Word origins

• telophaseThe final stage of mitosis or meiosis during which the daughter chromosomes move towards opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
• gymnospermAny plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.
• TonianOf a geologic period within the Neoproterozoic era from about 1000 to 850 million years ago.
• syndactylyThe normal condition, in some animals and birds, of having fused digits.
• bromaA light form of prepared cocoa, or the drink made from it.
• chomaA small tubercle or ridgelet located on the inner margin of a bivalve near the hinge.
• exegeteA person skilled in exegesis; an interpreter of texts, difficult passages, law, oracles, and similar obscure or esoteric sources.
• exedraA semicircular recess, with stone benches, used as a place for discussion.
• tsanAn Ancient Greek letter ⟨Ͷ ͷ⟩, found in a single inscription in the Arcadian dialect of Mantineia, which likely represented /t͡s/.
• aleuroneThe protein content of the embryo, endosperm, or perisperm of cereals, in the form of minute particles.
• stroboscopeInstrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals.
• phaticPertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship and whose meaning is otherwise either deemphasized or absent.
• ichthyolThe ammonium salt of sulfonated bitumen; used to treat some forms of skin diseases
• tremaA diacritic consisting of two dots ( ¨ ) placed over a letter, used among other things to indicate umlaut or diaeresis.
• philandererOne who plays at courtship; a fickle lover; a flirt (usually applies only to men).
• ArchilochusAn Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 7th century Archaic or a Classical Greek poet.
• seismA shaking of the Earth's surface; an earthquake or tremor.
• oliguriaA decreased production in the volume of urine.
• acromionThe outermost point of the shoulder blade.
• chaloneAny of several polypeptide hormones that reversibly inhibit mitosis in the tissues that produce them.
• stentorianLoud, powerful, booming, suitable for giving speeches to large crowds.
• TychicusA male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical use in English.
• amphitriteAny polychaete worm of the genus Amphitrite.
• pyrophoricSpontaneously igniting in air, especially when in a finely divided state.
• kryonThe biocoenosis of a kryal.
• ankylosisThe growing together of bones to form a single unit.
• phytonOne of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves.
• protiumThe lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen, having a single proton and no neutrons: 11H. It is the only stable nuclide with no neutrons.
• DanaanA Greek; a member of any of the Greek peoples (in ancient times).
• phylliteA type of metamorphic rock formed from clay-rich sediments called pelites.
• AnafiAn island of the Cyclades, Greece.
• allochthonousOriginating in a place other than where it is found.
• anchoriteOne who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.
• MeleagerA hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia, famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt, and mentioned as one of the Argonauts.
• zoilusA critic characterized as bitter, carping, malignant.
• amphotericHaving the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either.
• ectasiaSynonym of ectasis.
• pathognomonicspecifically characteristic or indicative of a particular disease or condition.
• lexicologyThe part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
• agoraphiliaThe love of public life, crowds, and activity.
• methodicmethodical
• ChristadelphianA member of a particular nontrinitarian Christian denomination founded in the mid-19th century.
• ArgolisA regional unit in eastern Peloponnese, Greece, which has its modern capital at Nafplio. Its original capital was at Argos.
• glossaThe tongue, or lingua, especially of an insect.
• coronisA device, curved stroke, or flourish formed with a pen, coming at the end of a book or chapter; a colophon. For example: ⸎, ۞.
• ColchisA historical region and ancient Georgian kingdom on the coast of the Black Sea in the South Caucasus on the border between Europe and Asia, corresponding to what is now western Georgia (including Abkhazia), as well as parts of Russia and Turkey.
• tholosA dome, or domed building; a cupola.
• hadrosaurAny ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.
• epenthesisThe insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.
• apocrineOf or pertaining to an apocrine gland or to its mode of secretion, which involves the budding of portions of the secreting cells.
• metonymicOf, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.
• lycaonAn eastern wolf or Algonquin wolf of Canis lycaon or subspecies Canis lupus lycaon.
• catalepsyA severe bodily condition, described in psychiatric pathology, marked by sudden rigidity, fixation of posture, and loss of contact with environmental conditions.
• amphitryonA host or entertainer.
• dionysiaThe orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of Dionysus, which evolved into Greek comedy and tragedy.
• PelopsA Greek mythological figure, the son of Tantalus, and king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus.
• proedriaThe grassy area that separated the orchestra from the audience; or the front rows of the audience.
• eccrinePertaining to a sweat gland.
• collotypeA dichromate-based photographic process formerly used for large-volume mechanical printing.
• siglosA silver coin of Achaemenid Persia worth one twentieth of a daric and weighing about 5.6 grams.
• clastogeniccapable of causing damage to chromosomes
• prodromeA precursor or harbinger; also a warning event.
• anacrusisAn unstressed syllable at the start of a verse.
• TryphenaAn early Christian woman mentioned in the Bible.
• zygonIn the cerebrum, a short crossbar fissure that connects the two pairs of branches of a larger zygal (H-shaped) fissure.
• nephelineA feldspathoid mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, nepheline is a plagioclase feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, nepheline weathers rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock.
• isocraticOf or relating to isocracy.
• conodontAny of several extinct fish-like chordates having cone-like teeth.
• asterismAn unofficial constellation (small group of stars that forms a visible pattern).
• bruxTo grind the teeth, especially involuntarily or during sleep.
• glyphicCarved, sculpted.
• amorphaAny species of the genus Amorpha of leguminous shrubs.
• acarologyThe study of ticks and mites.
• hexameterA line in a poem having six metrical feet.
• pankrationAn Ancient Greek martial art combining aspects of boxing and wrestling, introduced in the Greek Olympic games in 648 BC.
• taurA fictional creature, resembling a centaur, with the lower body of some four-or-more-legged animal and the upper body either of an anthropomorphic version of that same animal or (less commonly) of a human or another humanoid creature.
• mythopoeicGiving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.
• KoronisAn asteroid in Koronian, Asteroid Belt, Solar System.
• CletaOne of the Charites worshiped in Sparta along with Phaenna.
• PistisA goddess personifying trust, faith and trustworthiness, corresponding to Roman Fides.
• onticOntological.
• esotropiaA form of strabismus in which one or both eyes turn(s) inward.
• nomarchThe governor of an ancient Egyptian nome.
• CalliasA male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.
• gomphrenaAny plant of the genus Gomphrena of globe amaranths.
• taphophiliaDeep interest of funerals, cemeteries and the rituals of death.
• anorthiteA variety of plagioclase feldspar, the calcium endmember of that series.
• AnchisesA mythical Trojan elder in the Iliad and the Aeneid, father of Aeneas.
• calisthenicOf, or relating to calisthenics.
• mysisA set of growth stages in the larvae of Decapoda after protozoea and prior to the juvenile stage, in which pereiopods are used to move.
• LaconianAn inhabitant of Laconia.
• lepidoliteA pale lilac mica mineral that is a mixed basic fluoride and aluminosilicate of potassium, lithium and aluminium.
• nagaraA drum used in folk music in the Caucasus region.
• antitypeSomething that is symbolized or represented by a type, such as Christ by the Paschal Lamb; the fulfillment of a type.
• MeropeThe youngest of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and a consort of Hermes.
• IsidoraA female given name from Ancient Greek; rare in the Anglo-Saxon world.
• pecticOf or pertaining to pectin or pectin-like substances.
• periphrasticExpressed in more words than are necessary.
• chondruleA small, round granule, formed from molten rock, found in chondritic meteorites.
• protopapasA protopope.