Word origins

• predatoryOf, or relating to a predator.
• septuagintA group of 70 people or a collection of 70 things.
• TIDthrice per day, consumed three times per day
• MaximusA male given name.
• sarcomaA type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.
• arboretumA place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
• didoA fuss, a row.
• cremationA burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.
• tenetAn opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
• IberiaA peninsula and region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar.
• cantorA singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony.
• BartholomewAn Apostle, identified with Nathanael. (biblical character)
• impedeTo get in the way of; to hinder.
• connectiveServing or tending to connect; connecting.
• elicitTo evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
• linguaSynonym of tongue.
• herniaA disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.
• vasA vessel or duct transporting any bodily fluid, such as blood, lymph, chyle, or semen.
• arcaneUnderstood by only a few.
• JudaicaArtifacts, or less commonly, matters pertaining to the Jews, their culture or their religion, particularly ritual objects.
• laureateCrowned, or decked, with laurel.
• pantheonA temple dedicated to all the gods.
• primusOne of the bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority.
• DariusAny of several kings in Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, 6th to 4th century BCE.
• deflectionThe act of deflecting or something deflected.
• stratumOne of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another.
• OsirisThe Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld.
• distractTo divert the attention of.
• stipulationThe act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
• colossusA statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
• frivolousSilly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner; lacking a good reason for being, or for doing what one does; due to or moved by a caprice or whim.
• phoneticRelating to the sounds of spoken language.
• dominatrixA dominating woman; a female dominator.
• NessusA centaur killed by Heracles, whose tainted blood in turn killed Heracles.
• apprehensionThe physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
• egressAn exit or way out.
• innovateTo alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize.
• proportionateIn proportion; proportional; commensurable.
• fluctuationA motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling.
• serraA saw, or saw-like part.
• labiaThe folds of tissue of the vulva, at either side of the vulval vestibule.
• auralOf or pertaining to the ear.
• sepiaA dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
• pelvisThe large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.
• echinaceaAny of several plants, of genus Echinacea, having pinkish-purple flowers.
• transactTo do, carry through, conduct or perform.
• asterAny of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
• interstitialOf, relating to, or situated in an interstice.
• fasciaA wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
• lumenIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.
• imitateTo follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.
• piousOf or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.
• hesitantTending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation.
• moduloGiven a specified modulus of.
• quidThe inherent nature of something.
• CorneliaA female given name from Latin in quiet use since the 18th century.
• evacuateTo leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
• turbidityThe state of being turbid; turbidness.
• candaceTitle of any Nubian (Kush) queen or queen mother.
• acceptabilityThe quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
• distortTo bring something out of shape, to misshape.
• emphysemaAn abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in tissues, most commonly the lungs.
• basilicaA Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
• dracoA short-barreled Kalashnikov-pattern rifle.
• expendTo consume, exhaust (some resource).
• metamorphosisA transformation, such as one performed by magic.
• tactSensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing and avoid statements that will give offence or pain even if true.
• delusionAn adamant belief in a falsehood despite incontestable evidence.
• tetanusA serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals.
• clandestineDone or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
• theoreticConcerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.
• lactateTo secrete or produce milk.
• rotaA schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
• numeroThe sign ⟨ № ⟩.
• borealOf, relating to, or coming from the north.
• equivalencyAn equivalent thing.
• lavatoryA vessel or fixture for washing, particularly
• eonEternity, the duration of the universe.
• extantStill in existence; not having disappeared.
• predationThe preying of one animal on others.
• negotiatorOne who negotiates.
• PictA member of an ancient people of northern and central Scotland.
• meditateTo contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
• tunicaSynonym of tunic (“garment”).
• fecesDigested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or other mammal's stomach to the intestines.
• apocalypticRevelatory; prophetic.
• ArgoThe ship in which Jason and the Argonauts sailed on their quest for the Golden Fleece.
• olivaolivary body
• condensateA liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam.
• BacchusThe Greco-Roman god of wine and vivid social gatherings.
• LivoniaA historical region in the Baltic, south of the Gulf of Finland, now divided and constituting southern Estonia and northern Latvia.
• cruxThe basic, central, or essential point or feature.
• femoralOf, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh.
• complicateTo make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
• lineaAny long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.
• tibiaThe inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone.
• perpetratorOne who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.
• rabidAffected with rabies.
• abramAuburn.
• IcarusA Greek mythological figure, son of Daedalus, who escaped from the Cretan labyrinth of Knossos by flying with wings made from feathers and wax, but flew too near to the sun, which melted the wax in the wings, so he fell down and drowned in the Aegean Sea.