Word origins

• daemonizeOf a computer program or script, to prepare to go in to the background and become a daemon.
• TelestoA sea goddess in Greek mythology.
• XenophanesA Greek given name.
• cestrumAny member of the genus Cestrum
• IantheOne of the 3,000 Oceanids, the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.
• ecdysteroidAny of a group of hormones responsible for moulting in insects and other functions in other invertebrates and plants.
• troparionA short hymn of one stanza, or organised in more complex forms as a series of stanzas.
• plasmaticOf or pertaining to (blood) plasma.
• coleoptileA pointed sheath that protects the emerging shoot in monocotyledons such as oats and grasses.
• ArgiopeA naiad, daughter of the river god Nilus, wife of Agenor and mother of Europa, Cadmus, Phoenix and Cilix.
• pollmanOne who takes an ordinary university degree, without honours.
• parrhesiaboldness or freedom in speech
• apalisAny of several species of birds in the genus Apalis.
• authigenicGenerated where it is found or observed.
• impeda creature without feet
• meiofaunaA group of marine or freshwater, typically benthic organisms that are intermediate in terms of size between macrofauna and microfauna, and which can pass through a 1 mm sieve, but are retained by a 45 μm sieve.
• TheognisAn Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 6th century Ancient Greek poet from Megara.
• PhryneAn Ancient Greek courtesan of the 4th century BC, reputedly the model for Praxiteles' Aphrodite of Cnidus and famously tried for the capital charge of impiety, during which trial she allegedly bared her breasts before the judges.
• coelomA fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal. The digestive system is suspended within the cavity, which is lined by a tissue called the peritoneum.
• a-Forming verbs with the sense away, up, on, out.
• āāPrescription notation: The stated amount of each of the substances is to be used in the compounding of the prescription
• abaciscusOne of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.
• abarognosisA loss of the ability to realise or estimate the weight of an object.
• AbderaAn ancient city in Thrace, in modern Greece.
• abentericRelating to organs outside of the intestine.
• Abernethy's sarcomaA typically malignant fatty tumor located on the trunk.
• abiosisThe absence of life.
• ablastinAn immunoglobulin G antibody efficient against some protozoans, specifically Trypanosoma lewisi, by preventing reproduction.
• ablastousLacking a germ or bud.
• ablepharonablepharia
• ablepsiaLack of sight; blindness.
• abrachiaThe congenital absence of both arms
• abrachiocephaliaacephalobrachia; abrachiocephaly; a congenital absence of arms and head.
• abranchiataAn order of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration, usually including Oligochaeta.
• abydocomistA liar or sycophant who boasts of his falsehood.
• acanth-Having thorns.
• acanthaA prickle.
• acanthiteA mineral form of silver sulfide, Ag₂S, that is a major ore of silver, that forms slender prisms.
• acantho-With thorns
• acanthocarpousHaving the fruit covered with spines.
• acanthocephalanAny of parasitic intestinal worms comprising the phylum Acanthocephala.
• acanthocladousHaving spiny branches.
• acanthocyteA pathological, irregularly spiked red blood cell without central pallor.
• acanthokeratodermiaA thickening of the horny portion of the skin on the hand palms and soles of the feet.
• acanthophorousSpine-bearing .
• acanthopterygianAny fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.
• acanthosis nigricansA skin sign often associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes exhibiting velvety, thickened, and darkened skin and skin tags, often occurring in skin folds and the axillae.
• acardiacLacking a heart.
• acaridAny parasitic arachnid, such as mites and ticks, of the subclass Acarina.
• acaridanSynonym of acarid.
• acatalepsyIncomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.
• acathistusA Greek liturgical hymn in honour of Mary.
• aceldamaA field of bloodshed, a place of slaughter.
• acentricNot centered; without a centre.
• acephalocystA larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.
• acerousDestitute of tentacles.
• acheilouslipless
• achilousWithout a lip.
• achlamydateNot possessing a mantle.
• achluophobiaThe fear of darkness.
• achluophobicOf or relating to achluophobia (a morbid fear of darkness or nightfall).
• achoresisA diminished capacity of any of the hollow viscera (such as the bladder or stomach).
• achroiteA colourless form of tourmaline
• achromatizeTo deprive of colour; to make achromatic.
• achroousColorless; achromatic.
• aciurgyOperative surgery.
• acleioprocticHaving the anus located dorsally.
• aclinicWithout inclination or dipping.
• acoelAny of the order Acoela of xenacoelomorphs that resemble flatworms and were originally classified as such.
• Acœmitæa 5th century monastic order that organised themselves into sleep cyles to allow for a unbroken chain of devotion to be performed.
• acolasialicentiousness
• acologyMateria medica; the science of medical remedies, or of therapeutics.
• acolouthaA fully reciprocal synonym.
• acopicRelieving weariness; restorative.
• acoumeterAn instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.
• acoumetryThe measuring of the power or extent of hearing.
• acridologyThe scientific study of grasshoppers and locusts (of the infraorder Acrididea).
• acridophagusOne who eats grasshoppers and locusts.
• acritarchAny small, non-acid-soluble (i.e. non-carbonate, non-siliceous) organic fossil that cannot be classified.
• acritochromacyColor blindness, achromatopsia.
• acrocephalyThe condition of suffering from a pointed skull.
• acrodromeThat run parallel to the edges of the leaf and meet at the tip
• acrogynousProducing archegonia from the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
• acromesomeliaA form of dwarfism characterised by both acromelia and mesomelia
• acromphalusAn abnormal protrusion of the navel that sometimes leads to umbilical hernia
• acronemeThe slender section of a flagellum
• acronicalOccurring at sunset.
• acropetalThat develops, matures or opens from the base towards the apex in sequence.
• acrophonyThe naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.
• acroteleuticThe end of a verse or psalm, or something added to it, to be sung by the people by way of a response.
• acrotomophiliaA paraphilia involving sexual attraction toward amputees.
• actinalPertaining to the side or surface around the mouth in an animal that has radial symmetry such as a starfish.
• actino-ray, ray-shaped
• actinostA bone at the base of a paired fin (of a fish)
• actinulaA kind of larva of certain hydroids (Tubularia).
• acuphenometryThe measurement of tinnitus.
• -acusisForms names of hearing impairments.
• acyrologiaan inexact, inappropriate or improper use of a word
• acyronThe use of words incompatible with or contrary to the speaker's meaning.
• adamanceThe quality of being adamant