The innermost membrane enveloping the embryo of reptiles, birds and mammals > AMNIA or AMNIONS.Ī plant of the ginger family native to Asia and Africa.Ī fishlike creature, two or three inches long, found in temperate seas, aka LANCELET > AMPHIOXI or AMPHIOXUSES.Ī kind of freshwater alga.Ī genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living long out of water.Īn expedition or an advance, especially a military one also, a difficult or dangerous retreat> ANABASES.Ī fish of the genus Anableps of bony fishes with open air-bladders and projecting eyes divided in two for vision in air and water. The food of the gods.Īsbestos with silky fibres. Also ACOLOUTHOS.Ī verse form consisting of strophes with four tetrametric lines, attributed to Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 600 BC.Ī plant of the water-plantain genus.Ī genus of plants of the mallow family, that includes the garden hollyhock.īelladonna lily, or any of several similar plants. The head of the Varangian guard of the Byzantine emperors. In Greek music, tempo sequence in melody.Ī saying of Jesus not found in the canonical gospels > AGRAPHA. Someone who never laughs.Ī phonetic symbol representing the sound ng. In ancient Greek towns, the isolated rocky plateau on which stood the religious and administrative centre of the town and which served as a citadel in time of war.Ī usually non-lethal tumour of a gland > ADENOMAS or ADENOMATA.Īnonymous works.Ī genus of mosquito, including one that carries DENGUE and yellow fever.Ī large fossil bird of Madagascar > AEPYORNISES.Ī kind of tree found in the Middle east, aka EAGLEWOOD.Ī love feast practiced by early Christians in connection with the Last Supper Christian love > AGAPAE, AGAPAI or AGAPES. The outer extremity of the shoulder blade > ACROMIA. Loss of self-control.Ī statue with a wooden trunk and stone head and extremities. Sloth physical torpor.Īn ancient monastic order who maintained an eternal choir service. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.Ībsence of life > ABIOSES.Ībnormal lack of ability to act or to make decisions.Ī kind of jellyfish.Ī thorn, a prickle.