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- ANEURYSMAn abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
- AUTOGRAPHA person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
- 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.
- COMATOSEIn a coma: unconscious.
- CRAPULOUSCharacterized by excessive eating or drinking.
- CRONYA close friend.
- CRYPTA cave or cavern.
- CUMINThe flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.
- CYANAn additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.
- DICHOGAMYThe condition in which an organism changes sex during its lifetime.
- ECLIPSEAn alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- EXOPLANETA planet which exists outside Earth's solar system.
- GONADA sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary. A testicle.
- HYDRAULICPertaining to water.
- IAMBICConsisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed–stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance.
- KALEIDOSCOPEAn instrument consisting of a tube containing mirrors and loose, colourful beads or other objects; when the tube is looked into and rotated, a succession of symmetrical designs can
- MEANDEROne of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
- MORPHA recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme.
- PYRITEThe common mineral iron disulfide (FeS2), of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system.
- SIPHONA bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
- STAMENIn flowering plants, a male reproductive structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.
- TARSIERUsed attributively as a specific epithet
- TAXIDERMYThe art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state.
- THORAXThe region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
- THYMUSEllipsis of thymus gland (“A ductless gland, consisting mainly of lymphatic tissue, located behind the top of the breastbone. It is most active during puberty, after which it shrin
- 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.
- WHARFAn artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.