Word origins

• ArtaxerxesThe name of several Achaemenid kings of Persia.
• trigonalHaving three angles and three sides, triangular.
• ileusDisruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract, due to failure of peristalsis.
• extirpationThe act of extirpating or uprooting.
• conurbationA continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.
• damasceneInlaid with silver or gold.
• KlimA transliteration of the Russian male given name Кли́м (Klím).
• lignumDead wood, typically in the context of a substrate for lichens.
• ingenuousNaive and trusting.
• coalescentCausing or undergoing coalescence.
• StraboAncient Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian from Amaseia in Pontus.
• nonplussedUnsure how to act or respond; bewildered, perplexed.
• oratoricalof, or relating to oratory or an orator.
• dorsumThe back of the tongue, used for articulating dorsal consonants.
• teresA terete muscle.
• architectonicRelating to or characteristic of architecture, design and construction.
• remoraAny of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals.
• scientKnowing; aware; knowledgeable.
• seresSynonym of Chinese or Northern Chinese, chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China.
• rotundHaving a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.
• ZenobiaA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• PaeoniaThe land of the Paeonians, a people inhabiting between the lands of Macedonians, Thracians, and Illyrians.
• Miletusancient Greek city on the west coast of Caria, Anatolia
• internecineMutually destructive; most often applied to warfare.
• AmbrosiusA surname from German.
• sensorialOf or pertaining to sensation or the senses; sensory.
• legationThe purpose for which a legate is sent; a legate's mission or commission. Now rare (cf. OED)
• actioThe use of voice and gestures in oratory; the style of delivery of a speech.
• BellatrixA blue eruptive variable star, the third brightest star in the constellation Orion; Gamma (γ) Orionis.
• gerundA verbal form that functions as a verbal noun.
• hypotenuseThe side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
• catenaryRelating to a chain; like a chain.
• NewgrangeA monument in County Meath, Ireland. A prehistoric neolithic monument, a circular ceremonial burial mound structure with astronomical alignments
• loquaciousTalkative; chatty.
• pandyA fulling mill.
• striateTo mark something with striations.
• velarArticulated at the velum or soft palate.
• valedictoryOf or pertaining to a valediction (“an act of parting company; a speech made when parting company”); designed for or suitable to an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.
• priapismA potentially painful or harmful medical condition in which the erect penis does not return to its flaccid state (despite the absence of both physical and psychological stimulation), often as a result of a spinal injury.
• BarabbasIn the accounts of the Passion of Christ, an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus.
• pontifexA pontiff, state minister, or high priest, in Ancient Rome.
• nymphaeathe European white water lily.
• militateTo give force or effect toward; to influence.
• CommodusA male given name.
• KuklaA surname.
• princepsThe title of the Roman emperor during the principate.
• pontineOf or relating to a bridge or bridges.
• omnivoreAn animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).
• venerateTo treat with great respect and deference.
• apsisA recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church.
• telamonA figure of a man (often Atlas) used as a pillar for support.
• cathedraThe chair or throne of a bishop.
• producentOne who produces, or provides for inspection.
• inundateTo cover with large amounts of water; to flood.
• syrinxA set of panpipes.
• CaiaphasA Jewish high priest in the first century CE who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus.
• putamenThe shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit; endocarp.
• plebeianA member of the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome.
• introspectTo engage in introspection.
• stelaAn obelisk or upright stone pillar, usually as a primitive commemoration or gravestone.
• unioAny of the genus Unio of freshwater mussels
• cutisThe true skin, underlying the epidermis.
• octogenarianSynonym of eightysomething: a person between 80 and 89 years old.
• follisA large bronze coin minted during the Roman Empire.
• fascicleA bundle or cluster.
• dixiAn utterance signifying the end of a speech.
• gravidPregnant.
• plainsongA form of monophonic chant in unison using the Gregorian scale, sung in various Christian churches.
• satiateTo fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
• letheForgetfulness of the past; oblivion.
• embolusAn obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.
• IlluminatusA member of the early church who had received baptism and been given a lighted taper as a symbol of the spiritual illumination they had received.
• elephantineOf, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of elephants.
• glomusA fold of the mesothelium arising near the base of the mesentery in the pronephron, and containing a ball of blood vessels.
• AlexiusA male given name from Ancient Greek.
• punctateMarked by spots, dots, points, or punctures.
• aconitumThe poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
• PharsaliaAn epic poem by the Roman poet Lucan describing Caesar's Civil War.
• DulcieA female given name from Latin.
• MenciusChinese philosopher, follower of Confucius (?372 - 289 B.C.E., or 385 - 303/302 B.C.E.)
• fibrilA fine fibre or filament.
• juglansThe walnut and similar trees of the genus Juglans
• acuminateTapering to a point; pointed.
• ibidemIn the same place; indicates a reference to the same source as the previous one.
• ActiumA promontory in Acarnania in Ancient Greece where Mark Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian in a naval battle in 31 B.C.
• NeapolisFormer name of Naples: a port city in southwestern Italy.
• saturableCapable of being saturated, of achieving saturation
• cotyledonEach of the patches of villi on the foetal chorion in the placenta of ruminants and some other mammals.
• effeteexhausted, spent, worn-out.
• miserereAn expression of lamentation or complaint.
• resolventAble to resolve (separate) the constituents of a mixture
• AlexandrinaA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• intercessorA mediator, one who reconciles enemies or pleads for another.
• odiumHatred; dislike.
• AesculapiusThe god of medicine and healing. Greek counterpart: Asclepius.
• caulkerA person who caulks various structures (as ships) and certain types of piping.
• LyciaA historical region in southwestern Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.
• pilusA hair.
• derivateDerived; derivative.
• blennyBlenniidae (combtooth blennies)