starwhisper13's Ancient Greek words

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• AILUROPHOBIAnounAncient Greek72 findersAn irrational fear or hatred of cats or other felines.
• AILUROPHOBICadjectiveAncient Greek30 findersHaving or relating to a fear or hatred of cats.
• ALGOPHOBIAnounAncient Greek73 findersFear of pain.
• ARCTOPHILEnounAncient Greek30 findersOne who has a fondness for teddy bears, usually a collector of them.
• ARCTOPHILIAnounAncient Greek10 findersthe love of teddy bears
• ASTROLABEnounAncient Greek96 findersAn astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the Sun and stars.
• CERIUMnounAncient Greek48 findersA chemical element (symbol Ce) with an atomic number of 58, a very soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.
• CHRONAXIEnounAncient Greek10 findersThe minimum time over which an electric current must be applied in order to stimulate a muscle fiber or nerve cell.
• COENUREnounAncient Greek2 findersthe larva of Taenia coenurus, the canine tapeworm - causes staggers in sheep
• CRYPTOGAMnounAncient Greek31 findersAny plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.
• DIATHERMANOUSadjectiveAncient Greek15 findersHaving the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal.
• ELAEOPTENEnounAncient Greek5 findersThe more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substances, such as rose oil.
• ENIGMATICadjectiveAncient Greek204 findersPertaining to an enigma.
• ENTEROLITHnounAncient Greek1 finderA mineral concretion in the intestinal tract.
• ESCHATOLOGYnounAncient Greek196 findersA system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
• ESCHATONnounAncient Greek180 findersThe apocalypse; the approach of Christ’s reign immediately preceding the end of the world; a conception of or circumstance pertaining to this era.
• EUDAEMONnounAncient Greek37 findersA good or benevolent spirit.
• EXOPLANETnounAncient Greek88 findersA planet which exists outside Earth's solar system.
• EXSTROPHYnounAncient Greek25 findersThe eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface. A congenital malformation of the bladder in which the normally internal mucosa of the organ lies exposed on the a
• GALACTOSEnounAncient Greek61 findersA monosaccharide found, along with lactose, in dairy products, and is synthesized by the body where it is found associated with glycolipids and glycoproteins.
• GYMNASIARCHnounAncient Greek4 findersAn officer who had various powers and duties connected with the gymnasia, such as the payment of training, oil, or other necessities.
• HEPTAGONnounAncient Greek119 findersA polygon with seven sides and seven angles.
• HERPETOLOGYnounAncient Greek183 findersThe branch of biology dealing with reptiles (Reptilia) and amphibians (Amphibia).
• ISOTHERMnounAncient Greek34 findersA line on a graph or chart, such as a weather map, along which all the points have the same temperature.
• LEPTONnounAncient Greek53 findersA coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent).
• NEPHELOMETERnounAncient Greek3 findersAn instrument for measuring various aspects of the suspended particles in a fluid; especially in a colloid.
• PHYLLODEnounAncient Greek5 findersA flattened petiole or leaf rachis that resembles and functions as a leaf, and may or may not be combined with an actual lamina.
• PHYTONnounAncient Greek118 findersOne 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.
• PROPHYLLnounAncient Greek2 findersThe frequently specialised or reduced leaf produced at the first node of a new shoot.
• SITOPHOBIAnounAncient Greek10 findersA morbid or insane dread of eating. An aversion to food.
• STROBILAnounAncient Greek4 findersA jointed series of segments of an organism, as of the body of a tapeworm, posterior to the unjointed collum.
• TUROPHILEnounAncient Greek41 findersA gourmet/connoisseur of cheese.
• XENOGAMYnounAncient Greek73 findersThe transfer of pollen from the anthers of one plant to the stigma of another; cross-pollination.

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