comix's Latin words

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• ABDUCTIONnounLatin99 findersA leading away; a carrying away.
• ACQUESTnounLatin22 findersAcquisition; the thing gained.
• ALGIDadjectiveLatin20 findersCold, chilly; used of low body temperature, especially in connection with certain diseases such as malaria and cholera.
• AMBSACEnounLatin6 findersTwo ones; the lowest throw at dice; a pair of aces.
• AURICadjectiveLatin205 findersOf or pertaining to trivalent gold.
• AVIFORMadjectiveLatin21 findersHaving the shape of a bird
• BAGNIOnounLatin13 findersA brothel.
• CALQUEnounLatin33 findersA word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
• CALXnounLatin49 findersThe substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognise
• CAPRIFIGnounLatin5 findersA hermaphrodite fruit, inedible to humans, of certain usually uncultivated species of Ficus, which is the source of the pollen with which fig wasps pollinate edible female fruit in
• CAUDEXnounLatin26 findersAn enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually serving to store water.
• CAULICLEnounLatin1 finderA small stalk or stem, especially the rudimentary stalk of a seed embryo
• CHARPIEnounLatin2 findersStraight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth, used for surgical dressings.
• CODEXnounLatin179 findersAn early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
• COMPITALadjectiveLatin4 findersOf the vein of a leaf, intersecting at a wide angle.
• CREPITUSnounLatin131 findersGrating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.
• CUPOLAINGnounLatin2 findersA dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
• DEPOSITORYnounLatin28 findersA place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation.
• ELOIGNverbLatin10 findersTo remove (something) to a distance.
• EXPIATORYadjectiveLatin42 findersOf or pertaining to expiation.
• FALXnounLatin105 findersA short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
• FAMULUSnounLatin16 findersA close attendant or assistant, especially of a magician or occult scholar.
• FATUOUSadjectiveLatin663 findersObnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
• FIGURALadjectiveLatin44 findersRepresenting by means of a figure; emblematic.
• FISCnounLatin32 findersThe public treasury of Rome.
• FLORIDadjectiveLatin321 findersHaving a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
• FOINnounLatin23 findersA thrust.
• FOISONnounLatin19 findersAn abundance, a rich supply of.
• FORNIXnounLatin78 findersAn archlike or vaulted structure or fold: The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera. A triangular area of white matter in the
• FRACTALnounLatin187 findersA mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension, corresponding to a geometric figure or object that is self-similar at arbitrarily small scales and thus
• FRUSHverbLatin12 findersTo break up, smash.
• GELATINISEverbLatin3 findersAlternative spelling of gelatinize.
• GLAIRnounLatin16 findersEgg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations.
• GREXnounLatin18 findersA multicellular aggregate of amoeba.
• GROCKLEnounLatin16 findersA tourist from elsewhere in the country
• HAFNIUMnounLatin117 findersA chemical element (symbol Hf) with an atomic number of 72: a lustrous, silvery-grey tetravalent transition metal.
• HALLUXnounLatin12 findersA big toe.
• HISPIDadjectiveLatin19 findersCovered in short, stiff hairs.
• LEPIDadjectiveLatin15 finderspleasant; amusing
• LEVIGATEverbLatin7 findersTo make smooth or polish.
• MALICadjectiveLatin102 findersPertaining to apples.
• MOILverbLatin84 findersTo toil, to work hard.
• MORAnounLatin16 findersA delay in bringing a claim.
• MUSIVEadjectiveLatin3 findersRelating to mosaic art.
• NITIDadjectiveLatin9 findersBright; lustrous; shining.
• OBSIDIANnounLatin121 findersA type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes.
• OCTROInounLatin7 findersA privilege granted by the sovereign authority, such as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession.
• OVIPARITYnounLatin32 findersThe condition of being oviparous.
• PAVIDadjectiveLatin56 findersfearful, timid
• PEDICULARadjectiveLatin23 findersOf or relating to lice.
• PERIONYCHIAnounLatin10 findersplural of perionychium
• PERSIFLAGEnounLatin96 findersGood-natured banter; raillery.
• PISCATORYadjectiveLatin39 findersOf or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.
• PLEACHverbLatin18 findersTo unite by interweaving, as branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash.
• PROCLIVEadjectiveLatin17 findersHaving a tendency by nature; prone
• PROLUSIONnounLatin4 findersA trial before the principal performance; a prelude.
• PUDENCYnounLatin16 findersModesty.
• QUADRIGAnounLatin22 findersA Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
• QUOADprepositionLatin8 findersWith respect to.
• SAECULUMnounLatin7 findersA cyclical period of time, roughly equal to the time needed for the complete renewal of a human population: Any of a sequence of ages (periods of time) such that each age ends with
• SEMUNCIAnounLatin1 finderA bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at one twenty-fourth of an as.
• SQUAMEnounLatin11 findersThe scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.
• UMBOnounLatin32 findersThe boss of a shield, at or near the middle and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.
• VESPIDadjectiveLatin39 findersCharacteristic of the wasp family Vespidae.
• VINCULUMnounLatin16 findersA bond or tie that unifies.
• VOCULEnounLatin3 findersAn emphatic aspiration or burst of air.
• VOMITORYnounLatin29 findersThe entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a vomitorium

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