Word origins

• BoethiusAnicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524 CE), Roman historian and philosopher from the Early Middle Ages.
• enunciationThe act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration.
• JosueA surname from Spanish.
• cepheidOf or pertaining to the family Cepheidae
• caesiumThe chemical element (symbol Cs) with an atomic number of 55. It is a soft, gold-colored, highly reactive alkali metal.
• suppurativeOf a disease or medical condition, causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus.
• PhthiaA city in ancient Thessaly, Greece.
• crimenAn impediment to Catholic marriage due to a conspiracy to murder or a death of a previous spouse.
• palladianOf or relating to Pallas, an epithet of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and potentially to other female Greek figures such as Pallas the daughter of Triton and granddaughter of Poseidon.
• flocA floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed.
• LaodiceaFormer name of Nahavand: a city in Iran.
• carnivoraCarnivorans.
• premeditationThe act of planning or plotting something in advance, especially a crime.
• LepusA winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a rabbit. It lies south of the constellation Orion.
• villusA small projection from a membrane, particularly those found in the mucous membranes of the intestines.
• pugnaciousHaving a tendency to argue or fight; aggressive, combative.
• intercalationA period inserted into a calendar as in a leap year.
• FirminA male given name from Latin.
• emissiveOf, pertaining to, or having the capacity to emit radiation, matter, or sound; emitting.
• audionAn early electronic amplifying tube consisting of a partially evacuated glass tube with three electrodes, a heated filament, a grid, and a plate.
• valgusknock-kneed (having the distal part of a limb displaced or twisted away from the midline of the body)
• syncretismThe reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (religious, cultural, or otherwise cosmologic or ontologic).
• licentiousLacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
• injuriainjury; invasion of another's rights
• intrapartumDuring parturition (childbirth; labor).
• fusiformShaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.
• avelTo pull away.
• JeremiasNew Testament name for the prophet Jeremiah.
• colludeto act in concert with; to conspire.
• jubilateTo show elation or triumph; to rejoice.
• conciliarOf or pertaining to a council, especially an ecclesiastical council.
• papillaA vascular process of connective tissue extending into and nourishing the root of a hair, feather, or developing tooth.
• glutinousGlue-like, sticky, viscid.
• gulaThe upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat.
• NicaeaFormer name of Iznik: a town in Bursa Province, Turkey, famed for the 325 CE church council that composed the Nicene Creed.
• volutionA turning (rolling or revolving) motion.
• pupillaryOf or pertaining to person below a certain legal age, or to a ward.
• gravidaA pregnant woman.
• cartilaginousRelated to or resembling cartilage.
• defecateTo excrete feces from one's bowels.
• ScythiaA geographic region encompassing the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, inhabited by nomadic Scythians from at least the 11th century BCE to the 2nd century CE.
• PatroclusA character in the Iliad, known for his close relationship to Achilles.
• adductorA muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body—opposed to abductor.
• avocationA calling away; a diversion.
• ignoramusA totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
• numinousOf or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity.
• simulacrumA physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing.
• keratoconusA degenerative noninflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal even curve.
• vindicatorA person who vindicates.
• naiadA female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
• TimaeusA male given name from Ancient Greek.
• glumeA basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae).
• interregnumA period of time between the end of one monarch's reign and the accession of their successor.
• collumA neck, cervix, or neckline part or process.
• conciliatorA person who conciliates.
• fucoseThe aldohexose (3S,4R,5R,6S)-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol present in several glycans and mucopolysaccharides
• syringaSweet mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius).
• saturnaliaA period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence; a period of unrestrained revelry.
• flagellationBeating, or an instance of beating, consisting of lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as a whipping or scourging.
• spondylolisthesisA forward displacement of a vertebra over a lower vertebra, due to a congenital defect or injury.
• planumany flat surface
• muneNot immune; subject or vulnerable to (something).
• axillaThe armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
• insuperableImpossible to achieve or overcome or be negotiated.
• equisetumA horsetail (plant of genus Equisetum)
• MortaOne of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the cutter of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Atropos.
• RomanoffA surname from Russian.
• coccyxThe final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone.
• CassanoA surname.
• HungariaHungary
• GallionA surname.
• EtruriaAn ancient country in Italian Peninsula, located between the Arno and Tiber rivers, corresponding to modern day Tuscany in Western Italy; the home of Etruscans.
• ConstantiusA Latin first name, most notably held by a handful of Roman emperors.
• obiterIncidentally; in passing.
• gingivaThe gum, consisting of the tissue surrounding the roots of the teeth and covering the jawbone.
• antiquaryA person who is knowledgeable of, or who collects antiques (especially one holding an official position); an antiquarian.
• onomatopoeiaThe property of a word that sounds like what it represents.
• emancipateTo set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.
• exonerationAn act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation.
• AugustanPertaining to the times of the Roman emperor Augustus (63 B.C.E. - 14 C.E.).
• corporativepertaining to a corporation; corporate
• HispaniaThe Iberian Peninsula, a peninsula and historical region of Southern Europe covering modern-day Spain, Portugal and Andorra, when under the control of Ancient Rome; split into between two and five Roman provinces, depending on the time period.
• appositeStrikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.
• CydoniaFormer name of Chania: a city on the island of Crete, Greece.
• uncialOf or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high.
• alterativeA medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc.
• arteriaSynonym of artery.
• damnumharm; detriment
• polyphemusSynonym of polyphemus moth.
• salopAn old name for Shropshire and the official name for the county between 1974 and 1980, still occasionally used in postal addresses.
• incipitThe first few words of a text, especially its first line.
• salivateTo produce saliva.
• maleficentHarmful or evil in intent or effect.
• dubiaA set of questions on doctrine sent by Catholic bishops to the Holy See.
• electrixThe wife of a German elector, often used as a title.
• IapetusA Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.
• LucillaA female given name from Latin.
• coterminousHaving matching boundaries; or, adjoining and sharing a boundary.
• HeliceA town of Achaia situated on the coast between the rivers Selinus and Cerynites
• sambucaAn Italian liqueur made from elderberries and flavoured with licorice, traditionally served with 3 coffee beans that represent health, wealth and fortune (or past, present and future).