RBR Vocab pg. 58-62

Acanthaceae

family of shrubs

Aegypiidae

family of vultures

aition

story that explains an observance

anisum

anise spice

anxiolytic

drug that relieves anxiety

auctor

principal

auricula

yellow primrose

baryta

barium monoxide

Bdellidae

family of mites

bdellium

gum resin

Biddulphia

large genus of algae

borborygmy

rumbling sound in the intestines

bouleuterion

ancient Greek council chamber

capitulum

passage from the Bible

casuistry

reasoning of right or wrong

catarrh

inflammation of the mucous membrane

chthonic

ghostly

cnemis

shin

cnida

nematocyst

corpuscle

elementary particle

ctenidium

gill of a mollusk

ctenophore

animal resembling jellyfish

daimones

demon

dehisce

gape

delectus

passages for learners of Latin or Greek

epiglottis

cartilage behind the tongue

eureka

used to express triumph

eustacy

worldwide change of sea level

fascicle

bundle

gnomic

relating to human wisdom

hyporchema

Greek song honoring Apollo or Dionysus

imperium

supreme power

isarithm

line drawn on a map

korai

Greek statue of young woman

kouroi

sculptured figure of a Greek youth

kyathos

ancient Greek earthenware

kymogram

recording of an x-ray film

loutrophoros

water vase of Athens

lytta

cartilage on the tongue of a carnivorous mammal

obsolescence

condition of being nonfunctional

oedemerid

beetle

omasum

third chamber of the ruminant stomach

ouzo

unsweetened Greek liqueur

perfectum

grammar tenses in Latin

pheromone

chemical substance produced by animals

phthisis

wasting or consumptive disease

physiologoi

ancient Greek nature philosophers

pitticite

brown mineral

pneumocystis

genus of fungi

pneumonia

lung disease

psettodid

flatfish

psilosis

falling out of hair

psyllid

plant pests (insects)

pterygium

disturbing growth on the cornea

quaquaversal

from the center to all points on the compass

querent

inquirer

rhizome

thick stem of a plant

rhyparography

painting of still-life pictures

rhyton

ancient drinking horn

sertulum

flower arrangement

vallis

vallecula (groove on the base of the tongue)

vallum

defensive wall or rampart

vellum

thin parchment-like calfskin

vitiate

impair, contaminate, corrupt

vituline

relating to calf or veal

xystus

portico for exercise in ancient Greece and Rome

zeugma

certain use of a word, syllepsis