Word origins

• portiaThespesia populnea, a flowering plant of the mallow family, found especially in parts of India.
• GangesA river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism.
• consecrationThe act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.
• MarciA female given name.
• fluorThe mineral fluorite.
• pungentHaving a strong odor that stings the nose; said especially of acidic or spicy substances.
• tabulaA plate or frame on which a title or inscription is carved.
• consummationThe act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; the state of being completed; completion.
• HadrianThe Roman emperor Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus.
• umbraThe fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object.
• reparationA payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).
• densA toothlike process projecting from the anterior end of the centrum of the axis vertebra on which the atlas vertebra rotates.
• gymnasticOf or pertaining to gymnastics.
• venaSynonym of vein.
• inaneLacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.
• plantaThe sole of the foot.
• decrementA small quantity removed or lost; one of a series of regular subtractions.
• triplexHaving three floors.
• CassiusA male given name from Latin.
• altercationAn angry or heated dispute.
• isthmusA narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.
• raucousHarsh and rough-sounding.
• exaggerateTo overstate, to describe more than the fact.
• MarcellusA male given name from Latin.
• frigidVery cold; lacking warmth; icy.
• simileA figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.
• phalanxAn ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
• DionysusThe god of wine, ivy and grapes, specifically its intoxication and social influence, but also the patron of agriculture and the theater. Also related to the mystery of religion, as in "spiritual intoxication".
• meanderOne of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
• AramA historical region mentioned in early cuneiforms and in the Bible, located in modern Syria as well as parts of Iraq, Lebanon and southeastern Turkey; inhabited by Arameans.
• indelibleHaving the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.
• imagoThe final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.
• cunnilingusPerformance of oral sex upon the vulva.
• ovumThe female gamete in animals; the egg cell.
• permanencyThe state or quality of permanence.
• zosterAn ancient Greek waist-belt for men.
• leneThe smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
• AdolphusA male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized variant of Adolph.
• eruptTo eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).
• constancyThe quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.
• repudiationThe act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating.
• paclitaxelA taxane antineoplastic drug C₄₇H₅₁NO₁₄ originally isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia, but now typically derived as a semisynthetic product of the English yew; it interferes with microtubule function and inhibits cell division, and is used in the treatment of some cancers, especially those of the breast and ovary.
• AmmonAn ancient nation occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in present-day Jordan.
• cognateAllied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.
• moresA set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted practices rather than written laws.
• indignantShowing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.
• venterA woman with offspring.
• omicronThe 15th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets (16th in Ancient and Old Greek), used in ordering lists as in naming (astronomy) the 15th star of a constellation or (epidemiology) the 15th discovered major variant of a disease.
• resurrectTo raise from the dead; to bring life back to.
• positSomething that is posited; a postulate.
• obligateTo bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.
• sensuin the sense of
• gttdrop
• medullaThe soft inner part of something, especially the pith of a fruit.
• regressiveThat tends to return, revert or regress.
• silexFlint.
• cassiaThe spice made from the bark of members of the genus Cinnamomum other than true cinnamon (C. verum), when they are distinguished from cinnamon.
• laminaAny of a number of layer or plate-like structures in human or animal bodies.
• arealOf or pertaining to an area or geographic region.
• oratoryA private chapel or prayer room.
• lemurAny strepsirrhine primate of the superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
• triteused so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
• CharonAny ferryman.
• antithesisA proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
• CappadociaA historical region and ancient kingdom in central Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey.
• testaA seed coat.
• SardisFormer name of Sart: a town in Manisa Province, Turkey; the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Lydia, in western Asia Minor.
• EmmausA town mentioned in the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament, where Jesus is said to have appeared, after his death and resurrection, before two disciples. Various locations have been suggested.
• ficusAny plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica.
• CanisiusA surname from Latin.
• prunusA type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume.
• juridicalPertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).
• ByzantiumA dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple.
• abackTowards the back or rear; backwards.
• incipientIn an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
• objectorA person who objects to something.
• predominateTo dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
• caudalPertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
• lupineWolfish (all senses); wolflike.
• pyreneA polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing four fused benzene rings; first isolated from coal tar
• situsThe position, especially the usual, normal position, of a body part or part of a plant.
• indiciaIndications or signs.
• astragalusSynonym of anklebone.
• PlutarchAny specific edition of a work by Plutarch, often specifically Plutarch's Lives
• SyriacA speaker of the Syriac language (see above).
• sapaA reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to a third of the original volume.
• ellipsisA mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
• permeateTo pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture
• faciesGeneral appearance.
• piscinaA drained basin near a church's altar for the disposal of water from liturgical ablutions.
• dictumAn authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
• posthumousAfter the death of someone.
• tyrannicalOf, or relating to tyranny or a tyrant.
• limesA boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.
• miscellaneaA miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.
• calyxThe outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
• Libertasthe Roman goddess and personification of liberty; equivalent to the Greek goddess Eleutheria.
• psylliumAny of several plants of Plantago subg. Psyllium.
• lyceumA public hall designed for lectures, readings, or concerts.
• LiviaA female given name from Latin.