Glossary

A few words I've looked up along the way

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A.
Abstemious
Alania { People: Alans } { Darial Gorge }
Amanuensis
Amatory
Anachronistic
Anathemas
Anagram
Anodyne
Apocryphal
Appurtenances
Araceae
Arimaspians
Aryan { Early Vedic Hindu diety: Aryaman }
Avestan { Common noun/proper name: Airyaman }
Ascetic
B.
Before Present
Behistun Inscription
Bestial
Binah ( link to pronunciation )
Bodleian Library
C.
Celebes
Cenaculo
Chthonic
Congener
Coitus
Conation
Copulator
Cosmogony
Cosquer Cave
Corm { In contrast to bulbs, tubers, and rhizosomes }
Crocus
Cyclopean { type of masonry; see Tiryns }
Coterminous
D.
Deciduous
Deleterious
Delos
Diadem
E.
Edict of Nantes
Elliptical
En beau
Epithet
Ephemeris
Eschatology { Qiyāmah }
Etymology
Equites
Exegetical ( Exegesis )
F.
Filial Piety { 5 Cardinal Relationships; also Classic of Changes }
Foreordination { See Tertium Organum }
G.
Gaius Calpurnius Piso
Geodesic
Gossamer
H.
Hapax legomenon
Heuristic { Strat. Utility Max. Problem and Anchoring Effect }
Homiletics
Hypostasis
I.
Idyllic
Ignominy
Impious
Indological
Ineffable
Inflorescence
'in nuce'
Inveterate
Itinerate
J.
Jute
K.
Khazars
Keltic ( Celtic ) { Gaul }
Keraunios (
 cerauno-keraunic )
Kymric ( cymric )
L.
Lilith { See Lilu }
M.
Manx
Micelle { See Krafft temperature }
Minstrels
Monophyly { In contrast to Paraphyly and also Polyphyly }
Moribund
Mycology
Mycorrhiza
Myrtle { See Aristophanes' The Frogs, Lacchus } { Myrtilus }
N.
Neologism
Nominal
Nuptial
O.
Octogenarian
Oenology
Oestrual (ositros)
Orgiasts
Ontogeny
P.
Pabulum
Palatine Hill
Palimpsest
Paltriness
Pahlavi ( language ) { Dynasty } { Old Persian }
Panoply
Parasol
Parthian
Perigean { Also, Ash Wed. Storm of 1962 }
Philological
Prepuces
Prescience
Prestidigitation
Priggish
Proletarian
Propitious
Prosaically
Proto
Pythia { Panhellenic Games }
R.
Recondite
Recalcitrant
Recrudescence
Redound
Repudiate
Retinue
Retsina
S.
Sacerdotal
Sagacious
Sanskrit
Sclerophyll
Sepulchral { Sepulture }
Sinew
Sortition { Cleromancy; see also Astragalomancy }
Stamen
Surfactant
Synecdoche
Syzygy
T.
Tallow
Tantric { Tradition Tantra }
Tautology { Longer explanation, ταυτολογία }
Titmice

Typology
U.
Ubaid
Uruk
V.
Van der Waals force { See Johannes Diderik van der Waals }


Volitional
Z.
Zeroth { Thermodynamics: Zeroth law }