Word origins

• diaphanousTransparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.
• SlavoniaA geographical region in north-eastern part of modern Croatia.
• SalonicaSynonym of Thessaloniki: a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.
• duplaA form of bell used in some medieval clocks.
• marchionessThe wife of a marquess.
• spirituousOf, pertaining to, containing, or made using alcohol.
• disconsolateCheerless, dreary.
• transparenceSynonym of transparency.
• CatharA member of certain so self-styled Novatian and other medieval Christian sects embracing a form of dualism and extraordinary practices purportedly adhering to Mary Magdalene's teachings, persecuted by Roman Catholics as heretics.
• stapesA small stirrup-shaped innermost ossicle of the middle ear of mammals, transmitting vibrations from the incus to the inner ear.
• SitiaA city in Crete, Greece.
• domesticateTo make domestic.
• AverroesAn Andalusian polymath (1126–1198).
• consistorialOf or pertaining to a consistory.
• bifurcateTo divide or fork into two channels or branches.
• asafoetidaA resinous gum from the stem and roots of Ferula species such as Ferula foetida and Ferula assa-foetida, having a strong, unpleasant smell, with culinary and medical uses.
• undulationAn instance or act of undulating.
• regicideThe killing of a king.
• QuirinA surname from French.
• cogitationThe process of cogitating; contemplation, deliberation, reflection, meditation.
• RosendoA male given name from Spanish.
• genuflectTo bend the knee, as in servitude.
• supersessionThe act of superseding; the fact of having been superseded.
• patristicsThe study of the works of the early Christian Church Fathers.
• CarthusianA member of a Christian contemplative order of monks founded by Bruno of Cologne (St Bruno) in 1084.
• juratA sworn statement concerning where, when, and before whom an oath has been made.
• exhumeTo dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
• quietusA stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.
• leonineOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion; lionlike.
• idealityThe quality or state of being ideal.
• lunationA month of an average of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase.
• ichorThe liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.
• LadislausA male given name from the Slavic languages.
• reanimateBeing animate again.
• uveaThe middle of the three concentric layers that make up the eye; it is pigmented and vascular, and comprises the choroid, the ciliary body, and the iris.
• emasculateTo deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
• antinomianOne who embraces, encourages, or practices antinomianism.
• perquisiteAny monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary.
• trentalA set of 30 requiem masses, said once a day for a month or all in one day.
• osmundaA fern of the genus Osmunda, especially the royal fern, Osmunda regalis.
• controvertTo dispute, to argue about (something).
• DamiettaA town in the Nile delta in Egypt.
• tremulantTrembling, tremulous.
• exclamatoryResembling an exclamation.
• santalumAny of the genus Santalum of trees with entire opposite leaves and small apetalous flowers.
• bedelAn administrative official at universities in several European countries, often with a policiary function at the time when universities had their own jurisdiction over students.
• procuratorateThe office of a procurator.
• pulmonicOf, pertaining to, or produced by the lungs.
• AdelardA male given name of chiefly historical usage.
• morphewA blemish or mark on the skin, especially a blister caused by scurvy.
• castellatedCastle-like: built or shaped like a castle; usually, specifically, having castellations (crenellations).
• reginalOf, relating to, or resembling a queen.
• ophthalmiaSynonym of ophthalmitis (“inflammation of the eye”).
• RutheniaThe territory between Central and Eastern Europe inhabited by Rusyns, on the slopes of the Carpathian Mountains in parts of Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia.
• prognosticateTo predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.
• operatoryeffective; practical; operative
• eleemosynaryRelating to charity, alms, or almsgiving.
• penuriousMiserly; excessively cheap.
• cerumenEarwax.
• polysemousSynonym of polysemic.
• careneSynonym of carenum (“reduction of must or sweet wine in ancient European cuisine”).
• confluencyThe percentage of the surface of a culture dish that is covered by adherent cells
• AaronidSynonym of Levite.
• abamurusA retaining wall; a wall erected to strengthen another wall.
• abbreviatureAn abridgment; a compendium; an abstract.
• abditoryA concealed location used for storage or to hide items.
• AberdonianOf or relating to Aberdeen.
• abrenounceTo renounce; to contradict.
• abrotineA colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained from abrotanum, C₂₁H₂₂N₂O.
• absentationThe act of absenting oneself.
• abthaneA title used in medieval Scotland.
• accessarySomeone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
• acciteTo summon.
• accompletiveTending to accomplish.
• acuateSharpened; sharp-pointed.
• acuitionSynonym of acuation (“act of sharpening”).
• addibleCapable of being added on (introduced to the context).
• adequativeequivalent or sufficient; adequate.
• adherencyThe state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
• adoratoryA room in a temple for the adoration of idols.
• adventionAn external addition.
• afforestTo make into forest
• a fortioriWith stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim; even more so; all the more so; so much the more.
• aggenerationThe act of producing in addition.
• alfetA cauldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm, used as a form of trial in Medieval England.
• alietyThe state of being different; otherness.
• allectiveAn allurement, enticement.
• allodiumFreehold land or property; land held in allodial tenure, or one's title to such land.
• alloterminAny of the different realisations of a termineme under a specific domain or environment. For instance, [MORPHOLOGY]_(TERM) is an abstract unit (i.e., termineme) with the meaning of "the study of forms of ..."; however, it gets alloterminalized as "the science of forms of living organisms" under biology, "the study of forms of words" under linguistics, "the general theory of form or formation" under philosophy, and "the science of forms of chemicals" under chemistry.
• altiloquentPompous, or pretentious in speech
• aludelA pear-shaped pot with an opening at each end, formerly used, especially by alchemists, for sublimation.
• amativePertaining to love; amorous.
• ambidexterSomeone who is ambidextrous.
• ambiloquousUsing ambiguous expressions; speaking or writing in a way that may be variously interpreted.
• ambiloquyAmbiguous language.
• anno dominiThe current date era beginning approximately 2000 years ago in the Gregorian calendar, based on the birth of Jesus Christ.
• ante meridiemBefore noon, in the morning.
• aperitiveTending to open the bowels; aperient.
• a posterioriInvolving induction of theories from facts.
• approbativeExpressing approval.