Word origins

• celiacOf, pertaining to or located within the abdomen or abdominal cavity.
• obscenitySomething that is obscene.
• HesperiaLiterally "western land", a term poetically applied by Ancient Greeks to Italy and by Romans to the Iberian Peninsula and Western Africa.
• vernalPertaining to or occurring in spring.
• rubiconA limit that when surpassed cannot be returned from, or an action that when taken cannot be reversed.
• ferociousMarked by extreme and violent energy.
• armamentA body of forces equipped for war.
• expanseA wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
• contemporaneousExisting or created in the same period of time.
• irritabilityThe state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability.
• homophobiaHatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards homosexuals.
• carinaA longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
• calorimeterAn apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change.
• secessionThe act of seceding.
• stagnationThe state of lacking flow or motion, usually causing a lack of freshness or health; (countable) an instance of this.
• simianOf or pertaining to apes and monkeys.
• caperA playful leap or jump.
• pecuniaryOf, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.
• LorentzA surname.
• deliriousBeing in the state of delirium.
• PaulinaA pupil or alumna of St Paul's Girls' School, London, England.
• nolaA very small bell used in the choir during consecration.
• TamarA daughter-in-law of Judah.
• hirsuteCovered in hair or bristles; hairy.
• LombardyAn administrative region in northern Italy, where its capital and the largest city Milan is founded in the Po Valley.
• oxonAny organic compound derived from another in which a phosphorus-sulfur bond in the parent has been replaced by a phosphorus-oxygen bond in the derivative.
• arduousNeeding or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
• CassiopeiaProud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon.
• AdriaA town and comune of Rovigo, Veneto, Italy, situated on the site of an Etruscan city of the same name.
• ClaudiusA male given name from Latin.
• expelTo eject.
• decaThe anabolic steroid nandrolone decanoate.
• LeanderThe lover of Hero who swam every night across the Hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned.
• precipitateTo make something happen suddenly and quickly.
• prophylacticA medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
• salvoAn exception; a reservation; an excuse.
• epitomeThe embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.
• inhaleTo draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
• semifinalA playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final.
• falciparumThe parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria
• recessiveGoing back; receding.
• inoculationThe introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.
• admixtureAn instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.
• coniferA plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.
• sensuousAppealing to the senses, or to sensual gratification.
• dieteticRelating to diet.
• ventricleOne of two lower chambers of the heart.
• seclusionThe act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart.
• platonicOf or relating to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato or his philosophies.
• etnaAny of several kind of spirit burners, lamps or stoves, especially portable; (later chiefly in attributive use).
• averseHaving a repugnance or opposition of mind.
• perceptiveHaving or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.
• salveAn ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
• truncateTo shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
• digressTo step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
• TacitusA Roman cognomen, notably borne by Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c.56–117), a historian of ancient Rome and Marcus Claudius Tacitus (c.200–275), a Roman emperor.
• calciteA very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO₃, found as limestone, chalk and marble.
• ColmanA male given name from Irish.
• ferriteThe interstitial solid solution of carbon in body-centered cubic iron.
• annularPertaining to, or having the form of, a ring: in the shape of an annulus.
• alluvialPertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.
• obsolescenceThe state of being obsolete—no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected.
• ultimoOn the last day (of a specified month).
• toniteAn explosive compound; a preparation of guncotton.
• tripartiteIn three parts.
• taroColocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
• viscoseA viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.
• hyacinthAny bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.
• anemoneAny plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae (or buttercup) family, such as the windflower.
• panaceaA remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
• deflectTo make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
• conusA cone.
• OedipusA son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
• humanoidHaving the appearance or characteristics of a human; being anthropomorphic under some criteria (physical, mental, genetical, ethological, ethical etc.).
• arcanaSpecialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated.
• rescindTo repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.
• infantilePertaining to infants.
• demolishTo destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional fashion.
• marcellaA kind of corded or ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk.
• stipulateTo require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
• kedsPlimsolls (canvas shoes with rubber soles) of the American brand Keds.
• scoliosisThe abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.
• quibbleAn argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint.
• velaA spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the sails of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.
• subsidenceThe process of becoming less active or severe.
• raiaA surname.
• setaA bristle or hair.
• FibonacciOf or pertaining to the Fibonacci sequence.
• OctaviaA female given name from Latin, in quiet use since the Middle Ages.
• thoraxThe region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
• placentalOf or pertaining to the placenta.
• concussionA violent collision or shock.
• pepticOf, pertaining to, capable of, or aiding digestion.
• SCOTUSA Gaelic surname from Latin
• VernaA female given name from Latin.
• sabinA unit of measurement that measures a material's absorbance of sound. A material that is 1 square meter in size that can absorb 100% of sound has a value of one metric sabin.
• palaA part of an insect's leg that is spade-shaped and can be used as a scoop for feeding.
• seraphimAny member of the species Lobophora halterata of geometrid moths.
• draconianVery severe, cruel, or harsh.
• articularOf, at, or relating to the joints of the body.