Word origins

• AegeusA character in the founding myth of Athens.
• AegleThe goddess/personification of good health and the glow of health, one of the daughters of Asclepius.
• -aemiaBlood; presence in blood (of a substance denoted by an affixed combining form); state or condition of the blood.
• AenianiaA small Ancient Greek district to the south of Thessaly (which it was sometimes considered part of), in Central Greece. It was associated with Oetaea.
• AeoliaAeolis.
• aeolo-In continuous change.
• aeonologyThe Gnostic study of aeons.
• aero-air or aircraft
• aeroceleAn air-filled cavity
• aerocolposVaginal gas; air or gas trapped in the vagina.
• aerohydrousComposed of or containing air and water.
• AeropeThe daughter of Catreus, king of Crete, and sister to Clymene, Apemosyne and Althaemenes. Catreus gave her to Nauplius, to be drowned or sold abroad, but Nauplius spared her.
• aeroscepsisThe observation or examination of the air via specialized organs.
• aeroscepsyThe ability to perceive the state of the atmosphere.
• aeroscopyThe branch of meteorology that involves the scientific examination of the various properties and composition of the atmosphere, and their variation
• aesthesio-Pertaining to sensation or perception
• aesthesodicsensory
• aetheogamA cryptogam; a plant of the obsolete taxonomic class Cryptogamia, having neither stamina nor pistils, and therefore no proper flowers, such as an alga, fern, fungus, lichen or moss.
• aethrioscopeA device for measuring temperature variations due to different atmospheric conditions, such as cloud or clear skies.
• aetiogenesisThe origin and development of a pathological condition (other than an illness)
• afrothereAn afrotherian.
• afrotherianBelonging or pertaining to the superorder Afrotheria, which includes the elephants, aardvarks, golden moles, tenrecs, etc.
• afterthinkTo think about after the fact, reflect on.
• agalmaA cult image or votive offering.
• agalmatoliteA soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, which was used in China for carvings in pagodas. It is probably a variety of pinite.
• agalmicsThe study and practice of the production and allocation of non-scarce goods.
• agamogenesisAsexual reproduction.
• agamyAbsence or nonrecognition of marriage, or absence of a pair bond.
• aganactesisAn exclamation made out of a sense of deep indignation.
• AgapemoneAny community characterised by mutual love or free love.
• agathismThe doctrine that the ultimate end of all things is good, although the intermediate means may be evil.
• agathistA person who believes in agathism.
• agathodaemonA benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
• agathokakologicalComposed of both good and evil.
• AgdistisA hermaphroditic being, associated with the worship of Cybele or Rhea
• age-duringEternal, everlasting.
• agelastOne who never laughs (especially at jokes); a mirthless person.
• agennesisImpotence; sterility.
• agerasiaAn outward appearance more youthful than one's true age.
• ageusiaAbsence of the sense of taste.
• AgionitesAn obscure Encratite sect condemned, alongside others, at the Synod of Gangra in the 4th century.
• agmatoploidyThe fragmentation of one or more chromosomes (particularly all chromosomes), leading to an increased chromosome number but no additional genetic material.
• agnathAn agnathan.
• agnathaAn agnathan.
• agnathanBelonging or pertaining to the superclass Agnatha, the jawless vertebrates.
• agnathiaA birth defect in which the mandible is missing.
• agnathicJawless.
• agnoiologyThe study of things of which cannot be known.
• agnomicalOf or pertaining to the absence of set purpose or intention.
• agnosisEpistemologically necessary lack of, indifference to, denial or shunning of knowledge; defective knowledge.
• agnosopsiaSynonym of blindsight.
• agnus castusA tree, Vitex agnus-castus, formerly believed to preserve chastity.
• agogeIn ancient Greek music, tempo or pace; rhythmical movement.
• -agogueSomething that stimulates a flow such as secretion or circulation.
• agomphioustoothless
• agonophiliaA type of paraphilia or sexual interest characterized by arousal from acts of struggling, fighting, or pretending to resist before being overpowered.
• agonothetesAn officer who presided over the great public games in Ancient Greece.
• agoranomosAn elected overseer of the marketplace in the cities of Ancient Greece and the Byzantine Empire.
• agorismA revolutionary political philosophy that advocates the creation of a voluntaryist society by means of counter-economics (i.e. black market).
• agoristOf, supporting, relating to, or advocating agorism.
• agosticDescribing a structure in which a hydrogen atom is bonded to both a carbon (or silicon) atom and a metal atom in a three-center, two-electron interaction.
• agraphonAny of the sayings of Jesus found in various ancient texts but not in the four Gospels.
• agrionAny of several damselflies of the genus Calopteryx (syn. Agrion).
• agronymAny proper name by which a field or other unit of agricultural land is known.
• agrostographyThe scientific description of grasses.
• agrostologyThe scientific study of grasses.
• agrypniaPersistent loss of sleep; insomnia; sleeplessness.
• agyriaThe smooth appearance of the brain in cases of lissencephaly.
• aichmophobiaThe fear of needles and other pointed or sharp objects.
• aidoiomaniaErotomania.
• aidosshame, modesty, or humility, regarded as a virtue in Ancient Greece
• aigialosaurAny member of the family †Aigialosauridae of extinct semi-aquatic varanoid lizards.
• ailuro-Cat.
• ailurophileA person with ailurophilia; a cat-lover.
• ailurophiliaA fondness or love for cats or other felines.
• ailurophiliacAppropriate or pleasing to ailurophiles.
• ainoilauds; a prayer service following matins
• aischrolatreiaThe worship of filth.
• aithochrousreddish-brown, ruddy
• aitionAn origin story or myth in Ancient Greece.
• AitneOne of the moons of Jupiter.
• AkademeiaA grove near Athens (named after the Athenian hero Akademos), where Plato founded his original Akademia in 385 B.C.
• akathistA hymn dedicated to a saint, holy event, or person of the Holy Trinity, in Eastern Christian traditions.
• AkhaioiThe Achaeans.
• akiosexualSynonym of lithsexual
• akousmaA rule or precept, especially one of the list of rules laid down by Pythagoras.
• AkragasAn ancient Greek colony on the south coast of Sicily, at the site of modern Agrigento.
• akrasiaLack of physical or (especially) mental strength; poor willpower; also, the tendency to act contrary to one's better judgment; (countable) an instance of this.
• akrochorditeA monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.
• akroposthionThe tip of the foreskin which extends beyond the glans.
• alabanditeA mineral form of manganese sulfide, MnS, sometimes found in meteorites
• alabastronA kind of ancient pottery vase used for holding oils, and originally made from alabaster.
• alalaA crow native to Hawaii, of species Corvus hawaiiensis.
• alalagmosA war cry of Ancient Greece.
• alceAn elk.
• alectoromachycockfighting
• alectryomachyCockfighting
• alectryomancerA practitioner of alectryomancy.
• alectryomanticOf or pertaining to alectryomancy.
• alektorophobiaThe fear of chickens.