testicleA testis: the male sex and endocrine gland, found in most types of animals, that produces sperm and male sex hormones, including the steroid testosterone.
circumstantialPertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential.
allusionAn indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned.
farinaA fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.
flexionThe act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
ibexA type of wild mountain goat of the genus Capra, such as the species Capra ibex.
AraratMount Ararat, the tallest mountain of Turkey and of the entire Armenian Highland. In Armenian antiquity known as Masis, it became associated with the Biblical "Mountains of Ararat" (Genesis 8:4) at some point during the Middle Ages.
portiaThespesia populnea, a flowering plant of the mallow family, found especially in parts of India.
angelusA Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation.
cuticleThe strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
GangesA river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism.
mentholA cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes.
HadrianThe Roman emperor Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus.
patriarchyA social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.
ArchimedesA transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs), notably borne by Archimedes of Syracuse, an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer (c. 287–212 BCE).
sputumMatter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth, composed of saliva and discharges from the respiratory passages such as mucus, phlegm or pus.
audaciousShowing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
advectionThe horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.
flagrantObvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
simileA figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.
phalanxAn ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
DionysusThe god of wine, ivy and grapes, specifically its intoxication and social influence, but also the patron of agriculture and the theater. Also related to the mystery of religion, as in "spiritual intoxication".
meanderOne of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
turionA bud, produced by some aquatic plants, that becomes detached and dormant until the following spring
AramA historical region mentioned in early cuneiforms and in the Bible, located in modern Syria as well as parts of Iraq, Lebanon and southeastern Turkey; inhabited by Arameans.
traductionThe act of converting text from one language to another.
indelibleHaving the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.
imagoThe final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.
gensA legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related through a common ancestor by birth, marriage or adoption, possibly over many generations, and sharing the same nomen gentilicium.
cunnilingusPerformance of oral sex upon the vulva.
LaviniaThe daughter of Latinus and wife of Aeneas.