cursorA part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
translatorA person or thing that translates various forms of text.
continentOne of the main contiguous landmasses, separated by water or geological features, on the surface of a planet, sometimes including its continental shelves and the islands on them.
judiciaryThe collective body of judges, justices, etc.
negotiateTo confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.
transvestiteA person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or personal choice.
AvalonAn island, represented as an earthly paradise in the western seas, to which King Arthur and other heroes were carried at death.
DominicaAn island and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of Dominica.
dissertationA formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree in the US and a non-doctoral degree in the UK; a thesis.
mutantThat which has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.
supraUsed to indicate that the current citation is from a source cited earlier in the text.
genusA category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
torqueA rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or N·m; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy)
auditoriumA large room for public meetings or performances.
diffusionThe act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion.
disseminationThe act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.
gloriaA lightweight fabric used for umbrellas and dresses.
insaneExhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
AnguillaAn archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea.
adventArrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.
symmetryExact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.
atticThe space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
redsSynonym of Communist Party in various contexts.
frustrationThe feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
oreRock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.
albaA type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.
SiriusA telescopic binary star, visually the brightest star in the night sky, a part of the northern constellation of Canis Major (the Greater Dog), one of three stars in the Winter Triangle asterism. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer.
balticOf or pertaining to the Baltic region or the Baltic Sea.
continuumA continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.
evolveTo move (something) in regular procession through a system.
etherealPertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of space, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere.