VulpeculaA faint autumn constellation in the northern sky.
vermisA narrow, worm-like structure found in animal brains between the hemispheres of the cerebellum; it is the site of termination of the spinocerebellar pathways that carry subconscious proprioception.
caecumA cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.
amplexusA form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process.
cuspidA pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars in heterodont mammals.
PictorA summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an easel. It lies between the constellations Carina and Dorado.
ChaldeaAn ancient geographic region of West Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain.
Daciana member of an ancient Indo-European ethnic group of Dacia.
pubescenceThe state of being in or reaching puberty.
TeutonA member of an early Germanic tribe living in Jutland noted in historical writings by Greek and Roman authors.
pestilentHighly injurious or destructive to life: deadly.
thebeA subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a pula.
panicgrassAny of several of the species of grass in the genus Panicum.
radicleThe rudimentary shoot of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the root of the embryo.
bilinAny of various biological pigments formed in many organisms as a metabolic product of certain porphyrins.
carminativeRelieving the discomfort of gas in the digestive tract, either by reducing its production (by the gut microbiota) or by inducing its expulsion (whether as belches [upper GI action] or as flatus [lower GI action]).
OsciAn ancient Italic people from Campania in Italy.
AratusA healer and a son of Asclepius and his lover, Aristodama, and the paternal halfbrother of Aceso, Aglaea, Hygieia, Iaso, Meditrina, Panacea, Machaon, Podalirius, Telesphorus.
fornixThe junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera.
oreadA mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a mountain.
confluxA merger of rivers, or the place where rivers merge.
TaxilaAn ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan.
DecapolisA group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria.
HesperidesA group of nymphs who tend a blissful garden filled with trees that grew golden apples in a far western corner of the world, located in Libya or the Atlas Mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus; they are said to be the daughters of Hesperus.
scopariusThe dried tops of the plant Cytisus scoparius, formerly used in medicine.
AeduiA Gallic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis whose chief town was Bibracte
locutionA phrase or expression peculiar to or characteristic of a given person or group of people.
alveolusAny of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
pelagianOf or pertaining to Pelagius (circa 354–420/440), an ascetic who denied the need for divine aid in performing good works.