| A | B |
| CIRCUM | L. "around" |
| circuitous | roundabout, indirect |
| circumspect | cautious and watchful; prudent |
| circumference | the outer boudary of a circle; the perimeter |
| ORBIS, ORBITA | L. "circle" anything round" "wheel" |
| orbit | path of one body as it revolves around another body; 2. a sphere of influence; a range of action or experience |
| orb | a sphere; anything spherical in shape; 2. a glove carried by a monarch as a symbol of office |
| FIGURA | L. "form" "shape" |
| configuration | a shape or outline; a method of arrangement |
| figurative | using figures of speech; symbolic, not literal |
| KUKLOS | G. "wheel" "circle" |
| cyclic | occuring or moving in cycles |
| encyclopedic | possessing information about many subjects or intensely about one subject |