quintilian's Latin words

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• CENTRIFUGALadjectiveLatin187 findersTending, or causing, to recede from the center.
• CHINCHnounLatin17 findersThe bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
• CONFLAGRATEverbLatin143 findersTo catch fire.
• CONJUGALadjectiveLatin56 findersOf or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial.
• COPULATEverbLatin109 findersTo engage in sexual intercourse.
• DILATORYadjectiveLatin123 findersIntentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
• DUCHYnounLatin184 findersA dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.
• EXTRANEOUSadjectiveLatin219 findersNot belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign.
• FIDUCIARYadjectiveLatin408 findersRelating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
• FULGENTadjectiveLatin154 findersShining brilliantly; radiant.
• GEMINALadjectiveLatin10 findersDescribing identical atoms or groups attached to the same atom in a molecule
• GERUNDnounLatin266 findersA verbal form that functions as a verbal noun.
• LABORIOUSadjectiveLatin202 findersRequiring much physical effort; toilsome.
• LENTICULARadjectiveLatin38 findersOf or pertaining to a lens.
• MERIDIANnounLatin74 findersIn full celestial meridian: a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth's surface. In full terrestrial merid
• MYCOLOGIESnounLatin48 findersThe study of fungi.
• OBFUSCATIONnounLatin137 findersThe act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to inte
• PATEnounLatin103 findersThe head, particularly the top or crown.
• PELFnounLatin67 findersMoney, riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired; lucre, mammon.
• PENUMBRAnounLatin230 findersA partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
• RESPLENDverbLatin34 findersTo shine radiantly; to be resplendent.
• SIGNETnounLatin94 findersAn object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin.
• SINGULARITYnounLatin208 findersThe state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.
• SYNOVIALadjectiveLatin102 findersRelating to or denoting a type of joint which is surrounded by a thick flexible membrane forming a sac into which is secreted a viscous fluid that lubricates the joint. Of, relatin
• TORPIDadjectiveLatin198 findersunmoving
• UXORIALadjectiveLatin219 findersOf or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relatives.
• VESICALadjectiveLatin22 findersPertaining to the urinary bladder.
• VESTIGIALadjectiveLatin522 findersOf or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a trace from the past.

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