| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |