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- AGONISTSomeone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
- CARYATIDA sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.
- CHILIASTSynonym of millenarian: a person who believes the Second Coming of Jesus Christ will involve his physical rule on Earth for 1000 years.
- CHRISMA mixture of oil and balm, consecrated for use as an anointing fluid in certain Christian ceremonies, especially confirmation.
- EFFENDIAn educated or well-respected man in an eastern Mediterranean or Arab country; often used as a title of respect or courtesy in Turkey or a former Ottoman territory.
- GARUMA fermented fish sauce popular as a condiment in Ancient Rome.
- HINNYThe hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey).
- ISOBARA line drawn on a map or chart connecting places of equal or constant pressure.
- NOUSThe mind or intellect, faculty for rationality or reason using the necessary common sense or awareness.
- PANDARA person who furthers the illicit love affairs of others; a pimp or procurer, especially when male.
- PHLOXAny flowering plant of the genus Phlox.
- 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.
- STYGIANAlternative form of Stygian (“of or relating to the river Styx”).