millipedeAny of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments.
impactionA compression; the packing together of loose matter.
CetusA winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a whale. It includes the star Mira.
CentaurusA spring constellation of the northern sky (and autumn of the southern sky) with the outline of a centaur. It includes the stars Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus and Toliman), Proxima Centauri, and Hadar.
multifariousHaving great diversity or variety; of various kinds; made up of many differing parts.
LemuriaA religious feast of Ancient Rome during which rites were performed to exorcise the malevolent ghosts of the dead from their homes.
legionaryA soldier belonging to a legion; a professional soldier of the ancient Roman army.
tenterA framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.
juvenalOf a young bird: that has its first flying plumage.
refractOf a medium, substance, object, etc.: to deflect the course of (light rays), esp. when they enter the medium, etc., at an oblique angle; to cause refraction of (light, other electromagnetic radiation, or sound or other wave phenomena).
pubisThe pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis.
sacrilegiousCommitting sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.
fatuousInanely stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
labrumThe uppermost of the mouthparts (trophi) of a typical insect, such as a cockroach. Typically resembles an upper lip and forms part of the roof of the mouth in such insects.
obsolescentIn the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet.
pectoralisA pair of muscles that lowers the wings of birds in flight
putrescineA diamine, NH₂(CH₂)₄NH₂ (1,4-diaminobutane or butanediamine), produced by the breakdown of amino acids in living and dead organisms.
grusAn accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments (particles of sand and gravel) resulting from the chemical and mechanical weathering of crystalline rocks.
nitrosoThe univalent radical and functional group -N=O
empyreanThe highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to be a region of pure light and fire or else composed of ether, and sometimes seen as the dwelling-place of God or other divine beings; the highest celestial sphere according to ancient and medieval astronomy.
caesiumThe chemical element (symbol Cs) with an atomic number of 55. It is a soft, gold-colored, highly reactive alkali metal.
palladianOf or relating to Pallas, an epithet of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and potentially to other female Greek figures such as Pallas the daughter of Triton and granddaughter of Poseidon.
flocA floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed.
intercalationA period inserted into a calendar as in a leap year.
audionAn early electronic amplifying tube consisting of a partially evacuated glass tube with three electrodes, a heated filament, a grid, and a plate.
syncretismThe reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (religious, cultural, or otherwise cosmologic or ontologic).
licentiousLacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
ignoramusA totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
numinousOf or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity.
keratoconusA degenerative noninflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal even curve.
naiadA female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
glumeA basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae).
fucoseThe aldohexose (3S,4R,5R,6S)-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol present in several glycans and mucopolysaccharides