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- ACHENEA small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup.
- ACONITEThe herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; any plant of the genus Aconitum, all the species of which are poisonous.
- AGONISTSomeone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
- ALIPHATICOf a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.
- AMPHIBOLITEAny of a class of metamorphic rocks composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.
- ANAPHORAThe repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
- ANGIOSPERMAny plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
- AUXINA class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant hormones) which play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant l
- AUXINSplural of auxin
- BATHOSOverdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
- BENTHICPertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
- BRUXISMThe habit or practice of grinding the teeth, as while sleeping, or due to stress or certain drugs.
- BUBOAn inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, or syphilis.
- BUBOESplural of bubo
- BURSAAny of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.
- CADUCEUSThe official wand carried by a herald in ancient Greece and Rome, specifically the one carried in mythology by Hermes, the messenger of the gods, usually represented with two snake
- CALAMINESynonym of smithsonite, a pink form of zinc oxide (mainly zinc carbonate ZnCO3) formed as a byproduct of zinc sublimation, now used in skin lotions.
- CARTOUCHEAn ornamental figure, often on an oval shield.
- CATARRHInflammation of a mucous membrane.
- CHELATIONThe formation of a polydentate chelate compound from a metal salt.
- CHIRAL(geometry, physical chemistry) that exhibits chirality; as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix, or a molecule with L- and D- stereoisomers.
- CHIRALITYThe phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness.
- CHITINOUSMade of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin.
- CHONDRITEA meteorite consisting of rock containing chondrules.
- CHRISMA mixture of oil and balm, consecrated for use as an anointing fluid in certain Christian ceremonies, especially confirmation.
- CHTHONICDwelling within the underworld.
- CLADESplural of clade
- CONCHOIDALOf or pertaining to a conchoid; that may be defined as a conchoid.
- CORYMBA cluster of flowers with a flat or convex top.
- COTYLEDONEach of the patches of villi on the foetal chorion in the placenta of ruminants and some other mammals.
- CRAPULOUSCharacterized by excessive eating or drinking.
- CRINOIDOne of the numerous animals that make up the class Crinoidea; the feather stars or sea lilies.
- CUBOIDALResembling a cube.
- CYMEA “head” (of unexpanded leaves, etc.); an opening bud.
- CYNOSUREAlternative letter-case form of Cynosure: Ursa Minor or Polaris, the North Star, used as a guide by navigators.
- CYTOKINEAny of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.
- DIAPAUSEA temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism due to adverse environmental conditions (especially in insects and in the embryos of many of the oviparous species of
- DIMITYA light strong fabric with woven stripes or squares.
- DIOECYThe condition of being dioecious, namely having separate sexes, especially of plants.
- DIOPTERA unit of measure of the power of a lens or mirror, equal to the reciprocal of its focal length in meters. Myopia is diagnosed and measured in diopters.
- DOULAA trained support person who provides emotional, physical and practical assistance to a pregnant woman or couple before, during or after childbirth.
- DRUPEA kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.
- DYNEA unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn.
- EIDETICMarked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.
- ELEGIACOf or relating to an elegy.
- EOSINA red, acidic dye commonly used in histological stains.
- EOSINOPHILA white blood cell responsible for combating parasitic infections in the body.
- EPICALOf or pertaining to epic literature; epic, grandiose.
- EPIPLOONThe greater omentum.
- ESCHATOLOGYA system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
- ESCHATONThe apocalypse; the approach of Christ’s reign immediately preceding the end of the world; a conception of or circumstance pertaining to this era.
- EUTROPHICBeing rich in nutrients and minerals and therefore having an excessive growth of algae and thus a diminished oxygen content to the detriment of other organisms.
- FIGGYOf or like figs.
- GAMETEA reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
- GLOTTISThe opening between the true vocal cords which is located in the larynx and affects voice modulation through expansion or contraction.
- GRAPHEMEA fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet or jamo in Korean hangul.
- GYNOECIUMThe pistils/carpels of a flower considered as a group
- HALCYONA kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves. The dead body of such a bird, said in Tudor times to act a
- HALOGENAny element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine.
- HEGEMONA dominating leader or force, especially that which dominates a separate political entity; a hegemonist.
- HELMINTHA parasitic worm; a fluke, tapeworm, or nematode.
- HEURISTICThat employs a practical method not guaranteed to be optimal or perfect; either not following or derived from any theory, or based on an advisedly oversimplified one.
- HYOIDShaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon (υ).
- HYRAXAny of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the family Procaviidae from the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors, native to Africa and the Midd
- ICHTHYSA stylized representation of a fish, used as a Christian symbol.
- ICTERUSAn excess of bile pigments in the blood; jaundice.
- IOLITEThe clear variety of cordierite, sometimes used as a gem.
- KIRKA church.
- LAMIAA monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.
- LEPTONA coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent).
- MANDRELA round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
- MEDLARMespilus germanica, common medlar (now often Crataegus germanica).
- MESENTERICRelating to the mesentery.
- MITRALPertaining to a mitre; resembling a mitre.
- NAIADA female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
- OTALGIAearache
- OTICOf, relating/pertaining to, or located near the ear.
- PARASITOIDAny organism that is parasitic during part of its life cycle, especially one that eventually kills its host.
- PAREIDOLIAThe tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or hearing hidden messages in
- PHLEBOTOMYThe opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.
- PHLOGISTONThe hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning.
- PLECTRUMA small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
- PSOASEither of two muscles, the psoas major and psoas minor, involved in flexion of the trunk.
- PSYLLIDAny of the host-specific plant-feeding insects of the family Psyllidae, which feed on plant juices.
- RACHISThe spinal column, or the vertebrae of the spine.
- REGOLITHThe layer of loose rock, dust, sand, and soil, resting on the bedrock, that constitutes the surface layer of most dry land on Earth, the Moon, and other large solid aggregated cele
- RHONCHIplural of rhonchus
- RHYOLITEAn igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.
- SCHISTOSEOf or relating to schist.
- SIGMOIDALsigmoid; S-shaped.
- SMEGMAA whitish sebaceous secretion that collects between the glans penis and foreskin or in the vulva.
- SPATHEA large bract that envelops or subtends a whole inflorescence, typically a spadix.
- STYGIANAlternative form of Stygian (“of or relating to the river Styx”).
- STYLIplural of stylus
- SYBARITEA person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a hedonist.
- TESSERAA small square piece of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaic.
- THYRSEA type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes.
- TISANEA medicinal drink, originally made from barley soaked in water.
- TOMIAplural of tomium
- UVEAThe middle of the three concentric layers that make up the eye; it is pigmented and vascular, and comprises the choroid, the ciliary body, and the iris.