Word origins

• RomerA surname.
• ZugA canton of Switzerland.
• RuhrA river in North Rhine-Westphalia, a branch of the river Rhine and its basin.
• TriassicOf or from the geologic strata above the Permian and below the Jurassic; of or belonging to the period 250 to 200 million years ago when these strata were laid down.
• teeterTo tilt back and forth on an edge.
• aldosteroneA mineralocorticoid hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that regulates the balance of sodium and potassium in the body.
• PilsenA city in western Bohemia, Czech Republic.
• mitochondrionA spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and containing genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP.
• MitteThe most central borough of Berlin.
• phagocytosisA form of endocytosis in which a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm.
• festerA fistula.
• gummiA sugary, gelatinous material used to make candies.
• trammellA surname from German.
• rummageTo arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods.
• RigelA blue supergiant star in the constellation Orion; Beta (β) Orionis. The seventh brightest star in the night sky.
• CoorA surname from German.
• KroegerA surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation].
• psychopathA person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, carelessness, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such a person may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.
• ZeiglerA surname.
• HenmanA surname.
• nookieSex or other sexual activity, especially if illicit.
• teatThe projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
• kushMarijuana, especially Cannabis indica (a variety of marijuana originating in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, strains of which often have high THC content).
• magnetiteA magnetic mineral, with the chemical formula Fe²⁺Fe3+2O₄, one of the primary ores of iron.
• VernerA surname from German.
• sentimentalityAn act or state of being sentimental.
• HopedaleA village in Illinois.
• capsaicinA chemical compound found in chilli peppers, which is responsible for their piquancy.
• SherrodA surname from German.
• fantaA serving of this drink.
• JorgensonA surname.
• GersteinAn eastern Ashkenazi surname from German.
• plagioclaseAny of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium.
• MehlmanA surname from German.
• bundtA baking pan with a hollow, circular, raised area in the middle.
• capitalisticOf or pertaining to capitalism or to capitalists.
• xylemA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.
• WeisbergA surname from German.
• AndisA surname from German.
• HoltzmanA surname from German.
• CowherA surname from German.
• haseA surname.
• kadeThe sheep ked, Melophagus ovinus
• TaubmanA surname from German.
• internistA physician who specialises in internal medicine.
• KirschnerA surname.
• KlagenfurtThe capital city of Carinthia, Austria.
• shoopThe fruit of the rose; rosehip.
• scramTo leave in a hurry; to go away.
• SwakopmundA city on the coast of Namibia.
• SwopeA surname from German.
• ontogenySynonym of ontogenesis.
• kludgeAn improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before implementing a finished design.
• klugeSomething that should not work, but does.
• ShandsA surname.
• BolingA surname.
• merkTo run.
• pinochleA card game, similar to bezique.
• oxygenaseAn enzyme which catalyses biochemical reactions with oxygen.
• VaudA canton of Switzerland.
• RothbardA surname from German.
• RoddenberryA surname.
• StockhausenA surname from German.
• BroylesA surname from German.
• BarringerA surname from German.
• AdenauerA surname.
• TrudiA female given name from the Germanic languages.
• ShugartA surname from German.
• FeldmannA surname.
• lothA measure of weight formerly used in Germany, the Netherlands and some other parts of Europe, equivalent to half of the local ounce.
• foosA surname from German.
• prunerA person who prunes.
• mittelSynonym of English.
• youseA surname from German.
• BreslauWrocław, Poland (especially referring to the times when it was part of a German-speaking state such as Austria, Prussia or Germany).
• geoidThe shape, extending through landmasses (continents, etc.), that the surface of the oceans of the Earth would take under the influence of the Earth's gravity and rotation alone, disregarding other factors such as winds and tides; that is, a surface of constant gravitational potential at zero elevation.
• KunstlerA surname from German.
• sicklesA surname from German.
• pfennigOne hundredth of the former German mark (Deutsche Mark).
• FriedrichshafenA town on Lake Constance, Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany.
• schlagerA chiefly European style of popular music with light melodies (often easily danceable) and typically facile, sentimental lyrics.
• poteTo push, thrust.
• TuchmanA surname from German.
• GayheartAn American surname from German.
• SchaffA surname.
• BurtsA surname from German.
• KesselmanA surname from German.
• BebelA surname from German.
• RaabeA surname.
• rhyoliteAn igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.
• FultzA surname from German.
• HenschelA surname.
• SlagleA surname from German.
• mazurkaA traditional Polish folk dance in triple time, usually moderately fast, containing a heavy accent on the third beat and occasionally the second beat.
• CrudupA surname from German.
• HolzmanA surname from German.
• cassationThe abrogation of a law by a higher authority; annulment.
• LowenthalA surname.
• DeshlerA surname from German.
• siskinA small green and yellow European finch, Spinus spinus.