Words That End With: II

• A crustacean larva that has three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.

• An ancient Roman unit of volume in liquid measure consisting of six sextarii or one-eighth amphora (about 118 fluid ounces).

• An ancient Roman unit of weight under Vespasian equal to the weight of a congius of water.

• A broad muscle running up the top part of the back of the neck.

• A small silver coin issued both during the Roman Republic and during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses or 4 sesterces.

• A verse having six metric feet.

• Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.

• Extraordinary mental capacity.

• Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.

• The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.

• A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.

• A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

• the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere

• a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere)

• a circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius

• the outer and slightly shorter of the two bones of the human forearm

• support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

• A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.