openmn's Ancient Greek words

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• AMBIDEXTROUSadjectiveAncient Greek291 findersHaving equal or comparable ability in both hands; in particular, able to write well with both hands.
• CISTERNnounAncient Greek183 findersA reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
• CLIMAXnounAncient Greek37 findersA rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
• CYANnounAncient Greek237 findersAn additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.
• HUBRISnounAncient Greek412 findersExcessive arrogance or pride, or presumption; originally toward the gods; a feeling of overwhelming and all-encompassing pride.
• HYPOCRITEnounAncient Greek53 findersSomeone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.
• LICENSEnounAncient Greek14 findersA legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
• LOBEnounAncient Greek37 findersAny projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.
• MEANDERnounAncient Greek401 findersOne of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
• MUSEnounAncient Greek126 findersOf a person: a source of inspiration.
• NEBULAnounAncient Greek58 findersA cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
• OMEGAnounAncient Greek52 findersThe twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek
• PHILANDERnounAncient Greek266 findersA lover.
• PITCHnounAncient Greek22 findersA sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; tree sap.
• PRISMnounAncient Greek107 findersA polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides. An object having the shape of a geometrical prism (sense 1).
• TUNEnounAncient Greek24 findersA melody.

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