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- ABULIAAbsence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness.
- AGORAA place for gathering.
- AMORPHOUSLacking a definite form or clear shape.
- AMPHORAA large, two-handled vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.
- ANTALGICalleviating pain
- APATHYLack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).
- APOGEEThe point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.
- APOSTOLICPertaining to apostles or their practice or teaching; pertaining to the apostles (of early Christianity) or their teachings.
- AXIOMA seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
- BASILA plant (Ocimum basilicum).
- BUCOLICRustic, pastoral, country-styled.
- CAUSTICCapable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
- CISTERNA reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
- COMATOSEIn a coma: unconscious.
- CONDYLEA smooth prominence on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone.
- CYSTA pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.
- CYSTICOf or pertaining to a cyst.
- CYTOSINEA heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
- DACTYLA metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | – ⏖ |:
- DIAPHANOUSTransparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.
- DIDACTA didactic person.
- DIPTYCHA writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
- ELEGIACOf or relating to an elegy.
- EPEEA sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
- ESCHATONThe apocalypse; the approach of Christ’s reign immediately preceding the end of the world; a conception of or circumstance pertaining to this era.
- ESOTERICIntended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.
- FRENETICFrenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
- GAMETEA reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
- GLYPHA figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea. Any of various figures used in Mayan writing.
- HALOGENAny element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine.
- HAPTICOf or relating to the sense of touch.
- HEDONISTSomeone devoted to hedonism.
- HUBRISTICOf or relating to hubris (“excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption”); hence, overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner.
- HYRAXAny of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the family Procaviidae from the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors, native to Africa and the Midd
- LICHENAny of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.
- LYCANTHROPEA werewolf.
- MASTICAn evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.
- MYRIADTen thousand; 10,000 Synonym of decamillennium: a period of 10000 years.
- OBELISKA tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.
- PARADIGMA pattern, a way of doing something; especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.
- PHOBIAAn irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).
- PHONEMEAn indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
- PLINTHA block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.
- POLEMICA person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
- PRAGMATICPractical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.
- PROSCENIUMThe stage area between the curtain and the orchestra.
- PYREA funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
- SARDONICScornfully mocking or cynical.
- SATYRA sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured w
- SIBYLA pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl.
- SOPHISTAlternative letter-case form of Sophist, certain teachers in Ancient Greece, particularly skilled orators.
- STOMAOne of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.
- SYLVANPertaining to the forest, or woodlands.
- THRIPSAny of the many small insects of the order Thysanoptera, especially those that attack useful plants.
- THYMUSEllipsis of thymus gland (“A ductless gland, consisting mainly of lymphatic tissue, located behind the top of the breastbone. It is most active during puberty, after which it shrin
- TIMPANIThe set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra.
- XENOPHOBEOne who hates or fears strangers or foreigners.