Word origins

• physicalPertaining to the field of medicine; medical.
• populationThe people living within a political or geographical boundary.
• creativeTending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
• oralRelating to the mouth.
• essentialNecessary.
• legislationThe act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws.
• contractorA person or company that builds or improves buildings or structures.
• terminalA building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
• dramaA composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
• implementTo bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.
• eraA time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
• syntaxA set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences.
• phraseA short written or spoken expression.
• suspensionThe act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
• metropolitanA bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop.
• quantumThe total amount of something; quantity.
• rachelSynonym of Rachel sandwich.
• millenniumA period of time consisting of one thousand years.
• indigenousNative to a land, especially before colonization.
• vulnerableMore or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
• productiveCapable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.
• DianaA Diana monkey.
• prefixA morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.
• systematicCarried out according to a planned, ordered procedure.
• introductoryIntroducing; giving a preview, idea or foretaste of.
• spinalOf or relating to the spine.
• vacancyAn unoccupied position or job.
• compulsoryRequired; obligatory; mandatory.
• ASAThe third king of Judah mentioned in the Books of Kings who succeeded his father Abijah; the father of King Jehoshaphat. (Matthew calls him "Asaph" in Matthew 1:7.)
• transientPassing or disappearing with time; transitory.
• territorialOf, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.
• elaborateComplex, detailed, or sophisticated.
• incubusAn evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.
• dilemmaA circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
• competencyThe ability to perform some task; competence.
• explanatoryIntended to serve as an explanation.
• susceptibleLikely to be affected by something.
• saturationThe act of saturating or the process of being saturated.
• edibleCapable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans.
• bovineOf, relating to, or characteristic of cattle, buffaloes, or bison.
• causalOf, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing.
• metropolisThe mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.
• planarOf or pertaining to a plane.
• philanthropyBenevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind.
• prostitutionEngaging in sexual activity with another person for pay.
• confederateOf, relating to, or united in a confederacy
• synchronousAt the same time, at the same frequency.
• ironicCharacterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
• intellectThe faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
• superficialExisting, occurring, or located on the surface.
• alleviateTo reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
• byzantineOf or pertaining to Byzantium.
• contradictoryThat contradicts something, such as an argument.
• psoriasisA noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.
• CalebCaleb the son of Jephunneh, an Israelite who entered Canaan with Joshua.
• monumentalIn the manner of a monument.
• delinquencyMisconduct.
• subtractionThe process of subtracting a number from another.
• vehicularOf or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles, usually specifically cars and trucks; involving a vehicle.
• equatorAn imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres.
• circulateTo move in circles or through a circuit.
• clericA member of a clergy.
• anomalousDeviating from the normal; marked by incongruity or contradiction; aberrant or abnormal.
• LazarusA person who was deceased and has been resurrected; a deceased person who could potentially be resurrected.
• fluencyThe quality of smoothness of flow.
• innovatorSomeone who innovates; a creator of new ideas.
• elongationThe act of lengthening.
• spuriousFalse, not authentic, not genuine.
• hibiscusA flowering plant of the genus Hibiscus, especially Hibiscus syriacus, found in tropical to temperate regions, of some species used for making infusions/tea.
• plethoraAn excessive amount or number; an abundance.
• commensurateOf a proportionate or similar measurable standard.
• operandA quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3-x, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x).
• crypticHaving hidden (unapparent) meaning.
• punctureThe act or an instance of puncturing.
• ensAn entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attribute.
• dictationDictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.
• iconicRelating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
• enochan iron sledgehammer
• occlusionThe process of occluding, or something that occludes.
• deviateTo go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
• hippocampusA mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a fish.
• colophonIn manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on his exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, his own name.
• stupendousAstonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
• mucousPertaining to mucus.
• mnemonicEspecially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering.
• templarA barrister having chambers in the Inner Temple or Middle Temple.
• preceptA rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
• cortinaA cobweb-like annulus on certain types of mushroom.
• derogatoryDisparaging.
• elucidateTo make (something) lucid (“bright, luminous; also, clear, transparent”).
• ligationSomething that ties, a ligature.
• depositaryActing as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
• itinerantHabitually travelling from place to place.
• despicableFit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.
• anathemaA ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.
• mythosAnything transmitted by word of mouth, such as a fable, legend, narrative, story, or tale (especially a poetic tale).
• captorOne who is holding a captive or captives.
• piscineOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic.
• commissaryA store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners.
• OrigenA male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage, notably borne by Origen of Alexandria, an early Church Father.