zosma's Ancient Greek words

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• AMPHOTERICadjectiveAncient Greek20 findersHaving the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either.
• ANTIPODESnounAncient Greek311 findersThe place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
• AUTODIDACTnounAncient Greek69 findersA self-taught person.
• AUTOPHANOUSadjectiveAncient Greek1 finderProducing its own light.
• BALUSTRADEnounAncient Greek140 findersA row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
• CHTHONICadjectiveAncient Greek243 findersDwelling within the underworld.
• DELTIOLOGYnounAncient Greek2 findersThe study and collection of postcards.
• DYNASTnounAncient Greek51 findersA ruler or governor, especially a hereditary ruler or someone who founded or is part of a dynasty.
• ERETHISMnounAncient Greek7 findersAbnormal excitement of a bodily organ or tissue.
• FUCOIDadjectiveAncient Greek15 findersResembling or relating to seaweeds of the genus Fucus.
• GASTROPODnounAncient Greek93 findersAny member of a class of molluscs (Gastropoda) that includes snails, slugs, and limpets; univalve mollusc.
• HIERODULEnounAncient Greek19 findersA temple slave, often one performing religious prostitution.
• HYPOGEALadjectiveAncient Greek20 findersExisting or growing underground
• HYPOGEANadjectiveAncient Greek20 findersExisting or growing underground.
• NEOLOGISMnounAncient Greek157 findersA word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
• NEOTENYnounAncient Greek8 findersThe retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult.
• ODONTALGIAnounAncient Greek6 finderstoothache
• PARABLEnounAncient Greek44 findersA short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.
• PERIODONTALadjectiveAncient Greek109 finderssurrounding a tooth
• PHLEGMATICadjectiveAncient Greek638 findersNot easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
• PHLOEMnounAncient Greek373 findersA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.
• PRAXISnounAncient Greek885 findersThe practical application of any branch of learning.
• RHOMBUSnounAncient Greek307 findersA parallelogram having all sides of equal length. The rhombus diamond, as one of the suits seen in a deck of playing cards ( or ).
• SCOLOPENDRAnounAncient Greek11 findersA mythical sea-creature, reputed to be able to disgorge its bowels to dislodge any fishing-hook.
• SCOPOPHILEnounAncient Greek1 finderOne who is subject to scopophilia.
• SEMAPHOREnounAncient Greek226 findersAny equipment used for visual signalling by means of flags, lights, or mechanically moving arms, which are used to represent letters of the alphabet, or words.
• THEOMANCYnounAncient Greek21 findersA kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles.
• THRASONICALadjectiveAncient Greek7 findersBoastful, bragging, vainglorious.
• XENIALadjectiveAncient Greek172 findersHospitable, especially to visiting strangers or foreigners.
• XENIUMnounAncient Greek73 findersA gift or offering. A gift or offering given to a guest or a stranger, especially of food, in Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome.
• XENODOCHIUMnounAncient Greek23 findersA room (or separate guesthouse) in a monastery for the temporary accommodation of guests or pilgrims.
• XERICadjectiveAncient Greek177 findersVery dry, lacking humidity and water.
• XEROPHAGYnounAncient Greek31 findersA restrictive diet (of bread and water, for example) as a punishment or religious form of discipline.
• XYSTERnounAncient Greek87 findersA surgical instrument used to scrape bones.

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