flavoneAny of a class of tricyclic aromatic heterocyclic ketones, especially the naturally occurring flavonoids.
formicationAn abnormal skin sensation similar to that of insects crawling over or within the skin; a tactile hallucination involving such a sensation. A common side-effect of substance abuse, it can also be experienced with high fever, menopause, skin cancer, diabetic neuropathy, or herpes zoster.
NabataeanThe ancient inhabitants of Nabataea, a region of Arabia inhabited by the Nabataeans that covers parts of northern Arabia and the Southern Levant, lying between Arabia and Syria, and stretching from the Euphrates river to the Red Sea. During the Hellenistic Period, the Nabataeans were involved in a nexus of trade routes reaching as far as Italy to the west and India to the east, which centered at their city of Petra in what is now Western Jordan near the Negev Desert from before 310 BCE until the Roman conquest in 106 CE.
OrontesA river in West Asia, about 400 km (250 mi) long, flowing from Lebanon through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey.
dirigeA Roman Catholic service for the dead, being the first antiphon of matins for the dead, of which dirige is the first word; a dirge.
extenuateOf a person: emaciated, wasted, weakened; of the body or part of it: atrophied, shrunken, withered.
pratincoleAny of several species of birds in the genera Glareola and Stiltia.
anileCharacteristic of a crone or a feeble old woman.
hominoidAny anthropoid (including humans and apes) belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea.
retributeTo pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite.
MoesiaAn ancient region and later former Roman province situated in the Balkans, along the south bank of the Danube river, mainly in what is now Bulgaria and Serbia.
mydriasisThe condition of having abnormally large and dilated pupils due to illness or narcotics, particularly stimulants such as methamphetamine, cocaine, etc.
comitiaA popular legislative assembly in ancient Rome.
Mysiaa region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor
perorationThe concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery.
bistortAny of several perennial herbs, classified in genera Bistorta, Persicaria, or Polygonum, having spikes of pink flowers.
intermitTo interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.
EpaphroditusA male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
flocculentFlocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly.
JacinthaA rare female given name from Ancient Greek.
HydrusA winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a small serpent. It lies between the constellations Mensa and Tucana. It is not to be confused with the constellation Hydra.
hypothecateTo pledge (something) as surety for a loan; to pawn, mortgage.
phratryA clan or kinship group consisting of a number of families claiming descent from a common ancestor and having certain collective functions and responsibilities.
drupeA kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.
ItalaAn early Latin version of the Biblical Scriptures.