comix's Ancient Greek words

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• ACHOLIASnounAncient Greek2 findersDeficiency or absence of bile.
• ADYTUMnounAncient Greek26 findersThe innermost sanctuary or shrine in a temple, from where oracles were given.
• ANAGLYPHnounAncient Greek29 findersA decorative ornament worked in low relief or bas relief, such as a piece of cameo jewelry.
• BRAZASnounAncient Greek1 finderSynonym of estado, a traditional Spanish unit of length equivalent to about 1.67 m.
• BRUXverbAncient Greek69 findersTo grind the teeth, especially involuntarily or during sleep.
• CHIASMnounAncient Greek115 findersAlternative form of chiasma.
• CHUFAnounAncient Greek15 findersCyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts).
• CNEMISnounAncient Greek12 findersThe section of the leg from the knee to the ankle; shin.
• CYMEnounAncient Greek15 findersA “head” (of unexpanded leaves, etc.); an opening bud.
• DAISnounAncient Greek183 findersA raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit,
• DOCHMIUSnounAncient Greek4 findersA metrical foot of five syllables used in Greek tragedy for highly anguished scenes. The metrical pattern is typically: short-long-long-short-long.
• ECBOLEnounAncient Greek7 findersA digression, one in which a person is introduced speaking his or her own words.
• ELEGIACadjectiveAncient Greek432 findersOf or relating to an elegy.
• EMBOLYnounAncient Greek8 findersembolic invagination
• EMPAESTICadjectiveAncient Greek8 findersEmbossed, especially of Ancient Greek art.
• EPULOTICadjectiveAncient Greek6 findersPromoting the scarring or healing of sores.
• GEOMANCYnounAncient Greek100 findersA method of divination using earth or the ground, such as interpreting markings on the ground or how handfuls of dirt land when tossed.
• GYVEnounAncient Greek53 findersA shackle or fetter, especially for the leg.
• HAPTICadjectiveAncient Greek467 findersOf or relating to the sense of touch.
• HEROONnounAncient Greek2 findersA temple dedicated to a hero, often over his supposed tomb.
• HYPOGEANadjectiveAncient Greek21 findersExisting or growing underground.
• HYPOGEUMnounAncient Greek29 findersAn underground room or cavern .
• MYTHUSnounAncient Greek2 findersSynonym of mythos.
• OPSIMATHnounAncient Greek53 findersA person who learns late in life.
• PHASMIDnounAncient Greek75 findersAny insect of the order Phasmida: a leaf insect or walking stick (stick insect).
• PHLOEMnounAncient Greek374 findersA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.
• PHOCINEadjectiveAncient Greek28 findersPertaining to true seals (also known as earless seals, as opposed to eared seals such as sea lions); seallike.
• RHEXISnounAncient Greek6 findersThe rupture of an organ.
• RHYTONnounAncient Greek45 findersA container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having one handle and usually a base in the form of a head.
• SCORIAnounAncient Greek56 findersThe slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore.
• SCYBALAnounAncient Greek2 findersa hardened mass of feces
• SHAWMnounAncient Greek75 findersA mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.
• SPHINCTERnounAncient Greek213 findersA ringlike band of muscle that surrounds a bodily opening (such as the anus or the openings of the stomach), constricting and relaxing as required for normal physiological function
• SYCONIUMnounAncient Greek10 findersA collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig; a hollow ball with a stalk at one end and an opening (ostiole) at the other, w
• TAXIARCHnounAncient Greek6 findersAn Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army.
• THECAnounAncient Greek8 findersAny of several external cases or sheaths. The pollen-producing organ usually found in pairs and forming an anther. The theca folliculi: the twin layers of cells surrounding the bas
• THEOCRASYnounAncient Greek6 findersInteraction, admixture, and conflation of divine principles.
• TRISKELIONnounAncient Greek95 findersA figure composed of three interlocked spirals (or three bent human legs), with threefold rotational symmetry.

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