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- ANGIOSPERMAny plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
- ATAXYataxia
- BATHOSOverdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
- BOLIDEAn extremely bright meteor.
- BOURSEA stock exchange. Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
- CHITONA loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece and in Ancient Rome.
- CHRISMA mixture of oil and balm, consecrated for use as an anointing fluid in certain Christian ceremonies, especially confirmation.
- CHRYSOLITEOriginally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot.
- CHTHONICDwelling within the underworld.
- CORMA short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditio
- CRINOIDOne of the numerous animals that make up the class Crinoidea; the feather stars or sea lilies.
- CYNOSUREAlternative letter-case form of Cynosure: Ursa Minor or Polaris, the North Star, used as a guide by navigators.
- DIPTYCHA writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
- EPODEThe after song; the part of a lyric or choral ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe.
- EREMITEA hermit; a religious recluse, someone who lives alone.
- GLAUCOUSOf a pale grey or bluish-green, especially when covered with a powdery residue.
- HEPTAGONA polygon with seven sides and seven angles.
- HETERODOXOf or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious ones, that are different from what a religion (or sect) believes to be orthodox, but (usually) not conflicti
- HETERODOXYThe quality of being heterodox.
- HOPLITEA heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis.
- HYRAXAny of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the family Procaviidae from the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors, native to Africa and the Midd
- MANDRELA round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
- OPHIDIANAny species of the suborder Serpentes; a snake or serpent.
- PANEGYRICA formal speech publicly praising someone or something.
- PHLOEMA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.
- PHLOGISTONThe hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning.
- PHOSGENEcarbonyl chloride
- PHRENICOf or pertaining to the diaphragm
- PHTHISISAn atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
- PLECTRUMA small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
- PORGYAny of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams. In particular, the scup (paugie, Stenotomus chrysops).
- PSALTERYA zither-like musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with multiple strings, played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.
- PYLORUSIn vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.
- REGOLITHThe layer of loose rock, dust, sand, and soil, resting on the bedrock, that constitutes the surface layer of most dry land on Earth, the Moon, and other large solid aggregated cele
- RHYOLITEAn igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.
- RHYTONA container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having one handle and usually a base in the form of a head.
- SCARIFYTo remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
- SYBARITEA person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a hedonist.
- SYRINXA set of panpipes.
- TAXAplural of taxon
- THEOSOPHA theosophist.
- THURIBLEA censer, especially one hanging on a chain.
- XYLEMA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.