A | B |
amorous | of or associated with love |
cardiogenic | originating in the heart |
matriarch | a woman who rules the family |
misogyny | hatred of women |
paternity | fatherhood; authorship, origin |
patricide | killing of one's father |
pedodontics | the practice of caring for children's teeth |
virtuoso | a person highly skilled or knowledgeable in a fine art |
monotheism | the belief in one god |
gynarchy | government by women |
pedology | the study of children's physical and mental development |
sororal | sisterly; resembling a sister |
virile | manly; masculine |
monogram | a design composed on one initial |
quintuplets | a group of five offspring born in a single birth |
pentadactyl | an animal with five fingers or toes |
decathlon | an event in track and field consisting of 10 parts (events) |
unilateral | of, relating to, involving, or affecting only one side |
sextuplets | six babies born at a single birth |
octogenarian | a person between the ages of 80 and 89 |
tripartite | divided into three parts |
aqueduct | a structure that leads water |
capital | head city; seat of government |
maledictions | curses; "bad speech" |
circumspect | to look around; thoughtful of potential consequences |
recapitulate | to state again; to go over again |
malady | a bad condition; a sickness |
retrospect | concerning looking backward in time |
benediction | to speak well; good wishes; a blessing |
capitol | the building that houses the heads of government |
corpus delicti | the main element of a crime (literally, "the body of a crime") |
malodorous | marked by a bad odor |
equinox | either of two times in the year when day and night are equal in length |
ominiscient | having total knowledge; knowing everything |
soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
solidarity | togetherness (to be as one) |
omnibus | a list of all an author's writings |
equipollent | equal in force or power |
demirep | someone of doubtful reputation |
hemialgia | pain afflicting half the body |
multitudinous | having many parts; existing in great numbers |