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- AMBLYOPICof, relating to, or suffering from amblyopia
- CONATUSAn effort, an endeavour, a striving. Such a striving effort that is a life force.
- EPITHELIUMA membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lin
- EXEUNTA stage direction for more than one actor to leave the stage.
- EXORDIALof or relating to an exordium, beginning or introduction
- FOLIOLATEOf or pertaining to leaflets of a plant.
- FRUTESCENTImperfectly resembling a shrub.
- FULGENTShining brilliantly; radiant.
- FULMINATETo make a verbal attack.
- GENICULATEBent abruptly, with the structure of a knee.
- HYALINEGlassy, transparent; amorphous.
- IMPORTUNETo bother, irritate, trouble.
- INVEIGLETo convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles.
- INVOLUTEDifficult to understand; complicated.
- LANCEOLATEHaving the general shape of a lance; much longer than wide, with the widest part lower than the middle and a pointed apex.
- LUNATICAn insane person.
- PAGINATETo number the pages of (a book or other document); to foliate.
- PLUMBOUSOf, pertaining to, resembling, or containing lead.
- RAVELINAn outwork. A fortification outside a castle used to split an attacking force; composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon
- REMOTEAt a distance; disconnected.
- RETICULEA reticle; a grid in the eyepiece of an instrument.
- RUBEFACIENTMaking red.
- RUBESCENTturning red; reddening
- RUMINATETo chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
- SEDERUNTA formal meeting, especially of a judicial or ecclesiastical body.
- SEIGNIORA feudal lord; a nobleman who held his lands by feudal grant; any lord (holder) of a manor.
- SEPIOLITEA hydrated magnesium silicate, clay mineral used for carving into decorative articles and smoking pipes.
- SERICINA water-soluble glycoprotein that binds the two fibroin filaments of a silk fibre.
- TYMPANITICOf, pertaining to, or suffering from, tympany.
- UXORIALOf or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relatives.
- VIVATA cry wishing someone long life and prosperity.
- VOCATION(Ecclesiastical) A divine calling to establish one's lifestyle.
- VOCIFERANTnoisy; clamorous
- VOLUTEThe characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.