abrasions and lacerations scrapes and jagged tears or wounds.
admonition an admonishing or warning to correct some fault.
analogous similar or comparable in certain respects.
anomaly departure from the regular arrangement, general rule, or usual method; abnormality.
atavistic displaying characteristics of remote ancestors.
atrophy a wasting away, especially of body tissue or organs.
attitudinizing striking an attitude; posing.
bluets a small plant of the madder family, having small, pale-blue, four-lobed flowers.
brackish having an unpleasant taste; nauseating.
breviary a book containing the Psalms, readings, prayers, and so on of the Divine Office.
capricious changing abruptly and without apparent reason; erratic, flighty.
cataract an eye disease in which the crystalline lens or its capsule becomes opaque, causing partial or total blindness.
cenotaph a monument or empty tomb honoring a person or persons whose remains are elsewhere.
charnel-house a building or place where corpses or bones are deposited.
clavicle the bone that connects the scapula with the sternum; collarbone.
Comintern the international organization (Third International) of Communist parties (1919-43) formed by Lenin to promote revolution in countries other than the U.S.S.R.
contusions bruises; injuries in which the skin is not broken.
corrugated iron iron sheet formed into a wavy pattern of parallel grooves and ridges.
credence belief, especially in the reports or testimony of another.
crux the essential or deciding point.
cyclotron a device for accelerating charged nuclear particles through a magnetic field in a widening spiral path; particle accelerator.
