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- AGNATHOUSJawless.
- AMPHIOXUSThe lancelet, particularly of the genus Branchiostoma.
- ASTROLABEAn astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the Sun and stars.
- BOURSEA stock exchange. Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
- CRAPULOUSCharacterized by excessive eating or drinking.
- DIPTYCHA writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
- EOSINA red, acidic dye commonly used in histological stains.
- EUGLENAAny of several protists, of the genus Euglena, that contain chloroplasts and a single flagellum.
- EUTROPHICBeing rich in nutrients and minerals and therefore having an excessive growth of algae and thus a diminished oxygen content to the detriment of other organisms.
- MISANDRYHatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against men.
- NEOPHYTEA beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.
- PEDERASTYErotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.
- PHALANXAn ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
- PHLOEMA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.
- 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.
- PROSODYThe study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech.
- TRIGLYPHA vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze.
- WHELMTo bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.
- XIPHOIDShaped like a sword, ensiform.