

necessitate

to make necessary or require

paraphrastic

being paraphrased

parietal

related to a wall or bone

recalcitrant

stubborn defiance

samizdat

a secret press in the Soviet Union

tessellate

a mosaic pattern

unmitigated

not diminished in intensity, absolute

vagility

able to move from place to place

Visigoth

a western monarchy Goth

volatility

fickleness, heavily varying

assimilable

capable of being assimiliated

cachinnation

to laugh hard

consuetude

habit, manner

desideratum

dream, goal, ambition

dyad

a pair made up of two things

Greenwich time

coordinated universal time

lapis lazuli

a translucent blue

massé

a billiard stroke

minuscule

very small

olfactometer

a device that measures the sense of smell

otitis media

inflammation of the ear

sannyasi

a wandering beggar

sommelier

a restaurant employee who manages wine inventory

unciform

hooked shape

vicennial

a period of 20 years

catarrh

mucus discharge

condonation

the act of condoning, excusing

divestiture

to deprive; a spinoff

ectogenous

able to live outside a host, external

hasenpfeffer

a stew with rabbit meat

Indonesia

a country in southeast Asia

ornithopter

an aircraft machine that uses wing movements

plethoric

excessive, superabundant

posit

to base an assumption on

quatrefoil

a flower with four petals