Word origins

• regenerateTo construct or create anew, especially in an improved manner.
• metamorphosisA transformation, such as one performed by magic.
• AlbemarleIsabela Island, the largest of the Galápagos Islands.
• tactSensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing and avoid statements that will give offence or pain even if true.
• delusionAn adamant belief in a falsehood despite incontestable evidence.
• tetanusA serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals.
• clandestineDone or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
• obsidianA type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes.
• meuMeum athamanticum, a European herb.
• peregrineWandering, travelling, migratory.
• theoreticConcerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.
• grateA horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
• demonicPertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac.
• MesopotamiaA geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man.
• decedentA dead person.
• lactateTo secrete or produce milk.
• retributionPunishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
• sabbaticalRelating to the Sabbath.
• TullyA surname.
• rotaA schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
• numeroThe sign ⟨ № ⟩.
• borealOf, relating to, or coming from the north.
• belloA young man; sweetheart.
• equivalencyAn equivalent thing.
• lavatoryA vessel or fixture for washing, particularly
• cauliflowerBrassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
• eonEternity, the duration of the universe.
• extantStill in existence; not having disappeared.
• illustriousAdmired, distinguished, respected, or well-known.
• populousHaving a large population.
• predationThe preying of one animal on others.
• lustreUK standard spelling of luster (shine, etc.).
• amnesiaLoss of memory; forgetfulness.
• accretionIncrease by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth.
• circumventto avoid or get around something; to bypass
• negotiatorOne who negotiates.
• plexA building, such as a duplex or triplex, with a number of apartments (typically two to four) that all open directly to the outside.
• astuteQuickly and critically discerning.
• PictA member of an ancient people of northern and central Scotland.
• inflictTo thrust upon; to impose.
• germanicRelating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).
• meditateTo contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
• tunicaSynonym of tunic (“garment”).
• cretaceousOf or relating to chalk.
• blackmailThe extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure.
• fecesDigested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or other mammal's stomach to the intestines.
• AquilaA summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an eagle. It includes the star Altair.
• spatThe spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
• apocalypticRevelatory; prophetic.
• ArgoThe ship in which Jason and the Argonauts sailed on their quest for the Golden Fleece.
• intermissionA break, especially between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.
• olivaolivary body
• consortThe spouse of a monarch.
• condensateA liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam.
• BacchusThe Greco-Roman god of wine and vivid social gatherings.
• dissidentIn a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant.
• LivoniaA historical region in the Baltic, south of the Gulf of Finland, now divided and constituting southern Estonia and northern Latvia.
• cruxThe basic, central, or essential point or feature.
• illegitimateNot conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards.
• femoralOf, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh.
• complicateTo make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
• janesA surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.
• CapellaA bright double star in the constellation Auriga; Alpha (α) Aurigae.
• familiaA household or religious community under one head, regarded as a unit.
• lineaAny long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.
• tibiaThe inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone.
• HoratioA male given name from Latin.
• projectileAn object intended to be or having been shot from a weapon.
• imperviousUnaffected or unable to be affected by something.
• palatine(of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
• perpetratorOne who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.
• corneaThe transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.
• TatianaA transliteration of the Russian female given name Татья́на (Tatʹjána).
• ingressThe act of entering.
• rabidAffected with rabies.
• pecThe pectoralis major muscle.
• preemptionThe purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.
• abramAuburn.
• PerseusThe mythological Greek warrior who slew the Gorgon Medusa by decapitating her. He married Andromeda after rescuing her from Ceto and founded Mycenae. He was the son of Zeus and Danae.
• meticulousCharacterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
• testisA testicle of a vertebrate.
• gemmaAn asexual reproductive structure, as found in animals such as hydra (genus Hydra) and plants such as liverworts (division Marchantiophyta), consisting of a cluster of cells from which new individuals can develop; a bud.
• strenuousHaving great vigour or energy; forceful.
• ludicrousIdiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.
• IcarusA Greek mythological figure, son of Daedalus, who escaped from the Cretan labyrinth of Knossos by flying with wings made from feathers and wax, but flew too near to the sun, which melted the wax in the wings, so he fell down and drowned in the Aegean Sea.
• LukasA male given name from Latin, of rare usage, variant of Lucas.
• malaA single lobe of an insect's maxilla.
• besA bronze coin of the Roman Republic, worth two thirds of an as.
• gratificationThe act of gratifying or pleasing, either the mind, or the appetite or taste.
• IgnatiusA male given name from Latin; of mostly Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox usage in English.
• mucusA slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.
• mythicMythical; existing in myth.
• fluctuateTo vary irregularly; to swing.
• SelenaA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• plexusA network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.
• modusThe arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.
• LuciusA male given name from Latin.
• causticCapable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
• emporiaAn unincorporated community in Volusia County, Florida, United States.
• pretextA false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.