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- AGONA struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
- AGORAA place for gathering.
- AORISTA verb paradigm found in certain languages, usually an unmarked form or one that expresses the perfective or aorist aspect.
- ASTROLABEAn astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the Sun and stars.
- BACTERIUMA single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
- BUCOLICRustic, pastoral, country-styled.
- CACOPHONYA mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
- CHTHONICDwelling within the underworld.
- CRINOIDOne of the numerous animals that make up the class Crinoidea; the feather stars or sea lilies.
- 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 | – ⏖ |:
- DEMOTICSThe area of knowledge relating to the care and culture of the people; sociology in its broadest sense.
- GASTROPODAny member of a class of molluscs (Gastropoda) that includes snails, slugs, and limpets; univalve mollusc.
- GEOMANCYA method of divination using earth or the ground, such as interpreting markings on the ground or how handfuls of dirt land when tossed.
- GNOMICOf, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings).
- HECATOMBA great public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen; also, a great number of animals reserved for such a sacrifice.
- HENOTICOf or pertaining to the production of peace and harmony; unifying
- HETERODOXOf or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious ones, that are different from what a religion (or sect) believes to be orthodox, but (usually) not conflicti
- HYLICSynonym of physical, material, or base.
- MANTICRelating to divination; prophetic.
- MONADICof, relating to, or being a monad
- NOETICOf or pertaining to the mind or intellect.
- PARALYTICSomeone suffering from paralysis.
- PEDERASTA man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.
- PEDERASTYErotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.
- PERISTYLEA colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns.
- PHLOXAny flowering plant of the genus Phlox.
- PHYTONOne of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves.
- PNEUMAA neume.
- POLYMATHA person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.
- PSEUDOAn intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual.
- PSEUDONYMA fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.
- SPATHAA type of straight sword originating from the first-century Roman Empire. It was worn typically by cavalry officers and is a long version of the left shaped gladius.
- STHENICCharacterized by nervous energy; robust, strong.
- SYNDICATEA group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
- TELOSThe aim, purpose, or end goal.
- THRENODYA song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy.
- XANTHISMA yellowish colouring of pigments in hair, skin, feathers, etc.
- ZOETROPEAn optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of