La Tartaruga's Ancient Greek words

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• AGORAnounAncient Greek161 findersA place for gathering.
• ANERGYnounAncient Greek3 findersDilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work; bound energy
• ANONYMnounAncient Greek1 finderAn anonymous person.
• ATONIAnounAncient Greek23 findersLack of muscle tone.
• AULICadjectiveAncient Greek13 findersOf or pertaining to a royal court; courtly.
• BRANCHIAnounAncient Greek10 findersA gill or other organ having the same function.
• CANNAnounAncient Greek23 findersAny member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
• CARYATIDnounAncient Greek101 findersA sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.
• CHIRALadjectiveAncient Greek275 finders(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.
• CHTHONICadjectiveAncient Greek290 findersDwelling within the underworld.
• CHYMEnounAncient Greek106 findersThe thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.
• DELPHICadjectiveAncient Greek104 findersAlternative form of Delphic.
• DEMOSnounAncient Greek17 findersAn ancient subdivision of Attica; a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together.
• DEUTERONnounAncient Greek50 findersthe nucleus of deuterium, consisting of a proton and a neutron
• DIATOMnounAncient Greek351 findersAny of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.
• DIPTYCHnounAncient Greek247 findersA writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
• DYNASTnounAncient Greek55 findersA ruler or governor, especially a hereditary ruler or someone who founded or is part of a dynasty.
• EULOGIAnounAncient Greek28 findersThe practice of sending the consecrated Eucharist to those not present, or the Eucharist itself so sent.
• EUTAXYnounAncient Greek19 findersGood or established order or arrangement.
• EUTHYMIAnounAncient Greek57 findersA normal, nondepressed, reasonably positive mood; serenity
• EUTHYMIASnounAncient Greek14 findersA normal, nondepressed, reasonably positive mood; serenity
• EXEDRAnounAncient Greek19 findersA semicircular recess, with stone benches, used as a place for discussion.
• GNOMICadjectiveAncient Greek419 findersOf, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings).
• GNOSISnounAncient Greek29 findersAn immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics.
• GYPSUMnounAncient Greek566 findersA mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcinated, it forms plaster of Paris.
• HECATOMBnounAncient Greek52 findersA great public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen; also, a great number of animals reserved for such a sacrifice.
• HIERATICadjectiveAncient Greek70 findersOf or pertaining to priests or other religious authorities, especially pharaonic priests of Ancient Egypt.
• HYDRIAnounAncient Greek16 findersA three-handled clay or metal vessel used in Greek culture to hold and pour water.
• HYDROPICadjectiveAncient Greek38 findersDropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema).
• HYOIDadjectiveAncient Greek194 findersShaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon (υ).
• IAMBnounAncient Greek109 findersA metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
• KRATERnounAncient Greek4 findersAn ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.
• KYLIXnounAncient Greek59 findersAn Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad, shallow body.
• LAICnounAncient Greek127 findersA layperson as opposed to a cleric, i.e. not a member of the clergy.
• LYCANTHROPEnounAncient Greek328 findersA werewolf.
• MASTICnounAncient Greek684 findersAn evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.
• MEGALITHnounAncient Greek82 findersA large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument. A prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones.
• MESIALadjectiveAncient Greek19 findersPertaining to the midline of the body.
• MYOPIAnounAncient Greek219 findersA disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it.
• NOMICadjectiveAncient Greek16 findersCustomary; ordinary; applied to the usual spelling of a language, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods.
• ONOMASTICadjectiveAncient Greek59 findersOf or relating to a personal or place name.
• PARONYMnounAncient Greek9 findersA word derived from the same root or stem as another word; classes include cognates and naturalizations of foreign words.
• PELAGICadjectiveAncient Greek384 findersLiving in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.
• PHANTASMnounAncient Greek475 findersSomething seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.
• PHASMnounAncient Greek8 findersAn apparition; a phantom.
• PHLOEMnounAncient Greek386 findersA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.
• PHRENICadjectiveAncient Greek154 findersOf or pertaining to the diaphragm
• PITHOSnounAncient Greek14 findersA large ceramic jar used by certain ancient civilizations that bordered the Mediterranean.
• PLASTIDnounAncient Greek34 findersAny of various organelles found in the cells of plants and algae, often used for photosynthesis.
• PLETHORICadjectiveAncient Greek32 findersSuffering from plethora; ruddy in complexion, congested or swollen with blood.
• PNEUMAnounAncient Greek168 findersA neume.
• POLISnounAncient Greek89 findersA Greek city-state.
• PRAXISnounAncient Greek900 findersThe practical application of any branch of learning.
• PROTIUMnounAncient Greek11 findersThe lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen, having a single proton and no neutrons: 11H. It is the only stable nuclide with no neutrons.
• PSYCHEnounAncient Greek278 findersThe human soul, mind, or spirit.
• PYLORUSnounAncient Greek59 findersIn vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.
• PYRETICadjectiveAncient Greek99 findersCaused by, pertaining to or resulting in fever.
• RHAPSODEnounAncient Greek22 findersOne who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not necessarily a writer of poetry.
• RHAPSODICadjectiveAncient Greek150 findershighly emotional; rapturous
• RHETORnounAncient Greek4 findersA rhetorician.
• RHODIUMnounAncient Greek204 findersA rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45.
• RHYTONnounAncient Greek46 findersA container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having one handle and usually a base in the form of a head.
• SELENIUMnounAncient Greek406 findersA nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor.
• SEMIOLOGYnounAncient Greek22 findersSemiotics, the study of signs.
• SODOMITEnounAncient Greek86 findersOne who practices sodomy; a sodomist.
• SOPHICadjectiveAncient Greek123 findersTeaching, conveying, or related to wisdom.
• SYNODICadjectiveAncient Greek68 findersOf, related to or produced by a synod; synodal.
• SYRINXnounAncient Greek94 findersA set of panpipes.
• TAXAnounAncient Greek145 findersplural of taxon
• TELAMONnounAncient Greek7 findersA figure of a man (often Atlas) used as a pillar for support.
• TETRADnounAncient Greek3 findersA group of four things.
• TETRADICadjectiveAncient Greek18 findersOf or relating to a tetrad.
• TRIGONnounAncient Greek47 findersA triangle.
• XENOPHOBEnounAncient Greek159 findersOne who hates or fears strangers or foreigners.
• XENOPHOBICadjectiveAncient Greek398 findersExhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.
• XERICadjectiveAncient Greek194 findersVery dry, lacking humidity and water.
• XIPHOIDadjectiveAncient Greek75 findersShaped like a sword, ensiform.
• XYLEMnounAncient Greek514 findersA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.

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