Word origins

• bolusA round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
• constrictionThe act of constricting, the state of being constricted, or something that constricts.
• perceptibleAble to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.
• reprehensibleBlameworthy, censurable, guilty.
• reticleA transparent plate marked with a crosshair, grid, or scale which is used in an optical instrument, etc., to aid in alignment, counting, or measurement of objects being observed; also, the crosshair, grid, or scale on such a plate.
• humiliateTo cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.
• situateTo place on or into a physical location.
• irrefutableundeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted
• jugularRelating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
• reminiscenceAn act of remembering long-past experiences, especially positive or pleasant ones, often fondly.
• apostateExhibiting apostasy; (from the religious viewpoint) guilty of apostasy.
• conchaAny shell-shaped structure
• dichotomousDividing or branching into two mutually exclusive pieces.
• expletiveServing to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
• funeraryOf or relating to a funeral.
• fiducialAccepted as a fixed basis of reference.
• tabulateTo arrange in tabular form; to arrange into a table.
• ovineOf, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis.
• soliloquyThe act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.
• nullificationThe act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or no legal effect.
• perihelionThe point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, etc., where it is nearest to the Sun.
• VitusA male given name from Latin.
• apostolateThe office, or responsibilities of an apostle.
• exfoliateTo remove the leaves from a plant.
• strictureA rule restricting behaviour or action.
• denotationThe act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
• defecationThe act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.
• perineumThe region between the genitalia and anus.
• diaeresisA separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong, that is, beginning with one sound and ending with another) into two distinct syllables; distraction.
• paradigmaA written pattern of inflection for parts of speech, especially organized into a tabular form.
• histrionicOf or relating to actors or acting.
• supernumeraryA person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary).
• LeviteA member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi, particularly in its role as a priestly caste.
• conflationA blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
• peduncleThe stalk supporting an inflorescence or a solitary flower/fruit.
• cambiumA layer of cells between the xylem and the phloem that is responsible for the secondary growth of roots and stems.
• extemporaneousWith inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand.
• natatoriumA swimming pool, especially an indoor one; a building housing one or more swimming pools.
• syzygyAn alignment of three celestial bodies (for example, the Sun, Earth, and Moon) such that one body is directly between the other two, such as occurs at an eclipse.
• amboA raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.
• vilifyTo say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
• usufructThe legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person, as long as the property is not damaged.
• diptychA writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
• masticationThe process of chewing.
• ungulateHaving hooves.
• uvulathe slight elevation in the mucous membrane immediately behind the internal urethral orifice of the urinary bladder, caused by the middle lobe of the prostate
• monosyllabicConsisting of one syllable.
• halluxA big toe.
• metathesisThe transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word.
• chorionThe protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus.
• imminenceThe state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality.
• syntagmaA constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit.
• HonoriusA male given name from Latin, particularly (historical) the Roman emperor Honorius.
• MarcionA diminutive of the male given name Marcus, from Koine Greek, particularly
• metonymyThe use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.
• tragusThe small piece of thick cartilage on the inner side of the external ear that is immediately in front of and partly closing the ear canal.
• pedicelA stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.
• mensurationThe act or process of measuring; measurement.
• lumbagoBackache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.
• realiaObjects from real life or from the real world, as opposed to theoretical constructs or fabricated examples.
• phylonAll of the organisms descending from a given common ancestor, regarded as a race, tribe, vel sim.; a clade.
• sensoriumThe entire sensory apparatus of an organism.
• excommunicateTo officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
• VortigernA male given name from Proto-Brythonic, of historical usage, notably borne by Vortigern, a legendary 5th-century British ruler.
• undulateTo cause to move in a wavelike motion.
• VisigothAny member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Ostrogoths being the other), which participated in several wars with Rome and established a kingdom with Toulouse for its capital.
• realisA category of grammatical moods, the most common of which is the indicative mood, that indicate that something actually is, or is not, the case.
• prandialOf or pertaining to a meal, especially dinner.
• polypodiumSynonym of polypody: any fern of the genus Polypodium.
• arthrogryposisThe permanent fixation of a joint in a contracted position.
• meticIn Ancient Greek city-states, a resident alien who did not have the rights of a citizen and who paid a tax for the right to live there.
• temporalisA fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat tendon inserted into the coronoid process of the mandible; it serves to raise the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing.
• antoninianusA silver coin used during the Roman Empire, equal to two denarii.
• palpebralOf, pertaining to, or located on or near the eyelids.
• luxationThe act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation or displacement.
• decanOne of a collection of 36 small constellations or zodiacal subdivisions that appear heliacally at intervals of 10 days or are separated by approximately 10 degrees.
• emancipatorA person who emancipates.
• scaleneHaving sides all unequal in length.
• justiciaryA judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
• diaphoresisThe formation and excretion of sweat.
• epigrammatichaving the characteristics of an epigram
• encliticA clitic that joins with the preceding word phonetically, graphically, or both.
• NazianzusA town in the ancient region of Cappadocia, near the modern village of Bekarlar in Gülağaç District, Aksaray Province, Turkey.
• abecedaryThe alphabet, written out in a teaching book, or carved on a wall; a primer; abecedarium.
• aberuncateTo eradicate; to pull up by the roots.
• abluvionThat which is washed off.
• abnegatorOne who abnegates, denies, or rejects.
• abnormityA monstrosity
• AbrasaxA gem engraved with the word Abrasax or Abraxas.
• absentaneousPertaining to absence.
• acardiaA birth defect in which the heart is absent
• acatalecticDesignating a line of verse having the required number of syllables in the last foot
• acephaliA people reported by Herodotus and Josephus to have no heads or removable heads.
• acephaliteA radical Monophysite in the era after the Council of Chalcedon (451 CE).
• acnestisThe section of an animal's skin that it cannot reach in order to scratch itself, usually the space between the shoulder blades.
• actus reusThe act or acts constituting a criminal offense, as distinguished from the intentions or state of mind of the perpetrator (mens rea).
• adynatonA form of hyperbole that uses exaggeration so magnified as to express impossibility; an instance of such hyperbole.
• alburnThe bleak, a small European fish with silvery scales.
• alkahestA universal solvent sought by the alchemists.
• alleluiaticPertaining to or consisting of an alleluia.