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- AGORAA place for gathering.
- ANERGYDilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work; bound energy
- ANONYMAn anonymous person.
- AULICOf or pertaining to a royal court; courtly.
- BRANCHIAA gill or other organ having the same function.
- CANNAAny member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
- CARYATIDA sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.
- 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.
- CHTHONICDwelling within the underworld.
- CHYMEThe thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.
- DELPHICAlternative form of Delphic.
- DEMOSAn ancient subdivision of Attica; a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together.
- DEUTERONthe nucleus of deuterium, consisting of a proton and a neutron
- DIATOMAny of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.
- DYNASTA ruler or governor, especially a hereditary ruler or someone who founded or is part of a dynasty.
- EULOGIAThe practice of sending the consecrated Eucharist to those not present, or the Eucharist itself so sent.
- EUTAXYGood or established order or arrangement.
- EUTHYMIAA normal, nondepressed, reasonably positive mood; serenity
- EUTHYMIASA normal, nondepressed, reasonably positive mood; serenity
- EXEDRAA semicircular recess, with stone benches, used as a place for discussion.
- GNOMICOf, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings).
- GNOSISAn immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics.
- GYPSUMA mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcinated, it forms plaster of Paris.
- HECATOMBA great public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen; also, a great number of animals reserved for such a sacrifice.
- HIERATICOf or pertaining to priests or other religious authorities, especially pharaonic priests of Ancient Egypt.
- HYDRIAA three-handled clay or metal vessel used in Greek culture to hold and pour water.
- HYDROPICDropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema).
- HYOIDShaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon (υ).
- KRATERAn ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.
- KYLIXAn Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad, shallow body.
- LAICA layperson as opposed to a cleric, i.e. not a member of the clergy.
- LYCANTHROPEA werewolf.
- MASTICAn evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.
- MEGALITHA 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.
- MESIALPertaining to the midline of the body.
- MYOPIAA disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it.
- ONOMASTICOf or relating to a personal or place name.
- PARONYMA word derived from the same root or stem as another word; classes include cognates and naturalizations of foreign words.
- PELAGICLiving in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.
- PHANTASMSomething seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.
- PHASMAn apparition; a phantom.
- PHLOEMA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.
- PHRENICOf or pertaining to the diaphragm
- PITHOSA large ceramic jar used by certain ancient civilizations that bordered the Mediterranean.
- PLASTIDAny of various organelles found in the cells of plants and algae, often used for photosynthesis.
- PLETHORICSuffering from plethora; ruddy in complexion, congested or swollen with blood.
- PNEUMAA neume.
- POLISA Greek city-state.
- PRAXISThe practical application of any branch of learning.
- PROTIUMThe lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen, having a single proton and no neutrons: 11H. It is the only stable nuclide with no neutrons.
- PSYCHEThe human soul, mind, or spirit.
- PYLORUSIn vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.
- PYRETICCaused by, pertaining to or resulting in fever.
- RHAPSODEOne who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not necessarily a writer of poetry.
- RHAPSODIChighly emotional; rapturous
- RHETORA rhetorician.
- RHODIUMA rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45.
- RHYTONA container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having one handle and usually a base in the form of a head.
- SELENIUMA nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor.
- SEMIOLOGYSemiotics, the study of signs.
- SODOMITEOne who practices sodomy; a sodomist.
- SOPHICTeaching, conveying, or related to wisdom.
- SYNODICOf, related to or produced by a synod; synodal.
- SYRINXA set of panpipes.
- TAXAplural of taxon
- TELAMONA figure of a man (often Atlas) used as a pillar for support.
- TETRADA group of four things.
- TETRADICOf or relating to a tetrad.
- TRIGONA triangle.
- XENOPHOBEOne who hates or fears strangers or foreigners.
- XENOPHOBICExhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.
- XERICVery dry, lacking humidity and water.
- XIPHOIDShaped like a sword, ensiform.
- XYLEMA 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.
- FAKIRA religious mendicant who owns no personal property.
- HOURIA beautiful virgin girl supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful.
- QASIDAAn Arabic or Persian elegiac monorhyme poem, usually having a tripartite structure.
- WAQFAn endowment of land given for religious or charitable purposes.
- BONZEA Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia.
- CHYLOUSConsisting of, or similar to, chyle.
- DEBOUCHETo enter into battle.
- DOLMENA prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones, most having originally been covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow.
- ECLATAlternative spelling of éclat.
- EXOGENA plant characterized by wood, bark and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and growth only occurring on the outside.
- MENHIRA single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.
- PASCALIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa.
- TANNICPertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin.
- TAXONOMICOf or relating to taxonomy.
- TIMBALA kettledrum.
- ALKANEAny acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, etc.).
- ERSTFirst.
- PEDOPHILIASexual attraction by adults and adolescents to children, specifically prepubescent children.
- PHAGOCYTEA cell of the immune system, such as a neutrophil, macrophage or dendritic cell, that engulfs and destroys viruses, bacteria and waste materials, or in the case of mature dendritic
- PHYLOGENETICOf, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics.
- WUNDERKINDA child prodigy; a wonderchild.
- BRISRitual male circumcision; the ceremony in which this is performed.
- YESHIVAAn academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts.
- YODHThe tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
- RUCTIONA noisy quarrel or fight.
- BOCCAThe round hole in the furnace of a glassworks through which the fused glass is taken out.