Gene Pool's Ancient Greek words

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• ADYTUMnounAncient Greek24 findersThe innermost sanctuary or shrine in a temple, from where oracles were given.
• ANAPTYXISnounAncient Greek18 findersThe epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.
• ASTERnounAncient Greek75 findersAny of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
• AUTONOMYnounAncient Greek71 findersThe right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
• AUXETICadjectiveAncient Greek34 findersHaving the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
• CHOENIXnounAncient Greek3 findersAn ancient dry measure of two pints or greater.
• FLINTnounAncient Greek94 findersA hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescen
• JYNXESnounAncient Greek17 findersA bird, the wryneck, once thought a bird of ill omen (Jynx torquilla).
• KINETICadjectiveAncient Greek201 findersRelating to motion.
• KLEPTOMANIACnounAncient Greek219 findersOne who steals compulsively.
• KYLIXnounAncient Greek55 findersAn Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad, shallow body.
• MYXOVIRUSnounAncient Greek29 findersAny of a group of RNA viruses of the Orthomyxoviridae and Paramyxoviridae families.
• PILEORHIZAnounAncient Greek2 findersA cap of cells covering the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.
• PRAXISnounAncient Greek885 findersThe practical application of any branch of learning.
• ZEPHYRnounAncient Greek211 findersA light wind from the west.

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