tino's Ancient Greek words

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• ALEXINnounAncient Greek7 findersA protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.
• ALMSnounAncient Greek42 findersSomething given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.
• APOGEEnounAncient Greek317 findersThe point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.
• ARCTOPHILEnounAncient Greek30 findersOne who has a fondness for teddy bears, usually a collector of them.
• AUTACOIDnounAncient Greek11 findersA hormone or similar compound that has a short-term, local effect
• CHYMEnounAncient Greek84 findersThe thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.
• CLINEnounAncient Greek37 findersA gradation in a character or phenotype within a species, deme, or other systematic group.
• COTYLEDONnounAncient Greek55 findersEach of the patches of villi on the foetal chorion in the placenta of ruminants and some other mammals.
• CYMAnounAncient Greek9 findersThe wavelike, curved shape of a cymatium, consisting of a concave and a convex line; the cymatium itself.
• DACTYLnounAncient Greek443 findersA metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | – ⏖ |:
• DIACTINEadjectiveAncient Greek2 findersdiactinal; having two rays
• GASTROPODnounAncient Greek93 findersAny member of a class of molluscs (Gastropoda) that includes snails, slugs, and limpets; univalve mollusc.
• GYVEnounAncient Greek52 findersA shackle or fetter, especially for the leg.
• HERMnounAncient Greek24 findersA rectangular pillar bearing a bust of Hermes, once used as a boundary marker and later as decoration.
• KYLIXnounAncient Greek55 findersAn Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad, shallow body.
• LAICnounAncient Greek112 findersA layperson as opposed to a cleric, i.e. not a member of the clergy.
• LAITYnounAncient Greek209 findersPeople of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
• MYRISTICadjectiveAncient Greek10 findersPertaining to nutmeg.
• OSTRACODnounAncient Greek9 findersAny of many small crustaceans, of the class Ostracoda, that resemble a shrimp enclosed in a bivalve shell.
• OXYNTICadjectiveAncient Greek9 findersProducing acid.
• PALINODEnounAncient Greek20 findersAn ode or other poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem; a recantation.
• PHILANDERnounAncient Greek278 findersA lover.
• PHONETICadjectiveAncient Greek296 findersRelating to the sounds of spoken language.
• PLEONASMnounAncient Greek71 findersRedundancy in wording.
• RAVAGEverbAncient Greek20 findersTo devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
• SCOLEXnounAncient Greek21 findersThe structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host.
• SCOTOMAnounAncient Greek16 findersAn area of impaired or lost vision within a visual field otherwise in a good (or at least healthy) state.
• SCOTOMYnounAncient Greek2 findersdizziness with dimness of sight
• SEPTICadjectiveAncient Greek240 findersOf or pertaining to sepsis.
• SIPHONnounAncient Greek130 findersA bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
• TYLOPODnounAncient Greek1 finderAny even-toed ungulate mammal, of the suborder Tylopoda, including the camels.
• XENIALadjectiveAncient Greek172 findersHospitable, especially to visiting strangers or foreigners.
• XENOGAMYnounAncient Greek73 findersThe transfer of pollen from the anthers of one plant to the stigma of another; cross-pollination.

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