Glossary
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| (Eg. "Genetic, Hereditary, DNA ...") | (Eg. "Relating to genes or heredity") | ![]() |
The infamous double helix | https://bio.libretexts.org/ | CC-BY-SA; Delmar Larsen |
| Word(s) | Definition | Image | Caption | Link | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A’ t’ other | at the other | ||||
| Abate | lessen | ||||
| Abhors | hates | ||||
| Addled | beaten | ||||
| Affliction | disaster | ||||
| Affray | tear apart | ||||
| Alack | (expression of grief) | ||||
| Alderman | councilman | ||||
| Aloof | at a distance | ||||
| Ambling | dancing | ||||
| Ambuscados | ambushes | ||||
| Amerce | punish | ||||
| Anon | right away | ||||
| Answer it | accept | ||||
| Apace | quickly | ||||
| Aqua-vitae | liquor | ||||
| Array | attire | ||||
| Aspired | gone up towards | ||||
| Asunder | apart | ||||
| Atomies | miniscule creatures | ||||
| Attending | attentive | ||||
| Bad’st | advised | ||||
| Baggage | useless woman | ||||
| Bandy | throw | ||||
| Bark | sailboat | ||||
| Bauble | jester’s baton | ||||
| Bawdy | indecent | ||||
| Be forsworn | go back on my word | ||||
| Be perverse | play hard-to-get | ||||
| Be shrived | have confession | ||||
| Bedaubed | smeared | ||||
| Bedeck | decorate | ||||
| Beggarly | small | ||||
| Beguiled | deceived | ||||
| Behooveful | necessary | ||||
| Bent | intentions | ||||
| Bescreened | concealed | ||||
| Beseech | beg | ||||
| Beshrew | curse | ||||
| Bestrides | straddles | ||||
| Bethink | think hard | ||||
| Bier | coffin | ||||
| Blaze | publicize | ||||
| Blazon | describe | ||||
| Bliss | heaven | ||||
| Bondage | familial duties | ||||
| Bosom | breast | ||||
| Bound | indebted | ||||
| Bower | give sanctuary | ||||
| Brine | salt water; tears | ||||
| Broad | fat | ||||
| Caitiff | miserable; vile | ||||
| Cankered | infested | ||||
| Carelessly | without care | ||||
| Carrion | rotting meat | ||||
| Challenge | claim | ||||
| Cheveril | stretchy leather | ||||
| Chide | scold | ||||
| Chidest | scolded | ||||
| Choler | anger | ||||
| Churl | selfish person | ||||
| Close | concealing | ||||
| Clout | piece of cloth | ||||
| Collar | part of a harness | ||||
| Colliers | coal miners | ||||
| Complements | good manners | ||||
| Conduit | fountain | ||||
| Confounds | destroys | ||||
| Confusions | yelling; commotion | ||||
| Conjure | summon (as in a spirit) | ||||
| Cordial | medicinal drink | ||||
| Corns | foot calluses | ||||
| Counsel | private thoughts | ||||
| Countervail | equal | ||||
| Crochet | a musical note | ||||
| Crow-keeper | scarecrow | ||||
| Culled | selected | ||||
| Deal double | double cross | ||||
| Deck | dress | ||||
| Demesnes | lands owned | ||||
| Descry | decipher | ||||
| Desperate tender | risky offer | ||||
| Despite | spite | ||||
| Dirges | songs of lamentation | ||||
| Discords | ugly noise | ||||
| Discourses | communicates | ||||
| Displant | displace | ||||
| Dissemblers | liars | ||||
| Distempered | troubled | ||||
| Division | melody | ||||
| Doff | remove, cast away | ||||
| Doting | lovesick | ||||
| Doublet | jacket | ||||
| Down | in bed | ||||
| Dram | small drink | ||||
| Drawer | bartender | ||||
| Dry-beat | thrash | ||||
| Ducats | gold coins | ||||
| Dug | breast | ||||
| Dump | sad song | ||||
| Effeminate | womanish; unmanly | ||||
| Ell | forty-five inches | ||||
| Enjoined | compelled | ||||
| Enmity | hostility | ||||
| Ensign | banner | ||||
| Envious | malicious | ||||
| Environed | surrounded; buried | ||||
| Ere | before | ||||
| Ethiop’s | Ethiopian’s | ||||
| Fain | gladly | ||||
| Fair | with civility | ||||
| Faith | faithfulness; steadiness | ||||
| Fast | fast asleep | ||||
| Fearful | anxious | ||||
| Fee-simple | ownership | ||||
| Feeling | devastating | ||||
| Fettle | prepare | ||||
| Fiddlestick | sword | ||||
| Fie | (expression of disgust) | ||||
| Field | dueling-place | ||||
| Flint | hardships of life | ||||
| Fond | foolish | ||||
| Form | formalities | ||||
| Forsooth | truly | ||||
| Forswear | swear off | ||||
| Forth | gone | ||||
| Fortnight | two weeks | ||||
| Gadding | wandering | ||||
| Gall | bitterness, bile | ||||
| Gapes | opens | ||||
| Ghostly | spiritual | ||||
| Give | name | ||||
| Gleek | insult | ||||
| Good den | good afternoon | ||||
| Good meaning | good intentions | ||||
| Goose | sex worker | ||||
| Gore | clotted | ||||
| Gossamers | spider’s webs | ||||
| Gossip | good friend | ||||
| Grace | virtue | ||||
| Grandsire | old man | ||||
| Gravity | “serious” things | ||||
| Hap | happening | ||||
| Happy | fortunate | ||||
| Hark | listen | ||||
| Harlotry | unprincipled behavior | ||||
| Haughty | arrogant | ||||
| Heaviness | sadness | ||||
| Hie | hurry | ||||
| Hilding | worthless person | ||||
| Hinds | peasants; servants | ||||
| Ho | now | ||||
| Homely | simple | ||||
| Humorous | humid | ||||
| Idolatry | worship | ||||
| Ill | unskilled | ||||
| Ill-beseeming | unnatural | ||||
| Import | imply | ||||
| In faith | truly | ||||
| In post | by horseback | ||||
| In twain | in half | ||||
| Inundation | overflowing abundance | ||||
| Invocation | appeal | ||||
| Jack | fellow | ||||
| Jealous | curious | ||||
| Jesu | Jesus | ||||
| Jocund | cheerful | ||||
| Joiner | carpenter | ||||
| Jointure | dowry | ||||
| Knaves | fools | ||||
| Like | likely | ||||
| Livery | servant’s uniform | ||||
| Lolling | loose | ||||
| Look | be careful | ||||
| Lustier | energetic | ||||
| Maidenheads | virginities | ||||
| Maidenhoods | virginities | ||||
| Mammet | doll | ||||
| Mantle | cloak | ||||
| Marry | really | ||||
| Martial | soldier-like | ||||
| Masque | masquerade | ||||
| Mattock | pickaxe | ||||
| Maw | mouth | ||||
| Misadventure | accident, or failed attempt | ||||
| Modern | ordinary | ||||
| Monument | Capulet family tomb | ||||
| Mousehunt | a ladies’ man | ||||
| Moved | provoked | ||||
| Naught | evil | ||||
| Near ally | close relative | ||||
| Needly | necessarily | ||||
| Nice | unimportant | ||||
| Nothing | no wounds | ||||
| Numbers | verse | ||||
| Nuptial | wedding | ||||
| Nuts | hazelnuts | ||||
| O’erperch | fly over | ||||
| Office | duty | ||||
| Ope | open | ||||
| Orisons | prayers | ||||
| Overthrows | destruction | ||||
| Paramour | lover | ||||
| Parts | qualities | ||||
| Pate | head | ||||
| Pennyworths | money’s worth | ||||
| Penury | extreme poverty | ||||
| Peppered | done for | ||||
| Perforce | by force | ||||
| Peruse | examine | ||||
| Philome | Film; fine thread | ||||
| Physic | remedy | ||||
| Poor | modest | ||||
| Portentous | of a warning | ||||
| Posterity | future children | ||||
| Poultice | homemade ointment | ||||
| Powder | gunpowder | ||||
| Practice stratagems | play tricks | ||||
| Prates | a stupid answer | ||||
| Prating thing | burbling baby | ||||
| Presage | foreshadow | ||||
| Press | hurry | ||||
| Procures | sends | ||||
| Proof | immune | ||||
| Provision | food and drink | ||||
| Puling | whimpering | ||||
| Pureblind | blind | ||||
| Quince | fruit | ||||
| Quit | pay you for | ||||
| Quite | entirely | ||||
| Rails | complains | ||||
| Redress | relief | ||||
| Resign | return | ||||
| Resort | haunt | ||||
| Roared | used | ||||
| Rood | cross | ||||
| Ropery | trickery | ||||
| Rude will | desire | ||||
| Rushes | the floor | ||||
| Sack | destroy | ||||
| Saucy merchant | con man | ||||
| Scant | hardly | ||||
| Sepulcher | burial place | ||||
| Set | praised | ||||
| Severing | parting | ||||
| Shadows | dreams | ||||
| Shape | body | ||||
| Show | appearance | ||||
| Shrift | absolution, confession | ||||
| Simpleness | nonsense | ||||
| Simples | herbs | ||||
| Slip | counterfeit coin | ||||
| Slugabed | sleepyhead | ||||
| Small | not much | ||||
| Soft | wait | ||||
| Sojourn | stay awhile | ||||
| Sped | done for | ||||
| Spinners’ legs | spider legs | ||||
| Spit | impale | ||||
| Spring | source | ||||
| Steads | benefits | ||||
| Stifled | suffocated | ||||
| Stock | breeding; pedigree | ||||
| Sunder | cut off | ||||
| Surcease | cease | ||||
| Sweetmeats | candy | ||||
| Ta'en | taken | ||||
| Tallow | pale | ||||
| Teen | misery | ||||
| Temper | mix, or dilute | ||||
| Thither | there | ||||
| Traces | reins | ||||
| True | honest | ||||
| Trunk | chest | ||||
| Tut | (expresses disapproval) | ||||
| Unattainted | impartial | ||||
| Unfurnished | unprepared | ||||
| Unruly spleen | bad temper | ||||
| Untaught | rude | ||||
| Unthrifty | unfortunate | ||||
| Validity | value | ||||
| Vestal | virginal | ||||
| Vexed | distressed; frustrated | ||||
| Visage | face; expression | ||||
| Visor | mask | ||||
| Wanton | child or careless person | ||||
| Ward | a child | ||||
| Weak dealing | poor behavior | ||||
| Weal | happiness | ||||
| Weeds | clothes | ||||
| Welladay | woe the day | ||||
| Wherefore | why | ||||
| Whither | where | ||||
| Wink | shut | ||||
| Wot | know | ||||
| Wrenching iron | crowbar |



