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A coordinate along a horizontal axis.

A type of herb.

An upward slope.

Headless.

Gloopy stuff that forms on dead tissue.

Foreshadowing.

A sketch or outline.

Not inherent or arising naturally.

A kind of wood cutting tool.

Oceanic.

A bird’s nest built in a high place.

Of or pertaining to air.

A waxed tablet to be written on.

The awareness of sensory stimulation.

Heartburn or acid reflux. Also used colloquially to mean annoyance.

Enthusiasm.

A proposed sociological concept for describing a form of social organization in which decision-making processes, information flows, and institutional relations are significantly mediated by algorithmic systems and artificial intelligence. (Definition via the Algorithmic Society.)

The material from which artificial skin, used in surgery, is made.

Figurative or symbolic.

Found in or made from alluvium.

A type of poisonous mushrooms.

A type of American flower.

Alternating responses featured in certain types of poetry.

A unit of rhythm in ancient Greek and Latin verse.

The moment in a story where the protagonist learns something which explains something about the plot that was previously unexplained or confusing.

A spiritual interpretation of a word or phrase.

Aiding memory.

Having an unusual word order.

Something that is cursed or extremely disliked.

Evidence drawn from stories or anecdotes, rather than from scientific observation.

A song sung in alternating parts by more than one person.

Able to reduce anxiety.

A type of indeterminate verb in Classical Greek.

The omission of the end of a word.

Unofficial books of the Bible which are accepted by some Christian groups but not others.

Definitively true.

Definitive truth.

In monotheistic patriarchal religions, of or relating to the view that God can only be known by things he is not (e.g. “God is unfathomable”).

An aphorism or short proverb.

A collection of aphorisms or proverbs.

The plural of ‘aquarium.’

Of or relating to water.

Of or relating to trees.

Tree-like in appearance.

An ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch.

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A form of divination that uses the entrails of dead animals to tell fortunes.

A type of brickwork that makes the bricks look flat like a wooden floor.

An alchemist’s furnace that maintains a constant temperature.

Melancholic.

A song about the morning.

Noun: A seer or fortune-teller.

Verb: Indicating an omen.

The art of divination.

Of or relating to the south.

Indigenous or native.

Self-cannibalistic.

The bit where a stem or sub-branch separates from the main branch.

A line measured between a point and a circle.