Word origins

• exercitationThe exercise or exertion of some power, responsibility, faculty etc.
• limmaAny of several small musical intervals, such as the semitone. Most commonly referrs to the diatonic semitone or minor second, which has a ratio of approximately 16/15 or 27/25 in meantone temperaments or 256/243 in Pythagorean tuning.
• pavonA small triangular flag, especially one attached to a knight's lance; a pennon.
• ArsinoeA female given name of historical usage, notably borne by several queens consort of Egypt.
• originaryPertaining to or being the origin of something.
• numenA divinity, especially a local or presiding god.
• quadripartiteDivided into four parts.
• IdaeusA male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], of historical usage
• synodicOf, related to or produced by a synod; synodal.
• formidablyIn a formidable manner.
• effulgentRadiant, resplendent, shining.
• desquamationThe shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
• quadruplicatehaving four parts
• insensateHaving no sensation or consciousness; unconscious; inanimate.
• putrescibleDecomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable.
• clavisA Roman key.
• LeontineOf, from or relating to Leontini
• nymphomaniaExcess of sexual behaviour or desire in women.
• convolveTo roll together, or one part on another
• Vercingetorix72 BCE–46 BCE, the chieftain of the Arverni, leader of the great Gallic revolt against the Romans in 53–52 BCE.
• sententiousUsing as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
• costusA perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus (family Costaceae).
• carnifexAn executioner.
• daedalSkilful, ingenious, cunning.
• optimateA member of the patrician ruling class in republican Ancient Rome; an aristocrat, a noble.
• inseparabilityThe condition of being inseparable
• tubusA tube.
• ludologyThe study of games and other forms of play.
• ciliumA short microscopic hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism) which serve either for propulsion by causing currents in the surrounding fluid or as sensors.
• capitateHaving a distinct globular tip.
• Gallienusa Roman Emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268
• tereteHaving a smooth circular cross-section; cylindrical, commonly more or less tapering.
• AquitaniaSynonym of Aquitaine.
• AnabaptismThe doctrine espoused by Anabaptists.
• empyrealPertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean.
• participialOf, relating to, or being a participle.
• diffractTo cause diffraction
• tectrixThe covert of a bird's wing.
• divulgationThe act of divulging or publishing; publication.
• FennoscandiaA peninsula in Northern Europe, comprising, besides the Scandinavian Peninsula, also Finland, the Kola Peninsula and Karelia (and sometimes also including Denmark, although it is not part of the Scandinavian Peninsula).
• sedesThe position a word or phrase occupies within the meter.
• GadaraFormer name of Umm Qais: a city in northwestern Jordan.
• lupulusA common hop plant (Humulus lupulus).
• acicularNeedle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle.
• sapidtasty, flavoursome
• scuteA horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodiles, or the feet and legs of birds.
• dulcamaraThe dried young branches of the woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), formerly used as a diuretic, diaphoretic, sedative, and narcotic.
• scoriaThe slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore.
• punctumA sharp tip of any part of the anatomy; a point or other small area.
• racemeAn indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis.
• aspersionAn attack on someone's or something's reputation or good name; often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon….
• debilitateTo make feeble; to weaken.
• calthaA plant of the genus Caltha; a marsh marigold.
• FleuriA surname.
• AmenophisA male given name of historical usage, notably borne by several Egyptian pharaohs.
• zoilusA critic characterized as bitter, carping, malignant.
• accentorAny bird of the Eurasian genus Prunella, such as the dunnock.
• clepsydraSynonym of water clock, especially (historical) ancient Greek and Roman forms.
• colluviumA loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope.
• malleolusThe bony prominence with a shape likened to a hammerhead, especially each of those at the distal end of the fibula or tibia, on either side of the ankle joint.
• syrtisSynonym of quicksand.
• ProserpinaThe goddess of springtime, queen of the underworld and the wife of Pluto; the Roman equivalent of Persephone.
• vesicalPertaining to the urinary bladder.
• MacariusA male given name from Koine Greek.
• lunateShaped like a crescent.
• quondamFormer; once; at one time.
• vultThe face.
• disseminatorOne who, or that which, disseminates.
• extenuationThe action or process of making or becoming thin; an instance of this; a shrunken condition; leanness, emaciation.
• contumaciousContemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
• condemnatoryServing to condemn or censure.
• soporAn unnaturally deep sleep.
• placidityThe state of being placid; peacefulness.
• predeTo prey; to plunder.
• StephaniaA female given name from Latin.
• appendicularOf or pertaining to a limb or appendage.
• BelgicOf or pertaining to the Belgae, a Germanic tribe.
• genialityThe quality of being genial; friendly cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.
• servientsubordinate
• BelgaeA group of tribes living in northern Gaul, between the English Channel and the west bank of the Rhine, from at least the 3rd century BC.
• diaphoreticGenerating sweat or perspiration.
• rugoseHaving rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
• HasmoneanOf or relating to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean.
• pellucidAllowing the passage of light; translucent or transparent.
• imprimisIn the first place (used to introduce a list of items or considerations).
• laudatorOne who lauds.
• tragacanthA polysaccharide gum, extracted from several species of leguminous plants of the genus Astragalus, formerly used medicinally and now as a food additive. Also more fully gum tragacanth.
• Comnenusmember of a noble family who ruled the Byzantine Empire from 1081 to 1185
• tumorousPertaining to or having the appearance of a tumor.
• ArcadiusA male given name from Ancient Greek, of mostly historical use. Seen slightly more commonly as Arcade, from French.
• NicomediaFormer name of Izmit: a city in Turkey; the ancient capital of Bithynia.
• cavusIn planetary geology, an irregular steep-sided depression that does not seem to be an impact crater.
• corbiculaA bee's pollen basket; in honeybees and close relatives, the corbiculae are located on the outer (lateral) surface of the hind tibia.
• PompeianOf or pertaining to Pompey
• pavoniaAny plant of the genus Pavonia of swampmallows.
• ancepsA syllable that can be either short or long.
• coronisA device, curved stroke, or flourish formed with a pen, coming at the end of a book or chapter; a colophon. For example: ⸎, ۞.
• propitiatoryIntended to propitiate, reconcile, expiate or appease; conciliatory.
• pomologyThe study of pome fruit and of the cultivation of such fruit.
• inseminateTo sow (to disperse or plant seeds).