Alien Nerd Wins's Latin words

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• ABLATIVEadjectiveLatin86 findersApplied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place,
• ADSORBverbLatin53 findersTo accumulate on a surface, by adsorption.
• AGNATEnounLatin11 findersA relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
• AGNATICadjectiveLatin44 findersof the male bloodline; patrilineal
• ALBUMINnounLatin319 findersAny of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty
• ALIENATEadjectiveLatin28 findersEstranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign
• ANNUITYnounLatin19 findersA right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.
• ANTEFIXnounLatin12 findersThe vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Roman, Etruscan, or Greek temple.
• AUXILIARYadjectiveLatin114 findersHelping; giving assistance or support.
• AVIARYnounLatin199 findersA house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse.
• AVUNCULARadjectiveLatin732 findersIn the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
• BILIOUSadjectiveLatin684 findersOf or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.
• BOMBARDnounLatin1 finderA medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
• BUBONICadjectiveLatin219 findersOf or pertaining to buboes.
• COGNATEadjectiveLatin177 findersAllied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically related on the mother's side.
• CRUDITYnounLatin51 findersThe state of being crude.
• CURMUDGEONnounLatin284 findersAn ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions, often an older man.
• CUSPIDnounLatin266 findersA pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars in heterodont mammals.
• ESTUARYnounLatin203 findersA coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.
• FACETIOUSadjectiveLatin403 findersTreating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
• FLUXnounLatin436 findersThe act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
• FOMENTverbLatin448 findersTo incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
• FORMICadjectiveLatin194 findersOf or pertaining to ants.
• FORNICATEverbLatin241 findersTo engage in fornication.
• FRONDnounLatin103 findersThe leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.
• FULMINATEverbLatin511 findersTo make a verbal attack.
• FUMIGATEverbLatin230 findersTo disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.
• GIMBALnounLatin88 findersA device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped.
• INFLUXnounLatin183 findersA flow inward or into something; a coming in.
• JUXTAPOSEverbLatin512 findersTo place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
• KILNnounLatin71 findersAn oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying g
• LIBATEverbLatin23 findersTo pour a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.
• LOCATIVEadjectiveLatin30 findersIndicating place, or the place where, or wherein.
• LUXATEverbLatin82 findersTo dislocate; to displace a body part.
• MUCOUSadjectiveLatin41 findersPertaining to mucus.
• OBLATIONnounLatin45 findersThe offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.
• OCCLUSIONnounLatin454 findersThe process of occluding, or something that occludes.
• OVOIDadjectiveLatin338 findersShaped like an oval.
• PARITYnounLatin317 findersEquality; comparability of strength or intensity.
• PITUITARYadjectiveLatin84 findersOf or relating to the pituitary gland.
• PONTIFEXnounLatin134 findersA pontiff, state minister, or high priest, in Ancient Rome.
• PONTIFICALadjectiveLatin212 findersOf or pertaining to a pontiff. Of or pertaining to a bishop; episcopal. Of or pertaining to a pope; papal.
• PORCINEadjectiveLatin503 findersOf, pertaining to, or being a pig.
• PUERILEadjectiveLatin444 findersChildish; trifling; silly.
• RADIXnounLatin106 findersA root.
• RETICULARadjectiveLatin85 findersHaving the structure of a net or a network; netlike.
• RETICULEnounLatin225 findersA reticle; a grid in the eyepiece of an instrument.
• RUMINATEverbLatin289 findersTo chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
• SCROTUMnounLatin119 findersThe sac of skin and muscle that contains and protects the testicles in most placental mammals.
• SIDEREALadjectiveLatin191 findersOf or relating to the stars.
• SYNODALnounLatin49 findersA monetary tribute formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest.
• TEMERITYnounLatin231 findersReckless boldness; foolish bravery.
• THYLACINEnounLatin77 findersA carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.
• UXORIALadjectiveLatin269 findersOf or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relatives.
• VACUOUSadjectiveLatin489 findersEmpty; void; lacking meaningful content.
• VAPIDadjectiveLatin916 findersOffering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
• VELARadjectiveLatin75 findersArticulated at the velum or soft palate.
• VIRIDIANnounLatin74 findersA bluish-green pigment made from chromium sesquioxide.
• VIRTUOUSadjectiveLatin128 findersFull of virtue; having excellent moral character.
• VITREOUSadjectiveLatin315 findersOf or resembling glass; glassy.
• VITRIOLnounLatin487 findersAny of various metal sulphates.
• YAWLnounLatin92 findersA small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.

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