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- ANALOGISMAn argument from cause to effect; an a priori argument.
- ANTALGICalleviating pain
- ATONIALack of muscle tone.
- BACCHANTA priest of Bacchus.
- CHILIASTSynonym of millenarian: a person who believes the Second Coming of Jesus Christ will involve his physical rule on Earth for 1000 years.
- CHRYSOLITEOriginally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot.
- CLADEA group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species.
- CYNOSUREAlternative letter-case form of Cynosure: Ursa Minor or Polaris, the North Star, used as a guide by navigators.
- DISTICHA couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.
- DOLERITEA type of fine-grained basaltic rock.
- ENCOMIASTA person who delivers an encomium or eulogy.
- EOLITHCrudely chopped flints, believed to be naturally produced by geological processes such as glaciation.
- EOLITHICof or relating to the early period of the Stone Age marked by the use of eoliths.
- EPIGEANThat lives on or near the surface of the land.
- EUCRITEAn achondritic meteoritic rock consisting chiefly of pigeonite and anorthite
- GYROIDALSpiral in arrangement or action.
- HEDONICOf or relating to pleasure
- HELIODORA richly coloured form of golden beryl found in southwest Africa.
- HYDROPICDropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema).
- HYPHAAny of the long, threadlike filaments that form the mycelium of a fungus.
- ISOPLETHA line drawn on a map through all points having the same value of some measurable quantity.
- MANTICRelating to divination; prophetic.
- NOMADICOf or relating to nomads. Of or related to itinerant herdsmen. Of or related to any habitually wandering person or animal.
- OPHIOLITEAn assemblage of mafic and ultramafic rock fragments of the ocean lithosphere that has been tectonically moved onto a continental margin or island.
- PARENCHYMAThe functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue.
- PHATICPertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship and whose meaning is otherwise either deemphasized or absent.
- PHRENITISMadness, especially as caused by inflammation of the brain; encephalitis, encephalomeningitis, or meningitis.
- PILCROWThe symbol ¶. A symbol designating the beginning of a new paragraph. A symbol designating a paragraph break.
- PLECTRUMA small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
- PLEUSTONThe organisms that live floating at the surface of water.
- PTYALINA form of amylase found in saliva that breaks down starch into maltose and dextrin.
- RHYTIDOMEThe dead layers of plant bark (undergoing or having undergone secondary growth) external to that of the last formed periderm .
- RHYTONA container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having one handle and usually a base in the form of a head.
- SPONGIFORMLike a sponge, porous, full of holes.
- THERIACAAlternative spelling of theriac.
- JARGOONA variety of zircon.
- STEENBOKA common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa, Raphicerus campestris.
- COTEAUXplural of coteau
- DEBOUCHETo enter into battle.
- FAROUCHESullen or recalcitrant.
- LAMPASA type of luxury fabric with a background weft.
- OXEYESeveral daisy-like flowers in various genera, Heliopsis spp. Heteranthemis viscidehirta Telekia speciosa
- VARIOLEAlternative form of variola; smallpox
- VARIOLITEA rock containing centimeter-scale spherical or globular structures (varioles) in a fine-grained matrix.
- ALPENSTOCKA stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain.
- YODHThe tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
- NILGAIA large antelope, of species Boselaphus tragocamelus, of India; blue bull.
- QIVIUTThe underwool of the Arctic muskox, used as a fibre.
- FIACREA small horse-drawn carriage for hire; a hackney carriage.
- PISHOGUEMagic, witchcraft; a spell, especially one designed to cause or cure illnesses to man or beast, or to increase or decrease the quantities of farm products such as butter or milk.
- ARMONICAA musical instrument made of blown-glass bowls mounted on a spindle turned originally by a foot pedal, and played with wetted fingers, producing an ethereal sound. Technically, it
- 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.
- RHEBOKA medium-sized, deerlike South African antelope, Pelea capreolus, having pale-gray, curly fur and straight horns.
- GARFISHAny fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.
- PLANCHA plank.
- RONDELETA metric verse (form), modeled after the rondeau, in two rhymes over seven lines, the first (in four syllables) being repeated as third and refrain (final one), each other line hav
- HORSEMINTA coarse American plant of the mint family (Monarda punctata).
- TITCHA very small person; a small child.
- SURCINGLEA long unpadded strap to pass over and keep in place a blanket, pack or saddle on an animal.
- DUVETYNEA heavy black cloth used in the motion picture and film industry to block out unwanted light.
- FAUGHAn exclamation of contempt, or of disgust, especially for a smell.
- SHIELINGAn area of summer pasture used for cattle, sheep etc.
- SJAMBOKA stout whip, especially made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide.
- COATIAny of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua, that live in the range from the southern United States to northern Argentina.
- DEIGNTo consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to vouchsafe. To consider it appropriate or worthy to
- POMACEThe pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil.
- PYTHONICOf or pertaining to, or resembling, a python (“large constricting snake of the family Pythonidae”); pythonlike.