Word origins

• o caudataA form of the letter o modified by the addition of a diacritical “tail”: ⟨ǫ⟩, used in Old Norse.
• olibanumA gum resin from trees of the genus Boswellia, formerly used as a medicine and now mainly as incense.
• opus operantisThe spiritual effect in the performance of a religious rite that is ascribed chiefly or exclusively to the disposition of the recipient.
• opus operatumThe spiritual effect in the performance of a religious rite which accrues from the virtue inherent in it, or by grace imparted to it, irrespective of the performer.
• Order of Friars MinorThe religious order of friars established by St Francis of Assisi.
• origo gentisThe origin story of a tribe or people.
• p͛-Scribal abbreviation of pre-.
• paludinousPaludinal: characteristic of or relating to marsh, swamp or fen.
• panaritiumThe purulent inflammation of a digit.
• paraphernalOf or pertaining to a woman's parapherna
• partialitasThe unique human position in Spinozan philosophy, where humans are simultaneously (i) 'finite modalities' as 'contingent' beings and (ii) because of human potential through the development and maturation of the intellect, a part of the 'infinite modalites' and hence a metaphysical part of the 'real'.
• patriciateThe rank of a patrician
• peccableLiable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law.
• peccaminousSinful.
• pediluviumThe bathing of the feet.
• pejoritypejoration; process of making or becoming worse
• pendicleAn appendage; something attached to something else.
• perfricationA thorough rubbing, as with an ointment or embrocation.
• pia materThe innermost of the meninges, the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord.
• picraThe powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.
• pignorateSynonym of pignoratitious.
• polysyndetonThe use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence.
• pomateSynonym of ointment, particularly thick waxy ointments scented with fruit used to beautify the skin or hair.
• pomatumSynonym of ointment, particularly thick waxy ointments scented with fruit used to beautify the skin or hair.
• poppy tearsOpium.
• porphyrogeniteAn honorific title given to a son of a reigning emperor in the Byzantine Empire, notably borne by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus.
• portgraveSynonym of portreeve.
• posituraA stroke added to a medieval punctus; a punctuation mark created by addition of such a stroke.
• post meridiemAfter noon, in the afternoon.
• preceptoryA community of the Knights Templar, or the physical buildings or estate of such a community.
• prefatialRelating to a preface.
• PremonstratensianA member of a Roman Catholic order of canons regular, founded by St Norbert c. 1120 in the town of Prémontré, France.
• presbyteratepresbytership, eldership
• presbyteressA presbyter or priest's wife.
• priorateThe dignity, office, or government of a prior.
• provisoryTemporary; pending something more permanent.
• punctusThe basic dot (‧) used to end a sentence in medieval punctuation (ancestral to the full stop/period).
• punctus circumflexusA medieval punctuation mark indicating a short pause (approximately '̣).
• punctus elevatusA medieval punctuation mark indicating a medium-length pause (approximately ⸵).
• punctus flexusSynonym of punctus circumflexus.
• punctus interrogativusA medieval question mark, ⟨⹔⟩, possibly the ancestor of the modern mark ⟨?⟩.
• punctus versusA medieval punctuation mark marking the end of a sentence (approximately ;)
• pupillarityThe period before puberty, or from birth to fourteen in males, and twelve in females
• putrescenceThe condition of being putrid; decay
• ꝓ-Scribal abbreviation of pro-.
• ꝓcheinScribal abbreviation of prochein.
• quadriviumThe higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music.
• quindecimSynonym of quinzieme, a tax of one fifteenth (6.7%).
• quindeneThe 14th day after a festival.
• quinquageneA set of 50 psalms, typically with an analytical commentary.
• QuinquagesimaA moveable feast in the Christian calendar on the Sunday 49 days before Easter Sunday (50 days counting inclusively).
• quinquagesimalOf or related to a set of 50 people or items.
• quo warrantoA legal proceeding used to challenge the right of an individual or corporation to hold a public office or to exercise a certain franchise or privilege.
• rascetaThe wrinkling and creases on the inner surface of the wrist.
• ratio decidendiThe legal principle or rationale on which a judicial decision is based.
• regnalOf or pertaining to the reign of a monarch (or pope).
• remonstrationEarnest protest or objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof.
• respondeat superiorA legal doctrine which holds that an employer, officer, manager, supervisor, or other individual or group superior to an employee or subordinate may be legally liable for the acts of that employee or subordinate.
• rete mirabileA complex of blood vessels found in some vertebrates that preserves a gradient of a certain solute or particle, originally specifically the network of arterioles at the base of the brain in some ungulates and other mammals.
• RomániçoAn anonymous international auxiliary language created in 1991 which uses only Romance language vocabulary.
• rubineA reddish aniline dye.
• Salic lawThe code of laws of the Salian Franks, particularly the one excluding women from inheritance.
• salvatellaThe dorsal vein of the little finger, bleeding from which was anciently held to be a treatment for melancholy.
• saphenaA prominent vein or nerve, the saphenous vein
• scabiousHaving scabs.
• scarificatorAn instrument, principally used in cupping, containing several lancets that are moved simultaneously by a spring, used for making slight incisions on a body.
• sebestenA medium-sized deciduous tree of species Cordia myxa or, less often, Cordia latifolia, Cordia sebestena, or other species in the genus Cordia, the wood of which is used for furniture and musical instruments.
• seriositySynonym of seriousness.
• serpigoA dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm.
• sexagesimalOf, related to, or based on the number sixty.
• SinicChinese.
• SinidA historical racial classification and term used in human physical anthropology as a Mongoloid subrace commonly found throughout East Asia and is associated with Chinese, Korean, and Japanese people.
• sino-Sinus.
• Sister MinorSynonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
• situalPositional, relating to position or location.
• sobrinicideThe killing of a cousin.
• Solomon's sealAny member of species of the genus Polygonatum of flowering plants, especially common Solomon's seal (Polygonatuym multiflorum).
• solutiveTending to produce relaxation (as of the bowels); having laxative properties.
• stercoranismThe belief or doctrine of stercoranists.
• stiriaAn icicle-shaped concretion.
• stycaAn Anglo-Saxon copper coin of little value, used in Northumbria.
• subethAbnormal, especially excessively deep, sleep.
• substantifyTo give material form or substance to; to embody.
• superbiousproud, overbearing
• syllabizeTo syllabify.
• taleaA repeated rhythmic pattern used in isorhythm implying a piece cut off.
• tartaric acidThe aldaric acid, 2,3 dihydroxy-succinic acid, that occurs naturally in many plants, in wine and in tamarind; it is used as the salts cream of tartar and Rochelle salt.
• TavastiaA historical province of Sweden, c. 1250 to 1809, and of Finland, since 1809. Official name: Häme.
• tenesmusA continual or recurrent but ineffectual inclination to evacuate the bowels, caused by disorder of the rectum or other illness.
• terminemeThe smallest unbreakable element of the study of terminology.
• terra sigillataA type of astringent earth or clay originally from the Greek islands, formerly used as a medicine and antidote.
• thaumaturgeA performer of thaumaturgy; a performer of miracles; a magician.
• thaumaturgusA miracle worker.
• theologistOne who is skilled in, professes or practices that which relates or pertains to God.
• theriacA universal antidote against all poisons, particularly medicines considered to derive from a recipe of the Roman physician Andromachus and representing an improvement on mithridate.
• TheudebaldA male given name from the Germanic languages, of historical usage, notably borne by the Frankish king Theudebald.
• TheudebertA male given name from the Germanic languages, of historical usage.
• time-fellowA contemporary.
• titubancystammering in speech
• tonitruousthundering