hectorSometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a braggart, bully.
naiveLacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
saluteAn utterance or gesture expressing greeting or honor towards someone, (now especially) a formal, non-verbal gesture made with the arms or hands in any of various specific positions.
parodyA work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
ScientologyA cult with certain religious aspects, developed in 1952, focused on the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard.
aresThe Greek god of war, usually described as a son of Zeus and Hera, companion of Eris and Enyo, and by Aphrodite father of Deimos and Phobos.
opusA work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.
emporiumA city or region which is a major trading centre; also, a place within a city for commerce and trading; a marketplace.
analogousHaving analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".)
velThe ∨ symbol used to represent the inclusive or, which is a logical connective.
MiraA binary star in the constellation Cetus, Omicron (ο) Ceti. The system contains a variable red giant and a white dwarf. Its brightness varies from a magnitude 2 at its brightest to a magnitude 10 at its dimmest.
venetianOf, from or relating to the city of Venice or surrounding province, Veneto region, northeastern Italy.
commuteTo exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen.
paxA painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed. See also osculatory.
sinusA pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus).
pervasiveManifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.
amplificationThe act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.
transverseSituated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
auditoryOf, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.
applauseThe act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.
anomalyA deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
infectTo bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
obeseExtremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m².
wiganA canvas-like cotton fabric, often coated with latex rubber, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers, dresses, etc.
abbaFather; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.
interveneTo become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.
cryptographyThe discipline that embodies the principles, means, and methods for transforming data to hide its semantic content, prevent unauthorized use, or detect modifications, while also ensuring information security through confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and nonrepudiation.
ligandSuch an entity that binds to a central metal atom to form a coordination complex.
AustA small village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, by the Severn Estuary (OS grid ref ST5789).
recessionThe act or an instance of receding or withdrawing.
ScandinaviaA geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands.
interceptTo stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
vetoA political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
AntonyA male given name from Latin, a mostly British spelling variant of Anthony.
alecAn anchovy or herring, especially pickled or dried.
comaA state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
blandHaving a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
fungusA eukaryotic organism of the kingdom Fungi typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
polarisα Ursae Minoris, a trinary star in the constellation Ursa Minor located near the north celestial pole for the last 1500 years.
enigmaSomething or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.