owenblacker's Ancient Greek words

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• ANALOGOUSadjectiveAncient Greek110 findersHaving analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".)
• BOLUSnounAncient Greek421 findersA round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
• CALYXnounAncient Greek387 findersThe outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
• DACTYLnounAncient Greek487 findersA metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | – ⏖ |:
• DYNASTnounAncient Greek51 findersA ruler or governor, especially a hereditary ruler or someone who founded or is part of a dynasty.
• ENDOTHERMICadjectiveAncient Greek180 findersOf a chemical reaction that absorbs heat energy from its surroundings.
• ENTERICadjectiveAncient Greek95 findersOf, relating to, within, or by way of the intestines.
• EROGENOUSadjectiveAncient Greek47 findersSensitive to sexual arousal.
• GAMETEnounAncient Greek379 findersA reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
• GLYCOSIDEnounAncient Greek20 findersA molecule in which a sugar group (the glycone) is bound to a non-sugar group (the corresponding aglycone) by a nitrogen or oxygen atom. Glycosides yield a sugar after undergoing h
• ILEUSnounAncient Greek42 findersDisruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract, due to failure of peristalsis.
• KELOIDnounAncient Greek95 findersA hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.
• KERATINnounAncient Greek111 findersThe protein of which hair and nails are composed.
• LYCANTHROPEnounAncient Greek306 findersA werewolf.
• NOUSnounAncient Greek96 findersThe mind or intellect, faculty for rationality or reason using the necessary common sense or awareness.
• OXYTOCINnounAncient Greek114 findersA hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk; also plays a role in social bonding.
• PSEUDnounAncient Greek35 findersAn intellectually pretentious person; a poseur.
• RHESUSnounAncient Greek27 findersA macaque monkey native to southern and southeastern Asia; Macaca mulatta.
• RHODIUMnounAncient Greek187 findersA rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45.
• SOLENOIDnounAncient Greek95 findersA coil of wire that acts as a magnet when an electric current flows through it. An electromechanical device consisting of such a coil containing a metal core, the movement of which
• THEMAnounAncient Greek18 findersA subject or theme.
• THERMICadjectiveAncient Greek32 findersOf, related to, or associated with heat; thermal.
• TYROSINEnounAncient Greek89 findersA nonessential amino acid 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid found in most animal proteins, especially casein
• XYLEMnounAncient Greek498 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.
• ZEUGMAnounAncient Greek70 findersThe act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.

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