Word origins

• QODonce every other day
• adulterateCorrupted or made impure by being mixed with something else; adulterated.
• granumA stack-like structure in plant chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll; the site of photosynthesis.
• intercalaryDescribing a time period inserted between others; leap, (as in leap day, leap month, or leap year)
• optationA wish; a desire.
• jugalRelating to a jugum.
• oryzanolAn antioxidant found in rice bran oil.
• acquiescentWilling to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance.
• taxaneAny of a class of diterpenoid drugs that inhibit cancer cell growth and division.
• SilviusThe son of Ascanius and his wife.
• BoeotiaA historical region and modern regional unit of the administrative region of Central Greece, Greece, formerly renowned for the French proverbially equating the residents with philistinism. Capital: Livadeia.
• despondTo give up the will, courage, or spirit; to become dejected, lose heart.
• indiciumAn indication; a sign.
• ThomistA follower or advocate of Thomism.
• augiteA variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt.
• QEF“quod erat faciendum”, “what was to have been done” – used to end a mathematical passage other than a proof.
• PuppisA winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the stern of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.
• vorticalOf or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex.
• KitaiSynonym of Khitan, in its various senses.
• vituperationThe act of vituperating; severely blaming or censuring.
• staminateHaving functional stamens, but (typically) no carpels.
• CleliaA female given name from Latin.
• CapricornusA constellation of the zodiac traditionally figured in the shape of a goat or the mythical sea goat (upper half goat, lower half fish).
• StellartonA town in Nova Scotia, Canada, just outside of the larger town of New Glasgow.
• dirigentSomething that or someone who directs; a director or guide.
• arsenicalOf or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic.
• EleusinianPertaining to ancient Eleusis, in Attica, or the Eleusinian Mysteries of Demeter celebrated there.
• CraiglockhartA suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2270).
• tortuositytortuousness; tortuous condition or nature.
• pestilentialProducing, spreading, promoting or infected with pestilence; causing infection. (of people, animals, places or substances)
• toltA writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a county court.
• circumlocutionA roundabout or indirect way of speaking; thus
• omnificentAll-creating, omnific.
• unicumA unique example or specimen of something
• tutelaryRelating to guardianship or protection.
• pyrexiaFever.
• invertibilityThe condition of being invertible.
• parabellumA type of cartridge used in some handguns.
• deflagrationThe act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
• luesA plague or disease.
• impecuniousLacking money.
• barathrumA pit, especially one at Athens into which criminals were thrown.
• simpliciterSimply, absolutely; without any qualification or condition.
• retroflexBent or curved backwards.
• subshrubA low-growing woody shrub or perennial with a woody base.
• CastalianOf or relating to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mount Parnassus, sacred to the Muses.
• loticCharacterized by flowing water; swiftly flowing; concerned with flowing rivers, streams, etc.
• syndeticOf or related to syndeton, the use of a conjunction.
• Milesiana native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Miletus in Asia Minor.
• exercitationThe exercise or exertion of some power, responsibility, faculty etc.
• pavonA small triangular flag, especially one attached to a knight's lance; a pennon.
• originaryPertaining to or being the origin of something.
• quadripartiteDivided into four parts.
• synodicOf, related to or produced by a synod; synodal.
• formidablyIn a formidable manner.
• effulgentRadiant, resplendent, shining.
• desquamationThe shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
• quadruplicatehaving four parts
• insensateHaving no sensation or consciousness; unconscious; inanimate.
• putrescibleDecomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable.
• nymphomaniaExcess of sexual behaviour or desire in women.
• sententiousUsing as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
• daedalSkilful, ingenious, cunning.
• optimateA member of the patrician ruling class in republican Ancient Rome; an aristocrat, a noble.
• inseparabilityThe condition of being inseparable
• ludologyThe study of games and other forms of play.
• capitateHaving a distinct globular tip.
• tereteHaving a smooth circular cross-section; cylindrical, commonly more or less tapering.
• AnabaptismThe doctrine espoused by Anabaptists.
• empyrealPertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean.
• divulgationThe act of divulging or publishing; publication.
• FennoscandiaA peninsula in Northern Europe, comprising, besides the Scandinavian Peninsula, also Finland, the Kola Peninsula and Karelia (and sometimes also including Denmark, although it is not part of the Scandinavian Peninsula).
• sapidtasty, flavoursome
• scoriaThe slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore.
• debilitateTo make feeble; to weaken.
• FleuriA surname.
• colluviumA loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope.
• vesicalPertaining to the urinary bladder.
• condemnatoryServing to condemn or censure.
• placidityThe state of being placid; peacefulness.
• appendicularOf or pertaining to a limb or appendage.
• BelgicOf or pertaining to the Belgae, a Germanic tribe.
• BelgaeA group of tribes living in northern Gaul, between the English Channel and the west bank of the Rhine, from at least the 3rd century BC.
• diaphoreticGenerating sweat or perspiration.
• rugoseHaving rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
• HasmoneanOf or relating to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean.
• tragacanthA polysaccharide gum, extracted from several species of leguminous plants of the genus Astragalus, formerly used medicinally and now as a food additive. Also more fully gum tragacanth.
• tumorousPertaining to or having the appearance of a tumor.
• pavoniaAny plant of the genus Pavonia of swampmallows.
• coronisA device, curved stroke, or flourish formed with a pen, coming at the end of a book or chapter; a colophon. For example: ⸎, ۞.
• propitiatoryIntended to propitiate, reconcile, expiate or appease; conciliatory.
• pomologyThe study of pome fruit and of the cultivation of such fruit.
• talariaThe winged sandals worn by certain gods and goddesses, especially the Roman god Mercury (and his Greek counterpart Hermes).
• assimilableCapable of being assimilated; susceptible to assimilation.
• ChaldeeSynonym of Chaldean.
• infibulationAn act of fastening.
• cadelAn ornate capital letter used in calligraphy, consisting of interlaced pen strokes. See :Commons:Cadel letters.
• benefactionAn act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
• callidcunning or shrewd; crafty.
• persicarialady's thumb