English words from New Latin
- pubovaginalisPart of the levator ani muscle that loops around the vagina in women.
- pulmonateHaving lungs or similar organs.
- pyrenaA nutlet resembling a seed, or the stone of a drupe, comprising the endocarp and the kernel.
- pyruvic acidA yellowish organic keto acid, 2-oxopropanoic acid, which occurs as an intermediate in many metabolic processes, especially glycolysis.
- quinquinaSynonym of cinchona in all its senses.
- radicelA small branch of a root; a rootlet.
- rectus abdominisA paired muscle running vertically on each side of the anterior wall of the abdomen in humans and some other mammals.
- reptatorialCrawling, creeping.
- retineumPart of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate, hypothetical membrane resembling the retina.
- retinulaOne of the group of pigmented cells that surround the retinophorae of invertebrates.
- SavoniaA region in eastern Finland.
- scatophageA shiteater: a human or animal that consumes excrement.
- scatophagousSynonym of coprophagous: typified by consuming shit or other excrement.
- schirrusA hard swelling of a gland or other organ.
- sclerotiumA compact mass of hardened mycelium stored with reserve food material that, in some higher fungi such as ergot, becomes detached and remains dormant until a favourable opportunity for growth occurs.
- sesquidiurnalBased on a cycle of 36 hours (one-and-a-half days)
- sexennialPertaining to a period of six years; taking place once every six years.
- ShavianaObjects or texts relating to George Bernard Shaw.
- simiidA member of the Simiidae; a monkey or ape excluding lemurs and humans.
- sittineOf or relating to the family Sittidae, or nuthatches.
- sporidiumA secondary spore borne on a promycelium, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi.
- squamuloseHaving small scales.
- steatopygasteatopygia
- strigilloseSet with stiff, slender bristles.
- struthiformResembling an ostrich.
- subclaviusA muscle which (in humans) originates from the first costal cartilage and inserts on to the undersurface of the clavicle, acting to elevate the first rib or fix the clavicle.
- subluxSynonym of subluxate: to partially dislocate or displace.
- subluxateTo cause the subluxation of something: to partially dislocate or displace.
- sudorificIn a state of perspiration; covered in sweat; sudoriferous, sweaty.
- suppositiousSpurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit; fake.
- syncarpA kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia.
- tarantismAn extreme urge to dance, popularly thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula (Lycosa tarantula) and prevalent in southern Italy in the 15th through 17th centuries.
- TelescopiumA small faint constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a telescope. It lies south of the constellation of Corona Australis.
- telesmA magical talisman, amulet or charm.
- tentaculumA tentacle.
- tessulartesseral
- thoriaThe rare earth thorium oxide.
- thyroglossalOf or pertaining to the thyroglossal duct
- tomiumThe cutting edge of the bill of a bird.
- toxemicaffected by or otherwise relating to toxemia, organically poisoned
- trepanationThe practice of drilling a hole in the skull as a physical, mental, or spiritual treatment.
- tyrotoxicondiazobenzol
- ubiquitaryUbiquitous.
- uncinatumThe hamate bone.
- vasculo-Vessel: Relating to blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, or both.
- vas deferensThe duct in the testicle that carries semen from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct.
- vernationThe appearance of new leaves.
- vertebrationThe formation of vertebrae.
- vicarityThe quality of understanding or experiencing something vicariously.
- viperidAny member of the family Viperidae; a viper.
- zootomyThe dissection or anatomy of animals.