intellectionThe mental activity or process of grasping with the intellect; apprehension by the mind; understanding.
arrogateTo appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.
panicgrassAny of several of the species of grass in the genus Panicum.
radicleThe rudimentary shoot of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the root of the embryo.
AratusA healer and a son of Asclepius and his lover, Aristodama, and the paternal halfbrother of Aceso, Aglaea, Hygieia, Iaso, Meditrina, Panacea, Machaon, Podalirius, Telesphorus.
fornixThe junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera.
confluxA merger of rivers, or the place where rivers merge.
TaxilaAn ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan.
DecapolisA group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria.
scopariusThe dried tops of the plant Cytisus scoparius, formerly used in medicine.
cementumA bony substance that covers the root of a tooth; cement.
locutionA phrase or expression peculiar to or characteristic of a given person or group of people.
alveolusAny of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
pelagianOf or pertaining to Pelagius (circa 354–420/440), an ascetic who denied the need for divine aid in performing good works.
AchaeaA former prefecture in West Greece, Greece, largely corresponding to the ancient region.
HasdrubalA male given name from Punic, of historical usage, notably borne by Hasdrubal Barca and several other Carthaginians
capitulumA densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
filioqueThe use of the Latin word filioque (“and from the son”) in the Western form of the Nicene Creed, to indicate that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son (as opposed to the Eastern Orthodox Churches which believe the Spirit proceeds from the Father alone).
multiparousHaving two or more pregnancies resulting in viable offspring.
TuronianThe second age in the Late Cretaceous epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous series, spanning the time between 93.5 ± 0.8 Ma and 89.3 ± 1 Ma (million years ago), preceded by the Cenomanian stage and underlying the Coniacian stage.
SeleuciaA former city in Mesopotamia, the capital city of the Seleucid Empire.
climacusA neume denoting a descending set of three tones.
ElagabalusThe deity Elagabal, venerated in ancient times at Emesa in Syria (and later elsewhere in the Roman Empire), identified with a large black stone.
paronychiaAn infection of the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.
decaniOf the side of the chancel, apse, altar or choir on which the dean's stall is placed (the right hand side to a person facing the altar); decanal.
carabusAn ancient small boat made of wickerwork covered with a hide or leather.
limmaAny of several small musical intervals, such as the semitone. Most commonly referrs to the diatonic semitone or minor second, which has a ratio of approximately 16/15 or 27/25 in meantone temperaments or 256/243 in Pythagorean tuning.
ArsinoeA female given name of historical usage, notably borne by several queens consort of Egypt.
numenA divinity, especially a local or presiding god.
IdaeusA male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], of historical usage
ciliumA short microscopic hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism) which serve either for propulsion by causing currents in the surrounding fluid or as sensors.
Gallienusa Roman Emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268