Word origins

• glaciateTo cover with ice or a glacier.
• gladiatorygladiatorial
• gladiatrixgladiator (female)
• glanduleA small gland or secreting vessel.
• glebaThe fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.
• glirariumA terracotta pot used in Roman times to breed dormice for consumption as food.
• globus crucigerA globe topped by a cross, used as a symbol of royal power.
• glomeOne of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.
• glomerateTo gather or curl into a ball; to collect (threads, etc.) into a spherical form or mass.
• glossariumSynonym of gloss and glossary, particularly (historical) in medieval contexts.
• glossatrixA specifically female glossator.
• gluteus maximusThe largest of the muscles of each buttock.
• glutinateTo unite with glue; to cement; to stick together.
• glutinationA gluing together; a joining together with, or as though with, glue.
• glutitionThe act or process of swallowing.
• GobryasAny of several notable ancient Persian noblemen
• gongylusA round deciduous body connected with the reproduction of certain seaweeds.
• GordiasThe name of at least two members of the royal house of Phrygia, the best-known of which was reputedly the founder of the Phrygian capital city Gordium, the maker of the legendary Gordian knot, and the father of the legendary king Midas.
• GordiumAn ancient city in Phrygia, modern day Turkey.
• Gotarzesthe name of two Parthian kings
• GraioceliAn ancient tribe.
• grammaticgrammatical
• graphiumA stylus (for writing).
• gratulateTo express joy at (an event or situation).
• gravedoA cold in the head, or nasal catarrh.
• gregalPertaining to, or like, a flock.
• gremialOf or pertaining to the lap.
• gressoryGressorial.
• gubernatrixA female governor.
• GuillelmiteSynonym of Williamite (“member of the Hermits of Saint William”).
• gurgitateTo surge (rise) and fall ebulliently, like or as water.
• gustateTo taste; to have a relish for.
• gustatioThe first course of a dinner in Ancient Rome, intended to stimulate the appetite.
• gutta serenaAmaurosis.
• guttateShaped like or resembling drops.
• guttulaA droplet.
• gynaeceumThe women's quarters in a household; (hence, loosely) any building or area for women.
• gynaeconitisA gynaeceum.
• habenaA restricting bandage or frenum
• habenulaA circumscript mass of cells in the caudal and dorsal aspect of the dorsal thalamus.
• habitatorA dweller; an inhabitant.
• haecceitasThe essence of a particular thing; those qualities that define it and make it unique.
• HaemimontusAn ancient region and later former Roman province situated in the Balkans, mainly in what is now Bulgaria and Turkey.
• Haemusa king of Thrace, the son of Boreas, who was vain and haughty and compared himself and his wife to Zeus and Hera
• halitusA vapour.
• hamatumThe hamate bone.
• hamusA hook- or barb-like structure.
• harpagoSynonym of corvus (“grappling hook in Ancient Roman naval warfare”).
• harpagonA grappling hook.
• haruspexA soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced haruspicy, divination by inspecting entrails.
• haruspicyDivination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
• HatraA caravan city, the capital of the small kingdom of Araba, in present-day Iraq, which flourished in 2nd-century Mesopotamia.
• hauriantOf a fish, etc.: in a vertical orientation, with its head up (to chief) and tail down (to base).
• haustoriumA root of a parasitic plant modified to take nourishment from its host.
• haustrumAny of the small pouches of the colon caused by sacculation, giving the colon its segmented appearance.
• hebdomadalLasting seven days.
• hebetateObtuse, dull.
• HecatompylusA city in the province of Qumis, Persia, in modern Iran; Shahr-i Qumis; Saddarvazeh; one of the royal cities of the Parthian Empire.
• HeliodorusA male given name.
• HeliogabalusSynonym of Elagabalus (“Roman emperor, noted for decadence, eccentricity, femininity, and disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos”).
• helluoA glutton, a gormandizer.
• helotA member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs.
• HelvetiiA Gallic tribe that occupied the plain of Switzerland.
• Helvetios51 Pegasi, a Sun-like star in the Pegasus constellation.
• hemachateA variety of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.
• heminaA Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁵⁄₆ Roman pound of wine, equivalent to around 0.27 L.
• hendecasyllabicHaving eleven syllables.
• hendecasyllableA line, verse, or word that comprises eleven syllables.
• HeracleaThe name of numerous Hellenistic cities named after Heracles.
• herba impiaThe plant Logfia filaginoides.
• herni-Protruded viscus, rupture.
• HerniciAn Italic tribe who inhabited a region in Latium.
• hibernacleA winter retreat; winter quarters.
• hibernaculumThe place where a hibernating animal shelters for the winter.
• hic jacetAn epitaph (gravestone inscription).
• hiemationHibernation.
• HierosolymaSynonym of Jerusalem, especially in the context of the Crusades and Ancient Rome.
• HierosolymitanOf or relating to Jerusalem.
• hippocentaurcentaur
• hippomanesAn ancient love philter obtained from a mare or foal in heat.
• hirrientHaving a strongly trilled sound, like that of a cat purring.
• hirsuties papillaris coronae glandisThe medical condition of having pearly penile papules.
• hirsuties papillaris genitalisThe medical condition of having pearly penile papules.
• hirsuties papillaris penisThe medical condition of having pearly penile papules.
• Hispania BaeticaA province of the Roman Empire, located in the region of Hispania, in what is now southern Spain.
• Hispania Tarraconensisone of three provinces of the Roman Empire in Hispania, which is now Spain.
• HistiaeaDaughter of Hyrieus.
• HistiaeusA tyrant of Miletus and ally of Darius
• hodiernOf this day; present-day.
• homo faberThe human being viewed as a tool maker and user, or having evolutionarily reached the stage of tool use.
• homo ludensThe human being viewed as primarily concerned with play, seeing it as an aim in itself.
• honorandOne who receives an honor.
• horariumThe daily schedule of a religious house or seminary.
• hordeolumstye, sty. An infection of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid. This is distinguished from a chalazion, which is not infected, but a cyst formed from an impacted meibomian gland of the eyelid.
• horribile dictuHorrible to say; horribly.
• horrisonantHaving an unpleasant sound.
• horror vacuiThe Aristotelian principle that there are no vacuums in nature.
• hortus conclususAn enclosed private garden, in medieval times usually divided into quadrants by four paths, with a well or fountain in the centre.
• hospitalaryOf or relating to a hostel or hospitallers.
• hospitateTo receive with hospitality; to provide lodging to a guest.