FIENDISH
\fˈiːndɪʃ], \fˈiːndɪʃ], \f_ˈiː_n_d_ɪ_ʃ]\
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extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces"
By Princeton University
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Fiendishly.
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Fiendishness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
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