BitterOldPunk's Ancient Greek words

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• ABIOTICadjectiveAncient Greek71 findersNonliving, inanimate, characterised by the absence of life; of inorganic matter.
• ACTINnounAncient Greek58 findersA globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament).
• AGARICnounAncient Greek114 findersAny of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath.
• AGONISTICadjectiveAncient Greek51 findersOf or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
• AILUROPHOBIAnounAncient Greek72 findersAn irrational fear or hatred of cats or other felines.
• AILUROPHOBICadjectiveAncient Greek30 findersHaving or relating to a fear or hatred of cats.
• AMPHIGORYnounAncient Greek30 findersA nonsense verse; a rigmarole, which is meaningless despite possibly appearing to have meaning.
• ANALECTSnounAncient Greek16 findersA collection of excerpts or quotes.
• BATHOSnounAncient Greek181 findersOverdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
• BOLUSnounAncient Greek415 findersA round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
• CALYXnounAncient Greek387 findersThe outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
• CATALEPSYnounAncient Greek100 findersA severe bodily condition, described in psychiatric pathology, marked by sudden rigidity, fixation of posture, and loss of contact with environmental conditions.
• CELADONnounAncient Greek63 findersA pale green colour, possibly tinted with gray.
• CHIRALadjectiveAncient Greek256 finders(geometry, physical chemistry) that exhibits chirality; as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix, or a molecule with L- and D- stereoisomers.
• CHRISMnounAncient Greek182 findersA mixture of oil and balm, consecrated for use as an anointing fluid in certain Christian ceremonies, especially confirmation.
• CHTHONICadjectiveAncient Greek263 findersDwelling within the underworld.
• CINEnounAncient Greek28 finderscinefilm
• CYNOSUREnounAncient Greek119 findersAlternative letter-case form of Cynosure: Ursa Minor or Polaris, the North Star, used as a guide by navigators.
• DIEGETICadjectiveAncient Greek141 findersOf or relating to diegesis; existing within a fictional universe (rather than as background), and able to be perceived by the characters.
• EIDOLONnounAncient Greek74 findersAn image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal form; an apparition of some actual or imaginary entity, or of some aspect of reality.
• EOSINOPHILnounAncient Greek57 findersA white blood cell responsible for combating parasitic infections in the body.
• ERISTICadjectiveAncient Greek20 findersProvoking strife, controversy or discord.
• ESCHATONnounAncient Greek184 findersThe apocalypse; the approach of Christ’s reign immediately preceding the end of the world; a conception of or circumstance pertaining to this era.
• EUDAEMONICadjectiveAncient Greek105 findersOf or pertaining to a eudaemon.
• EUTROPHICadjectiveAncient Greek94 findersBeing rich in nutrients and minerals and therefore having an excessive growth of algae and thus a diminished oxygen content to the detriment of other organisms.
• GLAUCOUSadjectiveAncient Greek108 findersOf a pale grey or bluish-green, especially when covered with a powdery residue.
• HETERODOXYnounAncient Greek116 findersThe quality of being heterodox.
• LITOTESnounAncient Greek9 findersA figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite. The negation of a negative quality to assert a positive.
• NARTHEXnounAncient Greek100 findersA western vestibule leading to the nave in some Christian churches.
• NOUSnounAncient Greek96 findersThe mind or intellect, faculty for rationality or reason using the necessary common sense or awareness.
• ONOMASTICadjectiveAncient Greek48 findersOf or relating to a personal or place name.
• ONTICadjectiveAncient Greek36 findersOntological.
• OTICadjectiveAncient Greek51 findersOf, relating/pertaining to, or located near the ear.
• PANEGYRICnounAncient Greek132 findersA formal speech publicly praising someone or something.
• PATHOSnounAncient Greek213 findersThe quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like;
• PELAGICadjectiveAncient Greek357 findersLiving in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.
• PHLOGISTONnounAncient Greek210 findersThe hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning.
• PLASTRONnounAncient Greek35 findersThe nearly flat part of the shell structure of a tortoise or other animal, similar in composition to the carapace.
• PNEUMAnounAncient Greek152 findersA neume.
• PTERYGIUMnounAncient Greek45 findersAn abnormal mass of tissue in the corner of the eye that obstructs vision.
• SHAWMnounAncient Greek63 findersA mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.
• TELOSnounAncient Greek74 findersThe aim, purpose, or end goal.
• THRENODYnounAncient Greek127 findersA song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy.
• TROPHICadjectiveAncient Greek126 findersOf or pertaining to nutrition.
• ZEUGMAnounAncient Greek70 findersThe act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.

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