Word origins

• bibliopegismBookbinding.
• bipinnateDoubly pinnate; pinnate and having leaflets that are themselves pinnate.
• borborygmusA rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines.
• branchiateFurnished with branchiae; gilled, having gills.
• branchiferousHaving gills; branchiate.
• bugiaA liturgical candlestick held beside a Latin Catholic bishop or other prelate.
• bursiformShaped like a purse or bag.
• caeomaAn aecium of some rust fungi that has no peridium or outer membrane.
• calcifugousSynonym of calcifugal.
• calliferousBearing or producing calluses.
• calypterEither of two rounded lobes at the posterior base of the wing in many true flies.
• camera obscuraA darkened chamber in which the image of an outside object is projected and focused onto a surface.
• capitellateHaving a very small knob-like termination, or collected into minute capitula.
• carpaleA carpal, especially one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.
• carpellumSynonym of carpel.
• castellanusA cloud species which shows vertical formations giving a crenellated appearance, associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera.
• cedmataChronic joint pain, especially of the hip-joint.
• cembraThe Swiss pine, Pinus cembra.
• cercariaThe parasitic larva of trematodes that infect the final host generally.
• -cercousPertaining to a tail-like structure.
• cercusA structure on the end of the abdomen of most insects, sometimes long, hairlike sensory organs and sometimes smaller and rigid.
• chausSynonym of jungle cat (Felis chaus)
• cheiropterygiumThe typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.
• cheliceraEither of the prehensile claws found on the proboscis of chelicerates (horseshoe crabs, sea spiders and arachnids).
• chionablepsiainflammation of the eyes caused by exposure to ultraviolet light
• choanaA funnel; a funnel-shaped opening.
• cholaemiaA condition caused by the presence of excess bile in the blood, sometimes leading to somnolence and coma.
• choledocho-Relating to the common bile duct.
• chordae tendineaeThe cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart.
• chorda tympaniA branch of the facial nerve that traverses the middle ear cavity and the infratemporal fossa and supplies autonomic fibers to the sublingual and submandibular glands and sensory fibers to the anterior part of the tongue.
• cladodeA flattened organ arising from the stem of a plant, often replacing the leaves in photosynthetic function, as leaves in such plants (such as asparagus or butcher's broom) are typically reduced to scales.
• clavateResembling a club, becoming increasingly wide from the base to the distal end.
• clavellateMinutely clavate; shaped like a little club.
• clavicymbalAn early form of harpsichord.
• -cnemicshinned
• cnemisThe section of the leg from the knee to the ankle; shin.
• cohobateTo treat a material with a boiling liquid and repeatedly return the distillate.
• coixAn East Asian grass (Coix lacryma-jobi), sometimes harvested as a cereal.
• collutoriumSynonym of mouthwash.
• colluviariumOpenings for ventilation in Ancient Roman aqueducts.
• commemoratoryPertaining to commemoration.
• compenetrateTo penetrate every part of (something); to permeate.
• consensus ad idemAgreement about the terms and subject matter of a contract between all involved parties.
• coronateTo crown (a sovereign or champion).
• coronillaAny of the genus Coronilla of plants related to clover, having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets.
• cor pulmonaleA change in structure and function of the right ventricle of the heart as a result of a respiratory disorder.
• corpus delictiThe evidence that a crime has occurred.
• corrugator cutis aniA thin stratum of involuntary muscular fiber that radiates from the anus.
• corrugator superciliiA small narrow pyramidal muscle at the medial end of the eyebrow.
• costellateFinely ribbed or costate.
• coticuleA Belgian variety of whetstone, containing spessartine.
• cribellateHaving a cribellum.
• cricoarytenoidOf or relating to the cricoid and arytenoid cartilages.
• cunnilinctusSynonym of cunnilingus.
• currente calamoWithout deliberation or hesitation: extempore, off-the-cuff.
• curtationThe interval of a planet's orbit in which its curtate or shortened distance is less than the true distance.
• cuscusAny arboreal marsupial of most genera of the family Phalangeridae, native to northern Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia.
• cyphonismAn ancient punishment in which the criminal was smeared with honey and exposed to insects.
• damnatio memoriaeA posthumous punishment for traitors etc. by which they were effectively erased from history by having their works undone and any mention of their name forbidden.
• decollateTo behead.
• deleterydestroyer.
• deltidiumThe triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells.
• depressor septi nasiA small muscle of each side of the upper lip that is inserted into the nasal septum and wing of the nose on each side and constricts the nasal opening by drawing the wing downward.
• descensoryA vessel used in alchemy to extract and filter oils.
• diallageA figure of speech in which multiple arguments are brought to bear on a single point.
• dianium(obsolete) niobium (although formerly thought as a distinct element)
• diastasisA separation between two parts, such as separation of a bone, without fracture.
• dichasiumA cymose inflorescence with all branches below the terminal flower in regular opposite pairs.
• digastricHaving two bellies.
• digastricusSynonym of digastric muscle.
• doxographerA classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
• ductuleAny very small duct, typically lactiferous.
• ebracteateHaving no bracts.
• ebracteolateHaving no bracteoles.
• ecostateHaving no ribs or nerves.
• ecribellateNot cribellate.
• ecstaticaA woman perceived to have a highly sensitive emotional state, or prone to quasi-mystical trances.
• edentateLacking teeth.
• editio princepsThe first printed edition of a work previously only published in manuscript form.
• effabilityThe quality or state of being effable.
• effigurateHaving a definite (lobed) shape; not effuse.
• eglanduloseWithout glands.
• eguttulateThat lacks guttules at each end of the spore.
• elaterThat which elates.
• elateriteThe mineral wurtzilite.
• emulativeHaving a tendency to emulate others; imitative.
• endostosisA process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.
• entero-relating to the intestines.
• epencephalonthe hindbrain.
• epineuriumThe connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium; The outermost layer of dense irregular connective tissue surrounding a peripheral nerve.
• epithemaA horny excrescence on the top of the beak of some birds, notably the hornbill.
• epulisA hard tumour or tumorous growth developed from the gums.
• eremacausisA gradual decay through slow combustion or oxidation, like that of old trees or dead animals.
• ericaceousOf or pertaining to the heath family (Ericaceae).
• erotematicInterrogatory, proceeding by means of questions.
• exaeresisAn operation involving the removal of a part or parts of the body; excision, ectomy.
• exanthesisA rash on the skin.
• fabellaOne of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.
• falx cerebriThe larger of the two folds of dura mater separating the hemispheres of the brain that lies between the cerebral hemispheres and contains the sagittal sinuses.
• fastigiateErect and parallel.