Unknown words week 18

Porcine

Relating to or resembling pigs.

Saturnine

Gloomy or surly; having a sardonic temperament.

Ursine

Pertaining to or characteristic of bears.

Vulpine

Relating to or resembling foxes.

Bovine

Of, relating to, or affecting cattle.

Latero fin

A fin located on the sides (lateral) of a fish.

Multilateral

Involving multiple sides, parties, or countries.

Collateral

Additional and secondary; often related to security for a loan.

Laccolith

A dome-shaped mass of igneous rock that intrudes between layers of sedimentary rock.

Nomothetic

Relating to the establishment of general laws or principles.

Loquacious

Tending to talk a great deal; talkative.

Garrulous

Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.

Anomalous

Deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected.

Zealous

Having or showing passion or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause.

Idiopathy

A disease or condition with no known cause.

Philologist

A person who studies language and literature.

Platyhelminthes

A phylum of flatworms, including species like tapeworms and flukes.

Platitude

A remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting.

Platyrrhine

Relating to monkeys of the New World with broad, flat noses.

Prescience

The fact of knowing something before it takes place; foreknowledge.

Omniscience

The state of having all knowledge; knowing everything.

Scientism

The belief that science is the ultimate authority on any matter.

Pantheism

The belief that God is present in all things and is synonymous with the universe.

Apotheosis

The highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax.

Henotheism

Worship of one god without denying the existence of others.

Toponym

A place name, especially one derived from a topographical feature.

Topognosia

Knowledge of the locations and relationships of places.