kristopher's Ancient Greek words

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• AGONISTnounAncient Greek163 findersSomeone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
• ANHYDROUSadjectiveAncient Greek203 findersHaving little or no water.
• APOGEEnounAncient Greek328 findersThe point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.
• BLEPHARITISnounAncient Greek74 findersAn inflammation of the eyelid.
• CACOPHONYnounAncient Greek154 findersA mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
• CEPHALOUSadjectiveAncient Greek43 findersHaving a head; applied chiefly to the former division of mollusks Cephalata, or Cephalophora (mollusks with a head).
• DIAPHANOUSadjectiveAncient Greek368 findersTransparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.
• DIEGETICadjectiveAncient Greek141 findersOf or relating to diegesis; existing within a fictional universe (rather than as background), and able to be perceived by the characters.
• HEMIOLAnounAncient Greek30 findersThe articulation of two bars in triple time as if they were three bars in duple time.
• HEURISTICadjectiveAncient Greek376 findersThat 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.
• NEOLOGISTnounAncient Greek65 findersOne who coins a new word or new words.
• PHLEGMATICadjectiveAncient Greek635 findersNot easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
• PROGNOSTICadjectiveAncient Greek102 findersOf, pertaining to or characterized by prognosis or prediction.
• RHEUMATICadjectiveAncient Greek227 findersResembling or relating to rheumatism.
• SUBLUXATIONnounAncient Greek161 findersA partial dislocation of a joint, in which the articulating surfaces remain in partial contact.
• TREPANnounAncient Greek153 findersA tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts.

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