| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |