| A | B |
|---|
| aphasia (A/AN not or without + PHASIA speech) | partial or total loss of the ability to speak, due to injury or disease |
| astringent (A/AD to + STRING bind) | severe or harsh; sharp; (in medicine) an applicant that causes tissues to contract--or grow tighter together |
| dysphasia (DYS bad + PHASIA speech) | impairment of speech and/or verbal communication, especially as the result of a brain injury |
| ligament (LIGARE to bind) | a unifying or connecting tie or bond |
| mandate (MAND command) | an authoritative command or instruction |
| monoglot (MONO one + GLOT tongue) | speaking one language (our tongue shapes our sounds) |
| monophagous (MONO one + PHAG eat) | feeding on only one food (some creatures, such as Koala, only eat one thing) |
| mundane (MUND world) | dull or ordinary |
| myriad (MYRIA many) | a vast number; something composed of many parts or pieces |
| myriarch (MYRIA many + ARCH government) | (from Ancient Greece) a captain or commander of 10,000 men |
| necromancer (NECRO death + MANCER prophet) | the practice of (supposedly) communicating with the spirits of the dead in order to learn the future |
| necrophobia (NECRO death + PHOBIA fear) | an abnormal fear of death or corpses |
| necropolis (NECRO death + POLIS city) | a cemetery |
| nihilism (NIHIL nothing + ISM doctrine or belief) | one who believes the life reduces to nothing and that all morals, values, and institutions have no significance or meaning |
| obligated (OB towards + LIGARE to bind) | caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course |
| paleontology (PALEO old + LOGY study) | the scientific study of life in prehistoric times |
| petroglyph (PETR rock + GLYPH write) | rock carving |
| phylum (PHYLO kind or type) | any of the basic divisions of the plant or animal kingdom |
| pleomorphic (PLEO more + MORPH shape) | Biology The occurrence of two or more structural forms during a life cycle, especially of certain plants. |
| polyglot (POLY many + GLOT tongue) | speaking multiple languages (our tongue shapes our sounds) |
| Polynesia (POLY many + NESIA island) | an area in the South Pacific characterized by thousands of small islands |
| polyphagous (POLY many + PHAG eat) | feeding on multiple foods (most creatures eat more than one type of animal or plant) |
| ponderous (POND heavy) | having great weight; heavy; huge; laborious (involving heavy work) |
| proteranthous (PROTERO early + ANTHO flowers) | (of certain plants) the flowers appear before the leaves |
| pusillanimous (PUSILL small + ANIM mind) | small-minded |
| remand (RE/RETRO back + MAND command) | to send back (usually involving a prisoner or accused person) |
| saprophile (SAPRO rotten + PHIL love) | one who loves rotten or decaying matter |
| sarcophagus (PHAG eat) | a funeral receptacle for a corpse, traditionally made of stone (it was thought that limestone helped decay human flesh) |
| sine qua non (SINE without) | an essential element or condition; that which you cannot do without |
| sinecure (SINE without + CUR care) | a well-paying job that requires little or no work |
| sorority (SOROR sister) | a sisterhood |
| stringent (STRING to bind) | imposing rigorous standards of performance; requiring strict attention to rules, procedures, etc. |
| subphylum (SUB under or below + PHYLO kind or type) | a subdivision of animal or plant types |
| syntax (SYN together+ TAX arrangement) | the arrangement of words into sentences |
| tachometer (TACHY quick + METER measure) | an instrument that measures the number of revolutions per minute (as in an engine, etc.) |
| tachycardia (TACHY quick + CARDIO heart) | the beating of the heart (as in how fast) |
| taxonomy (TAX arrangement + NOMY rule or law) | division into ordered groups or categories |
| transmundane (TRANS across + MUND world) | existing or extending beyond the physical world |
| vicarious (VIC/VICE in place of, change, or subsitute) | done by one person substituting for another |
| vicissitude (VIC change or substitute) | variation or mutability in nature or life, esp successive alternation from one condition or thing to another |
| xylophagous (XYLO wood + PHAG eat) | a wood-eater |
| xylophone (XYLO wood + PHON sound) | A percussion instrument consisting of a mounted row of wooden bars graduated in length to sound a chromatic scale, played with two small mallets. |
